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BILLBOARD.BIZ/NEWSLETTER/EDITED BY TOM ROLAND, [email protected] APRIL 16, 2012 | PAGE 1 OF 17

INSIDE

Thompson Square Joins

Billboard Summit>page 4

Keith Urban, Vince Gill “Hall”

In $465k >page 6

Blake Shelton Has Cause For

Celebration >page 6

Who The Heck Is “Mindy”? A

New Voice From Music Row

>page 6

Jason Aldean Finds Something New To “Dew”

>page 7

It’s a clanky little five-string instrument with a bluegrass history that was all but extinct in mainstream country music. But as Rascal Flatts’ “Banjo” enters the top five on Hot Country Songs, it’s clear that the banjo is once again relevant to contemporary country sound.

Ilya Toshinsky has the distinct privilege of playing banjo on “Banjo,” though he’s hardly the only guy working it in Nashville studios. Producer Nathan Chapman plucked one on Taylor Swift’s Grammy Award-winning “Mean,” Jonathan Yudkinhandles it on Big & Rich’s “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy),” and Keith Urban plays the banjo—or, to be precise, a six-string Deer-ing ganjo—on a bundle of songs that get heavy recurrent attention on country radio. In fact, Urban’s “Somebody Like You,” which cel-ebrates its 10th anniversary this summer, was a significant factor in the banjo’s return to prominence.

“He has an extremely unique take on it,” says Urban’s co-producer Dann Huff, who is also one of Nashville’s most accomplished gui-tarists. “He has a way of attacking it. His is a real reckless banjo playing, and it stems from his style as a guitar player. When I play a ganjo, I just do it as a utility—there’s nobody there, and I need that sound. He makes it an extension of the guitar.”

The ascent of Rascal Flatts’ “Banjo”—also co-produced by Huff—was uniquely timed. The song was in country’s top 10 when banjo legend Earl Scruggs died March 28, and Steve Martin—an affirmed Scruggs devotee—was already booked to play banjo with Flatts when the band performed the song on the Academy of Coun-try Music Awards on April 1, the same day as Scruggs’ funeral in Nashville.

It was Scruggs, in fact, who inspired Toshinsky’s dogged pur-suit of the banjo.

“His touch, the sound, the feel, his rhythm, his overall musi-cality is I think what really attracted me,” Toshinsky says. “I was 10 years old. I was growing up in Russia. I didn’t know anything about banjo or bluegrass, but what I heard was so compelling. He was like a little revolution inside my head that’s really kind of de-fined my life in a way.”

Scruggs had that effect on people, even in locations where the

THE BANJO IS BACK

Rascal Flatts performs “Banjo” with Steve Martin at the ACM Awards. From left are group member Joe Don Rooney, Martin, Flatts banjo player Travis Toy and band member Jay DeMarcus.

INTRODUCING “MINDY”You’ve gone through her to talk with her boss. You’ve chatted with her about the weather. You’ve likely gotten free CDs or backstage credentials from her.

And yet, you’ve never stopped to ask her what she knows about the music business that you don’t.

A veteran Music Row receptionist begins to give you the perspective you never realized you needed with the introduction of “Ask ‘Mindy’” on page 6.

You might have a question mark about her today. But someday, you might well think of her as the 37203 ver-sion of “Dear Abby” or “Hints From Heloise.” Or just that crazy woman with an opinion . . .

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banjo’s Appalachian associations were a bit out of place: on Toshinsky in the So-viet Union; on Béla Fleck in Queens, New York; and on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s John McEuen in Southern California.

Scruggs employed a three-finger roll to build a wall of sound that compensated for the instrument’s unique sound. A banjo note makes an intense initial impact, but has little “sustain” (as it’s called) and quickly trails off. Scruggs’ powerful use of that choppy characteristic was the final piece in building Bill Monroe’s vision for bluegrass.

The instrument became so identified with that genre, however, that it fell out of favor in mainstream country, particularly as the Nashville Sound of the 1960s

ushered in decades of Music Row bending the music to appeal to the general audience. The banjo’s rural connota-tion—the same trait that feeds the lyrics in “Banjo”—was used in conjunction with extreme media portrayals. It was central to the musical themes of “The Beverly Hillbillies” and “Hee Haw,” which lampooned country life, and to the soundtracks of “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Deliverance,” both remembered for dark, violent scenes.

Scruggs, Roy Clark, John Hartford and session player Bobby Thompson (Jerry Reed’s “East Bound and Down”) may have been astute musicians in that era, but their vehicle of choice was increasingly shunted into

the bluegrass ghetto, a fact that astonished Toshinsky when he arrived in the United States in the 1990s with the now-defunct Bering Strait.

“It kind of freaked me out,” Toshinsky says. “I had to reshape my focus, and I picked up the electric guitar and really started working on that.”

In fact, Toshinsky estimates that 80% of his session work is still on guitar, though he’s watched the banjo regain favor. Emily Robison gave it a bit of cool when the Dixie Chicks took off in the late ’90s, and Mark Casstevens’ 1997 banjo work on Tim McGraw’s “Just to See You Smile” brought additional traction.

Urban’s “Somebody Like You” took it even farther, playing fewer notes than heard in its traditional format and emphasizing the space between those notes when the sound quickly decayed.

“It’s hit pretty hard nowadays,” McGraw’s co-producer Byron Gallimore ob-serves. “There are songs that the banjo kind of works in, and it makes it kind of perk and makes the track feel good.”

Huff views it as country’s version of the sequencer, a device that creates and loops exacting electronic rhythms in pop music.

“The banjo is the perfect instrument for that,” he explains. “It really drives a lot of country music because it’s so percussive and it speaks better than a guitar or mandolin as far as that percussive element.”

Still, Huff ironically resisted a banjo solo on “Banjo,” and he only turned Toshin-sky loose on it after Big Machine Label Group president/CEO Scott Borchettainsisted it would be a glaring omission. Toshinsky combined Fleck’s progressive influence with Scruggs’ traditional bluegrass approach in fitting the clunky five-string alongside the song’s arena-rock guitars. The result is a happy, energetic,

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THIS WEEK AT CALLOUT AMERICA

CASEY JAMES HAS TRACTION FOR ‘CALL IT’ AT CALLOUT

“Let’s Don’t Call It a Night” from Casey James has consistently pro-duced strong favorite scoring, and this week it stands as the No. 16 favor-ite. Younger 18- 34-year-olds spot it at No. 14 favorite, and core 35-44s are at No. 16 favorite. Young females respond at No. 11 favorite. Core males make it the No. 14 favorite.

Alan Jackson moves back into the No. 1 positive spot this week with “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore” and also goes No. 1 favorite with listeners 18+. Adults 25-44 concur with those No. 1 pos-itive and favorite marks. Females are at No. 1 favorite. Men 18+ grade Jackson at No. 2.

Thompson Square continues to raise the “Glass” ceiling as the song moves up to No. 4 song with listeners 18-54. Core 35-44s are at No. 1, while adults 25-44 are at No. 3 and younger adults 18-34 are at No. 6. The 18-34s list it as their No. 16 favorite. “Glass” is strong across a broad demo range with both male and female listeners. Fe-males are the strongest gender at No. 2, and male strength lies with 35-44s at No. 6.

Rascal Flatts stays strong as “Banjo” ranks No. 7, up from No. 10 two weeks ago. It also plucks a No. 6 favorite score. Younger 18- to 34-year-olds register a No. 8 mark. Men are the strength at No. 4. Core females 35-44 rank “Banjo” as their No. 1 favorite.

The Lost Trailers’ “Underdog” is resonating well with country radio listeners as they rank it their No. 13 song overall and No. 17 favorite. Core 35-44 listeners give it a No. 15 grade, and younger 18- to 34-year-olds are at No. 16. Females are the key gender at No. 11. Men 18+ are at No. 17 positive and No. 18 favorite.

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radio-friendly hit, and Huff predicts it will open the door to a rash of banjo solos in the not-too-distant future before the instrument starts to lose favor again. For now, it’s oddly hip to play it.

“It makes you feel an urgency,” Huff assesses. “There’s something about the sound of it that [you associate with] the hills or the mountains. Because of the way the thing sounds, you can put it with the heavy electric instruments and it still re-tains its voice.”

THOMPSON SQUARE JOINS BILLBOARD SUMMITWhen Thompson Square performed “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” with a backing band that featured Vince Gill and Keith Urban during an April 10 fund-raiser for the Country Music Hall of Fame, it added another dimension to a song that changed a number of lives.

Certified platinum by the RIAA, the title served as the breakthrough for the Academy of Country Music’s newly minted vocal duo of the year, the first No. 1 for Broken Bow’s Stoney Creek imprint and the first hit single for the NV production team, a four-man unit that includes three members of Jason Aldean’s band.

Thompson Square and several key people associated with “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” will explore the hurdles and triumphs in its path during “Makin’ Tracks: The Journey of a Song,” a day-two panel at the Billboard Country Music Summit, to be held June 4-5. Keifer and Shawna Thompson will be joined by songwriters Jim Collins and David Lee Murphy, Broken Bow new media specialist Lynette Garbonola and NV’s Tully Kennedy to recount some of the key decisions in its evolution and how it impacted them.

Co-sponsored by the Country Music Assn., the third annual Billboard Country Music Summit will explore multiple facets of the business, including radio, tour-ing, publishing and digital technologies. Luke Bryan and Willie Nelson were the first artists confirmed for the convention. Previous keynote guests and panel-ists have included Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Aldean, Tim McGraw and Martina McBride. Additional panelists will be an-nounced in the coming weeks.

Go here to get plugged in for the 2012 Billboard Country Music Summit.

MOVERS & SHAKERSAfter 10 years as a part-timer with KAJA San Antonio, Bree Wagner has taken the station’s midday shift and will double as music director. Reach her here. . . Pre-miere Networks has begun airing “Big D and Bub-ba’s Weekend Wake-Up,” a four-hour Saturday show that expands the footprint of the syndicated weekday offering “The Big D and Bubba Show” . . . CBS has sold three West Palm Beach stations to Palm Beach Broadcasting for $50 million, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The deal also enables Palm Beach Broadcasting to sell two more CBS signals. The new owner plans to retain the cluster’s country outlet, WIRK . . . Townsquare Media has sold its three Midland-Odessa, Texas, stations, including country KHKX, to Bravos Communications, the Midland Reporter-Telegram reports. Bravos already maintains a five-station cluster in Bryan-College Station, Texas, that includes country KORA . . . WSIX Nashville has parted ways with Karla Lawson, according to Radio-Info.com. Lawson had been with the station for more than 10 years and joined Billy Greenwood as the station’s morning co-host in January 2011 after Gerry House gave up morning drive . . . WKID Vevay, Ind., appointed Adam Griffin its new GM, Inside Radio reports. Previous GM Kenneth Trimble died April 10 of lymphoma.

’ROUND THE ROWCurb Records has relaunched the Sidewalk label, formed by Mike Curb in 1963. A new Heidi Newfield single, “Why’d You Have to Be So Good,” will be its first release. Wayne Fricks is GM of the imprint; the promotion department includes Larry Hughes, Wix Wichmann and Nanette Ballinger. Reach Fricks here, Hughes here, Wichmann here and Ballinger here . . . Jamie O’Neal’s Momentum

label has expanded its promotion department with the addition of three staffers: Southwestern regional promotions director Katie Romero, Northeast-ern regional promotions director Jay Thomas and Eastern regional promotions director Jack Pride. The label recently released its first single, Rachele Lynae’s “Party ’Til the Cows Come Home.” Reach Romero here, Thomas here and Pride here . . . The Big Machine Label Group has named Angela Bor-chetta White Canadian national director of pro-motion. She will relocate to Toronto and operate out of the offices of Universal Music Canada. Reach her here . . . Idea Den, a fan engagement company affili-

ated with Bigger Picture, has added two new executives: director of online market-ing and publicity Brian Foyster and director of business development and client services Brendan O’Malley . . . Debbie Schwartz Linn is the new executive director of Leadership Music. Country decision-makers know her best as the for-

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BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCOREGross Artist AttendanceTicket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s)

Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to BobAllen by phone (615-793-0466), fax (615-793-2891) or email ([email protected]).

$766,430 JASON ALDEAN 17,650 LIVE NATION$51.25, $26.50 Sprint Center, Kansas City, March 17 sellout$751,504 GEORGE STRAIT 13,630 THE MESSINA $79.50, $39.50 Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Feb. 17 14,500 GROUP/AEG LIVE$643,473 LADY ANTEBELLUM 11,933 ANOTHER PLANET $79.50, $38 HP Pavilion, San Jose, March 23 sellout ENTERTAINMENT$637,939 LADY ANTEBELLUM 14,063 GOLDENVOICE/$69.50, $25 Staples Center, Los Angeles, March 27 sellout AEG LIVE$631,262 JASON ALDEAN 13,416 LIVE NATION$52.25, $27.50 John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Va., March 23 sellout

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mer senior director of strategic marketing for Sony Music Nashville . . . Warner Music Nashville has signed singer/songwriter Charlie Worsham to a long-term recording deal. Worsham has enlisted Ryan Tyndell, who co-wrote a number of songs on Eric Church’s album Chief, to co-produce the first album in the deal . . . Saxophone player Andrew Love, of the Memphis Horns, died April 12, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. Featured on classic recordings by the likes of Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, Neil Diamond and Sam & Dave, Love also contributed to the 1994 album Rhythm, Country & Blues, a Country Music Assn. nominee for album of the year.

GOOD WORKSWhen Keith Urban and Vince Gill or-ganized their third annual All for the Hall benefit concert, the point was to raise a lot of money for the Country Music Hall of Fame, and to do so by entertaining an estimated 16,000 people.

They succeeded on both counts on April 10 with a sold-out show that raised $465,000 for the cause and supplied a truckload of highlights.

After delivering short sets of their own, Urban and Gill joined the backup band and supported a parade of guests that in-cluded Rascal Flatts, Lady Antebel-lum, Alabama, Pistol Annies, the Band Perry and Oak Ridge Boys. The announced lineup alone was a win-ner, but it reached a crescendo when Dia-mond Rio guitarist Jimmy Olandertraded licks with Gill and Urban at the end of a blistering, extended version of “Meet

in the Middle.”Then there were the surprises. Hall of Fame members Don Williams and

Merle Haggard made unannounced appearances, and Urban was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry, an offer he gladly accepted.

ON THE CHARTS

BLAKE SHELTON INKS SIXTH STRAIGHT AUDIENCE LEADER; RASCAL FLATTS NETS SEVENTH COUNTRY CHART RULERAs “Drink on It” (Warner Bros/WMN) advances 2-1, Blake Shelton achieves his sixth straight leader—his 11th overall—on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, where he takes sole possession of second place among all artists with active No. 1 streaks. Zac Brown Band tops that tally with seven consecutive No. 1 songs, while Chris Young moves to third place with five straight chart-toppers. Shelton hasn’t had an official radio single peak outside the top 10 since De-cember 2007, when “The More I Drink” stopped at No. 19.

The new No. 1 is the third straight chart-topper from Shel-ton’s Red River Blue album, preceded by “God Gave Me You,” which spent three weeks at the summit last fall, and “Honey Bee,” which led for five weeks in June/July 2010. In its 11th week on Billboard’s Country Digital Songs, “Drink on It” moves 47,000 downloads and bullets at No. 11, while Red River Blue sells 13,000 copies in its 39th week on Billboard’s Top Country Albums (No. 10). As a reminder, all Billboard retail charts become official when they update on Thursday mornings on Billboard.biz.

Speaking of Zac Brown Band, the group’s “No Hurry” (Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture) freshens up the top 10 on Hot Country Songs, where it jumps 11-9 in its 13th chart week. It sells 13,000 downloads in its fourth week on Country Digital Songs, where it ranks at No. 43.

Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw’s “Feel Like a Rock Star” (BNA) snares the highest debut on Country Digital Songs, where it pops on at No. 3 with 93,000 downloads. As anticipated follow-ing its historic No. 13 bow last week on Hot Country Songs, the song experi-

Nearly all the acts returned at the end for a raucous take on “I Saw Her Standing There.” Yes, that was Haggard and Williams singing along on a Beatles song with the Oaks, Lady A and Little Big Town.

Making a further commitment to raising money for the Hall of Fame, Urban promised in a post-show press release to “see you again next year.”

ASK “MINDY”Advice for life from a Music Row receptionist now in her 35th year of taking care of the business.

Dear Mindy: I notice I hear a banjo on many records out of Nashville lately. What is the story there?

Ted, Berea, Ky.

Dear Ted: Good ears, Teddy Boy! Yes, you hear a banjo. As you probably know the banjo was invented in the 14th century by Johann Banjovi as an instrument of torture. Many still think of it that way. Quite often I expect a truck to pull up to the studio and men in Hazmat suits will enter and remove all the banjos and steel guitars from Nashville.

There is a famous joke on Music Row: What do you never hear anyone say? “Is that the banjo player’s Porsche parked out front?”

Today they often add a banjo to keep it country. Even if the track is screaming death metal, the gentle pluck of a banjo added to the track makes it safe for country radio. I actually enjoy the sound of a banjo playing along. And always remember the good advice my Uncle Buford used to say when we’d be out fishing: “Paddle faster: I hear banjo music!”

Mindy

TWEET OF THE WEEKRemember the 2000 single “There Is No Arizona”? Blake Shelton (@blakeshel-ton) does, but not as favorably as he once did:

“Sooo... I just landed in Arizona!!!! That Jamie O’Neal is full of shit man....”

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ences a 7% second-week audience adjustment (down 1.5 million impressions), but maintains its No. 13 rank. High atop the digital list, Eric Church scores his first leader (4-1) and biggest digital sales week with “Springsteen” (EMI Nashville), which sells 102,000 downloads (up 39%). His second-best digital week was 71,000 downloads with “Springsteen” the prior week. Church’s previ-ous best rank was notched when “Drink in My Hand” stopped at No. 6 last December.

With 130,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, Rascal Flatts’ Changed (Big Machine) debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums. Its seventh chart-topper gives the trio the distinction of having the most No. 1s among duos or groups in

the 21-year Nielsen SoundScan era (Brooks & Dunn is sec-ond, with six leaders) and pads its lead as the group with the most top starts during that time frame. (Lady Antebellum is second, with three No. 1 debuts.) Changed also opens at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, marking Rascal Flatts’ eighth top 10 on the big chart. Two years ago, the trio’s prior album Nothing Like Thisbowed at No. 1 on the country chart with 165,000 copies sold. “Banjo,” the lead single from Changed, steps 6-5 in its 14th week on Hot Country Songs and is No. 15 on Country Digital Songs (35,000 downloads).

Keith Urban claims double Hot Shot Debut honors, as “For You” opens at No. 40 on the Billboard Country Indicator chart and at No. 47 on Hot Country Songs. The song appears on the soundtrack to “An Act of Valor”(Relativity), and is being worked to radio by Capitol Nash-

ville. With 26 reports from national formats/secondary markets outlets, “For You” wears the Most Added crown on the Country Indicator list.

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MUSIC NOTESJason Aldean joins such fellow celebs as rapper Lil Wayne, skateboarder Paul Rodriguez Jr. and NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. in “This Is How We Dew,” a new Mountain Dew advertising campaign that kicked off April 13. Access Brand Strategies helped land Aldean the spot, which can be viewed here.

Montgomery Gentry kicks off the free daytime concerts during the CMA Music Festival at Nashville’s Riverfront Park on June 7. More than 40 acts will take the stage during the ensu-ing four days, including Brett Eldredge, Craig Morgan, Thomas Rhett, Phil Vassar,Lee Brice, Josh Thompson,Love and Theft, Kip Mooreand JT Hodges. Sun block is not required, but it oughta be . . .

Rodney Atkins is the head-liner on May 4 at the Julep, a ce-lebrity-laden charity event held annually in Louisville on the eve of the Kentucky Derby. Proceeds from the tickets, which range from $100-$500, go to the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the Uni-versity of Louisville.

Saguaro will release Goin’ Down Rockin’: The Last Recordings of Waylon Jenningson Sept. 11. Recorded with band member Robby Turner in the final two years of Jennings’ life, the 12-track collection was filled out with additional instru-mental performances and vocals by many of Jennings’ associates, including drummer Richie Albright, guitarist Reggie Young and frequent touring buddy Tony Joe White. Jennings died in February 2002.

ALDEAN

Curb artist Rachel Holder grabs hold of an ACM award recently pre-sented to WQYK Tampa while promoting her single “In Your Arms” to radio. From left are guitarist Kevin Moore, “Rise Up Country” host John Ritter, WQYK PD Mike Culotta, Holder, producer Wilbur Rimes and WQYK music director Jay Roberts.

POWER PLAYLISTS

1 Lee Brice A Woman Like You 52 46

2 Rascal Flatts Banjo 51 48

3 Lady Antebellum Dancin' Away With M 49 50

4 Miranda Lambert Over You 48 33

5 Jake Owen Alone With You 48 49

6 Blake Shelton Drink On It 45 45

7 Jason Aldean Fly Over States 42 32

8 Tim McGraw Better Than I Used To Be 40 36

9 Eric Church Springsteen 36 23

10 Craig Morgan This Ole Boy 33 30

11 Carrie Underwood Good Girl 32 34

12 Zac Brown Band No Hurry 31 29

13 Chris Cagle Got My Country On 31 34

14 Montgomery Gentry Where I Come From 31 50

15 Brantley Gilbert You Don't Know Her 28 28

16 Kenny Chesney & Tim McGr Feel Like 27 47

17 Luke Bryan Drunk On You 23 15

18 Kip Moore Somethin' 'Bout A Truck 22 25

19 Josh Turner Time Is Love 21 10

20 Eli Young Band Even If It Breaks Yo 17 8

21 Jason Aldean Tattoos On This Town 16 15

22 Rodney Atkins He's Mine 16 17

23 Rodney Atkins Take A Back Road 15 19

24 Toby Keith Beers Ago 14 10

25 Eric Church Drink In My Hand 14 13

26 Kenny Chesney Reality 14 19

27 Taylor Swift Ours 14 44

28 Keith Urban You Gonna Fly 13 12

29 George Strait Love's Gonna Make It 13 15

30 Luke Bryan I Don't Want This Night 13 15













13 Casey James Let's Don't Call It A N 30 30








21 Gloriana (Kissed You) Good Night 25 28

22 Andy Gibson Wanna Make You Love Me 24 30


24 The Band Perry Postcard From Paris 21 20

25 THE FARM Home Sweet Home 21 24

26 Jana Kramer Why Ya Wanna 20 24

27 Dustin Lynch Cowboys And Angels 20 25

28 Craig Campbell When I Get It 19 20

29 Thompson Square Glass 19 25

30 Alan Jackson So You Don't Have To L 18 22

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�1 4 8 SPRINGSTEENERIC CHURCH (EMI Nashville)

�2 2 10 DRUNK ON YOULUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville)

�3 NEW FEEL LIKE A ROCK STARKENNY CHESNEY & TIM MCGRAW (BNA)

4 1 3 EYES OPENTAYLOR SWIFT (Lionsgate/Universal Republic/Big Machine)

�5 5 7 GOOD GIRLCARRIE UNDERWOOD (19/Arista Nashville)

�6 7 13 OVER YOUMIRANDA LAMBERT (RCA)

7 3 16 SAFE & SOUNDTAYLOR SWIFT FEAT. THE CIVIL WARS (Lionsgate/Universal Republic/Big Machine)

�8 8 8 FLY OVER STATESJASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow)

�9 6 20 A WOMAN LIKE YOULEE BRICE (Curb)

�10 9 15 SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCKKIP MOORE (MCA Nashville)

�11 10 11 DRINK ON ITBLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)

�12 15 24 RED SOLO CUPTOBY KEITH (Show Dog-Universal)

�13 12 14 DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEARTLADY ANTEBELLUM (Capitol Nashville)

�14 14 30 I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO ENDLUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville)

�15 20 8 BANJORASCAL FLATTS (Big Machine)

16 11 21 ALONE WITH YOUJAKE OWEN (RCA)

�17 16 7 EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEARTELI YOUNG BAND (Republic Nashville)

18 13 22 OURSTAYLOR SWIFT (Big Machine)

�19 17 16 YOU DON'T KNOW HER LIKE I DOBRANTLEY GILBERT (Valory)

�20 31 8 GUNPOWDER & LEADMIRANDA LAMBERT (Columbia)

�21 18 15 BETTER THAN I USED TO BETIM MCGRAW (Curb)

�22 RE-ENTRY TATTOOS ON THIS TOWNJASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow)

�23 27 21 HOMEDIERKS BENTLEY (Capitol Nashville)

�24 RE-ENTRY CHANGEDRASCAL FLATTS (Big Machine)

�25 22 39 GOD GAVE ME YOUBLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)

�26 36 57 CRAZY GIRLELI YOUNG BAND (Republic Nashville)

�27 23 9 HE'S MINERODNEY ATKINS (Curb)

�28 26 56 DIRT ROAD ANTHEMJASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow)

�29 28 51 COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME)LUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville)

�30 30 61 MEANTAYLOR SWIFT (Big Machine)

�31 34 2 WANTEDHUNTER HAYES (Atlantic/WMN)

�32 29 7 (KISSED YOU) GOOD NIGHTGLORIANA (Emblem/Warner Bros./WAR)

33 24 95 IF I DIE YOUNGTHE BAND PERRY (Republic Nashville)

34 25 48 JUST A KISSLADY ANTEBELLUM (Capitol Nashville)

�35 45 27 KEEP ME IN MINDZAC BROWN BAND (Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture)

�36 NEW WAKE UP CALLRAELYNN (Universal Republic)

�37 NEW LET IT HURTRASCAL FLATTS (Big Machine)

38 35 4 TIME IS LOVEJOSH TURNER (MCA Nashville)

�39 44 53 HONEY BEEBLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)

�40 39 31 DRINK IN MY HANDERIC CHURCH (EMI Nashville)

41 37 16 WHERE I COME FROMMONTGOMERY GENTRY (Average Joe's)

42 40 52 BAREFOOT BLUE JEAN NIGHTJAKE OWEN (RCA)

43 33 4 NO HURRYZAC BROWN BAND (Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture)

44 43 114 CHICKEN FRIEDZAC BROWN BAND (Home Grown/Atlantic/Bigger Picture)

�45 RE-ENTRY LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYINGTIM MCGRAW (Curb)

46 32 2 WATER TOWER TOWNSCOTTY MCCREERY (19/Interscope/Mercury)

�47 RE-ENTRY THENBRAD PAISLEY (Arista Nashville)

48 50 6 THIS OLE BOYCRAIG MORGAN (Black River)

49 42 31 THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLSSCOTTY MCCREERY (19/Interscope/Mercury)

50 48 51 KNEE DEEPZAC BROWN BAND FEAT. JIMMY BUFFETT (Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture)

Top-selling paid download country songs compiled from sales reports collected and provided by NielsenSoundScan for week ending April 8, 2012. Charts update weekly on Thurdays at www.Billboard.Biz/charts.Copyright 2012, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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14 Montgomery Gentry Where I Come From 31 50


16 Kenny Chesney & Tim McGr Feel Like 27 47





21 Jason Aldean Tattoos On This Town 16 15


23 Rodney Atkins Take A Back Road 15 19


25 Eric Church Drink In My Hand 14 13

26 Kenny Chesney Reality 14 19

27 Taylor Swift Ours 14 44

28 Keith Urban You Gonna Fly 13 12

29 George Strait Love's Gonna Make It 13 15

30 Luke Bryan I Don't Want This Night 13 15













13 Casey James Let's Don't Call It A N 30 30








21 Gloriana (Kissed You) Good Night 25 28

22 Andy Gibson Wanna Make You Love Me 24 30


24 The Band Perry Postcard From Paris 21 20

25 THE FARM Home Sweet Home 21 24

26 Jana Kramer Why Ya Wanna 20 24

27 Dustin Lynch Cowboys And Angels 20 25

28 Craig Campbell When I Get It 19 20

29 Thompson Square Glass 19 25

30 Alan Jackson So You Don't Have To L 18 22

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�2 2 10 DRUNK ON YOULUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville)

�3 NEW FEEL LIKE A ROCK STARKENNY CHESNEY & TIM MCGRAW (BNA)

4 1 3 EYES OPENTAYLOR SWIFT (Lionsgate/Universal Republic/Big Machine)

�5 5 7 GOOD GIRLCARRIE UNDERWOOD (19/Arista Nashville)

�6 7 13 OVER YOUMIRANDA LAMBERT (RCA)

7 3 16 SAFE & SOUNDTAYLOR SWIFT FEAT. THE CIVIL WARS (Lionsgate/Universal Republic/Big Machine)

�8 8 8 FLY OVER STATESJASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow)

�9 6 20 A WOMAN LIKE YOULEE BRICE (Curb)

�10 9 15 SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCKKIP MOORE (MCA Nashville)

�11 10 11 DRINK ON ITBLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)

�12 15 24 RED SOLO CUPTOBY KEITH (Show Dog-Universal)

�13 12 14 DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEARTLADY ANTEBELLUM (Capitol Nashville)

�14 14 30 I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO ENDLUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville)

�15 20 8 BANJORASCAL FLATTS (Big Machine)

16 11 21 ALONE WITH YOUJAKE OWEN (RCA)

�17 16 7 EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEARTELI YOUNG BAND (Republic Nashville)

18 13 22 OURSTAYLOR SWIFT (Big Machine)

�19 17 16 YOU DON'T KNOW HER LIKE I DOBRANTLEY GILBERT (Valory)

�20 31 8 GUNPOWDER & LEADMIRANDA LAMBERT (Columbia)

�21 18 15 BETTER THAN I USED TO BETIM MCGRAW (Curb)

�22 RE-ENTRY TATTOOS ON THIS TOWNJASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow)

�23 27 21 HOMEDIERKS BENTLEY (Capitol Nashville)

�24 RE-ENTRY CHANGEDRASCAL FLATTS (Big Machine)

�25 22 39 GOD GAVE ME YOUBLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)

�26 36 57 CRAZY GIRLELI YOUNG BAND (Republic Nashville)

�27 23 9 HE'S MINERODNEY ATKINS (Curb)

�28 26 56 DIRT ROAD ANTHEMJASON ALDEAN (Broken Bow)

�29 28 51 COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME)LUKE BRYAN (Capitol Nashville)

�30 30 61 MEANTAYLOR SWIFT (Big Machine)

�31 34 2 WANTEDHUNTER HAYES (Atlantic/WMN)

�32 29 7 (KISSED YOU) GOOD NIGHTGLORIANA (Emblem/Warner Bros./WAR)

33 24 95 IF I DIE YOUNGTHE BAND PERRY (Republic Nashville)

34 25 48 JUST A KISSLADY ANTEBELLUM (Capitol Nashville)

�35 45 27 KEEP ME IN MINDZAC BROWN BAND (Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture)

�36 NEW WAKE UP CALLRAELYNN (Universal Republic)

�37 NEW LET IT HURTRASCAL FLATTS (Big Machine)

38 35 4 TIME IS LOVEJOSH TURNER (MCA Nashville)

�39 44 53 HONEY BEEBLAKE SHELTON (Warner Bros./WMN)

�40 39 31 DRINK IN MY HANDERIC CHURCH (EMI Nashville)

41 37 16 WHERE I COME FROMMONTGOMERY GENTRY (Average Joe's)

42 40 52 BAREFOOT BLUE JEAN NIGHTJAKE OWEN (RCA)

43 33 4 NO HURRYZAC BROWN BAND (Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture)

44 43 114 CHICKEN FRIEDZAC BROWN BAND (Home Grown/Atlantic/Bigger Picture)

�45 RE-ENTRY LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYINGTIM MCGRAW (Curb)

46 32 2 WATER TOWER TOWNSCOTTY MCCREERY (19/Interscope/Mercury)

�47 RE-ENTRY THENBRAD PAISLEY (Arista Nashville)

48 50 6 THIS OLE BOYCRAIG MORGAN (Black River)

49 42 31 THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLSSCOTTY MCCREERY (19/Interscope/Mercury)

50 48 51 KNEE DEEPZAC BROWN BAND FEAT. JIMMY BUFFETT (Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture)

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�1 2 17 DRINK ON IT Warner Bros./WMN �� No. 1 (1 week) �� Blake Shelton 37.778 +1.650 5991 225 1

�2 1 28 A WOMAN LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice 37.312 +0.287 5972 -49 2

�3 4 19 DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEART Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 34.170 +1.668 5458 70 3

�4 5 17 OVER YOU RCA Miranda Lambert 33.387 +2.385 5311 492 5

�5 6 14 BANJO Big Machine Rascal Flatts 33.261 +2.566 5340 239 4

�6 7 16 FLY OVER STATES Broken Bow � Most Increased Audience � Jason Aldean 30.489 +3.617 5030 615 6

7 3 29 ALONE WITH YOU RCA Jake Owen 28.641 -4.661 4528 -916 7

�8 8 8 GOOD GIRL 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood 25.962 +1.580 4091 107 8

�9 11 13 NO HURRY Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture Zac Brown Band 25.428 +2.418 3999 208 9

�10 10 20 BETTER THAN I USED TO BE Curb Tim McGraw 24.501 +0.907 3975 95 10

�11 12 28 SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK MCA Nashville Kip Moore 24.117 +1.458 3808 212 11

�12 14 11 SPRINGSTEEN EMI Nashville Eric Church 23.185 +2.000 3759 256 12

13 13 2 FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR BNA Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw 20.086 -1.529 3121 -25 15

�14 15 20 YOU DON'T KNOW HER LIKE I DO Valory Brantley Gilbert 19.762 +1.038 3239 94 13

�15 16 10 DRUNK ON YOU Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 18.513 +2.416 3173 288 14

�16 17 39 THIS OLE BOY Black River Craig Morgan 15.502 +0.815 2966 91 16

�17 18 33 GOT MY COUNTRY ON Bigger Picture Chris Cagle 15.127 +0.970 2720 84 17

�18 19 18 EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART Republic Nashville Eli Young Band 15.000 +1.225 2582 281 18

�19 20 16 TIME IS LOVE MCA Nashville Josh Turner 13.789 +1.089 2521 300 19

�20 23 6 BEERS AGO Show Dog-Universal Toby Keith 10.687 +1.952 1913 255 21

�21 22 26 (KISSED YOU) GOOD NIGHT Emblem/Warner Bros./WAR Gloriana 10.275 +0.890 1815 118 22

22 21 35 LET'S DON'T CALL IT A NIGHT 19/BNA Casey James 9.965 -0.311 1990 -6 20

�23 26 6 POSTCARD FROM PARIS Republic Nashville � Most Added � The Band Perry 9.307 +1.981 1616 319 24

�24 25 17 WHY YA WANNA Elektra Nashville/WMN Jana Kramer 8.388 +0.683 1505 93 25

�25 24 24 HE'S MINE Curb Rodney Atkins 8.349 +0.514 1754 53 23

�26 28 15 COWBOYS AND ANGELS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 6.726 +0.568 1351 47 26

�27 27 26 HOME SWEET HOME All In/Elektra Nashville/New Revolution THE FARM 6.621 +0.316 1350 11 27

�28 29 31 WANNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME DMP/R&J Andy Gibson 5.599 +0.155 1250 75 28

�29 30 22 ANGEL EYES RCA Love And Theft 4.824 +0.277 1086 40 30

�30 33 11 SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY HANDS Valory Thomas Rhett 4.449 +0.498 965 39 33

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�31 31 14 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE ME ANYMORE ACR/EMI Nashville Alan Jackson 4.387 +0.202 1019 33 31

�32 32 15 LET THE COWBOY ROCK Arista Nashville Ronnie Dunn 4.321 +0.336 1109 57 29

�33 34 12 GLASS Stoney Creek Thompson Square 3.856 +0.193 979 30 32

�34 35 19 COMIN' AROUND RCA Josh Thompson 3.290 +0.144 813 18 34

�35 36 9 LOVIN' YOU IS FUN Mercury Easton Corbin 2.915 +0.147 771 15 35

�36 37 8 NEW TO THIS TOWN Arista Nashville � Breaker � Kix Brooks Featuring Joe Walsh 2.823 +0.212 674 77 36

�37 45 4 5-1-5-0 Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 2.815 +1.488 515 269 41

�38 38 10 MR. KNOW IT ALL 19/RCA Kelly Clarkson 2.681 +0.128 305 61 47

�39 42 8 WANTED Atlantic/WMN Hunter Hayes 2.336 +0.533 542 55 39

�40 43 5 NEON RCA � Breaker � Chris Young 2.126 +0.423 538 115 40

�41 40 19 WHEN I GET IT Bigger Picture Craig Campbell 2.107 +0.012 629 -4 37

�42 41 12 DON'T MISS YOUR LIFE Rodeowave Phil Vassar 1.994 -0.047 599 9 38

�43 44 5 TIL MY LAST DAY Valory Justin Moore 1.503 +0.113 419 38 43

�44 46 10 GOODBYES MADE YOU MINE Show Dog-Universal JT Hodges 1.309 +0.063 465 3 42

�45 50 5 SHININ' ON ME Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville Jerrod Niemann 1.251 +0.388 351 157 45

�46 48 6 THE SOUND OF A MILLION DREAMS MCA Nashville David Nail 1.185 +0.048 356 14 44

�47 NEW 1 FOR YOU Relativity/Capitol Nashville � Hot Shot Debut � Keith Urban 0.977 +0.949 142 136 54

48 47 4 MARRY ME Republic Nashville Martina McBride Featuring Pat Monahan Of Train 0.951 -0.227 218 -9 49

49 49 12 TOUCH PDT Josh Abbott Band 0.919 -0.145 152 -27 52

�50 59 2 TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Big Machine Edens Edge 0.727 +0.498 202 143 50

�51 NEW 1 EYES OPEN Lionsgate/Universal Republic/Big Machine Taylor Swift 0.651 +0.560 28 20 -

52 51 10 HOT MESS BNA Tyler Farr 0.640 -0.176 313 -9 46

�53 55 3 MISSIN' YOU CRAZY EMI Nashville Jon Pardi 0.578 +0.090 235 45 48

�54 NEW 1 WATER TOWER TOWN 19/Interscope/Mercury Scotty McCreery 0.544 +0.417 114 87 57

�55 54 6 WALKING CONTRADICTION Broken Bow James Wesley 0.521 +0.016 168 -13 51

�56 56 6 ENDLESS SUMMER R&J Aaron Lewis 0.447 +0.007 148 5 53

�57 NEW 1 DID IT FOR THE GIRL Republic Nashville Greg Bates 0.370 +0.286 69 57 -

�58 60 2 IF THE FISH DON'T BITE EMI Nashville Eric Paslay 0.347 +0.138 123 23 56

59 52 6 YOU STILL GOT IT Crazytown/Tenacity Darryl Worley 0.303 -0.246 135 0 55

�60 58 6 IGNITION Average Joe's Matt Stillwell 0.286 +0.035 112 20 58

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Detroit WYCDFt. Myers, Fla. WCKT WWGRFt. Wayne, Ind. WQHKFresno, Calif. KSKSGainesville, Fla. WOGKGrand Rapids, Mich. WBCT WTNRGreensboro, N.C. WPAW WTQRGreenville, S.C. WESC WSSLHarrisburg, Pa. WRBTHartford, Conn. WWYZHouston KILT KKBQHuntsville, Ala. WDRMIndianapolis WFMS WLHKJacksonville, Fla. WGNEJohnson City, Tenn. WXBQKansas City KBEQ WDAF KFKFKnoxville, Tenn. WIVKLafayette, La. KMDLLakeland, Fla. WPCVLancaster, Pa. WIOVLansing, Mich. WITLLas Vegas KCYE KWNRLexington, Ky. WBUL

Little Rock, Ark. KSSNLos Angeles KKGOLouisville, Ky. WAMZ WQNUMadison, Wis. WWQMMcAllen, Texas KTEXMemphis WGKXMiami WKISMilwaukee WMILMinneapolis, Minn. KEEY KMNBMobile, Ala. WKSJModesto, Calif. KATMMonmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMKNashville WSIXNew Bern, N.C. WRNSNew Orleans WNONorfolk, Va. WGH WUSHOklahoma City, Okla. KJKE KTSTOmaha, Neb. KXKTOrlando, Fla. WWKAPensacola, Fla. WXBMPhiladelphia WXTUPhoenix KMLE KNIXPittsburgh WDSY WOGIPortland, Maine WPOR WTHTPortland, Ore. KUPL KWJJ

Providence, R.I. WCTKRaleigh, N.C. WQDRRiverside, Calif. KFRGRoanoke, Va. WSLCRochester, N.Y. WBEESacramento, Calif. KNCI KNTYSt. Louis KSD WILSalt Lake City KEGA KSOP KUBLSan Antonio, Texas KAJA KCYYSan Diego KSONSan Jose, Calif. KRTYSanta Rosa, Calif. KFGYSeattle KKWF KMPSShreveport, La. KXKSSpokane, Wash. KXLYSpringfield, Mass. WPKXSpringfield, Mo. KTTSSyracuse, N.Y. WBBSTampa, Fla. WFUS WQYKTulsa, Okla. KVOOWashington, D.C. WMZQWest Palm Beach, Fla. WIRKWichita, Kan. KFDIWilkes Barre, Pa. WGGYWilmington, Del. WXCYYork, Pa. WGTY

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FLY OVER STATES Broken Bow Jason Aldean +3.617

BANJO Big Machine Rascal Flatts +2.566

NO HURRY Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture Zac Brown Band +2.418

DRUNK ON YOU Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +2.416

OVER YOU RCA Miranda Lambert +2.385

SPRINGSTEEN EMI Nashville Eric Church +2.000

POSTCARD FROM PARIS Republic Nashville The Band Perry +1.981

BEERS AGO Show Dog-Universal Toby Keith +1.952

DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEART Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum +1.668

DRINK ON IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton +1.650

FLY OVER STATES Broken Bow Jason Aldean +615

OVER YOU RCA Miranda Lambert +492

POSTCARD FROM PARIS Republic Nashville The Band Perry +319

TIME IS LOVE MCA Nashville Josh Turner +300

DRUNK ON YOU Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +288

EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART Republic Nashville Eli Young Band +281

5-1-5-0 Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +269

SPRINGSTEEN EMI Nashville Eric Church +256

BEERS AGO Show Dog-Universal Toby Keith +255

BANJO Big Machine Rascal Flatts +239

FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR BNA Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw +443

FOR YOU Relativity/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +398

5-1-5-0 Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley +315

BEERS AGO Show Dog-Universal Toby Keith +290

POSTCARD FROM PARIS Republic Nashville The Band Perry +274

NO HURRY Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture Zac Brown Band +244

SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK MCA Nashville Kip Moore +222

BANJO Big Machine Rascal Flatts +210

FLY OVER STATES Broken Bow Jason Aldean +203

DRUNK ON YOU Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +174

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POSTCARD FROM PARIS Republic Nashville The Band Perry 21

5-1-5-0 Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 20

FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR BNA Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw 18

SHININ' ON ME Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville Jerrod Niemann 13

NEON RCA Chris Young 12

BEERS AGO Show Dog-Universal Toby Keith 11

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Big Machine Edens Edge 11

LET THE COWBOY ROCK Arista Nashville Ronnie Dunn 8

MR. KNOW IT ALL 19/RCA Kelly Clarkson 8

SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK MCA Nashville Kip Moore 7

FOR YOU Relativity/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 26

5-1-5-0 Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 15

FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR BNA Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw 14

NEON RCA Chris Young 8

POSTCARD FROM PARIS Republic Nashville The Band Perry 6

DID IT FOR THE GIRL Republic Nashville Greg Bates 6

MARRY ME Republic Nashville Martina McBride Feat. Pat Monahan Of Train 5

MR. KNOW IT ALL 19/RCA Kelly Clarkson 5

BEERS AGO Show Dog-Universal Toby Keith 4

SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY HANDS Valory Thomas Rhett 4

FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR BNA Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw +0.219

BEERS AGO Show Dog-Universal Toby Keith +0.193

FLY OVER STATES Broken Bow Jason Aldean +0.189

GOOD GIRL 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood +0.132

DRUNK ON YOU Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +0.120

A WOMAN LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice +0.116

POSTCARD FROM PARIS Republic Nashville The Band Perry +0.115

SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK MCA Nashville Kip Moore +0.112

TIME IS LOVE MCA Nashville Josh Turner +0.087

SPRINGSTEEN EMI Nashville Eric Church +0.080

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based Mainstream Top 40 chart, as “Without You,” featuring

Usher, rises 2-1. The song marks the French DJ/producer/

songwriter’s first leader on the list. He had previously peaked

as high as No. 3 with “Sexy Chick,” featuring Akon, last year.

Guest Usher notches his second No. 1 after reigning for

three weeks with “Yeah!,” featur-

ing Lil Jon and Ludacris, in 2004.

He’d stopped just one spot short of

the summit six times since then,

most recently with “DJ Got Us Fal-

lin’ in Love,” featuring Pitbull, a

year ago.

Also making news is Bruno

Mars, who rises 12-9 with “It Will

Rain,” from the Twilight Saga:

Breaking Dawn: Part 1 soundtrack

(which debuted on last week’s Bill-

board 200 at No. 4). The song marks

Mars’ seventh top 10 in as many

tries dating to his arrival last year

as a featured vocalist on B.o.B’s

No. 1-peaking “Nothin’ on You.”

No other male artist has begun

with as many consecutive top 10s

on the survey.

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He’d stopped just one spot short of

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most recently with “DJ Got Us Fal-

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board 200 at No. 4). The song marks

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A new era appears to have

dawned at Clear Channel Radio.

During the last month the

company has shown a renewed

focus on f lexing the muscle

that comes with owning 850

radio stations across the coun-

try, most recently in the form

of a nationwide premiere of

“You Da One,” the second sin-

gle from Rihanna’s Island Def

Jam release, Talk That Talk.

The company coordinated

a deal with management and

the label to showcase the song

on the 100-plus mainstream

and rhythmic top 40 stations

in Clear Channel’s portfolio be-

fore it was available to listeners

on any other terrestrial station

or digital platform.

“We want people to start to look at Clear Channel as both a great

collection of individual stations and a network that works cohesively

and can truly reach 241 million consumers,” Clear Channel president

of national programming platforms Tom Poleman says.

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Clear Channel’s new focus on its national capabilities started at

the end of October with what the company labeled a “reduction

in force,” which included layoffs of programmers and talent at sta-

tions in many of the company’s

smaller markets.

According to a company

representative, the move was

positioned as an effort to take

better advantage of “assets and

resources in those markets that

their competitors don’t have.”

In most cases, those assets

are what the company calls its

“Premium Choice” content:

format-specific programming

syndicated to stations on a re-

gional and national basis like

“On Air With Ryan Seacrest,”

which is heard on a number of

Clear Channel top 40 stations.

Immediately following the

reduction in force came the an-

nouncement of a new national

programming platforms team

headed by Poleman, who says the division will “enable us to be even

more relevant and effective for our audiences, partners and adver-

tisers, and build our national scale and reach by putting together

products, events and relationships that nobody else can.”

Then, just a few weeks later, came the first example: the national

premiere of a new song from a major artist.

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Like everything in radio, the impetus for a promotion like de-

Clear Channel showcases Promotional

Power with Rihanna Premiere

Clear Channel recently world-premiered “you Da one,”

the second single from Rihanna’s Island Def Jam

release Talk That Talk, across its 100-plus mainstream

and rhythmic top 40 radio stations.

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GUY'S GIRL Streamsound Jaida Dreyer 0.127 5 2LOOK AT ME FLY B Side Stoney LaRue 0.126 1 0ONE MISSISSIPPI Atlantic/WAR Brett Eldredge 0.104 1 0SO CALLED LIFE Average Joe's Montgomery Gentry 0.089 0 0100 PROOF 19/BNA Kellie Pickler 0.074 1 1EX-OLD MAN Arista Nashville Kristen Kelly 0.067 1 1

TOTAL TOTALTITLE/LABEL ARTIST AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS

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4/23CARRIE HASSLERThe DistanceRural Rhythm

COUNTRYARTISTS JOINBILLY GILMANFORSOLES4SOULSThe ChoiceCotton Valley

ERIC LEE BEDDINGFIELDCome OnRebel Dawg

KELLY CLARKSONMr. Know It All19/RCA

NEAL MCCOYShotgun RiderBlaster/Rodeowave

RICK MONROECrazy Not ToRender

4/30KRISTEN KELLYEx-Old ManArista Nashville

LITTLE BIG TOWNPontoonCapitol Nashville

LOCASH COWBOYSC-O-U-N-T-R-YR&J

MONTGOMERYGENTRYSo Called LifeAverage Joe's

5/7MICHAEL DEANCHURCHThat's How WeRollMichael Dean Church

RANDY HOUSERHow CountryFeelsStoney Creek

RECURRENTS

INDICATOR NEW AND ACTIVE

IN YOUR ARMS Curb Rachel Holder 102 10 1I WANNA BE THAT FEELING New Revolution Bucky Covington 88 8 0EX-OLD MAN Arista Nashville Kristen Kelly 85 6 0MR. KNOW IT ALL 19/RCA Kelly Clarkson 83 7 5GUY'S GIRL Streamsound Jaida Dreyer 81 5 1BAR Southern Ground/Quarterback Sonia Leigh 80 8 1

TOTAL TOTALTITLE/LABEL ARTIST PLAYS STATIONS ADDS

1 OURS Big Machine Taylor Swift 18.378

2 WHERE I COME FROM Average Joe's Montgomery Gentry 16.550

3 HOME Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 14.557

4 YOU GONNA FLY Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 14.483

5 YOU RCA Chris Young 13.931

6 I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO END Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 12.879

7 DRINK IN MY HAND EMI Nashville Eric Church 11.815

8 KEEP ME IN MIND Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture Zac Brown Band 11.569

9 TAKE A BACK ROAD Curb Rodney Atkins 10.915

10 LOVE'S GONNA MAKE IT ALRIGHT MCA Nashville George Strait 10.912

Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 88 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 817-283-7984. Copyright 2012, Texas Regional Radio Report

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�1 1 11 FALSE ACCUSER'S LAMENT ** 2 Weeks at 1 ** Jason Boland & The Stragglers 1376 38(Vision)

2 2 11 TOUCH Josh Abbott Band 1277 -17(Pretty Damn Tough)

3 3 14 EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART Eli Young Band 1276 -17(Republic Nashville)

4 4 18 HORSE SHOE Mike McClure 1218 -29(598)

5 6 14 HOLD US TOGETHER Cory Morrow 1167 -41(Smith)

�6 7 13 BAD Phil Hamilton 1124 34(Winding Road)

7 5 13 LAST LAST CHANCE Randy Rogers Band 1086 -154(MCA Nashville)

�8 9 12 LEAVIN' STEPHENVILLE Kyle Park 1032 47(Winding Road)

�9 10 10 BEER FOR BREAKFAST JB and The Moonshine Band 1007 55(Average Joe's)

10 8 20 WHAT IF Jason Cassidy 984 -41(A-Blake)

�11 15 7 LET'S NOT SAY GOODBYE AGAIN Casey Donahew Band 971 140(Independent)

�12 12 12 LEATHER & LACE Elizabeth Cook w/ Aaron Watson 924 26(Independent)

�13 20 13 STUCK IN MEMPHIS Thieving Birds 818 62(Independent)

�14 18 8 HARD WORKIN' JUST AIN'T WORKIN ANYMORE Eleven Hundred Springs 816 34(Independent)

�15 19 11 SHOT IN THE DARK No Justice 803 37(Smith)

WKS ON TITLE TW SPINTW LW CHART (LABEL) ARTIST SPINS +/-

16 17 14 SLOW Josh Grider 780 -9(Smith)

17 14 21 TURN IT UP Roger Creager 775 -84(Winding Road)

18 13 24 I DON'T DANCE Jon Wolfe 765 -99(Independent)

19 11 24 FOOL'S GOLD The Damn Quails 762 -157(598)

20 16 13 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL Brandon Rhyder 750 -56(Smith)

21 21 14 MUSIC MAN Zach Edwards 740 -9(Independent)

�22 24 12 IRRESPONSIBLE Curtis Grimes 736 40(Independent)

23 22 25 SATURDAY NIGHT Wade Bowen 688 -52(Sea Gayle/BNA)

�24 28 5 GIN, SMOKE, LIES Turnpike Troubadours 670 66(Bossier City)

�25 26 10 THAT GIRL TONIGHT Mockingbird Sun 643 1(Sunfire)

�26 27 11 ANYBODY OUT THERE Deryl Dodd 639 19(Smith)

�27 29 11 HOW FAR I'LL GO Micky & The Motorcars 623 23(Smith)

28 23 22 DIAMOND IN MY POCKET Cody Johnson 592 -138(Independent)

29 31 9 TROUBLE IS Randy Brown 564 -8(Independent)

�30 38 7 GETAWAY Josh Ward 518 46(Independent)

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COUNTRY INDICATOR

�1 3 19 DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEART Capitol Nashville �� No. 1 (1 week) �� Lady Antebellum 3482 +30 1.069

2 1 16 DRINK ON IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 3475 -27 1.014

�3 4 16 OVER YOU RCA Miranda Lambert 3403 +120 0.922

4 2 27 A WOMAN LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice 3266 -208 1.161

�5 5 12 FLY OVER STATES Broken Bow Jason Aldean 3167 +203 0.932

�6 6 14 BANJO Big Machine Rascal Flatts 3092 +210 0.954

�7 9 13 NO HURRY Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture Zac Brown Band 2855 +244 0.744

8 8 20 BETTER THAN I USED TO BE Curb Tim McGraw 2776 -67 0.831

�9 10 8 GOOD GIRL 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood 2677 +98 0.858

�10 12 10 SPRINGSTEEN EMI Nashville Eric Church 2600 +162 0.717

11 11 19 YOU DON'T KNOW HER LIKE I DO Valory Brantley Gilbert 2454 -9 0.708

�12 15 27 SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK MCA Nashville Kip Moore 2406 +222 0.744

�13 13 9 DRUNK ON YOU Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 2401 +174 0.715

�14 14 17 EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART Republic Nashville Eli Young Band 2323 +112 0.611

�15 19 3 FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR BNA � Most Increased Plays � Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw 2001 +443 0.478

�16 17 15 TIME IS LOVE MCA Nashville Josh Turner 1943 +77 0.597

�17 16 40 THIS OLE BOY Black River Craig Morgan 1889 +19 0.600

�18 20 5 BEERS AGO Show Dog-Universal Toby Keith 1706 +290 0.470

�19 18 30 GOT MY COUNTRY ON Bigger Picture Chris Cagle 1588 +3 0.460

�20 24 6 POSTCARD FROM PARIS Republic Nashville The Band Perry 1564 +274 0.370

�21 21 25 HE'S MINE Curb Rodney Atkins 1425 +29 0.362

�22 22 13 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE ME ANYMORE ACR/EMI Nashville Alan Jackson 1392 +15 0.196

�23 23 31 WANNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME DMP/R&J Andy Gibson 1336 +30 0.289

�24 25 20 (KISSED YOU) GOOD NIGHT Emblem/Warner Bros./WAR Gloriana 1292 +105 0.215

�25 26 29 LET'S DON'T CALL IT A NIGHT 19/BNA Casey James 1223 +53 0.354

�26 28 13 COWBOYS AND ANGELS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 1015 +87 0.171

�27 27 13 DON'T MISS YOUR LIFE Rodeowave Phil Vassar 996 +54 0.228

�28 37 3 5-1-5-0 Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley 867 +315 0.059

�29 29 12 WHY YA WANNA Elektra Nashville/WAR Jana Kramer 818 +69 0.179

�30 30 13 GLASS Stoney Creek Thompson Square 769 +35 0.089

Abilene, Texas KEAN

Alexandria, La. KRRV

Amarillo, Texas KGNC

Atlantic City, N.J. WPUR

Beaumont, Texas KYKR

Beckley, W. Va. WJLS

Biloxi, Miss. WZKX

Bloomington, Ill. WBWN

Bluefield, W. Va. WHKX

Burlington, Vt. WOKO

Charleston, W. Va WKWS

College Station, Texas KAGG

Columbus, Ga. WKCN

Cookeville, Tenn. WGSQ

Dothan, Ala. WTVY

Duluth, Minn. KKCB

Eau Claire, Wis. WAXX

Elizabeth City, N.C. WRSF

Erie, Pa. WTWF

Eugene, Ore. KKNU

Evansville, Ind. WKDQ

Fargo, N.D. KVOX

Fayetteville, N.C. WKML

Flagstaff, Ariz. KAFF

Florence, Ala. WXFL

Florence, S.C. WEGX

Ft. Smith, Ark. KTCS

Frederick, Md. WFRE

Fredericksburg, Va. WFLS

Green Bay, Wis. WNCY

Hagerstown, Md. WAYZ

Hot Springs, Ark. KQUS

Huntington, Ky. WDGG

Huntington, W. Va. WTCR

Idaho Falls, Idaho KTHK

Jackson, Miss. WUSJ

Janesville, Wis. WJVL

Jonesboro, Ark. KDXY

Joplin, Mo. KIXQ

Kalamazoo, Mich. WNWN

Kalispell, Mont. KDBR

Lafayette, Ind. WKOA

Lake Havasu/Bullhead City, Ariz. KFLG

Laurel, Miss. WBBN

Lebanon, N.H. WXXK

Lincoln, Neb. KFGE

Lubbock, Texas KLLL

Lufkin, Texas KYKS

Mason City, Iowa KIAI

Medford, Ore. KRWQ

Meridian, Miss. WOKK

Morgantown, W. Va. WKKW

Muskegon, Mich. WMUS

Myrtle Beach, S.C. WGTR

New London, Conn. WCTY

Odessa, Texas KHKX

Palm Springs, Calif. KPLM

Panama City, Fla. WPAP

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. WRWD

Rapid City, S.D. KOUT

Rocky Mount, N.C. WDWG

Saginaw, Mich. WCEN

WKCQ

Salina, Kan. KYEZ

Salisbury, Md. WKTT

San Angelo, Texas KGKL

San Luis Obispo, Calif. KKJG

Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZ

Santa Maria, Calif. KSNI

Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM

Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX

South Bend, Ind. WBYT

Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI

Topeka, Kan. WIBW

Traverse City, Mich. WTCM

Tupelo, Miss. WWZD

Tyler, Texas KYKX

Utica, N.Y. WFRG

Visalia, Calif. KJUG

Waco, Texas WACO

Wausau, Wis. WDEZ

Wheeling, W. Va. WOVK

Williamsport, Pa. WILQ

Yakima, Wash. KXDD

Youngstown, Ohio WWGY

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COUNTRY INDICATOR

�31 31 9 LOVIN' YOU IS FUN Mercury Easton Corbin 748 +26 0.035

�32 36 4 NEON RCA Chris Young 711 +158 0.071

33 32 16 LET THE COWBOY ROCK Arista Nashville Ronnie Dunn 684 -12 0.106

�34 33 11 GOODBYES MADE YOU MINE Show Dog-Universal JT Hodges 623 +8 0.040

�35 34 22 HOME SWEET HOME All In/Elektra Nashville/New Revolution THE FARM 602 +18 0.237

�36 38 8 SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY HANDS Valory Thomas Rhett 574 +31 0.080

�37 39 21 ANGEL EYES RCA Love And Theft 545 +39 0.377

�38 43 4 MARRY ME Republic Nashville Martina McBride Feat. Pat Monahan Of Train 435 +90 0.024

�39 42 7 NEW TO THIS TOWN Arista Nashville Kix Brooks Feat. Joe Walsh 425 +52 0.010

�40 NEW 1 FOR YOU Relativity/Capitol Nashville � Hot Shot Debut/Most Added � Keith Urban 415 +398 0.020

41 41 17 COMIN' AROUND RCA Josh Thompson 415 -4 0.137

�42 44 5 TIL MY LAST DAY Valory Justin Moore 395 +80 0.095

�43 45 8 WANTED Atlantic/WMN Hunter Hayes 325 +23 0.009

�44 49 6 SHININ' ON ME Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville Jerrod Niemann 288 +40 0.156

�45 47 7 ENDLESS SUMMER R&J Aaron Lewis 286 +7 0.003

46 46 7 THE SOUND OF A MILLION DREAMS MCA Nashville David Nail 280 -12 0.001

�47 48 11 TRAIN WRECK Big Ride Marlee Scott Feat. Vince Gill 276 +6 0.002

�48 50 6 YOU STILL GOT IT Crazytown/Tenacity Darryl Worley 248 +9 0.023

�49 52 3 MISSIN' YOU CRAZY Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi 228 +28 0.004

�50 53 10 HOT MESS BNA Tyler Farr 182 +6 0.001

�51 NEW 1 WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS Columbia/BNA Joanna Smith 177 +63 0.000

�52 54 10 MY BEST FRIEND'S A GIRL Windridge/Flying Island Levi Riggs 177 +12 0.000

�53 56 2 IF THE FISH DON'T BITE EMI Nashville Eric Paslay 172 +21 0.001

�54 55 2 IGNITION Average Joe's Matt Stillwell 167 +7 0.014

�55 57 7 TOUCH Pretty Damn Tough Josh Abbott Band 158 +10 0.001

�56 58 12 GHOST Honkytone Tim Culpepper 151 +4 0.002

�57 59 4 BREAKIN' UP SONG Steal Heart Sherry Lynn 150 +5 0.000

�58 NEW 1 PILLS Lawrence Tracy Lawrence 120 +2 0.002

59 60 4 WHITE TRASH (COUNTRY BOY) Elektra Nashville/WAR Her & Kings County 115 -10 0.002

�60 NEW 1 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW It Is What It Is/Turnpike/Nine North Lisa Matassa 105 +7 0.000

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CHART LEGENDRANKINGSHot Country Songs is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 131 stations by Nielsen BDS. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license © 2012, Arbitron Inc.). Country Indicator is tabulated using reported playlists and Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay at 89 stations, ranked by total plays.

BULLETSl Awarded on Hot Country Songs 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%. Bullets are awarded on Country Indicator to titles gaining plays or remaining flat from the previous week.

TIESOn Hot Country Songs, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience is placed first. On Country Indicator, if two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first.

RECURRENTSOn Hot Country Songs, 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 audience decline, regardless of total chart weeks. On Country Indicator, descending, non-bulleted titles below No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.

HOT SHOT DEBUTAwarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Hot Country Songs and Country Indicator, respectively.

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 BDS) for stations that do not report adds.

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/PLAYSMost Increased Audience on Hot Country Songs and Most Increased Plays on Country Indicator list the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience or plays, respectively.

AIRPOWERAwarded on Hot Country Songs to titles ranking inside top 20 in plays and audience rankings for the first time, with increases in both plays and audience.

BREAKERAwarded on Hot Country Songs to titles achieving airplay (at least one detection) at 60% of reporting stations for the first time.

© 2012 Prometheus Global Media, LLC

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TOTAL STRONGLYTW LW TITLE/IMPRINT/LABEL ARTIST PASSION POSITIVE INDEX NEUTRAL DISLIKE DISLIKE

The Callout America sample is 450 persons in each weekly report. Sample is 50% Male/Female and taken from 20 U.S. Markets. Demos are evenly balanced in 18-24, 25-34, 35-44 and 45-54 cells. Song scores are ona 1 to 5 differential with “1” meaning strong dislike and “5” meaning like it a lot. The positive index is an average of all 1 to 5 scores. Total Positive is the combined 4 and 5 scores. Market breakouts by geographicalregion are; MIDWEST: Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Omaha and Wichita. SOUTH: Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Mobile/Pensacola and Nashville. EAST: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence RI, Rochester,Virginia Beach. WEST: Colorado Springs, Houston, Modesto, Phoenix and Portland OR.

CALLOUT AMERICA

1 2 SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO LOVE ME ANYMORE ACR/EMI Nashville Alan Jackson 36.6% 73.8% 3.11 21.8% 3.3% 1.1%

2 3 DRINK ON IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 26.7% 73.6% 3.04 22.7% 3.5% 0.2%

3 1 NO HURRY Southern Ground/Atlantic/Bigger Picture Zac Brown Band 28.2% 73.1% 3.03 23.1% 3.1% 0.7%

4 5 GLASS Stoney Creek Thompson Square 19.6% 70.9% 2.98 23.1% 5.3% 0.7%

5 8 EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART Republic Nashville Eli Young Band 24.0% 70.5% 3.00 25.6% 3.3% 0.7%

6 6 BETTER THAN I USED TO BE Curb Tim McGraw 21.4% 70.5% 2.98 26.2% 2.2% 1.1%

7 7 BANJO Big Machine Rascal Flatts 23.6% 70.0% 3.01 25.8% 3.7% 0.4%

8 10 DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEART Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 21.4% 69.6% 2.97 25.1% 3.7% 1.5%

9 4 OVER YOU RCA Miranda Lambert 24.0% 69.4% 3.00 24.7% 4.2% 1.8%

10 9 FLY OVER STATES Broken Bow Jason Aldean 23.3% 69.2% 2.96 24.9% 5.1% 0.9%

11 13 YOU DON'T KNOW HER LIKE I DO Valory Brantley Gilbert 21.8% 68.9% 2.98 26.4% 3.7% 0.9%

12 14 THIS OLE BOY Black River Craig Morgan 21.1% 66.3% 2.97 26.4% 6.6% 0.7%

13 12 UNDERDOG HRT/Stokes Tunes The Lost Trailers 19.2% 65.9% 2.94 29.3% 4.4% 0.4%

14 19 SPRINGSTEEN EMI Nashville Eric Church 17.8% 65.4% 2.89 29.7% 4.6% 0.2%

15 15 DRUNK ON YOU Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 20.0% 65.2% 2.95 27.8% 6.4% 0.7%

16 18 A WOMAN LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice 18.7% 64.8% 2.94 30.6% 4.2% 0.4%

17 26 GEORGIA PEACHES 19/Interscope/Mercury Lauren Alaina 17.8% 63.9% 2.93 25.1% 7.9% 3.1%

18 17 LOVIN' YOU IS FUN Mercury Easton Corbin 19.6% 62.8% 2.90 32.6% 4.4% 0.2%

19 21 ANGEL EYES RCA Love And Theft 17.2% 62.8% 2.92 31.7% 5.1% 0.4%

20 20 TIME IS LOVE MCA Nashville Josh Turner 19.2% 62.6% 2.90 33.3% 3.3% 0.9%

21 27 SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK MCA Nashville Kip Moore 18.1% 62.6% 2.92 30.2% 6.4% 0.9%

22 16 HE'S MINE Curb Rodney Atkins 15.4% 62.1% 2.89 32.2% 4.6% 1.1%

23 23 COMIN' AROUND RCA Josh Thompson 18.3% 61.7% 2.89 32.2% 5.3% 0.9%

24 31 LET THE COWBOY ROCK Arista Nashville Ronnie Dunn 22.5% 60.6% 2.91 27.3% 10.6% 1.5%

25 22 DON'T MISS YOUR LIFE RodeoWave Phil Vassar 17.6% 60.6% 2.90 29.3% 8.8% 1.3%

26 29 GOT MY COUNTRY ON Bigger Picture Chris Cagle 16.7% 60.6% 2.92 30.6% 7.7% 1.1%

27 24 GOOD GIRL 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood 17.4% 60.1% 2.89 28.4% 9.3% 2.2%

28 30 LET'S DON'T CALL IT A NIGHT 19/BNA Casey James 19.6% 59.7% 2.91 35.7% 3.7% 0.9%

29 25 WANNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME DMP/R&J Andy Gibson 15.6% 59.7% 3.27 31.9% 7.7% 0.7%

30 32 SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY HANDS Valory Thomas Rhett 16.7% 59.5% 2.85 29.7% 9.7% 1.1%

31 34 COWBOYS AND ANGELS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 14.1% 57.9% 2.84 32.8% 7.3% 2.0%

32 28 (KISSED YOU) GOOD NIGHT Emblem/Warner Bros./WAR Gloriana 12.6% 57.5% 2.85 31.1% 10.1% 1.3%

33 - NEW TO THIS TOWN Arista Nashville Kix Brooks f Joe Walsh 14.8% 57.0% 2.79 31.3% 9.0% 2.6%

34 35 WHY YA WANNA Elektra Nashville/WMN Jana Kramer 12.8% 56.4% 2.81 30.2% 11.9% 1.5%

35 33 HOME SWEET HOME All In/Elektra/New Revolution The Farm 13.7% 55.3% 2.83 32.4% 10.6% 1.8%


Radiofeedback is solicited weekly via email to Country Radio listeners and fans in Radio Station Loyal Listener data bases and from Social Media Data Bases. Listeners score 40 songs online via a link to the Radiofeedback study. Song clips are :20 seconds in length and are scored on a 1 to 5 differential with “1” meaning I “Don’t Like This Song At All” and “5” meaning “I Like this Song A Lot” they also answer a follow up question asking if they hear the song “Too Much”, Not Enough” or “Just About Right” on the radio. Radiofeedback’s Top 30 contributing markets are; Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville FL, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York City, Omaha, Orlando, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Antonio, San Diego, Seattle, St. Louis and Washington DC. For more information, contact John Hart ([email protected]).

Lee Brice repeats at No. 1 with “A Woman Like You” with country radio’s most loyal listeners, chipping in a No. 2 favorite score. Adults 35-54 are the center of the title’s fan base with grades of No. 1 positive and No. 2 favorite. Females 12+ mirror those No. 1 and No. 2 favorite marks, and females 35-54 are also at No. 1. Core males rank “Woman” at No. 3 and No. 2 favorite. Men 35-54 are at No. 3 and No. 1 favorite.

Andy Gibson stays strong with online respondents as “Wanna Make You Love Me” ranks No. 9 positive and fa-vorite. Adults 35-54 are a key sector, grading it at No. 8 pos-itive and favorite. Younger 18-34s position it at No. 14 and No. 16 favorite. Men 12+ are at No. 5 and No. 7 favor-

ite. Adult females 35-54 rank “Wanna Make” at No. 8 positive and favorite.

Listener feedback on Kellie Pickler’s “100 Proof” indicates this may be a winner for Miss P. Loyal listeners 12+ rank the song at No. 15. Core 25-44s are at No. 11 with adults 35-54 at No. 13 and No. 17 favorite. Younger 18- to 34-year-olds list “Proof” at No. 16. Younger females 18-34 check it off at No. 11, and core males post it at No. 7.

JT Hodges is showing greater appeal with the audience, ref lected in his spin-chart activity, as loyal listeners 12+ rank “Goodbyes Made You Mine” at No. 21. Core 25-44s move it to No. 20, up from No. 26 during the last two weeks. Younger females 18-34 come in at No. 18, and females 12+ rank “Goodbyes” at No. 21. Male strength is with core 25- to 44-year-olds at No. 20, up from No. 30 just two weeks back.

—John Hart, Bullseye Marketing Researchemail: [email protected]

RADIOFEEDBACK THIS WEEK

LEE BRICE’S ‘WOMAN’ HOLDS TIGHT AT RADIOFEEDBACK

BRICE

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TOTAL STRONGLYTW LW TITLE/IMPRINT/LABEL ARTIST PASSION POSITIVE INDEX NEUTRAL DISLIKE DISLIKE

RADIOFEEDBACK

1 1 A WOMAN LIKE YOU Curb Lee Brice 50.0% 76.3% 3.32 16.9% 3.7% 3.1%

2 2 OVER YOU RCA Miranda Lambert 52.2% 74.4% 3.32 16.9% 5.3% 3.4%

3 3 DRINK ON IT Warner Bros. / WMN Blake Shelton 42.9% 73.2% 3.21 13.6% 7.6% 5.6%

4 4 DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEART Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum 42.2% 71.3% 3.16 17.2% 6.9% 4.6%

5 5 BETTER THAN I USED TO BE Curb Tim McGraw 35.3% 69.8% 3.20 20.1% 7.6% 2.5%

6 7 THIS OLE BOY Black River Craig Morgan 34.9% 68.0% 3.16 20.3% 6.0% 5.7%

7 6 DON’T MISS YOUR LIFE Rodeowave Phil Vassar 31.2% 67.9% 2.98 22.9% 4.6% 4.6%

8 9 FLY OVER STATES Broken Bow Jason Aldean 35.6% 67.5% 3.22 22.8% 6.0% 3.7%

9 8 WANNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME DMP/R&J Andy Gibson 34.1% 67.3% 3.21 22.4% 7.7% 2.6%

10 11 TIME IS LOVE MCA Nashville Josh Turner 28.9% 66.3% 3.33 22.3% 6.6% 4.9%

11 10 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE ME ANYMORE ACR/ EMI Nashville Alan Jackson 35.3% 65.8% 3.36 20.5% 10.3% 3.4%

12 13 YOU DON'T KNOW HER LIKE I DO Valory Brantley Gilbert 27.6% 64.7% 3.28 28.4% 4.6% 2.3%

13 12 EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART Republic Nashville Eli Young Band 27.2% 63.6% 3.31 27.2% 6.1% 3.2%

14 14 (KISSED YOU) GOOD NIGHT Emblem/Warner Bros/WAR Gloriana 32.0% 63.1% 3.28 28.0% 7.4% 1.4%

15 15 100 PROOF Columbia/BNA Kellie Pickler 26.3% 62.1% 3.32 24.6% 8.1% 5.2%

16 16 GLASS Stoney Creek Thompson Square 28.5% 61.0% 3.37 28.5% 7.1% 3.4%

17 17 BANJO Big Machine Rascal Flatts 30.8% 60.5% 2.97 19.3% 9.2% 11.0%

18 19 GOT MY COUNTRY ON Bigger Picture Chris Cagle 24.0% 58.6% 3.12 26.9% 10.0% 4.6%

19 18 LOVIN' YOU IS FUN Mercury Easton Corbin 20.3% 58.3% 3.39 29.0% 9.3% 3.4%

20 - DRUNK ON YOU Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan 28.4% 58.0% 3.21 22.8% 15.4% 3.7%

21 20 GOODBYES MADE YOU MINE Show Dog-Universal JT Hodges 21.1% 56.9% 3.37 30.0% 8.3% 4.9%

22 22 LET'S DON'T CALL IT A NIGHT 19/BNA Casey James 24.2% 56.5% 3.08 26.5% 9.2% 7.8%

23 21 GEORGIA PEACHES 19/Interscope/Mercury Lauren Alaina 29.5% 56.3% 3.01 22.2% 14.5% 7.1%

24 24 GOOD GIRL 19/Arista Nashville Carrie Underwood 32.0% 55.1% 2.84 18.6% 11.1% 15.1%

25 23 ENDLESS SUMMER R&J Aaron Lewis 16.5% 54.4% 3.38 33.0% 7.4% 5.1%

26 25 SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK MCA Nashville Kip Moore 26.9% 54.4% 3.08 27.2% 13.0% 5.4%

27 27 POSTCARD FROM PARIS Republic Nashville The Band Perry 17.9% 53.9% 3.27 28.0% 10.7% 7.5%

28 26 WALKING CONTRADICTION Broken Bow James Wesley 21.8% 53.4% 3.20 25.3% 11.5% 9.8%

29 28 WHY YA WANNA Elektra Nashville/WMN Jana Kramer 18.3% 52.1% 3.27 30.1% 12.9% 4.9%

30 29 HOME SWEET HOME All In/Elektra Nashville/New Revolution The Farm 20.4% 52.0% 3.32 30.2% 12.4% 5.5%

31 30 COWBOYS AND ANGELS Broken Bow Dustin Lynch 15.8% 50.0% 3.26 36.8% 10.1% 3.2%

32 31 LET THE COWBOY ROCK Arista Nashville Ronnie Dunn 23.1% 48.6% 2.98 26.0% 15.7% 9.7%

33 32 COMIN' AROUND RCA Josh Thompson 11.6% 48.3% 3.30 38.4% 9.7% 3.7%

34 34 HE'S MINE Curb Rodney Atkins 18.9% 44.7% 2.90 29.8% 15.5% 10.0%

35 35 SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY HANDS Valory Thomas Rhett 15.7% 40.2% 3.07 27.1% 20.2% 12.5%

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TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org.(Songwriter) Chart Position

5-1-5-0 Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Company,BMI/Beavertime Tunes, BMI/BMG Rights Managment(Ireland) Limited, IMRO/Chestnut Barn Music, BMI/BigWhite Tracks, ASCAP (J.Beavers, B.Beavers, D.Bentley) 37

A

ALONE WITH YOU Songs of Maxx Publishing,SESAC/Tunes of R&T Direct, SESAC/Razor & Tie,SESAC/Mighty Seven Music Publishing LLC, BMI/Songs MP,BMI/JTX Music, BMI/Little Blue Egg, ASCAP/Crazy WaterMusic, ASCAP/Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.,ASCAP (C.Gravitt, J.T.Harding, S.McAnally) 7

ANGEL EYES EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/SunboySongs, ASCAP/Gunderson Songs, ASCAP/Rockapop Music,ASCAP/Cal IV Songs, ASCAP (J.Coplan, E.Gunderson,E.Paslay) 29

B

BANJO Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Company, BMI/CasaJaco Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,BMI/Boatwright Baby, BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/WeJam Writers Group, ASCAP/Songs Of Peer Ltd., ASCAP(T.Martin, W.Mobley, N.Thrasher) 5

BEERS AGO Tokeco Tunes, BMI/Bobby's Lyrics, Landand Livestock, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC, BMI (T.Keith,B.Pinson) 20

BETTER THAN I USED TO BE How Bout ThatSkyline Music, BMI/BMG Chrysalis Music Publishing,BMI/Encore Entertainment LLC, BMI/Mr. Noise Music,BMI/New Songs Of Sea Gayle, BMI/Gorleysongz,ASCAP/Bug Music, ASCAP/Music Of Windswept,ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing,L/Independent Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP (B.Simpson,A.Gorley) 10

C

COMIN' AROUND Sony/ATV Tree PublishingCompany, BMI/Songs Of Better Angels Music, BMI/BlankSheet Music, BMI/Big Red Toe, BMI/Big Loud Bucks,BMI/Amarillo Sky Songs, BMI/Marvel Man Music, BMI/BugMusic, Inc., BMI/Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI(J.Thompson, R.Clawson, K.Marvel) 34

COWBOYS AND ANGELS Big Music Machine,BMI/Golden Gears Music, BMI/Super 98 Music, LLC.,BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Company, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Contentment Music,BMI/Made For This Music, BMI (D.Lynch, J.Leo, T.Nichols)26

D

DANCIN' AWAY WITH MY HEARTWarner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/DWHaywoodMusic, BMI/RADIOBULLETSPublishing, BMI/EMI Foray Music,SESAC/Hillary Dawn Songs, SESAC/Global Dog Music,ASCAP/Big Yellow Dog Music, ASCAP/Lunalight Music,ASCAP (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, J.Kear) 3

DID IT FOR THE GIRL Super Effusion, BMI/BigMachine Music, BMI/Bates 'N' Hooks Music, BMI/Songs OfUniversal, Inc., BMI/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/BigRed Toe, BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Amarillo Sky Songs,BMI (G.Bates, L.Hutton, R.Clawson) 57

DON'T MISS YOUR LIFE Big Hit Makers Music,BMI/Rainy Graham Publishing LLC, BMI/Songs On Salt Air,BMI (P.Vassar, C.Black) 42

DRINK ON IT Reynsong Publishing Corp., BMI/WhaYa Say Music, BMI/Vistaville Music, ASCAP/Happy TearsMusic, ASCAP/Big Red Toe, BMI/Amarillo Sky Songs, BMI(J.R.Stewart, J.Alexander, R.Clawson) 1

DRUNK ON YOU Big Red Toe, BMI/Amarillo SkySongs, BMI/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Angel River Songs,ASCAP/Global Dog Music, ASCAP/Big Yellow Dog Music,ASCAP/Lunalight Music, ASCAP (R.Clawson, C.Tompkins,J.Kear) 15

E

ENDLESS SUMMER WB Music Corp.,ASCAP/Greenfund Music, ASCAP (A.Lewis) 56

EVEN IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART WillHoge Music, BMI/Cal IV Songs, ASCAP (W.Hoge, E.Paslay)18

EYES OPEN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Company,BMI/Taylor Swift Music, BMI (T.Swift) 51

F

FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR Big Loud Songs,ASCAP/Angel River Songs, ASCAP/Big Red Toe,BMI/Amarillo Sky Songs, BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI(C.Tompkins, R.Clawson) 13

FLY OVER STATES Sweet Summer Music,ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Major Bob Music, Inc.,ASCAP/Circle C Songs, ASCAP/Mojave Rain Music,ASCAP/Full Circle Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP(M.Dulaney, N.Thrasher) 6

FOR YOU Crane Song Music, SESAC/Toreador Tunes,SESAC/ole, SESAC/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Mary RoseMusic, BMI (M.Powell, K.Urban) 47

G

GLASS EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Ross CoppermanSongs, BMI/4 Tunes Music Publishing, BMI/Zaviston MusicGroup, ASCAP (R.Copperman, J. Nite) 33

GOODBYES MADE YOU MINE Songs OfUniversal, Inc., BMI/Adeline 29 Publishing, BMI/SingStation, BMI/Boomer Sooie Songs, BMI/Ross CoppermanSongs, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Jon Mark NiteMusic, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (J.T.Hodges,R.Copperman, J. Nite) 44

GOOD GIRL Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/EMI April Music,Inc., ASCAP/Sugar Glider Music, ASCAP/ExternalCombustion Music, ASCAP/Out Of The Taperoom,ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent Music Publishing,L (C.Underwood, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 8

GOT MY COUNTRY ON Internal CombustionMusic, BMI/Southside Independent Music Publishing, LLC,BMI/Year9 Publishing, BMI/Music Of Stage Three,BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/Danny Myrick Music,BMI/Root 49 Music, BMI (K.Archer, J.Weaver, D.Myrick) 17

H

HE'S MINE Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, BMI/SixteenStars Music, BMI/Immokalee Music, BMI/Hodges House OfSongwriters, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,BMI/T-Bird's Music, BMI (C.Beathard, P.O'Donnell, T.James)25

HOME SWEET HOME Root 49 Music, BMI/DannyMyrick Music, BMI/Tailing Loop Music, ASCAP/Krista MarieMusic, BMI/Mista D Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood MusicInc., BMI (D.Myrick, N.Hoffman, K.Marie, D.Horne) 27

HOT MESS EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/RhettneckMusic, BMI/String Stretcher Music, BMI/WB Music Corp.,ASCAP/Melissa's Money Music Publishing, ASCAP/Get ALoad Of This Music, ASCAP (R.Akins, D.Davidson,B.Hayslip) 52

I

IF THE FISH DON'T BITE Cal IV Songs,ASCAP/Five Stone Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of Cal IV,BMI/Cal IV Entertainment, LLC, BMI (E.Paslay, D.Altman)58

IGNITION Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Write EmCowgirl, BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Ram Writers Group,Inc., BMI/Green Hills Music, ASCAP/Annie & Clyde Music,BMI (S.Austin, P.Duncan, W.Rambeaux) 60

K

(KISSED YOU) GOOD NIGHT GossinPublishing, ASCAP/Global Dog Music, ASCAP/Big YellowDog Music, ASCAP (T.Gossin, J.Kear) 21

LLET'S DON'T CALL IT A NIGHT Pending,

BMI/Send Me The Checks Music, SESAC/EMI Foray Music,SESAC/Orbison Music, LLC, BMI/EverGreen CopyrightsAcquisitions, BMI/Turn Me On Music, BMI (C.James,B.Long, T.McBride) 22

LET THE COWBOY ROCK EMI BlackwoodMusic Inc., BMI/String Stretcher Music, BMI/Sony/ATV TreePublishing Company, BMI/Showbilly Music, BMI (R.Dunn,D.Davidson) 32

LOVIN' YOU IS FUN Sony/ATV Tree PublishingCompany, BMI/Beavertime Tunes, BMI/Love MonkeyMusic, BMI (J.Beavers, B.DiPiero) 35

MMARRY ME EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Blue Lamp

Music, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ReptillianMusic, BMI/Mayday Malone Music, ASCAP (P.Monahan) 48

MISSIN' YOU CRAZY Bill Butler Music, BMI/EMIApril Music, Inc., ASCAP/Funky Merle Music, ASCAP/TheSong Factory, LLC, ASCAP/Golden Vault Music, ASCAP(J.Pardi, B.Butler, M.Holmes) 53

MR. KNOW IT ALL B-Uneek Songs,ASCAP/Universal Music Corporation, ASCAP/Dat DamnDean Music, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/WB MusicCorp., ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/BrettJames Songs, ASCAP/All For Melodie Music, ASCAP(B.Seals, E.Dean, B.James, D.Jones) 38

NNEON Crazy Water Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Music

Publishing America, Inc., ASCAP/Want A Fresh One Music,ASCAP/Black River Entertainment LLC, ASCAP/UnfairEntertainment, ASCAP/BIMS, ASCAP (S.McAnally,J.Osborne, T. Rosen) 40

NEW TO THIS TOWN Sony/ATV Tree PublishingCompany, BMI/Buffalo Prairie Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Good The Bad TheUgly Publishing, BMI/Turn Me On Music, BMI/BMGChrysalis Music Publishing, BMI/Orbison Music, LLC, BMI(K.Brooks, M.Green, T.McBride) 36

NO HURRY Weimerhound Music, BMI/Lil' Dub Music,BMI/Angelika Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane PublishingCorp., BMI/Eldorotto Music Publishing, BMI (Z.Brown,W.Durrette, J.Otto) 9

OOVER YOU Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Company,

BMI/Pink Dog Publishing, BMI (M.Lambert, B.Shelton) 4

PPOSTCARD FROM PARIS Pearlfeather

Publishing, BMI/Famdamily Music, BMI/When I Go To TheMoon Music, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/As You WishMusic, BMI/Art In The Fodder Music, BMI/Sunshine TerraceMusic, BMI/Bug Music, Inc., BMI/ArtHouse, BMI (K.Perry,N.Perry, R.Perry, K.DioGuardi, J. Cohen) 23

SSHININ' ON ME Writers Of Sea Gayle Music,

BMI/Words & Music, BMI/Ozworth Music, BMI/Mike CurbMusic, BMI/Sweet Hysteria Music, BMI/Legends Of MagicMustang Music, SESAC/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Songs ofStyleSonic, SESAC/Words & Music, SESAC (J.L.Nieman,L.Brice, R.Hatch, L.Miller) 45

SOMETHIN' 'BOUT A TRUCK Music Of StageThree, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI/Roll Through Music,BMI/Songs From The Couch, BMI (K.Moore, D.Couch) 11

SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY HANDSEMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line Music,BMI/Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/Itchy Baby Music,BMI/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/New Son Of AMiner Songs, ASCAP (Thomas Rhett, L.T.Miller,C.Stapleton) 30

THE SOUND OF A MILLION DREAMSScrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbott's Creek Music,ASCAP/Carnival Music Group, ASCAP/Phylvester Music,Inc., ASCAP (S.Carusoe, P.Vassar) 46

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOVE MEANYMORE Alrighty Den Music, BMI/Dean-ParnellMusic, BMI/Acme Nashville, BMI (A.Wright, J.Knowles) 31

SPRINGSTEEN Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Company,BMI/Sinnerlina Music, BMI/Purple Cape Music, BMI/ole,BMI/Bug Music, Inc., BMI/Mammaw's Cornbread Music,BMI (E.Church, R.Tyndell, J.Hyde) 12

TTHIS OLE BOY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Melissa's

Money Music Publishing, ASCAP/Get A Load Of This Music,ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/String StretcherMusic, BMI/Rhettneck Music, BMI (B.Hayslip, D.Davidson,R.Akins) 16

TIL MY LAST DAY Tunes Of Bigger Picture,ASCAP/Bigger Picture Group, LLC, ASCAP/Big MachineMusic, BMI/Double Barrell Ace Music, BMI/Super 98 Music,LLC., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Songs OfCountrywood, ASCAP (B.D.Maher, J.Moore, J.S.Stover) 43

TIME IS LOVE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/LittleDooey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Company,BMI/Casa Jaco Music, BMI/Little Lola Mae, BMI (T.Shapiro,T.Martin, M.Nesler) 19

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE No Such Music,SOCAN/Bug Music, ASCAP/Music Of Windswept,ASCAP/BMG Chrysalis, ASCAP/Songs Of SouthsideIndependent Music Publishing, L/Raylene Music,ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songs From TheEngine Room, BMI (G.Sampson, H.Lindsey, T.Verges) 50

TOUCH House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Little MojoMusic, ASCAP/Pretty Damn Tough, ASCAP/WB Music Corp.,ASCAP (R.Foster, J.Abbott, J.Clementi) 49

WWALKING CONTRADICTION Magic Mustang

Music Inc., BMI/Big Loud Bucks, BMI/Songs From TheCouch, BMI/Music Of Stage Three, BMI/BMG ChrysalisMusic Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Cornman, BMI (W.Davis,K.Moore, D.Couch) 55

WANNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Music Of CalIV, BMI/Cal IV Entertainment, LLC, BMI/Music Of StageThree, BMI/Bobby's Song And Salvage, BMI (J.Collins,B.Pinson) 28

WANTED Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Songs From TheEngine Room, BMI/Happy Little Man Publishing, BMI(T.Verges, H.Hayes) 39

WATER TOWER TOWN Sony/ATV TreePublishing Company, BMI/House Of Sea Gayle Music,ASCAP/Mike Curb Music, BMI (C.Swindell, L.Hutton, T.Kidd)54

WHEN I GET IT Melodies Of Bigger Picture,SESAC/Songs Of Bigger Picture, BMI/Acoustic PeanutPublishing, SESAC/Steel Wheels Music, BMI/Big LoudBucks, BMI/Mathews Millions, BMI/Warner-TamerlanePublishing Corp., BMI/Jim McCormick Music, BMI(C.Campbell, J.P.Matthews, J.McCormick) 41

WHY YA WANNA Ink Pen Mama Music,SESAC/Songs of Maxx Publishing, SESAC/Tunes of R&TDirect, SESAC/Razor & Tie Music Publishing, LLC,ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Sugar Glider Music,ASCAP/External Combustion Music, ASCAP/Out Of TheTaperoom, ASCAP/Songs Of Southside Independent MusicPublishing, L (C.Gravitt, C. DeStefano, A.Gorley) 24

A WOMAN LIKE YOU Warner-TamerlanePublishing Corp., BMI/3JB Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music,BMI/How Bout That Skyline Music, BMI/Songs From FerryStreet, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (J.Bulford, P.Barton,J.Stone) 2

YYOU DON'T KNOW HER LIKE I DO

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana AngelMusic, BMI/Songs of Jim McCormick, BMI (B.Gilbert,J.McCormick) 14

YOU STILL GOT IT Pickwick Landing Songs,ASCAP/Big Loud Songs, ASCAP/Brett Jones Music,ASCAP/Words & Music, BMI (D.Worley, B.Jones) 59

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