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Radio On Luke Tour Launch Luke Bryan’s Huntin’ Fishin’ & Lovin’ Every Day Tour opened with a pair of hometown shows at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Friday and Saturday (5/5-6). And radio pros were there ... as were a few surprises. Bryan opens his set “behind a see-through curtain, so to speak,” says Cumulus Nash Dir./Program-ming and WKDF/Nashville PD John Shomby. “And it’s a great song to kick it off – ‘Move.’” An extended stage thrust brings the action, and Bryan, closer to the audience. “That made about 20 rows feel as if they were in the front row,” Shomby says.

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Love Can Build A Bridgestone: Gearing up for Luke Bryan – and opener Adam Craig – in Nashville Friday (5/5) are Cumulus’ Charlie Cook, Stoney Creek’s Chris Loss, WSIX/Nashville’s Ryan McKiddy, SC’s Heather Propper and Andrea Knipp, KILT/Houston’s Monica Lunsford and Cumulus/Nashville’s John Shomby.

Meet RCA’s Dennis Reese Named RCA SVP/Promotion in March (Breaking News 3/27), Dennis Reese brings an extensive background in Pop and Rock promotion from his days with Epic, Capitol, Elektra and Columbia. He jumped to the label world in 1993 after programming stops in-cluding then-Rhythmic Top 40 WHQT/Miami, then-Top 40 WHLY/Orlando and Top 40 WCKZ/Charlotte. CA: How did you get into radio? DR: I was always into music. Every week we’d ride our bikes to buy 45s and I would do talk-ups in my house pretending I was on the radio. What were those early records? Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” and Steppenwolf’s “Magic Carpet Ride.” We got enough bottle money

to buy two that day. I’m happy to say I still own those 45s. My grandmother watched The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour and I became a huge fan. Huge. I bought “Rhinestone Cow-boy” and “Southern Nights” on 45 and still own those, too. He was my gateway into country, but Y-100 [Top 40 WHYI/Miami] is the reason I got into radio. In the late ‘70s they would do a 20-minute music sweep as Rock 100 and then do a 20-minute block the next hour of

just dance songs as Disco 100. You would hear a Kansas song in the Rock 100 stuff, but Donna Summer over here. That’s crazy to think about now, but they were the No. 1 station and owned both genres. So the music tastes I have are extreme. Sony/Nashville EVP Steve Hodges has an opening. Who calls who? I knew Steve and [Columbia SVP] Shane Allen from my days at Capitol. A mutual friend called and told me Steve was looking to replace Keith Gale, who’s going to manage Jake Owen. He said my name came up. I called Steve and said, “You know how crazy I am about Nashville. I would love to talk.” He said let’s do this the right way and get [Sony/Nashville CEO] Randy Goodman in the loop calling [Epic CEO] L.A. Reid.

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Black River’s Jacob Davis puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to KRMD/Shreveport, LA. The Louisiana Hayride used to be in Shreveport. It was like a mini Nashville back in the day. Elvis, Hank Williams, they all played the Hayride. Shreveport radio was very important and they held on to that legacy of the Hayride. The first time I heard myself on the

radio was on WIRK/West Palm Beach, FL. They told us to be listening at a certain time. I thought I was prepared, but it overtook me. Everybody got quiet and we just drank it in. My best and worst memory of radio tour are one and the same. We did our WNOE/New Orleans visit on Mardi Gras with the PD, David Dean, on Bourbon Street. It was a total party. My worst memory is Wednesday morning. We were all in really bad shape. I would love to have dinner with Will Ferrell. I would get a chili dog, just because I think he’d think that was funny. My music is funky, soulful and makes you want to dance. I grew up loving guys who just left it all on the stage. We tried to take our live show and put it on tape – and I feel like we’ve been successful with it. My last impluse buy was a Tempur-Pedic neck pillow. I paid $50 for it and it’s been the best investment I’ve made on the road. The most redneck thing I’ve done lately? I bought a kiddie pool, filled it up with water and sat in it in my back yard, drinking beer. And loved every minute of it. I wish I’d written Brothers Osborne’s “Stay A Little Longer.” It’s the catchiest song to come out on country radio in a long time. I love them. I love the lyrics and it just gets stuck in my head. I’m a big two-pillow guy. I always sleep with two. It gets annoying when we’re traveling in the van or on a bus, but luckily at hotels, they stack those beds full of pillows. I’d love to be stuck in Portland, ME. I fell in love with it. It’s right on the water, it’s beautiful and the people were so nice. And I could be wrong, but I think there are more craft breweries in Portland than any other city in the country. And I love some craft beer.

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Jacob Davis

WSIX/Nashville APD/MD/evening host Ryan McKiddy calls the energy “amazing.” He adds, “Every seat in the venue was filled Friday and Saturday night and his signature Luke dance moves were part of many songs. There was never a dull mo-ment as fans sang along with hit after hit.” A Nashville opener probably lent itself to top shelf surprises. “Karen Fairchild came on to do ‘Home Alone Tonight’ and then Luke jumped on the piano and she sang ‘Girl Crush’ – a nice little left turn in the show,” Shomby says. “Also, ‘Mountain Music’ and ‘Sweet Caroline’ were interesting add-ons. Both made the audience nuts!” Although, that’s a relative description of the audi-ence’s state of mind. “They were crazy the whole night,” he adds.

The magic wasn’t over, as McKiddy reports, “The surprises continued the next night [with] Cole Swindell and Carrie Un-derwood joining Luke.” Bryan closes the show with “Huntin’...” and the encore consists of “I Don’t Want This Night To End” and “Country Girl,” which Shomby calls “two of the best to end with.” Support acts Adam Craig and Brett El-

Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood

Luke Bryan and Cole Swindell

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dredge make favorable impressions as well. “Adam got rolling with his cover of Gary Allan’s ‘Watching Airplanes’ about the middle of his set and the audience responded to him really well after that,” Shomby says. “Brett Eldredge has headliner potential and you could see itthat night.” McKiddy loved the personal touch. “Both shared memories of when they first moved to town, [attending] shows at Bridgestone or playing on lower Broadway and dreaming of playing onstage at Bridgestone,” he says. Shomby sums: “Luke’s shows are always a party and this was no exception.” The tour continues this weekend in Bristow, VA and Hartford, CT.

–Paul Williams

Chart Chat Congrats again to Sam Hunt, Royce Risser, Katie Dean, David Friedman and the MCA promotion team on earning a second week at No. 1 with “Body Like A Back Road.” The song is the first single from Hunt’s upcoming album. And kudos to Damon Moberly and the Mercury team on landing 79 adds for Chris Stapleton’s “Either Way,” topping this week’s board.

News & Notes Darius Rucker will headline the 19th annual Tiger Jam pri-vate concert May 20 at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. The concert is part of a two-day charity event that benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation’s college-access programs. More here. Zac Brown Band’s May 13 concert at Verizon Wireless Am-phitheatre in Alpharetta GA will be live-streamed on Twitter.

Luke Bryan and Karen Fairchild

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Pepperhill’s Wheeler Walker. Jr. discusses his most influential music:1. Louvin Brothers’ Satan is Real: I love harmonies and these are the best who’ve ever done it. I was sucked in by the cover, and then I realized the music was even better.2. Dwight Yoakam’s “Lonesome Roads”: I used to sing and strum guitar to this over and over until I sounded just like Dwight ... still not there yet.3. Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds

In Country Music: People in the press always talk about how Sturgill introducing me to Dave Cobb is what got my career off the ground. And that’s probably true. But this album probably helped me more than the intro, because this is what got me excited about country music again, after years of thinking it was dead and gone.4. Waylon Jennings’ Honky Tonk Heroes: Two of my fa-vorite artists of all time – Waylon Jennings and Billy Joe Shaver – combined forces to make one of the greatest country records of all time. It’s so bare bones, I’ll bet if this came out today, they’d probably call it “indie rock.”5. The Beatles (a.k.a. the White Album): You can listen to this and hear pretty much every genre of music. It’s got rock, hard rock, folk, country, classical ... and even experimental music, like “Revolution 9” – which sucks but you forgive them because it’s The Beatles.• Highly regarded music you’ve never heard: I don’t think I could name or recognize a single Justin Bieber song. I don’t know if you could call him “highly regarded” but he’s a big enough superstar that you’d think I would’ve heard something.• “Important” music you just don’t get: Radiohead’s Kid A. Everyone says it was the best album of the past decade. Bores me to tears.• An album you played incessantly: Right out of high school I went through a huge Bowie phase. Probably listened to his album Low non-stop for a year.• Obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: Not really obscure to most people, but country fans probably haven’t heard Anderson .Paak’s “Come Down”. They should. Right now.• Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I never apolo-gize for what I listen to. But I think people might be surprised I love Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz album. Perfect pop tunes. That and Taylor Swift’s 1989. I make fun of pop-country, but I love great pop.

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Sara Evans, Bobby Bones and Trent Harmon have been added to the June 10 27th annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game presented by Staples at Nashville’s First Tennessee Park (CAT 4/26). Variety.com reports ABC-TV has a deal with producers Fre-mantleMedia and Core Media Group to revive American Idol, which ran for 15 seasons on FOX-TV. The new AI has a possible March premiere and would air Sunday nights. No word yet on if original host Ryan Seacrest or previous judges will return. The Mix Group now offers auditions of its imaging produc-tion audio with format appropriate music here.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage in the archives at countryaircheck.com.• Cara Denis returned to WLHK/Indianapolis as MD/afternoon host (5/1).• Megan Joyce was promoted to SVP/Business & Legal Affairs at Warner Music Nashville (5/1). • Steve Pleshe was named PD at KSKS/Fresno (5/2).• KKNU/Eugene earned two Oregon Association of Broadcast-ers Awards (5/2).• Daniel Lee was promoted to VP/Creative at BMG (5/3).• Columbia Nashville posted a Mgr./Regional Promotion posi-tion (5/3).• CRS added to the Agenda Committee (5/4).

And that’s how it happened. I hadn’t met Randy, but had heard enough to know he’s great. Steve is one of the coolest dudes out there in understanding the format, what it’s been through and its growing pains. He knows how to take all the new data, digest it and get it back out to our partners. Very smart guy who has busted a lot of great records. Why were you so enamored of Nashville? I accomplished so much in Pop, but I had fallen in love with country. My first step into it was 2004. The then-president of Capitol wouldn’t work Keith Urban’s “You’ll Think Of Me” because he was signed through Nashville, not L.A. They called me and I thought, why the hell not? I’ll never forget seeing Keith at Madison Square Garden and thinking, ‘This guy isn’t country, he’s a f-ing rock god. Top five guitar player!’ I worked more songs with Keith then got into Lady Antebellum, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan. I would joke that if I got the shot, I’d go to Nashville be-cause those guys have a better life. They’re not grinding through New York, subways and shitty weather. When this happened it was hard to deny. Also, the timing was great in watching what Steve was doing with Maren Morris. When I first heard “My Church,” I thought, “I want to be part of this.” Similar to what we’re doing with Kane Brown. The superstars are amazing and I’ve been so blessed to work with [top] artists, but nothing felt better than driving around the country for five weeks with an artist nobody knew named Katy Perry. You’re watching something happen with every visit. You could see the program-mers who were getting it and made sure to record the perfor-mance and get the liners done. Coming over from a world that’s maybe a few beats ahead in adopting new models, what perspec-tive do you bring? Streaming seems to be a new gatekeeper, but radio is more important than ever because it solidifies a hit. It’s the stamp of approval and the companion people still go to. Streaming services don’t have that personal interaction and touch. As a music company, our challenge is to break new music and artists. The very simple reason is that Classic Rock doesn’t exist without Album Rock, and that’s true across the board. If you’re not nur-turing and growing new artists – labels, radio, streaming – what are we really doing?

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We So Fancy: iHeartCountry brand team in the house at the iHeartCountry Festival in Austin. Pictured (l-r) are Gregg Swedberg, Gator Harrison, iHeartMedia’s Brad Hardin and Tom Poleman, and Rod Phillips, Steve Geofferies and Chad Heritage.

What can Country do to shore up its base? I love when a jock gets on the air and talks about how excited they are about a song or show they just saw instead of reading a nine-second liner about nothing. They have a lot of power with listeners. There’s a trust that comes from their audience, which is why they get paid to do live commercial reads. That’s where the power is. Certainly your background speaks for itself, but how is the familiarization with the format going? I’ve made a commitment to do a lot of listening and not a whole lot of talking. Many people I already know because they came from the Pop side or are running both stations in the cluster. I had people telling me it’s a whole different world, and I appre-ciate that. The artists work hard, and they care about their fans and radio. This is so much easier than having an artist who is on hip-hop time. Trashing hotel rooms, showing up late and ditching the meet-and-greet isn’t rock cool. That’s just dumb. Nashville’s got that right and it’s been paying off all day long. But I will never badmouth what I was part of; those were life changing experienc-es and I wouldn’t be here without every chapter. And the reception so far? People have been so welcoming. Internally and externally. I’m going to learn from them and can only hope I have some-

thing they can benefit from. The music, the artistry, the boundar-ies that are being pushed – I love it. I told Randy, I don’t like the easy road. The success is great, but it doesn’t keep you sharp. I like sweating it out a bit, too, because it puts pressure on the team to deliver. For those who haven’t felt your presence yet, what can radio expect from a Dennis Reese-led RCA? We are going to be passionate about what we do, not to say they haven’t been in the past. Their success has proven that. We’re going to challenge radio, not in a negative way but in a respectful way because it’s what our artists expect us to do. When they sign to RCA they expect to get a certain level of work ethic, intensity, re-spect and don’t-take-no-for-an-answer attitude. If they didn’t want that, they could put their music out independently. I love all kinds of radio, all kinds of platforms. Wherever peo-ple can go find new music and artists, that’s where I want RCA to be. Radio is at a great yet critical point. It’s still where people dis-cover and fall in love with music. Though used differently, it’s still very much a part of their life. And radio has the same responsibility to listeners that we have to our artists in exceeding expectations. We’re going to do that for our artists as well as our radio partners. Reach Reese here. –Chuck Aly CAC

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1 SAM HUNTBody Like A Back Road (MCA)

26030 -1459 8653 -511 58.868 -2.988 157 0

2 2 LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) ✔ 25651 1431 8610 440 57.622 3.962 159 0

3 3 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 22575 681 7668 226 49.674 1.44 159 0

4 4 BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 22507 1282 7480 491 50.082 3.132 159 0

5 5 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 22207 1077 7482 461 49.924 2.772 159 0

7 6 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 18878 433 6561 112 41.525 1.449 158 0

10 7 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 17408 805 5837 368 38.227 0.939 159 0

11 8 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) ✔ 16968 2101 5594 650 37.506 3.716 155 0

6 9 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 15725 -4422 5296 -1563 38.369 -6.989 159 0

12 10 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 14737 1301 4769 427 33.876 3.515 158 0

13 11 KEITH URBAN f/C. UNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol) 13387 378 4422 172 30.356 1.067 157 0

17 12 BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear... (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 13239 1542 4461 446 30.536 4.432 158 1

14 13 RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 13192 290 4420 28 29.847 1.089 158 0

15 14 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 12680 126 4151 100 27.753 0.539 155 2

16 15 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 12561 256 4275 170 28.01 0.635 159 0

18 16 COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 11770 858 3992 304 24.215 2.382 154 0

19 17 MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 10964 1068 3644 363 22.266 2.781 158 0

21 18 THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) ✔ 10929 1331 3528 470 24.517 2.034 154 2

20 19 ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 10088 213 3518 48 22.038 0.983 157 0

22 20 JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 9964 401 3553 154 20.026 1.036 157 1

9 21 KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End... (Blue Chair/Columbia) 9782 -6844 3186 -2406 24.732 -11.196 159 0

23 22 TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) 8954 652 2995 211 18.252 0.664 159 1

27 23 OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) 7449 970 2492 369 15.513 1.688 138 5

25 24 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 7095 312 2481 118 12.844 0.876 149 1

24 25 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 6917 -112 2377 -33 11.775 -0.256 146 2

LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

28 26 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 6277 43 2187 74 12.834 0.28 142 2

29 27 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 5845 -350 1967 -139 11.421 -0.956 133 0

31 28 KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 4833 1001 1624 324 7.386 1.135 121 5

30 29 BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN) 4307 371 1484 124 7.301 0.332 129 5

34 30 DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (BMLGR) 3888 504 1316 162 5.607 0.256 118 15

32 31 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 3799 -4 1338 22 6.319 -0.008 131 2

35 32 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 3771 400 1239 126 6.244 0.511 125 7

33 33 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 3540 101 1269 20 5.307 0.351 119 4

38 34 DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 3464 442 1194 163 5.161 0.375 113 6

39 35 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 3431 424 1175 165 5.418 0.656 117 7

37 36 SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 3246 184 1153 42 4.296 0.339 121 0

MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) 3213 -55 1111 -18 6.253 -0.12 96 3

38 CHRIS STAPLETON/Either Way (Mercury) ✔ 3124 3124 1114 1114 7.675 7.675 79 79

40 39 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) 2941 140 1040 29 5.347 0.267 90 0

41 40 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 2821 82 1015 41 4.025 0.133 100 0

CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 2819 435 867 141 4.292 0.411 97 17

46 42 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 2670 531 977 181 4.448 1.382 106 7

48 43 KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 2511 574 827 164 3.349 0.564 77 8

44 44 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 2363 55 615 43 4.657 -0.088 48 2

43 45 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 2351 10 855 3 3.622 -0.22 86 4

45 46 ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek) 2322 40 853 21 3.426 0.344 97 2

47 47 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Happy People (Capitol) 2265 306 775 108 3.762 0.467 86 6

48 JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 2258 1098 758 375 4.316 1.966 78 16

49 BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) 2048 414 690 157 3.33 0.335 84 12

50 JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA) 1806 295 604 122 2.548 0.283 62 2Debut

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersCHRIS STAPLETON/Either Way (Mercury) 1114

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 650

BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 491

THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 470

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 461

BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear... (Warner Bros./WMN) 446

LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 440

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 427

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 375

OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) 369

Country Aircheck Top point GainersCHRIS STAPLETON/Either Way (Mercury) 3124 ✔DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 2101 ✔BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear... (Warner Bros./WMN) 1542 ✔LUKE COMBS/Hurricane (River House/Columbia) 1431 ✔THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 1331 ✔FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 1301

BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 1282

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 1098

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 1077

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 1068

Activator Top Spin GainersCOLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 197

CHRIS STAPLETON/Either Way (Mercury) 196

THOMAS RHETT f/MAREN MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 196

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 145

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 131

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 125

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 112

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 106

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) 98

DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (BMLGR) 86

Activator Top point GainersCOLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) 927 ✔

CHRIS STAPLETON/Either Way (Mercury) 879 ✔

THOMAS RHETT f/MAREN MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) 853 ✔

MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) 698 ✔

DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) 572 ✔

KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 553

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) 553

DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 535

DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 488

BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 376

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents points

JON PARDI/Dirt On My Boots (Capitol) 14451

JASON ALDEAN/Any Ol' Barstool (Broken Bow) 13991

LUKE BRYAN/Fast (Capitol) 10768

BLAKE SHELTON/A Guy With A Girl (Warner Bros./WMN) 10389

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE f/T. MCGRAW/May We All (BMLGR) 8754

LAUREN ALAINA/Road Less Traveled (19/Interscope/Mercury) 8749

MICHAEL RAY/Think A Little Less (Atlantic/WEA) 8515

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Better Man (Capitol) 8409

DUSTIN LYNCH/Seein' Red (Broken Bow) 7674

BRETT ELDREDGE/Wanna Be That Song (Atlantic/WMN) 7511

Country Aircheck Add Leaders AddsCHRIS STAPLETON/Either Way (Mercury) 79JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) 54CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 17JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 16WALKER MCGUIRE/Til Tomorrow (Wheelhouse) 16DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (BMLGR) 15BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) 12KANE BROWN f/L. ALAINA/What Ifs (RCA) 8DEVIN DAWSON/All On Me (Atlantic/WEA) 7ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 7GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 7MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 7PARMALEE/Sunday Morning (Stoney Creek) 7

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Zac Brown Band Welcome Home (SG/Elektra/WAR)The band worked with producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson) in legendary RCA Studio A on their new album, which includes “My Old Man,” “All The Best,” “Real Thing,” “Family

Table” and current single “Roots.”

Rick Monroe Gypsy Soul (MRG)The singer/songwriter’s six-track EP includes “Rage On,” “This Side Of You” and the title track. Producer Sean Giovanni (John Rich, Clint Black, Big & Rich) helmed five cuts, while engineer/producer JD Shuff (Collin Raye, CeCe Wynans)

produced one.

May 19Rascal Flatts Back To Us (Big Machine)Maggie Rose Dreams > Dollars (—)Various Country Faith America (Curb)James Robert Webb Honky Tonk Revival (Bison Creek)

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) Moves 43-45* 2351 points 855 spins 4 adds: WDRQ*, KBEQ, WDXB, WBCT

ADAM CRAIG/Just A Phase (Stoney Creek) Moves 45-46* 2322 points, 853 spins 2 adds: WKLB, WPGB

LITTLE BIG TOWN/Happy People (Capitol) Remains 47* 2265 points, 775 spins 6 adds: KWJJ, WQDR, WFMS*, WWYZ, WTGE, WAVW

JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) Debuts 48* 2258 points, 758 spins 16 adds: KKGO, KSON, KYGO, KUPL, KWJJ, WUBE, WIRK, WAMZ, KTEX, WDXB, WIVK*, WRNS, KXLY, WWQM, WBUL, WDRM

BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) Debuts 49* 2048 points 690 spins 12 adds: WXTU, KMLE, KNIX, KWJJ, KBEB, WKDF*, WNOE, KRST*, WCKN, KAWO, KFDI, WOKQ

JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA) Debuts 50* 1806 points 604 spins 2 adds: KCYE, WKXC

LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 1684 points, 650 spins 2 adds: KSON, WRNX

DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) 1643 points, 753 spins; no adds

HIGH VALLEY/She’s With Me (Atlantic/WEA) 1568 points 415 spins 5 adds: WLFP, WEZL, KSSN, WGTY, KKIX

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May 15TYLER FARR/I Should Go To Church Sometime (Columbia)JOSH TURNER/All About You (MCA)

May 22WHEELER WALKER JR./Summers In Kentucky (Pepperhill)CHRIS JANSON/Fix A Drink (Warner Bros./WAR)

May 30LINDSAY ELL/Waiting On You (Stoney Creek)

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS

2 1 LUKE COMBSHurricane (River House/Columbia)

11468 16 2610 23 55 0

3 2 KELSEA BALLERINI/Yeah Boy (Black River) 10822 -102 2401 -32 55 0

4 3 BRETT YOUNG/In Case You Didn't Know (BMLGR) 10429 376 2384 83 55 0

1 4 SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA) 10092 -1466 2301 -266 52 1

6 5 DIERKS BENTLEY/Black (Capitol) 9914 535 2260 106 55 0

7 6 BRANTLEY GILBERT/The Weekend (Valory) 9141 -176 2094 -10 53 0

9 7 DAN + SHAY/How Not To (Warner Bros./WAR) 8359 488 1871 112 54 0

10 8 DARIUS RUCKER/If I Told You (Capitol) ✔ 8247 572 1807 125 55 1

5 9 JOSH TURNER/Hometown Girl (MCA) 7130 -2352 1672 -494 48 0

11 10 RASCAL FLATTS/Yours If You Want It (Big Machine) 6981 59 1494 -8 54 0

12 11 KEITH URBAN f/C. UNDERWOOD/The Fighter (Capitol) 6891 5 1544 32 55 0

14 12 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/God, Your Mama, And Me (BMLGR) 6752 239 1546 78 55 0

13 13 LADY ANTEBELLUM/You Look Good (Capitol) 6636 13 1430 28 54 0

17 14 COLE SWINDELL/Flatliner (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 6257 927 1306 197 54 1

16 15 BLAKE SHELTON/Every Time I Hear That Song (Warner Bros./WMN) 6141 367 1322 75 55 0

15 16 ZAC BROWN BAND/My Old Man (SouthernGrnd/Elektra/WAR) 6040 -3 1285 -15 55 0

8 17 KENNY CHESNEY/Bar At The End Of The World (Blue Chair/Columbia) 5792 -2334 1258 -540 48 0

21 18 THOMAS RHETT f/M. MORRIS/Craving You (Valory) ✔ 5736 853 1216 196 54 3

18 19 DYLAN SCOTT/My Girl (Curb) 5635 328 1266 70 51 0

19 20 JUSTIN MOORE/Somebody Else Will (Valory) 5380 232 1136 57 55 0

23 21 MIDLAND/Drinkin' Problem (Big Machine) ✔ 5030 698 1075 145 53 2

20 22 TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL/Speak To A Girl (Arista) 4960 10 1172 12 54 0

24 23 OLD DOMINION/No Such Thing As A Broken Heart (RCA) 3981 168 782 43 54 2

25 24 BROTHERS OSBORNE/It Ain't My Fault (EMI Nashville) 3610 110 750 18 54 4

26 25 BRETT ELDREDGE/Somethin' I'm Good At (Atlantic/WMN) 3192 89 601 16 48 0

27 26 CHRIS LANE/For Her (Big Loud) 2898 282 616 60 46 1

28 27 BILLY CURRINGTON/Do I Make You Wanna (Mercury) 2564 340 536 77 50 6

29 28 GARTH BROOKS/Ask Me How I Know (Pearl) 2143 164 454 31 42 1

36 29 KIP MOORE/More Girls Like You (MCA) 2004 553 398 131 40 9

30 30 MIRANDA LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 1902 34 373 13 29 2

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

31 31 MAREN MORRIS/I Could Use A Love Song (Columbia) 1880 52 356 36 42 2

33 32 AARON WATSON/Outta Style (Big) 1832 120 374 31 23 1

34 33 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Happy People (Capitol) 1654 -3 315 11 36 1

34 34 DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow) 1637 26 274 12 37 2

40 35 BRAD PAISLEY/Last Time For Everything (Arista) 1622 553 323 98 30 6

32 36 RAELYNN/Love Triangle (Warner Bros./WMN) 1536 -265 358 -56 34 0

37 37 EASTON CORBIN/A Girl Like You (Mercury) 1395 84 300 12 35 0

38 38 ERIC CHURCH/Round Here Buzz (EMI Nashville) 1333 177 277 45 27 7

45 39 JON PARDI/Heartache On The Dance Floor (Capitol) 1139 358 181 70 18 7

44 40 JASON ALDEAN/They Don't Know (Broken Bow) 1094 262 194 40 19 4

42 41 LOCASH/Ring On Every Finger (Reviver) 989 5 213 0 33 2

41 42 BIG & RICH/California (B&R/New Revolution) 966 -30 241 -5 22 0

48 43 DRAKE WHITE/Makin' Me Look Good Again (BMLGR) 948 307 221 86 33 6

43 44 JAKE OWEN/Good Company (RCA) 900 -77 144 -18 18 1

45 CHRIS STAPLETON/Either Way (Mercury) ✔ 879 879 196 196 24 14

46 46 LANCO/Greatest Love Story (Arista) 785 27 146 2 11 0

52 47 CARLY PEARCE/Every Little Thing (Big Machine) 774 270 171 75 16 3

47 48 MORGAN WALLEN/The Way I Talk (Big Loud) 661 -95 133 -18 25 0

39 49 REBA MCENTIRE/Back To God (Nash Icon/Valory) 642 -444 156 -139 13 0

49 50 TODD O'NEILL/Love Again (Nash Next/Valory) 634 -13 205 -5 10 0

50 51 SETH ENNIS/Woke Up In Nashville (Arista) 599 -22 147 -1 27 0

56 52 JERROD NIEMANN/God Made A Woman (Curb) 534 72 107 10 16 0

51 53 ELI YOUNG BAND/Skin And Bones (Valory) 516 -20 62 -2 3 0

53 54 CHRIS STAPLETON/Broken Halos (Mercury) 511 16 88 14 12 0

55 55 WILLIAM MICHAEL MORGAN/Missing (Warner Bros./WMN) 508 31 106 8 12 0

56 JOHN MAYER/In The Blood (Columbia) 499 134 65 22 9 0

57 DREW BALDRIDGE f/E. WEISBAND/Rebound (Cold River) 498 126 83 18 13 0

54 58 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Smooth (BMLGR) 470 -10 47 -1 1 0

57 59 JO SMITH/Old School Groove (SmackRecords) 460 0 46 0 1 0

60 KENNY CHESNEY/Rich And Miserable (Blue Chair/Columbia) 458 308 47 32 4 0

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