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Luke-y Hear: Year/Decade In Music The most-heard artist of 2019 is Luke, and the most heard artist of the decade is also Luke. Combs and Bryan, respectively. The most-heard songs are Combs’ “Beautiful Crazy” (2019) and Jake Owen’s “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” (decade). The label of the

year and decade is – to the surprise of exactly no one – Capitol. Country Aircheck’s December print issue, out next week, details the top music, artists and labels for the past year and the full decade based on airplay data from Mediabase 24/7. For the year, Combs is the top Overall and Male artist, Carrie Underwood is the most-heard Female and Dan + Shay are the top Duo/Group. The year’s top New Artist is Riley Green. In the label chart share race, Capitol edged Columbia by two-tenths of a point, the imprint’s narrowest margin of victory in 11-consecutive years wearing the crown. Past Combs, the top five artists are Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown and Dan + Shay. For the decade, Bryan is top Overall and Male, barely edging out Aldean. Underwood is female and Florida Georgia Line earn Duo/Group honors. Beyond Bryan and Aldean, the top five overall adds Blake Shelton, FGL and Kenny Chesney. On the label front, Capitol earned an astounding

15% chart share over the decade, with WMN, RCA, BMLGR and Broken Bow rounding out the top five.

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With Bells Thon: WUSN/Chicago brings in $782,643 during its 29th annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon. Pictured (l-r) are the station’s Drew Walker, Marci Braun and Katie Bright, ALSAC/St. Jude’s Jaymie Polet and the station’s Jason Pullman, Mike Kasper, Erin Creedon and Kenny Jay.

Good & Twenty: Big D & Bubba Two-dozen people gathered Dec. 6 awaiting the arrival of Compass syndicated Silverfish Media’s Big D & Bubba co-hosts Derek Haskins (Big D) and Sean Powell (Bubba). “Surprise!” the group roared upon the duo’s entry with Silverfish Pres. and show producer Patrick Thomas. “Uhm...thank you?” bemused Big D. Added Bubba, “Why is everyone here?” Thomas explained,

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“On this day in 1999, Big D & Bubba launched into syndication. This is your 20th anniversary!” After a short celebration featuring dessert for breakfast, Big D and Bubba invited Country Aircheck into their Nashville-based studio for a conversation about their road to becoming the longest-running syndicated morning show in the format. Launch Break: In 1996, the pair joined forces at then-WXCT (now WTGE)/Baton Rouge, LA before being lured across the street to competitor WYNK three years later with the promise of syndication. Big D & Bubba launched with KMML/Amarillo, TX as its first affiliate, and among the first breaks was talk of Y2K. “We went through a phase where consultants told us we had to be ‘more country,’” explains Bubba before playing the duo’s first-ever syndicated on-air break. “We sounded like old lawyers from Mississippi,” notes Big D. “I was Foghorn Leghorn. We were so consulted, we forgot who we were.” Thomas explained that all three were in their early 20s when the show launched, and consultants and PDs with more experience and years in

the format weighed in on what they should do, how they should sound and why they needed to change to experience success. “It’s a mountain of voices pulling you in different directions,” he notes. They were told it would never work; Country radio would not accept a syndicated

morning show. “’It’s been tried by Gerry House, and it failed!’”

joked Bubba of the early advice they were given. “’If Gerry can’t do it, you guys can’t do it.’ Do you know how many times we heard that? A lot.” The show found its stride as the guys settled into a rhythm. “We have never been a typical morning show with benchmark bits,” says Big D. “For us, it was about being true to ourselves.” Grow & Behold: Following some growing pains – including Big D having a come-to-Jesus meeting with a morning-hating Bubba – stations were added one by one, and in 2003, then-Clear Channel moved the show to its WSIX/Nashville offices. By 2008, the guys set their sights on stepping away from major syndicators, and in 2013, they ended their relationship with Premiere/Clear Channel when they elected not to re-sign their contract (CAW 9/30/13). The pieces fell into place, and the trio formed their own Silverfish Media. “Every day is different, every show is different, and I think that’s why it has lasted so long,” says Bubba. “I feel so much freedom in the situation we’re in now.” Big D & Bubba is currently on more than 75 stations across approximately 55 different owners. “No one has enough control to call and say, ‘I’m pulling you off all my stations, and you’re done,’” Thomas explains. How do three men who have worked side-by-side for two decades maintain a partnership without killing one another? “We don’t hang out together off the air at all,” says Big D. Adds Thomas, “If I text these guys outside of work, it’s an emergency,

Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy: Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy: Big D (l) and Bubba (r) work on being Big D (l) and Bubba (r) work on being “more country” with Garth Brooks.“more country” with Garth Brooks.

Year Won: Year Won: Patrick Thomas, Big Patrick Thomas, Big D and Bubba (l-r) pick up a CMA D and Bubba (l-r) pick up a CMA Broadcast Award for National Broadcast Award for National Personality of the Year in 2015.Personality of the Year in 2015.

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String It On: Team BBRMG/BMG at WNSH/New York’s inaugural Stars & Strings last week (12/4) at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Pictured (l-r) are Ira Sallen, Joe Gillen, Brittany Pellegrino, Jon Loba, Dustin Lynch, Runaway June’s Hannah Mulholland, Naomi Cooke and Jennifer Wayne, Ken Tucker, Blanco Brown, Carson James, Entercom/Detroit’s Tim Roberts, JoJaime Hahr and Jay Jones.

it’s funny or it’s about football.” Bubba says that extends inside the building, as well. “There’s not a whole lot that can’t be taken care of in a five minute conversation,” he explains. “We don’t have to have meetings or phone conferences.” The three note that they are all best friends, and they get along and even enjoy traveling together, but they have to have distance. Back To The Future: In the coming year, Big D & Bubba’s Game Night with Silverfish Dir./Programming and show contributor Carsen will continue visiting cities with what the guys describe as “part game night, part live radio show, part comedy act and part improv.” They will also continue their work with the USO, with whom they have previously partnered to take their show to military bases overseas in partnership with the Armed Forces Network. To hear the complete interview, and to find out more about their show, how they keep it live and local while in syndication and what they did to celebrate their anniversary (hint: they are all LSU Tigers fans), check out episode 274 of their podcast here.

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Chart Chat Congratulations to Old Dominion, Steve Hodges, Dennis Reese and the RCA promotion team on landing at No. 1 with “One Man Band.” The song is Old Dominion’s seventh career chart-topper and the second single from the group’s self-titled third studio album. Songwriters are Josh Osborn and Old Dominion’s Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen and Brad Tursi. And kudos to Byron Kennedy and the Stoney Creek reps for notching 49 adds on Lindsay Ell’s “I Don’t Love You” topping this week’s board. Finally, a note about this week’s chart, on which numerous songs have lost bullets as literally dozens of reporting stations conducted radiothons. Thus, declines in airplay may have as much or more to do with the stations devoting entire days to community service than with the relative health of affected records.

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Back to music in a moment. The year-end issue also includes an overview of 2019’s top stories, including another year of declining metrics, as well as celebrating and questioning the very identity of country music. Label promotion execs preview their Q1 artist, single and album priorities, and the Most-Heard Artist of the Decade is the subject of The Interview. “In 2009, we were probably on two tour buses and had one semi-truck, maybe two,” Bryan says as he looks back over his decade atop the format. “Now we’re nine, 10 buses and nine, 10 semis. We’re looking at 55 employees that count on me to do my job every night and, when we’re doing stadium shows, there’s 85-90. We contract about 30 people to come in and help us put on stadium shows and the Farm Tour shows. There’s also a whole Crash My Playa team I only see once a year. “People are like, ‘When are you going to retire?’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t want to have to tell people that work for me that they don’t have a gig.’ I love being the guy a lot of people count on. I don’t wake up with anxiety about it. I wake up going, ‘All right, let’s get after it and show the world what we’re going to do this year or this week.’” Bryan even weighs in on the what-is-country? tug-of-war: “I will never be the guy who criticizes and bellyaches about how someone makes music and a living for themselves. I’ve had it happen to me. One minute I’m the savior of country music. The next, I’ve ruined it. So I’m never going to be that guy. I’ve heard legends say, ‘I wish country music would go back to ...’ I don’t really understand why we would spend a lot of time trying to sound like people in the ‘80s and ‘90s. I get what people are trying to say, but you have to find your own sound. “Midland have a more retro sound and it’s working for them. Then I’m listening to Kane Brown, and then Dan + Shay. That’s a lot across the board, but at the end of the day, the fans have to buy

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Broken Bow’s Lainey Wilson puts an industry spin on the artist interview: I grew up listening to KJLO/Monroe, LA. The first time I heard my single “Dirty Looks” on the radio was on KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA in the car with my guitar player and two of my radio reps. I started crying tears of joy in the backseat. They caught it on video, so naturally I had to post it on Instagram.

I was once holding this cute little baby…then it threw up on me. I didn’t have time to go back to the hotel before my show, so I just washed it off the best I could in the sink and played my show smellin’ a little like baby puke. My guitar player Aslan Freeman always helps me carry my stuff, not because I can’t, but because he’s a gentleman and it’s in his nature to take care of people. He always laughs at the same old jokes I tell over and over again and acts like he’s never heard them before. He’s been with me for a long time and actually produced all the songs on my EP I put out independently back in April 2018 that ended up getting me my record deal. I couldn’t have done all this without him, and I’m grateful to have him along for the ride…literally. My gas station must haves are Slim Jims, Kind Bars…maybe some cheese and those Brookside dark chocolate acai and blueberry things. If I could have dinner with anyone, it’d be my papaw on my deddy’s side. Every Sunday after church, we’d go to his house and have black-eyed peas, so that’s what I’d order. My papaw gave Jerry Cupit a couple hundred bucks back in the late ‘70s so he could move to Nashville to chase his dream. Jerry returned the favor years later when I moved to Nashville in my Flagstaff bumper-pull camper trailer. He let me park my camper in his studio parking lot and bum Wi-Fi, water and electricity for three years. Redneck Hollywood is who I am, what I stand for and what I’ve overcome. It gives a snapshot of my story and moments in my life that have led me to exactly where I am today. I grew up in northeast Louisiana where the word redneck was a way of life. It was a word outsiders would call us and we would proudly call ourselves. Hollywood has always been a place that seemed very far away in my mind. It was a place where only movie stars went (not a little redneck hoodlum like me). But from a very early age, I had stars in my eyes, and I knew I was going to have the opportunity to go places my little redneck heart never imagined. My last impulse buy was in Texas when I bought a Buc-ee’s t-shirt and sweatpants. I wore ‘em both at the same time…I probably looked like an official Buc-ee’s spokesperson. I wish I had written Keith Whitley’s “When You Say Nothing at All” by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. It’s one of those classic songs that’s so great because it would’ve done just as well if it had been released today as it did back when it was released in the late ‘80s. Great songs are timeless, and this is one of those. My road essentials are platform tennis shoes, so I can take my heels off and still wear my bell bottoms. Dry shampoo. And d-e-o for that b-o. If you had to be stuck in any city other than home, it’d be San Diego. The sun shines a little different out there. I’m currently binging Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings on Netflix.

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News & Notes The Pursuit! With John Rich debuts February 2020 on Fox Nation. Singer/songwriter Brady Seals has signed with Live Arts And Attractions for his Roots Run Deep Tour.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• Get to know new WIVK/Knoxville PD Rich Bailey in last week’s (12/2) Country Aircheck Weekly.• Erica Gray joined WBTU/Fort Wayne, IN in middays. (CAT 12/6)• Hubbard/Seattle’s Ann Marie Mulholland departed. (CAT 12/5)• WIBF/Lewistown, PA’s Dawn «Sue Squatch” Ziegerer will depart Dec. 31. (CAT 12/4)• Entercom/San Diego’s Karyn Cerulli was elevated to SVP/MM for the cluster. (CAT 12/3)• Hubbard/West Palm Beach’s Bruce Logan added additional OM responsibilities. (CAT 12/3)• Casey Carter was named WNOE/New Orleans PD/afternoon host. (CAT 12/2)• John Zarling and Jackie Campbell launched 615 Leverage + Strategy. (CAT 12/2)

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it and they have to buy into it. If they are, it’s working. You can’t really overthink it much more than that.” Speaking of what’s working, the full Top 100 songs of 2019 and the decade can be seen here and here, respectively. Here are the top 10 of each:

Top 10 Songs of 20191 LUKE COMBS/Beautiful Crazy (River House/Columbia)2 MORGAN WALLEN/Whiskey Glasses (Big Loud) 3 JASON ALDEAN/Girl Like You (Macon Music/Broken Bow)4 SCOTTY MCCREERY/This Is It (Triple Tigers)5 CHASE RICE/Eyes On You (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow)6 LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House/Columbia)7 ELI YOUNG BAND/Love Ain’t (Valory)8 JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek)9 OLD DOMINION/Make It Sweet (RCA)10 LEE BRICE/Rumor (Curb)

Top 10 Songs of the Decade1 JAKE OWEN/Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA)2 SAM HUNT/Body Like A Back Road (MCA)3 BLAKE SHELTON/Honey Bee (Warner Bros./WMN)4 THOMPSON SQUARE/Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not (Stoney Creek)5 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Cruise (Republic Nashville)6 ERIC CHURCH/Springsteen (EMI Nashville)7 DARIUS RUCKER/Wagon Wheel (Capitol)8 ZBB f/J. BUFFETT/Knee Deep (So. Ground/Atlantic/BPG)9 ERIC CHURCH/Drink In My Hand (EMI Nashville)10 DUSTIN LYNCH/Small Town Boy (Broken Bow


Funfetti: WKSJ/Mobile sets a new station record after raising $289,265 during its St. Jude radiothon. Pictured (l-r) are St. Jude patient Ashleigh Long with daughter Jaynie and the station’s Johnna Farmer, Bill Black and Shelby Mitchell.

Make It Rain: KUBL/Salt Lake City staffers celebrate raising $181,235 during their K-Bull 93 Cares For St. Jude Kids Radiothon, with 601 listeners becoming Partners in Hope. Pictured (l-r) are Jared Banks, Travis Moon, Matt Ramone, Lexi, Ramone’s wife Hillary and Tina Hampton, a volunteer who answered phones for 14 hours straight Friday (12/6).

Mountain MUSC: iHeartMedia/Charleston, SC staffers pose with tiny interns following their two-day 12th Annual Cares for Kids Radiothon, which raised more than $176,000 for Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital. Pictured (back, l-r) are iHeart’s Brian Cleary, Pete Norden, Greg Pitt, Drew Durham, Kelly Golden and Gary Goldman and Children’s Miracle Network’s Mimi Dorman; (middle, l-r) iHeart’s Ric Rush, Alene Grevey, Matt Branscum, Casten Farr and Kristen Jordan and Children’s Miracle Network’s Amy Osborne; (front, l-r) iHeart’s Travis Dylan, Rachel Edwards and Aileen Neal.

Care Borne: KNUC/Seattle surpasses its first year goals, raising $260,173 during its inaugural Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon. Pictured (l-r) are station staffers Corey Dillon, Claire Beverly, Fitz, Drew, Keith, Wingnut and Kat.

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MIDWESTIowa City Broadcasting Classic Country KDMA-

AM/FM & Classic Rock KMGM/Montevideo, MN is seeking a PD/on-air talent. Send résumés, airchecks and a cover letter explaining why you should be selected to Rob Siems here.

Cumulus WFMS/Indianapolis OM/PD Christopher “Boomer” Layfield is seeking an MD/on-air talent. See the complete job posting and apply here; no calls or emails.

Midwest WNWN/Battle Creek, MI PD Miggy Santos is seeking a morning co-host. Send résumés and airchecks here.

Zimmer KCLR/Columbia, MO is looking for an APD/on-air talent. Send résumés and airchecks here.

NORTHEASTSeven Mountains WIFT (Bigfoot Country)/

Dubois, PA VP/Programming JC Burton is on the prowl for a Production Dir./midday. He is also searching for a Dir./Promotions and afternoon personality for the company’s WIBF/Lewistown, PA. Send résumés, airchecks and production samples to Burton here.

Townsquare/Augusta, ME OM Cooper Fox is looking for a morning host to join Country WEBB. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

SOUTHEASTGulf South WTVY/Dothan, AL PD John

Garrett is on the hunt for a morning co-host. Send résumés, airchecks and references to him here.

Summit VP/Programming Beverlee Brannigan is on the hunt for a PD to join WCYQ/Knoxville. Send résumés and airchecks to her here.

Summit WQNU/Louisville OM/PD Cagle is searching for an afternoon personality. Résumés and airchecks to him here.

Beasley WQYK/Tampa OM/PD Travis Daily is seeking both a morning co-host and night host. Interested parties can send résumés and airchecks to him here.

SOUTHWESTCumulus KSCS/Dallas is searching for a

morning co-host for Hawkeye In The Morning. Airchecks and résumés to PD Mac Daniels here.

Cumulus KPLX/Dallas PD Mac Daniels is looking for a morning co-host for The Wake Up With The Wolf Show. Apply here.

Cox KCYY/San Antonio OM/PD Jeff Garrison is seeking a new morning sidekick to join Beth Chandler. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

Adams/Las Cruces, NM OM Ernesto Garcia is looking for a full-time Prod. Asst. and on-air talent for the cluster that includes Country KGRT. Résumés and airchecks to Garcia here.

WEST COASTTownsquare KAWO/Boise is on the hunt

for a morning team. Interested candidates should send résumés and airchecks to SVP/Programming Kurt Johnson here.

Momentum KJUG/Visalia, CA PD Rik McNeil is looking for a morning co-host. See the complete job posting here; résumés and airchecks to McNeil here.

Buck Owens KUZZ/Bakersfield PD Brent Michaels is searching for a morning personality. Interested candidates may send résumés and airchecks here.

RMG KOLC/Reno, NV VP/GM Tricia Gallenbeck is searching for a PD/on-air talent. Send résumés and airchecks to her here.

Entercom KWJJ/Portland OM/PD Scott

Roddy is looking for a morning team. Candidate can view the full job description and apply here; send résumés, airchecks, digital/social links and three references to Roddy here.

Townsquare/Grand Junction, CO is looking for an OM & Country KEKB Brand Mgr. to succeed Ray Michaels. Apply here.

Alpha/Portland SVP/MM Lisa Decker is seeking a Dir./Marketing for the cluster, which includes Country KUPL. See the complete job posting and apply here.

Canyon Country KONY/St. George, UT GM Ben Lindquist is seeking an on-air OM/PD. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

Townsquare KDBL/Yakima, WA OM Brian Stephenson is searching for a Brand Mgr./morning co-host. Apply here; send résumés and airchecks to Stephenson here.

OTHERConsultant Joel Raab is looking an on-air PD

for a reporting station in a Top 100 market. He is also searching for a PD/on-air talent in a Top 50 makret. Send materials here.

Music Choice Head/Country Music Programming Jim Murphy is seeking a Sr. Programmer to join his growing team. Interested candidates may apply here.

RWPC Co-President and consultant Scott Huskey is on the hunt for a Country morning co-host for a No. 1 rated station in the Southeast. Send résumés and airchecks to him here.

Warner Music Nashville VP/Radio & Streaming Tom Martens is seeking a Dir./National Radio & Streaming for a newly created position within the team. Send résumés to him here.


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2 OLD DOMINIONOne Man Band (RCA) 27599 -328 8799 -158 52.331 -0.575 156 0

1 2 LUKE COMBS/Even Though I'm Leaving (River House/Columbia) 26277 -1746 8234 -570 52.503 -1.524 156 0

3 3 THOMAS RHETT/Remember You Young (Valory) ✔ 24450 927 7808 369 47.951 2.502 156 0

4 4 KEITH URBAN/We Were (Capitol) ✔ 23641 2713 7551 782 43.014 5.223 156 0

5 5 DUSTIN LYNCH/Ridin' Roads (Broken Bow) 20032 -3 6523 -2 37.457 1.132 154 0

6 6 LADY ANTEBELLUM/What If I Never Get Over You (BMLGR) 19753 184 6287 60 36.924 0.526 156 0

7 7 JON PARDI/Heartache Medication (Capitol) 19649 112 6318 41 35.428 0.747 156 0

8 8 KENNY CHESNEY/Tip Of My Tongue (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 17017 -670 5530 -164 30.914 -1.678 156 0

9 9 DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER/10,000 Hours (Warner/WAR) 16186 244 5111 100 29.358 0.046 154 0

10 10 SAM HUNT/Kinfolks (MCA) 14622 -299 4732 -72 26.197 -0.558 155 0

11 11 JASON ALDEAN/We Back (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 13360 -39 4280 -25 24.431 0.653 156 0

12 12 JIMMIE ALLEN/Make Me Want To (Stoney Creek) 13308 -67 4202 -35 24.703 0.382 155 0

13 13 GARTH BROOKS & BLAKE SHELTON/Dive Bar (Pearl) 12764 286 3957 65 21.858 0.41 156 0

16 14 MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) ✔ 11921 675 3671 215 20.967 1.105 148 7

14 15 KANE BROWN/Homesick (RCA) 11624 -149 3776 -20 21.533 -0.16 155 1

15 16 JORDAN DAVIS/Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (MCA) 11014 -286 3458 -76 20.957 0.155 155 0

18 17 LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol) 10719 116 3407 96 19.377 -0.2 155 1

17 18 BLAKE SHELTON/Hell Right f/Trace Adkins (Warner/WMN) 10616 7 3458 24 18.709 0.154 154 1

19 19 INGRID ANDRESS/More Hearts Than Mine (Warner/WEA) 10179 -67 3358 22 16.362 -0.44 149 0

20 20 KELSEA BALLERINI/Homecoming Queen? (Black River) 9679 -201 3217 -59 15.035 -0.466 155 0

21 21 BRETT YOUNG/Catch (BMLGR) 9149 -103 2763 33 17.692 0.389 146 1

22 22 JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud) 8934 376 2731 124 17.861 0.849 144 6

23 23 RILEY GREEN/I Wish Grandpas Never Died (BMLGR) 8331 183 2745 99 12.698 0.485 152 6

24 24 RYAN HURD/To A T (RCA) 7855 -145 2333 -53 12.892 -0.703 137 0

25 25 TRAVIS DENNING/After A Few (Mercury) 6828 93 2028 28 10.298 0.279 148 3

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27 26 TRISHA YEARWOOD/Every Girl In This Town (Gwendolyn/Pearl) 5811 -90 1839 -28 7.996 -0.45 145 1

26 27 SCOTTY MCCREERY/In Between (Triple Tigers) 5727 -263 1763 -43 8.917 -1.285 142 3

30 28 CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE/I Hope You're... (Big Machine/Curb) 5230 321 1620 108 7.025 -0.21 149 4

29 29 LOCASH/One Big Country Song (Wheelhouse) 4940 8 1536 25 7.792 -0.173 133 5

28 30 CAYLEE HAMMACK/Family Tree (Capitol) 4811 -247 1639 -64 6.048 -0.507 129 3

31 31 MICHAEL RAY/Her World Or Mine (Warner/WEA) 4511 -124 1335 -8 7.245 -0.259 127 6

32 32 ERIC CHURCH/Monsters (EMI Nashville) 4495 -111 1442 -48 6.347 -0.235 136 2

33 33 GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) 4324 239 1328 66 7.765 0.68 112 10

34 34 GONE WEST/What Could've Been (Triple Tigers) 3864 -19 1077 9 6.086 -0.569 116 3

35 35 MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud) 3611 118 1118 53 5.998 0.302 115 7

37 36 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Blessings (BMLGR) 3423 65 1059 16 5.48 0.244 108 3

36 37 CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow) 3373 -77 1049 -13 4.792 -0.258 111 1

38 38 MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury) 2816 -116 877 -32 3.809 -0.417 109 1

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Drinking Alone (Capitol) 2680 38 875 20 3.185 0.048 102 11

40 40 BILLY CURRINGTON/Details (Mercury) 2568 -14 685 1 4.236 0.017 88 3

41 41 CHRIS YOUNG/Drowning (RCA) 2560 3 735 -1 4.062 0.005 89 3

42 42 JUSTIN MOORE/Why We Drink (Valory) 2268 -49 705 -11 3.741 -0.166 90 3

45 43 RODNEY ATKINS/Thank God For You (Curb) 2163 118 674 25 3.243 -0.254 78 2

44 44 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH/Hold On (Capitol) 2106 -136 619 -34 3.691 -0.488 86 2

KIP MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 2067 135 682 33 3.145 -0.08 94 4

46 46 JON LANGSTON/Now You Know (32 Bridge/EMI Nashville) 2010 44 677 26 2.371 0.083 86 1

48 47 CAROLINE JONES/Chasin' Me (Mailboat/New Revolution) 1942 80 706 21 1.654 0.152 82 2

49 48 ELI YOUNG BAND/Break It In (Valory) 1878 47 593 21 2.236 0.099 82 2

49 DILLON CARMICHAEL/I Do For You (Riser House) 1804 49 593 11 2.881 0.047 73 1

50 50 RAYNE JOHNSON/Front Seat (Studio2Bee/Legend) 1791 32 392 13 2.815 0.083 39 3

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Debut

CONGRATULATIONS

MATTHEW RAMSEY

"ONE MAN BAND"

#1 SONG

co-written by brad tursi, josh osborne, & trevor rosen

produced by shane mcanally

performed by old dominion

thank you rca nashville & morris higham management!

December 9, 2019

Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersKEITH URBAN/We Were (Capitol) 782

THOMAS RHETT/Remember You Young (Valory) 369

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 215

BRANTLEY GILBERT/Fire't Up (Valory) 162

MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Wide Open/Records/Arista) 138

JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud) 124

C. PEARCE & L. BRICE/I Hope You're... (Big Machine/Curb) 108

DAN + SHAY & J. BIEBER/10,000 Hours (Warner/WAR) 100

RILEY GREEN/I Wish Grandpas Never Died (BMLGR) 99

LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol) 96

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersKEITH URBAN/We Were (Capitol) 2713 ✔THOMAS RHETT/Remember You Young (Valory) 927 ✔MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 675 ✔BRANTLEY GILBERT/Fire't Up (Valory) 585 ✔MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Wide Open/Records/Arista) 437 ✔JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud) 376

C. PEARCE & L. BRICE/I Hope You're... (Big Machine/Curb) 321

HALEY & MICHAELS/Hail Mary (Hickory/Sony/ATV) 289

GARTH BROOKS & BLAKE SHELTON/Dive Bar (Pearl) 286

DAN + SHAY & J. BIEBER/10,000 Hours (Warner/WAR) 244

Activator Top Spin GainersMAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 121

LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol) 108

DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER/10,000 Hours (Warner/WAR) 106

DUSTIN LYNCH/Ridin' Roads (Broken Bow) 91

C. PEARCE & L. BRICE/I Hope You’re... (Big Machine/Curb) 91



LADY ANTEBELLUM/What If I Never Get Over You (BMLGR) 68

GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) 65

KANE BROWN/Homesick (RCA) 60

Activator Top Point GainersLUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol) 739 ✔

DUSTIN LYNCH/Ridin' Roads (Broken Bow) 640 ✔

DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER/10,000 Hours (Warner/WAR) 639 ✔

MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) 601 ✔

C. PEARCE & L. BRICE/I Hope You're... (Big Machine/Curb) 557 ✔



LADY ANTEBELLUM/What If I Never Get Over You (BMLGR) 331


TRAVIS DENNING/After A Few (Mercury) 328

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

MATT STELL/Prayed For You (Wide Open/Records/GCE/Arista) 17006

CHRIS JANSON/Good Vibes (Warner/WAR) 13642

MORGAN WALLEN/Whiskey Glasses (Big Loud) 11895

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Every Little Thing (Triple Tigers) 11600

DIERKS BENTLEY/Living (Capitol) 10370

CHRIS LANE/I Don't Know About You (Big Loud) 9720

JUSTIN MOORE/The Ones That Didn't Make It... (Valory) 9326

LUKE COMBS/Beer Never Broke... (River House/Columbia) 7865

LUKE COMBS/Beautiful Crazy (River House/Columbia) 7582

ELI YOUNG BAND/Love Ain't (Valory) 7311

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds

LINDSAY ELL/I Don't Love You (Stoney Creek) 49

MORGAN EVANS/Diamonds (Warner/WEA) 33

MIRANDA LAMBERT/Bluebird (RCA) 30

JACKSON MICHELSON/Stay Over (Curb) 27

BRANTLEY GILBERT/Fire't Up (Valory) 20

HALEY & MICHAELS/Hail Mary (Hickory/Sony/ATV) 16

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Drinking Alone (Capitol) 11

MATT STELL/Everywhere But On (Wide Open/Records/Arista) 11


GRANGER SMITH/That's Why I Love Dirt Roads (Wheelhouse) 8

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Blake Shelton Fully Loaded: God’s Country (Warner/WMN) The 12-song collection features seven tracks from previous albums and five new songs, including the No. 1 title track, current single “Hell Right” (featuring Trace Adkins) and the

recently-released “Jesus Got a Tight Grip,” co-written by Shelton alongside frequent collaborators Chase McGill, Jessi Alexander and Rhett Akins.

Jan. 17Little Big Town Nightfall (Capitol)Dustin Lynch Tullahoma (Broken Bow)

Jan. 24Kree Harrison Chosen Family Tree (One Vision)

Feb. 7The Cadillac Three Country Fuzz (Big Machine)Aubrie Sellers Far From Home (Soundly Music)

KIP MOORE/She’s Mine (MCA) Moves 47-45* 2,067 points, 682 spins 4 adds: KMDL, KMLE, WKSJ, WYRK

JON LANGSTON/Now You Know (32 Bridge/EMI Nashville) Remains 46* 2,010 points, 677 spins 1 add: WDAF

CAROLINE JONES/Chasin’ Me (Mailboat/New Revolution) Moves 48-47* 1,942 points, 706 spins 2 adds: *WMZQ, *WPOC

ELI YOUNG BAND/Break It In (Valory) Moves 49-48* 1,878 points, 593 spins 2 adds: WAMZ, WOGK

DILLON CARMICHAEL/I Do For You (Riser House) Debuts at 49* 1,804 points, 593 spins 1 add: WUSY

RAYNE JOHNSON/Front Seat (Studio2Bee/Legend) Remains at 50* 1,791 points, 392 spins 3 adds: KNUC, WITL, WQNU

JAMESON RODGERS/Some Girls (River House/Columbia) 1,664 points, 564 spins 2 adds: KASE, KUZZ

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WAR) 1,597 points, 459 spins 2 adds: WKHK, WLFP

RUNAWAY JUNE/Head Over Heels (Wheelhouse) 1,495 points, 472 spins 7 adds: KDRK, KEEY, KUZZ, KWBL, WBWL, WDAF, WSSL

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December 16None Listed

January 6None Listed

January 13ZAC BROWN BAND/Leaving Love Behind (ZB Collective/BMG/ Wheelhouse)RAYNE JOHNSON/Front Seat (Studio2Bee/Legend)TENILLE ARTS/Somebody Like That (Reviver)

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

1 1 OLD DOMINIONOne Man Band (RCA)

13296 -59 2563 -20 51 0

2 2 LUKE COMBS/Even Though I'm Leaving (River House/Columbia) 12299 -222 2387 -79 50 0

3 3 THOMAS RHETT/Remember You Young (Valory) 11905 241 2279 50 51 0

4 4 JON PARDI/Heartache Medication (Capitol) 10969 73 2099 8 50 0

5 5 KEITH URBAN/We Were (Capitol) 10407 -68 2044 -13 49 0

6 6 LADY ANTEBELLUM/What If I Never Get Over You (BMLGR) 10199 331 1968 68 51 0

8 7 DUSTIN LYNCH/Ridin' Roads (Broken Bow) ✔ 9666 640 1824 91 50 0

7 8 KENNY CHESNEY/Tip Of My Tongue (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 9077 -387 1711 -83 48 0

9 9 SAM HUNT/Kinfolks (MCA) 8047 239 1484 38 51 0

11 10 DAN + SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER/10,000 Hours (Warner/WAR) ✔ 7728 639 1404 106 50 0

10 11 JASON ALDEAN/We Back (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 7683 163 1420 49 51 0

12 12 GARTH BROOKS & BLAKE SHELTON/Dive Bar (Pearl) 6727 326 1259 53 47 0

16 13 LUKE BRYAN/What She Wants Tonight (Capitol) ✔ 6434 739 1167 108 51 0

13 14 BLAKE SHELTON f/T. ADKINS/Hell Right (Warner/WMN) 6154 31 1162 7 51 0

15 15 KANE BROWN/Homesick (RCA) 5995 296 1096 60 48 2

14 16 KELSEA BALLERINI/Homecoming Queen? (Black River) 5941 180 1073 27 51 0

19 17 RILEY GREEN/I Wish Grandpas Never Died (BMLGR) 5794 518 1089 75 51 2

18 18 INGRID ANDRESS/More Hearts Than Mine (Warner/WEA) 5608 256 1108 39 50 0

17 19 JORDAN DAVIS/Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (MCA) 5500 -156 989 -30 51 0

20 20 JIMMIE ALLEN/Make Me Want To (Stoney Creek) 5395 179 1033 36 46 0

21 21 MAREN MORRIS/The Bones (Columbia) ✔ 4444 601 862 121 47 3

22 22 BRETT YOUNG/Catch (BMLGR) 3645 206 647 32 50 2

25 23 JAKE OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud) 3210 484 607 86 48 2

26 24 CARLY PEARCE & LEE BRICE/I Hope You're Happy Now (Big Machine/Curb) ✔ 3163 557 543 91 43 6

23 25 ERIC CHURCH/Monsters (EMI Nashville) 3109 278 507 42 43 0

24 26 RYAN HURD/To A T (RCA) 2813 10 530 -2 49 1

28 27 CAYLEE HAMMACK/Family Tree (Capitol) 2462 128 489 15 42 1

27 28 TRISHA YEARWOOD/Every Girl In This Town (Gwendolyn/Pearl) 2378 44 478 13 40 0

29 29 TRAVIS DENNING/After A Few (Mercury) 2335 328 448 59 44 3

30 30 SCOTTY MCCREERY/In Between (Triple Tigers) 1777 41 354 16 38 1

2nd Week at No. 1

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

32 31 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Drinking Alone (Capitol) 1502 138 275 28 26 2

34 32 LOCASH/One Big Country Song (Wheelhouse) 1392 189 239 22 34 1

31 33 CODY JOHNSON/Nothin' On You (Warner/CoJo/WMN) 1390 3 217 3 17 0

35 34 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Blessings (BMLGR) 1270 265 212 50 28 2

33 35 JUSTIN MOORE/Why We Drink (Valory) 1256 -59 239 -12 18 0

38 36 CHRIS YOUNG/Drowning (RCA) 1011 50 125 4 7 0

36 37 BILLY CURRINGTON/Details (Mercury) 992 -11 146 -2 13 0

37 38 CHASE RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow) 980 18 171 1 25 0

39 39 MICHAEL RAY/Her World Or Mine (Warner/WEA) 956 71 192 13 32 0

45 40 GABBY BARRETT/I Hope (Warner/WAR) 954 331 196 65 35 5

41 41 AARON WATSON/Country Radio (Big) 948 114 169 21 14 0

42 42 GONE WEST/What Could've Been (Triple Tigers) 869 70 169 7 29 1

40 43 ASHLEY MCBRYDE/One Night Standards (Warner/WAR) 850 -8 104 -2 4 0

43 44 MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury) 760 -38 173 -11 23 0

46 45 ROSS ELLIS/Buy And Buy (Big Deal) 730 130 73 13 1 0

44 46 ELI YOUNG BAND/Break It In (Valory) 680 40 120 9 12 0

58 47 MORGAN WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud) 594 188 102 33 22 1

47 48 MITCHELL TENPENNY f/SEAFORTH/Anything She Says (Riser House/Columbia) 580 54 58 5 1 0

49 49 LITTLE BIG TOWN/Over Drinking (Capitol) 516 53 79 5 13 0

50 50 RUNAWAY JUNE/Head Over Heels (Wheelhouse) 506 50 103 12 13 0

57 51 LADY ANTEBELLUM/Ocean (BMLGR) 490 80 49 8 1 0

54 52 MAREN MORRIS/The Feels (Columbia) 490 70 49 7 1 0

52 53 TIFFANY WOYS/Hostage (Tiffany Woys) 463 14 77 2 10 0

59 54 DIPLO & MORGAN WALLEN/Heartless (Columbia) 460 60 46 6 1 0

56 55 NIKO MOON/Good Time (RCA) 460 50 46 5 1 0

51 56 RODNEY ATKINS/Thank God For You (Curb) 458 8 100 6 12 0

48 57 PARKER MCCOLLUM/Pretty Heart (MCA) 449 -36 50 -5 2 0

60 58 KANE BROWN/For My Daughter (RCA) 440 50 44 5 1 0

53 59 GEORGE STRAIT/The Weight Of The Badge (MCA) 421 -13 69 -2 7 0

55 60 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH/Hold On (Capitol) 417 5 80 2 8 0

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