Country
Billboard Chart News January 7, 2019
In
Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of January 12, 2019)
Country Album
Chart ** No.1 (22 non-consecutive weeks) ** THIS
ONE’S FOR YOU Luke Combs
Hot Country
Songs ** No.1 (7 weeks) ** “Speechless” Dan
+ Shay
Country Airplay
** No.1 (4 weeks) ** “Speechless” Dan + Shay
Country Digital
Songs ** No.1 (9 non-consecutive weeks) “Speechless” Dan + Shay
Billboard Top 200 / Country
Album Chart News (Chart issue week of
January 12, 2019)
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
21 Savage spends a second week atop
the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (BB200)
with I Am > I Was, earning 65,000 equivalent album units in the
week ending Jan. 3, according to Nielsen Music. The set slips by 51 percent in
its second week on the tally after debuting at No. 1 with 131,000 units.
The
Billboard 200 chart’s new top 10 was full of movement, though devoid of debuts,
as the tally adjusted back to normal business post the Christmas season.
Billboard Top Country Albums
(Chart issue week of
January 12, 2019)
Top
Country Albums now ranks the most popular country albums of the week, as
compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA)).
10 digital track sales from an
album = 1 track equivalent album (TEA)
“sale”
1,500 on demand song streams from
an album to one streaming equivalent album (SEA) “sale”.
Nielsen
Music compiles the sales and streaming data. Billboard continues to publish pure album sales charts (subscription to
billboard biz ), exclusively comprising
Nielsen’s sales data.
With
the Christmas and New Year season over the charts emphasised a period of sales
levels post-iTunes and store gift cards (although digital songs sales are in
severe decline). Artists witnessed drastic sales dips over the previous week (Carrie
Underwood's Cry Pretty was #1 based purely on sales).
Previous
weeks’ No1 Gene
Autry with Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other
Christmas Classics plummeted 1-40. 1 (#24 to off the Billboard 200; 11 chart frames)
Based
on consumption units Luke Combs with THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/ Columbia Nashville/Sony Music
Nashville) moved 2-1 (#32-18
Billboard 200; 3,600 sales; 83-week total 399,000) to head the chart for a 21st
non-consecutive week No.1 in the albums 83rd chart frame.
Propelled
by their 4-week #1 hit "Speechless"
former No1 Dan + Shay with their self-titled
album (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) climbed 5-2 (#52-27 BB200; 5,100 sales; 28-week total
91,900) and additionally returned to No.1 on the Country Sales list.
Former
No.1 Kane Brown with
sophomore album, entitled EXPERIMENT rose 8-3 (#65-48
BB200; 3,900 sales;
8-week total 166,700). His self titled debut Kane Brown climbed 10-6 (#104-68 BB200; 1,800 sales; 109-week total
496,900).
Chris Stapleton with the 192-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN)
rose 9-4 (#74-53 BB200; 3,300 sales; total
2,425,400) as his set From A Room: Volume 1 (Mercury/Universal
Music Group Nashville) held at No.17 (#138-168
BB200) and From A Room: Volume 2 fell 20-36 (2,200 sales; 57-week total
480,200).
Thomas Rhett with LIFE CHANGES (Valory) rose 11-5
(#74-53 BB200; 2,100
sales; 69-week
total 314,400) in his 69th frame.
Former
6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW
TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) rose 12-7
(#116-77 BB200; 1,500 sales; 38-week total
462,700) in its 38th week.
Mitchell Tenpenny with TELLING ALL MY SECRETS climbed 14-8
(#129-90 Billboard 200; 1,600 sales; 3-week
total 17,800) in his third frame.
Former
No.1 Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY fell 7-9 (#60-92 BB200; 4,700 sales; 16-week total 400,800).
Brett Young with his self-titled Brett Young (BMLG) pushed 19-10 (#168-99 BB200; 1,300 sales;
99-week total 253,400) as his former No.1 Ticket to L.A. (BMLG) rebounded 18-12 (#150-117 BB200; 2,500 sales; 4-week total 40,600) in his fourth frame.
Outside the
Top 10
Kacey Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA Nashville) climbed 16-11 (#137-113
BB200; 4,200 sales; 35-week total 141,100) in
her 35th frame.
Eric Church with DESPERATE MAN (EMI Nashville) rose 15-13 (#131-146
BB200; 3,400 sales; 13-week total 179,000) in his
13th frame.
Jimmie Allen with his debut album MERCURY LANE (Stoney Creek/BMG/BBMG) rocketed
43-19 (#198 Re-Entry BB200; 400 sales; 10-week total 10,000).
Outside the Top 25
Dolly Parton with DUMPLIN' (Soundtrack) made a #37
Re-Entry (1,800 sales; 4-week total 18,000)
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
In his
second frame Upchurch
with 12-track Hip-Hop & Rap set RIVER RAT [Explicit] (Redneck Nation Records | Amazon UK
- UK iTunes)
fell off the top 50 after a debut at No.21
and dropped #8-11 Country Album
sales (2,300 sales; 2-week total 9,200).
Jill Martin with her 6-track EP THE LOCALS (Big J Records | Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com) made a Hot Shot Debut
at #49 Country sales (#20 on the Heatseeker chart) selling
400 copies.
She wrote
every song on the EP, The Locals, with husband Logan Mize (“The Girl With You”
and “Meet Me In Montana” were co-written with Blake Chaffin). The EP was
produced by Logan Mize & Ryan Gore.
A while
back, Jill auditioned for Nashville Star and made it to the round right before
the final cut – John Rich pulled her aside and told her to get her ass to
Nashville.
Year-To-Date Albums
240,000 (Physical sales 160,000
(down -26.6%) + Digital sales 80,000 (down -3.6%) which is 20.3% down at the same point in 2018 (301,000 sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
809,000 down 21.6% at the same point in 2018 (1,032,000)
Billboard Hot Country Songs
(Chart issue week of
January 12, 2019)
On Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart - which blends:
a) All-format airplay, as monitored by BDS
b) Sales, as tracked by Nielsen SoundScan and
c) Streaming, (tracked by
Nielsen BDS from such services as Spotify, Muve, Slacker, Rhapsody, Rdio and
Xbox Music, among others) according to BDS it results in:
“Speechless” controled Billboard’s
Hot Country Songs chart for a seventh week. Along with its airplay gain, the
song increased by 19 percent to 10.5 million U.S. streams in the week ending
Jan. 3 as it returned to its No.2 peak on Country Streaming Songs (8-2) and
spent a ninth week atop Country Digital Song Sales (17,000 sold, down 26
percent).
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (7 weeks) ** “Speechless” Dan + Shay
** Streaming Gainer ** No.2 “Tequila” Dan + Shay
**
Airplay Gainer” No.10 “Good Girl” Dustin
Lynch
** Digital
Gainer ** No.23 “Miss Me More” Kelsea
Ballerini
Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week of
January 12, 2019)
Dan + Shay, the duo of Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney,
continue their domination of Billboard’s
Country Airplay chart and the airplay-, streamingand sales-fueled Hot
Country Songs survey (dated Jan. 12) with “Speechless” (Warner Bros./WAR).
The love song
inspired by the duo’s wives, which Smyers and Mooney cowrote with Jordan
Reynolds and Laura Veltz, led Country Airplay for a fourth week. It increases by 15 percent to 39.4 million audience impressions in the week ending Jan. 6,
according to Nielsen Music. (All but two songs gain on the chart, reflecting
the first full tracking week after holiday music returned to hibernation.)
“It’s very
fitting to start the new year with ‘Speechless’ still at No.1,” says Warner
Music Nashville senior vp promotion and streaming Kristen Williams. “The guys
have worked immensely hard to get to this point, and the entire team has been
tireless in its efforts to execute their vision. Plus, thanks to country radio
for its unending support. It’s going to be an exciting year.”
“Speechless”
hit No. 1 for the first time on the Dec.22, 2018-dated Country Airplay list.
The track
became the first four-week leader since Luke Combs’ “She Got the Best of
Me,” which led for four frames beginning on the chart dated Oct. 27, 2018.
As far as duos
go, Dan + Shay is the first to stretch a stay atop Country Airplay to four weeks
since 2014, when Florida Georgia Line’s “Stay” ruled for four frames that
January. The pair with the longest-running No.1 on Country Airplay is Brooks
& Dunn, whose 2001 hit “Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You” held at the apex for six
weeks.
Among all acts,
the longest reign atop Country Airplay, which launched on Jan. 20, 1990, is
eight weeks. Two songs share the honor: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett’s “It’s
Five O’Clock Somewhere” (2003) and Lonestar’s “Amazed” (1999).
As Dan + Shay
have now topped both Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay for four weeks running,
the act is the first to simultaneously spend that much time atop those tallies
since Thomas Rhett, who led the lists for a record six consecutive weeks in
January and February 2016 with “Die a Happy Man.”
Luke Combs’ “She Got the Best of Me” (River House/Columbia
Nashville) has now ranked in the Country Airplay top five for 15 weeks as it dipped 4-5 with 34
million audience impressions, up 17 percent. “Best” now stands alone in
second place for the longest run in the top five and is a week from tying
the record, held by Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road”: 16 weeks, in 2017.
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (4 weeks) *** “Speechless” Dan +
Shay 39.416 million audience (+5.197 million) / 7,442 radio plays (+916)
**
Most Increased Audience ** No.2 “Good Girl” Dustin Lynch +7.926 million audience
**
Most Added ** No.19 “Beautiful Crazy” Luke
Combs (47 ADDS)
** Hot
Shot Debut ** No.54 “Some Of It” Eric
Church
Debut
No.55 “Good As You” Kane Brown
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
(Chart issue week of
January 12, 2019)
Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) with “Speechless”
held at No.1 (#10 non-mover Digital Songs; 17,000 sales; 28-week total
278,000) to head the chart for an 9th non-consecutive week as their hit “Tequila”
held at No.2 (#28-21 Digital Songs; 11,000
sales; 50-week total 509,000) in its 50th frame.
Speechless was nine places behind Post Malone and
Swae Lee's "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)"which hit a
new Hot 100 high at No. 3, up from No. 5, and took over atop Digital Song Sales (40,000, down 8 percent), where it's Post Malone's
third leader and Swae Lee's first.
Luke
Combs with “She
Got The Best Of Me” held No.3 (#31-34
Digital Songs; 8,000 sales; 22-week total 322,000) and “Beautiful Crazy” held at No.4 (#34-37 Digital Songs; 8,000
sales; 35-week total 268,000) in its 34th frame.
Jake Owen with “Down To The Honkytonk” held
at No.5 (#50-40 Digital Songs; 7,000
sales; 19-week total 110,000).
The former 22 non-consecutive week No1 Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line with “Meant
to Be" (Warner Bros. | BMLG) climbed 10-6 (#40 Re-Entry Digital Songs;
7,000 sales; 58-week total 1,379,000) as FGL’s “Simple” lifted 18-8 (6,000
sales; 28-week total 364,000).
Kelsea Ballerini with “Miss Me More” advanced 21-9 (#47 Re-Entry Digital Songs; 6,000
sales; 9-week total 78,000)
Chris Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey” dropped 8-9 (6,000 sales; 156-week total 1,743,000)
as “Millionaire”
rose 17-13 (5,000 sales; week total 187,000).
Mitchell Tenpenny with “Drunk Me” fell 6-10 (6,000 sales; 24-week total
182,000) in its 24th frame.
Outside
the Top 10
Kane Brown with “Lose It” fell 7-11 (6,000 sales; 27-week total
189,000).
Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers
Osborne with “Burning Man” fell 11-12 (5,000 sales; 21-week total
120,000).
Kane Brown feat. Lauren Alaina with “What Ifs” made a re-entry at No.14 (5,000
sales; total 886,000).
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
January
7, 2019
Dan + Shay Hold At #1 With
'Speechless'
Congrats to Dan + Shay’s Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, Kristen Williams, Tom
Martens, James Marsh and the WAR
promotion staff on bookending the break with a second week at No.1 for “Speechless.” The song is the second
chart-topper from the duo’s current self-titled album. Writers are Jordan
Reynolds, Laura Veltz, Smyers and Mooney.
“Speechless” (Warner Bros./WAR) held at No.1
logging 7,902 radio spins, 48.995 million audience
impressions with 25190 Total Points from 156
tracking stations (156 ADDS) for the tracking week December 30 to January 5,
2018 and published chart dated January 7, 2019.
Kane Brown Is Most-Added
With 'Good As You'
And kudos to
Dennis Reese and the RCA crew on
securing 64 adds for Kane Brown’s “Good As You”. The song topped the "Most
Added" board this chart week.
Mediabase
Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title (Label) TW Total Historic
Adds
KANE BROWN/Good As You (RCA) 64 64
BRANTLEY
GILBERT & LINDSAY ELL/What Happens In A Small Town (Valory) 36 36
LUKE
COMBS/Beautiful Crazy (River House/Columbia) 34 139
KELSEA
BALLERINI/Miss Me More (Black River) 23 140
TOBY
KEITH/Don't Let The Old Man In (Show Dog) 22 22
ASHLEY
MCBRYDE/Girl Goin' Nowhere (Atlantic/WAR) 18 22
CARLY
PEARCE/Closer To You (Big Machine) 18 92
PISTOL
ANNIES/Got My Name Changed Back (RCA) 18 46
LEE BRICE/Rumor
(Curb) 14 112
RUSSELL
DICKERSON/Every Little Thing (Triple Tigers) 13 72
ERIC
CHURCH/Some Of It (EMI Nashville) 11 11
FLORIDA GEORGIA
LINE/Talk You Out Of It (BMLGR) 11 104
ADAM
HAMBRICK/Rockin' All Night Long (Buena Vista/Capitol) 10 65
CODY JOHNSON/On
My Way To You (CoJo Music/WMN) 10 136
COLE
SWINDELL/Love You Too Late (Warner Bros./WMN) 10 75
ELI YOUNG
BAND/Love Ain't (Valory) 10 133
OLD
DOMINION/Make It Sweet (RCA) 10 150
BRETT
ELDREDGE/Love Someone (Atlantic/WMN) 9 128
MADDIE &
TAE/Friends Don't (Mercury) 9 110
RUNAWAY
JUNE/Buy My Own Drinks (Wheelhouse) 7 99
AARON
WATSON/Kiss That Girl Goodbye (Big Label) 2 2
WALKER
HAYES/90's Country (Monument/Arista) 2 45
DAN + SHAY/All
To Myself (Warner Bros./WAR) 1 1
LAUREN
ALAINA/Ladies In The '90s (19/Mercury) 1 70
MITCHELL
TENPENNY/Alcohol You Later (Riser House/Columbia) 1 1
RAELYNN/Tailgate
(Warner Bros./WMN) 1 18
TEGAN
MARIE/Keep It Lit (Warner Bros./WAR) 1 1
WALKER
MONTGOMERY/You Heard It Here First (Stringtown) 1 1
For
the very latest up to the minute Mediabase Chart (Past 7 Days) go here - www.mediabase.com
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #4
Event
Venue City/State: Florida Georgia Line Zappos Theater at Planet
Hollywood Las Vegas
Dates:
Dec. 1, 5, 7-8. 11, 2018 Gross Sales: $2,298,931 Attend: 22,927/ 24,966
Shows/
Sellouts: 5/0 (2,039 unsold tickets)
Prices: $188,
$145, $92, $66, $53
Promoters:
Caesars Entertainment/Live
Nation
Rank
Artist: #20
Event
Venue City/State: John Prine Grand Ole Opry House
Nashville
Dates:
Dec. 31, 2018 Gross Sales: $625,721 Attend: 4,257/ 4,257
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$256.50, $81.50
Promoters: NS2
Rank
Artist: #35
Event
Venue City/State: Cole Swindell TaxSlayer Center Moline, Ill
Dates:
Dec. 7, 2018 Gross Sales: $302,901 Attend: 7,397/ 10,364
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 (2,967 unsold tickets)
Prices: $56,
$50.75, $36.75, $26.75
Promoters:
Live Nation
Rank
Artist: #41
Event
Venue City/State: Chris Young Ford Center Evansville, Ind.
Dates:
Oct. 25, 2018 Gross Sales: $262,274 Attend: 4,272/ 8,982
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 (4,710 unsold tickets)
Prices: $79.50,
$39.50
Promoters:
Concerts West
Rank
Artist: #42
Event
Venue City/State: Kane Brown The Park Theater at Monte
Carlo Resort & Casino Las Vegas
Dates:
Dec. 15, 2018 Gross Sales: $260,706 Attend: 6,170/ 6,170
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** (1** unsold
tickets) Prices: $95, $42.50
Promoters:
AEG
Rank
Artist: #48
Event
Venue City/State: Willie Nelson Orpheum Theatre Memphis,
Tenn.
Dates:
Jan. 5, 2019 Gross
Sales: $226,810 Attend: 2,308/ 2,308
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$125, $55
Promoters:
Beaver Productions
Latest
Billboard Boxscore Chart
