Country
Billboard Chart News July 5, 2016
In
Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of July 16, 2016)
Country Album
Chart ** No.1 (21 non-consecutive weeks) TRAVELLER Chris Stapleton
Hot Country
Songs ** No.1 (9 weeks) ** H.O.L.Y. Florida
Georgia Line
Country Airplay
** No.1 (2 weeks) ** "Wasted Time” Keith Urban
Country Digital
Songs ** No.1 (9 weeks) ** H.O.L.Y. Florida
Georgia Line “
Billboard Top 200 / Country
Album Chart News (Chart issue week of July 16, 2016)
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
For a ninth
week in a row, Drake’s Views holds at No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (BB200).
Views pulled
ahead of Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP (with eight weeks at No.1) to solely
claim the third-most weeks at No.1 by a hip-hop album. Ahead of Views are
Vanilla Ice’s To the Extreme (16 weeks at No. 1 in 1990 and 1991) and MC
Hammer’s Please Hammer Don’t Hurt 'Em (21 weeks in 1990).
Views earned 111,000 equivalent album units in the
week ending June 30, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 24,801 were in traditional album sales.
The bulk of Views units were driven by streaming equivalent album units
(67,000), owed to the album’s popularity on streaming services.
Views also has
spent the most weeks atop the chart for an album by a man in over 10 years. The
last album by a man to spend at least nine weeks at No. 1 was Usher’s
Confessions, which racked up a total of nine non-consecutive frames at in the
penthouse in 2004.
Views has the
longest consecutive rule atop the chart since Adele’s 21 spent 10 weeks in a
row at No.1 between the Jan. 14 and March 17, 2012-dated charts.
The Avett Brothers earned their highest charting album
ever, as TRUE SADNESS made a debut at No.3
with 46,000 units (43,180 in
traditional album sales). That beat the No.4 debut and peak of THE CARPENTER,
which launched at No. 4 with a 98,000 sales start. The act’s last album, MAGPIE
AND THE DANDELION, bowed at No. 5 with 58,000 copies sold in its first week.
Billboard Top Country
Albums (Chart issue week of July 16, 2016)
In
a quiet week on the Billboard Top Albums
Chart witnessed Chris Stapleton, after a few weeks out of
the top slot, returned to the summit (since chart dated May 21st) and familiar place
at No.1 with TRAVELLER (13-12 Billboard 200) selling 15,319 copies (61-week total 1,431,100).
Blake
Shelton with IF I’M HONEST (Warner Bros./Warner Music
Nashville) moved 4-2 (17-15 Billboard 200) selling 13,953 copies (6-week
total 282,700)
Various
Artists: NOW That’s
What I Call Country, Volume 9 (Sony Music/Universal/UMe) fell 42-62 on the
Billboard 200 but rose 5-3 Country selling 8,893copies (4-week total 37,200)
Dierks
Bentley with BLACK (Capitol Nashville/Universal Music
Group [UMG] Nashville), lifted 7-4 Country (28-26 BB200) selling another
7,643 copies (5-week total 136,900)
Keith
Urban with RIPCORD (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/ Universal Music Group
Nashville) falling 15-37 Billboard 200 (3-5
Country;
8-week
total 197,200)
The previous week’s No.1 Jon Pardi with CALIFORNIA SUNRISE (Capitol
Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville), fell 11-40 on the Billboard 200 and 1-6 Country in his second week with 6,830
sales (down 71%; 2-week total 30,600)
Joey + Rory with HYMNS (Farmhouse/Gaither | Capitol CMG) rose 11-7 Country (116-97 BB200) selling another 6,567
copies (20-week total 414,000). It has led Top Christian Albums for 18
non-consecutive weeks where it moved 2-1 in its 21st frame.
Cole Swindell with YOU SHOULD BE HERE (Warner Bros. Nashville) held at #8 Country (48-50 BB200) selling 5,764 Copies
(8-week total 137,800)
Thomas Rhett with TANGLED UP (Valory | BMLG) fell 6-9 Country (18-22 BB200)
selling 5,487 copies (40-week total 415,600)
Former
No.1 Maren Morris with HERO (Columbia
Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) held at #10
Country (55-64 BB200) selling 5,236 copies (4-week total 58,800)
Outside
Top 25 Country Albums
Brandy
Clark with BIG DAY IN A SMALL TOWN (Slate Creek/
Warner Brothers) slipped 24-26 on Top Country Albums selling 1,300
copies (3-week total 11,000).
Elizabeth
Cook with EXODUS OF VENUS (Agent Love | Thirty
Tigers) in her second frame fell 23-40 selling 700 copies.
The only album to debut on Top 50 Country was a compilation set Various Artists Country Hits Of The 80s
& 90s (Stargrove
| Amazon UK) at No.50 selling around
500-600 copies.
Year-To-Date
Albums
12,057,000 (Physical sales 7,886,000
(down 9%) + Digital sales 4,171,000 (down -15.6%)) which is 9.7% down at the same point in 2016 (13,355,000
sales)
Year-To-Date
Digital Tracks
47,307,000 down 22.0% at the same point in 2015 (60,648,000)
Billboard Hot Country Songs
(Chart issue week of July 16, 2016)
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:
Florida
Georgia Line, (duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley), continues to
rule three of Billboard’s country songs charts with “H.O.L.Y” (Republic Nashville).
The Nate Cyphert-, William Larsen- and busbee-penned
first single from FGL’s third studio full-length, DIG YOUR ROOTS (due Aug. 26),
topped Billboard’s airplay-, sales- and streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart (dated July16) for a ninth week. It also
crowned Country Digital Songs for a ninth frame, up by 14% to 79,000 downloads
sold in the week ending June 30, according to Nielsen Music.
Since bowing at the Country Digital Songs summit (May
21), the track has moved 730,000 downloads to date. “H.O.L.Y.” additionally
leads Country Streaming Songs for a ninth week, up by 10% to 6.9 million U.S.
streams for the week. On Country Airplay, the song pushed 5-4 with an 11%
increase to 39.9 million audience impressions.
FGL holds one of the most vaunted records in Hot Country
Songs history (dating to the chart’s 1958 inception as a multimetric survey),
as its debut single, “Cruise,” topped the survey for an unprecedented 24 weeks
in 2012-13.
Chase
Rice with “Everybody We
Know Does” (Dack Janiels/ Columbia Nashville) debuted at No.26 on Hot Country Songs. Fueled by
first week sales of 26,000, the song also launches at No.2 on Country Digital
Songs, tying his best bow and rank on the list; his debut hit, “Ready Set Roll”
(2014), and “Whisper,” his single prior to “Everybody,” both also began and
peaked at No.2 on the sales tally.
‘RED’ HOT Dustin Lynch’s “Seein’ Red” (Broken Bow) made a debut
on Hot Country Songs at No.31, his
highest career start. It’s powered most heavily by its No.8 entrance on Country
Digital Songs (20,000), matching Lynch’s best rank on the chart; he first hit
No. 8 on Country Digital Songs with his 2012 breakthrough, “Cowboys and
Angels.”
Darius
Rucker with new ballad “If
I Told You” (Capitol Nashville), the maiden single from his upcoming fifth
solo album, arrived at No.46 on Hot
Country Songs and No.43 on Country Airplay (2.9 million in audience). Rucker,
who has scored six No.1s each on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, charts
his first entry on the lists since “Southern Style,” which peaked at Nos.38 and
33 on the surveys, respectively, in 2015.
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (9 weeks)
** “H.O.L.Y.” Florida Georgia Line
** Airplay
Gainer ** No.16 “Fix” Chris Lane
** Streaming
Gainer ** No.19 “She's Got A Way With Words” Blake Shelton
** Digital
Gainer ** No.23 “Without A Fight” Brad
Paisley featuring Demi Lovato
** Hot Shot
Debut ** No.26 “Everybody We Know Does” Chase
Rice
Debut
No.31 “Seein' Red” Dustin Lynch
Debut
No.46 “If I Told You” - Darius Rucker
Debut
No.49 “Make You Mine” High Valley
Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week of July 16, 2016)
Keith
Urban with “Wasted Time” (Hit Red/Capitol
Nashville) paced Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a second week,
increasing by 6% to 49 million in audience. Urban’s 20th Country Airplay No.1
is his first multi-week leader since “Somewhere in My Car” parked in the most
coveted spot for two weeks in December 2014.
Written by Urban, Greg Wells and James Abrahart, “Time” is the third
single from Urban’s album Ripcord, which arrived as his fifth No.1 on Top
Country Albums (dated May 28).
It follows the Country Airplay No. 1 “Break on
Me” and the No. 2-peaking “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16.” “I’ve had a lot people ask me if I feel that
the best days of my life are behind me,” Urban told Billboard about the
meaning of “Time.” “For me, personally,
the song isn’t so much about yearning for another time as it is a reminder that
life is right now. It’s brief, and being alive and in the moment doesn’t take
much. It’s remembering the beauty, in the simplest ways. I think these kinds of
songs can resonate in different ways, depending [on] where you are in life.
Plus, I’m a sucker for hooks, and I just wanted, one day, to get [a lyrical
mention of Guns N’ Roses’] ‘Sweet Child
of Mine’ into one of my songs. It’s an awesome title that just rolls off the
tongue.”
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (1 week) *** "Wasted Time” Keith
Urban 49.003 million audience (+2.944 million) / 7,932 radio plays (-58)
** Most
Increased Audience ** No.7 “Fix” Chris Lane +5.706 million audience gain
**
Hot Shot Debut/ Most Added ** No.43 “If I Told You” Darius Rucker (31 ADDS)
Debut
No.54 “Saltwater Gospel” Eli Young Band
Debut
No.60 “Where Do You Go”? The Last
Bandoleros
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart (Chart issue week of July 16, 2016)
Florida
Georgia Line (Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley) with “H.O.L.Y.”
(Republic Nashville) remained at No.1 for the eighth week on Billboard’s
Country Digital Singles Chart and climbed 7-3 on the all genre Digital
Songs Chart with sales of 79,000 downloads (9-week total 730,000).
Chase Rice with “Everybody We Know Does” (Dack Janiels/ Columbia Nashville) made a
No.32 debut on Digital Songs and No.2 Country
Digital Singles selling 26,000 downloads.
Luke Bryan with "Huntin' Fishin' & Loving Every Day"
rose 5-3 (#39-38 Digital Songs; 23,000
sales; 17-week total 368,000).
Carrie Underwood with "Church Bells" rose 7-4 (#42-40 Digital Songs; 23,000
sales; 13-week total 243,000).
Tim
McGraw with “Humble and Kind” (McGraw/Big
Machine/Big Machine Label Group) slipped 3-5 (#31-43 Digital Songs; 22,000
sales; 24-week total 759,000).
Jon Pardi with “Head Over Boots” held at #6
in his 35th week (#40-45 Digital Songs; 22,000 sales; 35-week total 469,000).
Kelsea Ballerini with “Peter Pan” (Black River) rose 8-7
(#46-47 Digital Songs; 22,000 sales; 13-week total 243,000).
Dustin Lynch with “Seein' Red” (Broken Bow/ BBMG) made a debut at #8 (#48 Digital Songs; 20,000 sales)
Jason Aldean with "Lights Come On" climbed 10-9 (20,000 sales; 13-week total 281,000).
Dierks.Bentley and Elle King with “Different For Girls” rose 11-10 (19,000 sales;
5-week total 106,000)
Outside the
Top 10:
Dan+Shay with "From The Ground Up" fell 4-11 (19,000 sales; 21-week total 327,000)
Thomas Rhett with “T-Shirt” (Valory | BMLG) fell 9-13
(17,000 sales; 24-week total 466,000)
Maren
Morris with "My Church" (Columbia
Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) fell 15-21 (12,000 sales; 25-week total 653,000)
Kane Brown with “Ain't No Stopping Us Now” plummeted 2-44 in his second week with 6,000 downloads (2-week total 49,000)
ON
THE CHARTS, ON THE AIR
On
the latest episode of Billboard’s Chart Beat podcast, producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Sturgill
Simpson, Mary Chapin Carpenter) and Americana
Music Assn. executive director Jed
Hilly discussed all things Americana, including the stable growth of the
genre and the recent renaming of Billboard’s Folk Albums chart to
Americana/Folk Albums.
On
Chris Stapleton it was a turning point not a line in the sand but it may spawn
something new in the future
What do you think about
country radio today?
Jed:
I think there's a difference between fine
art and commercial art, that's neither good nor bad but it is a different
perspective
By and large what you see on
country radio today, they are songs written and selected because people believe
they will be hits. Those songs at commercial country radio are geared to sell,
geared to be No.1 hits for the commercial format and that's a different from
the world of artists that I work in. I can't say that's bad because people are
making money, I think that's great".
Jim Asker: What is
Americana?
Jed
Hilly: If you can taste the dirt between
your ears that's Americana
I think the dirt
incorporates blues....it took 7 or 9 different cultures to create this form of
music that became American but is truly International. I think it represents
honesty, I think by including Americana into your charts it's definitely a
landscape shifting moment....I don't think Americana is a format and I don't
believe in formats, I don't think formats have been healthy for the music
industry as a whole....it's how music hits your soul and what you love, I'm not
really a fan of formats"
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
5
July 2016
Congrats
to Keith Urban, Royce Risser, Bobby Young, David Friedman, Shane Allen and the Capitol promotion staff who scored the
No.1 for the second consecutive week with "Wasted Time."
The
song logged 8,625 radio spins (+313)
and 59.215 million audience
impressions (+2.665) with 29979
Total Points from 159 tracking stations for the tracking week June 26 to July
25, 2016 and published chart July 5th 2016.
Kudos
to the Capitol crew on landing 36 adds for Darius Rucker’s “If I Told You.” The song topped the week’s "Most Added" board.
For
a detailed report check out Country Aircheck Weekly Issue 506 - July 5, 2016 [PDF File]
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: #28
Event
Venue City/State: Dolly Parton Forest Hills Stadium New York, N.Y.
Dates:
June 25, 2016 Gross Sales: $1,055,126 Attend: 9,263/ 12,887 (3,624 unsold
tickets)
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 ** Prices: $285, $40 Promoters: AEG Live
Rank
Artist: #37
Event
Venue City/State: Brad Paisley, Tyler Farr,
Maddie & Tae XFINITY Theatre Hartford, Conn.
Dates:
June 25, 2016 Gross Sales: $459,003 Attend: 13,483/ 21,000 (7,500 unsold
tickets)
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 Prices: $79, $20 Promoters: Live Nation
Rank
Artist: #41
Event
Venue City/State: Dolly Parton Mann Center for the
Performing Arts Philadelphia, Pa.
Dates:June
15, 2016 Gross Sales: $405,376 Attend: 4,114/ 5,093 (979 unsold tickets)
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 ** Prices: $235, $45 Promoters: AEG Live
Rank
Artist: #52
Event
Venue City/State: Chris Stapleton, Sam Lewis Volvo Car Stadium
Charleston, S.C.
Dates:
May 21, 2016 Gross Sales: $293,772 Attend: 7,327/ 7,652 (325 unsold tickets)
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 ** Prices: $55, $31 Promoters: AEG Live
Rank
Artist: #65
Event
Venue City/State: Jason Isbell, Frank Turner Altria Theater Richmond, Va.
Dates:
June 21, 2016 Gross Sales: $90,562 Attend: 1,996 / 2,851 (855 unsold tickets)
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 ** Prices: $49.50, $29.50 Promoters: NS2
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