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Country Billboard Chart News August 1, 2016

Country Billboard Chart News August 1, 2016

In Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of August 13, 2016)

Country Album Chart ** No.1 (23 non-consecutive weeks) TRAVELLER Chris Stapleton
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (12 weeks) ** H.O.L.Y.  Florida Georgia Line
Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) "Record Year” Eric Church
Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (12 weeks) ** H.O.L.Y.  Florida Georgia Line

In this easy-to-use format discover where your favourite acts songs and album are charting across the four Billboard Country charts.
It is prioritized by the first column showing the Hot Country Songs chart frame standings for the week of August 13, 2016.
There are also separate rows highlighting Women of Country music.

Scroll down for further details on each of the individual charts.











































Billboard Top 200 / Country Album Chart News (Chart issue week of August 13, 2016)

The Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

Drake's 'Views' Spends 12th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Gucci Mane Bows at No. 2
Drake’s VIEWS stayed put at No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (BB200) for a 12th non-consecutive week, earning another 85,000 equivalent album units (down 5%) in the week ending July 28, according to Nielsen Music.
As Views surpassed the 11 weeks at No. 1 racked up by Taylor Swift’s 1989 in late 2014 and early 2015, the rapper's album now has the most weeks at No.1 since 2014, when the Frozen soundtrack collected 13 frames at No.1.

Billboard Top Country Albums (Chart issue week of August 13, 2016)

Chris Stapleton with TRAVELLER moved 2-1 Country (#17-14 Billboard 200) in his 65th frame selling another 13,012 copies (65-week total 1,487,000) to top the chart for 23 non-consecutive weeks and also leads the Americana Chart.
Blake Shelton with IF I’M HONEST (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) climbed 4-2 (28-24 Billboard 200) selling 9,974 (up 6%) (10-week total 334,500).

In their second weeks at retail Steven Tyler with his first solo and previous week’s No.1 WE’RE ALL SOMEBODY FROM SOMEWHERE (Dot/Big Machine Label Group), fell 1-3 Country (#19-112 Billboard 200; 5,628 sales; down 67%, 2-week total 22,400). David Nail with FIGHTER (MCA Nashville/ Wrasse Records) plummeted 3-19 Country (#26-177 Billboard 200) selling 2,233 copies (down 82%, 2-week total 14,400)

Sam Hunt with MONTEVALLO lifted 9-4 Country (#31-27 BB200; 5,521 sales; 92-week total 1,187,800)
Keith Urban with RIPCORD (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville/ Universal Music Group Nashville) held at #5 Country (#50-54 BB200; 5,514 sales; 12-week total 220,400)
Cole Swindell with YOU SHOULD BE HERE (Warner Bros.) climbed 11-6 Country (66-56 BB200; 5,139 sales; 12-week total 160,300)  
Dierks Bentley with BLACK (Capitol Nashville/Universal Music Group [UMG] Nashville), held at #7 Country (39-41 BB200; 4,703 sales; 9-week total 158,900)
Various Artists: NOW That’s What I Call Country, Volume 9 (Sony Music/Universal/UMe) slipped 6-8 Country selling 4,619 copies (7-week total 61,900)
Joey + Rory with HYMNS (Farmhouse/Gaither | Capitol CMG) climbed 14-9 Country (162 Re-Entry BB200; 4,264 sales; 24-week total 430,900)
Luke Bryan with KILL THE LIGHTS (Capitol Nashville | UMGN) held at #10 Country (52-49 BB200; 4,159 sales; 51-week total 1,016,800)
Maren Morris with HERO (Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) held at #12 Country (77-92 BB200; 3,446 sales; 8-week total 78,100)

Big Smo with his new album, WE THE PEOPLE (Elektra Nashville) made a debut at No.13 on Top Country Albums, #67 Top Albums selling 3,408 copies.
It was produced by by Dan Nelson, and features 11 tracks all co-written by Smo including “Say My Name,” the “catchy as all hell” tune “Movin’ On Up” and the patriotic title cut.
Watch Smo’s “We The People” feat. Casey Beathard (Official Video)




With his last release Big Smo, a master‘ hick hop, made a debut at No.31 on the Billboard B200 and #9 on Billboard Top Country Albums with KUNTRY LIVIN (Warner Music Nashville | CD - Amazon.com) selling 8,724 copies (chart dated June 21, 2014). It peaked at #6 Country maintaining first week sales aided by his TV debut of “The Big Smo Show”. Big Smo, a.k.a. Hick Ross and Boss of the Stix starred in his own original A&E Network series produced by Brownstone Entertainment. The Reality TV show Kuntry Livin' aired every Wednesday on Smomotiontv

Critical reception for Big Smo’s We The People
Released 21 July 2016 Label: Elektra Nashville 11 Tracks/ Time: 36:10 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com

Hickhopmusic.com (Rating: Positive)The album also has some serious moments when songs like “Rollin’ (feat. Michael Ray)” and “Thing For You (feat. William Michael Morgan)” come on. The latter is the most  sincere performance from Smo on the album. I can’t see anyone else singing Morgan’s part, as the song is clearly mad for him and his voice…
Overall, the album is diverse in sound and topic and shows Smo gets better at what he does with each album. The guests all do excellent at singing their parts. Smo is definitely not slowing down any time soon.

Mega Country Never one to be genre-lized, Big Smo's We the People is filled with tracks that cross the musical lines of rap, country, funk, rock, and pop to create a current and fresh American album. “Struttin in the Stix," the first song written for the project, was inspired by the James Brown biopic Get On Up, and the funky horns and thumping bass lines only add to Hayden Carpenter's groovy chorus. This track definitely sets the tone for the rest of the album, which includes collaborations with label-mate Michael Ray on the cruising-anthem “Rollin'," Josie Dunn on the family tribute “Never Get Old," and Todd Nielson on the party jam “Retox."
We the People also features a softer side of Smo on the romantic ballad, “Thing for You" – with country newcomer William Michael Morgan adding a smooth vocal touch to the mix. 

Outside Top 25 Country Albums

Mitch Rossell with RAISED BY THE RADIO (Just Nice Entertainment) made a debut at #34 Country with sales probably around 1,500 copies.
Critical reception for Mitch Rossell’s Raised By The Radio: (Just Nice Entertainment)
8 tracks/ Time: 29:39 Country/ Indie & Alternative Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com

The Daily Country (Rating: Positive) In 2014, singer-songwriter Mitch Rossell released I Got Dressed Up For This, a collection of twelve songs that introduced many to his strong song writing and earned him a spot on Huffington Post’s “Top 20 Country Artists To Watch” list for
2016....Co-produced with his friend and mentor, Garth Brooks, Raised By The Radio, opens with the pulsating electric guitar riffs and instantly infectious melody of “All About Me” (which will immediately call to mind Keith Urban), a song that describes a man who was admittedly selfish and prideful with high emotional walls - until he met someone special. .....Also included on the album are two tracks co-written alongside Ben Stennis that tap into a more melancholy side, “Not Enough” and “Why I Drink.” The former is a banjo-accented song that finds him recalling a relationship, now over, where her love for him, and his ability to move on, are both inadequate.....Raised by The Radio is rounded out by the radio-ready title track that is brimming with musical references and lyrics that tie together and demonstrate the impact music has had on his life and “The Rain” an uplifting, earnest ballad that expresses gratitude and hope, ending with the sound of a storm that feels more refreshing than ominous. ..Currently supporting Brooks on select dates, Rossell is winning over crowds nightly with his passionate performances and ability to capture the listener’s ear with his relatable songwriting. And with that sort of momentum, it’s only a matter of time before Rossell captures the attention of, and makes his mark on, country radio.

Year-To-Date Albums
13,633,000 (Physical sales 8,940,000 (down 9%) + Digital sales 4,694,000 (down -18.3%)) which is 12.5% down at the same point in 2016 (15,574,000 sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks

54,160,000 down 23.7% at the same point in 2015 (71,008,000)

BILLBOARD ALL-TIME BIGGEST ARTISTS, ALBUMS AND SONGS

This week Billboard took a look at the genre’s all-time biggest artists, albums and songs — as ranked for the first time by performance on Billboard’s charts during the past six decades.
Leading the all-time artists list is George Strait, while Shania Twain’s Come On Over” and Florida Georgia Line’s Cruise” crowned the all-time albums and songs lists, respectively.
In Strait’s four-decade-long career, he has logged 44 No.1s and 86 top 10s on Hot Country Songs, dating back to his first top 10, 1981’s “Unwound.” On Top Country Albums, King George has achieved 26 No.1s and 39 top 10s.

Florida Georgia Line’s 2012 single, “Cruise,” which ruled the Hot Country Songs chart for a record-breaking 24 weeks, unsurprisingly leads the all-time songs tally.
The top 10 also houses a smash by recent newcomer Sam Hunt, along with iconic tracks like C.W. McCall’s Convoy” and Johnny Cash’s Daddy Sang Bass.”

Shania’s 1997 effort COME ON OVER rules the all-time Country Albums roundup. It spent 50 weeks at No.1 on the weekly Top Country Albums chart, and its sales of 15.7 million copies are the largest for any country album since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991. The oldest album inside the all-time chart’s top 10, Charlie Rich’s BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, from 1973, was the artist’s first No.1. It led the list for 21 weeks.
You can view the entire 100-position surveys here.

 #1 George Strait, #2 Merle Haggard, #3 Willie Nelson, #7 Reba, #17 Loretta, #18 Dolly,
#25 Tammy Wynette, #37 Taylor Swift , #38 Carrie Underwood, #41 Tanya Tucker, #44 Shania
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See the All-Time Country Songs chart
#1 Cruise Florida Georgia Line 
#2 Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke
#3 Wanted Hunter Hayes
#4 Take Your Time Sam Hunt 
#5 There Goes My Everything Jack Greene
#8 Somebody Like You Keith Urban
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1 COME ON OVER Shania Twain 
2 NO FENCES Garth Brooks
3 TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift
4 GARTH BROOKS Garth Brooks
5 ALWAYS & FOREVER Randy Travis
6 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Charlie Rich
7 SOME HEARTS Carrie Underwood
8 GREATEST HITS Waylon Jennings
9 THE WOMAN IN ME Shania Twain
10 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Various Artists
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METHODOLOGY:
The Greatest of All-Time Top Country Artists, Songs and Albums rankings are based on weekly performance on Hot Country Songs (from its Oct. 20, 1958 inception through June 4, 2016) and Top Country Albums (from its Jan. 11, 1964 inception through June 4, 2016). Titles are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No.1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods.

Billboard Hot Country Songs (Chart issue week of August 13, 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 with “H.O.L.Y” (Republic Nashville) led for its 13th week, despite a 9% decline in total chart points.
It also topped Country Digital Songs (53,000 downloads, down 13%), as well as Country Streaming Songs (6.6 million U.S. streams, down 4 percent). FGL have now moved into eighth place on the list for most weeks at No.1. “H.O.L.Y.” is tied with Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” and Ray Price’s “City Lights,” both of which also led for 13 weeks.

Co-written by Sam Hunt, the soulful “Make You Miss Me” jumped into the Hot Country Songs top five, increasing 8% and hopping 9-5. On Country Airplay, it lifted 9-7 (35.7 million, up 14%).

Different for Girls” by Dierks Bentley, featuring Elle King (Capitol Nashville), entered the Hot Country Songs’ top 10, ascended 11-8 (up 10% in points). The rise was aided by its performance on Country Streaming Songs, where it jumped 12-7. Following the release of the song’s official video on July 21, “Girls” increased 16% to 2.6 million U.S. streams. On Country Airplay it held 13-13, gaining 17% to 23.6 million in audience. “Different for Girls” marked Bentley’s 20th Hot Country Songs top 10, following the No.1 “Somewhere on a Beach,” which topped the chart dated April 30, 2016.

Hot County Songs

** No.1 (13 weeks) ** H.O.L.Y. Florida Georgia Line
** Streaming Gainer ** No.9 “Different For Girls” Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King
** Digital Gainer ** No.27 “I Met A Girl” William Michael Morgan
 ** Airplay Gainer ** No.36 “Move” Luke Bryan
 ** Hot Shot Debut ** No.23 “The Weekend” Brantley Gilbert
Debut No.43 “Setting The World On Fire” Kenny Chesney feat. P!nk

Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week of August 13, 2016)

‘RECORD’ HIT Eric Church earned his seventh No.1 on the new Country Airplay chart (dated Aug. 13), as “Record Year” (EMI Nashville) rose 3-1, increasing 7%, to 46.1 million audience impressions in the week ending July 31, according to Nielsen Music.
The track also climbed 5-2 (up 6%) on Hot Country Songs. “Record Year” is the second single from Church’s fifth studio album, Mr. Misunderstood, following the title track, which peaked at No. 15 on both Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay.
Written by Church and Jeff Hyde, “Record Year” is about dealing with a breakup and heartbreak by listening to classic vinyl albums. In doing so, Church delivers shout-outs to acts ranging from James Brown to Hank Williams Sr. to New Grass Revival. “As a fan of vinyl and being that we released this album on vinyl before any other avenue, it’s very appropriate that the first No. 1 off of
Mr. Misunderstood is ‘Record Year,’ ” Church told Billboard. “I’m very proud and grateful.”
His next single, “Kill a Word,” will arrive at country radio on Aug. 15.

ERIC CHURCH CEMENTS SEVENTH NO. 1, “RECORD YEAR”
Church’s second single reached the summit on Billboard and MediaBase as he prepared for back-to-back solo shows at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre Aug. 9 and 10
Record Year” was co-written by Church and his guitarist/banjo player, Jeff Hyde (who also penned “Cold One” (with Luke Hutton), “Springsteen” (with Ryan Tyndell), and “Smoke A Little Smoke” (with Driver Williams) all alongside the man the Los Angeles Times called “Nashville's foremost rabble-rouser”), and outlines a story of a heartbroken music-lover finding consolation in the records of some of music’s greatest masterminds.
Eric Church Graphic
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Church drove home the homage-paying theme of “Record Year” when he performed it at the 2016 ACM Awards in April, which was interfolded with clips of David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Lemmy and Scott Weiland, before releasing the music video for the ode later that month, featuring a 3D audio waveform Church and video producer/longtime manager, John Peets, built by hand with vinyl.

The No.1 follows his Top 15 title track off of Mr. Misunderstood, the album New York Times says offers “shades of the Allman Brothers and the scraped-up Southern rock that has always been essential to Church’s country antagonism here, but also bluesy country gospel.”
Since its release in February, the hit has caught the attention of critics; Los Angeles Times calls the single a, “deeply felt heartbreak song,” Rolling Stone dubbed it “the most moving moment” on the album, while Stereogum called it a, “pun-happy lament” that “does quiet to loud in an efficient gears-changing way that screams professionalism rather than catharsis.”
Whether it’s the direct mentions and subtle allusions to his variety of musical muses such as George Jones, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and more, or the undeniable responsibility anyone freshly jaded out of a relationship puts on their favorite artists to cope, Church “has always been excellent at balancing whiskey-charged toughness with open-hearted musical subtlety” (Rolling Stone).

Country Airplay
*** No.1 (1 week) *** "Record Year” Eric Church 46.138 million audience (+3.184 million) / 7,843 radio plays (+449)
** Hot Shot Debut/ Most Increased Audience/ Most Added ** No.22 “Setting The World On Fire” Kenny Chesney feat. P!nk 13.653 million audience gain thanks to 87 fresh radio commitments (ADDS)

Women of Country 2016 Watch:
Carrie Underwood at No.6 ("Church Bells"), Kelsea Ballerni at No.10 (“Peter Pan”), Miranda Lambert at #25 (“Vice”), Jennifer Nettles at #28 (“Unlove You”) and Maren Morris at #30 (“80s Mercedes) were the only 5 solo female artists in the Top 30 Country Airplay songs.
Cassadee Pope re-entry at #59 (“Summer”) was the only additional solo female in the remaining 31-60 slots, to make it 10% of the entire Top 60 chart who were lone females. Runway Jane at #50 “(“Lipstick”) and Maddie & Tae at #60 (“Sierra”) were the other all-female group and duo to be represented.

Billboard Country Digital Singles Chart (Chart issue week of August 13, 2016)

Florida Georgia Line (Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley) with “H.O.L.Y.” (Republic Nashville) returned to #1 on the Billboard Country Digital Chart (#7-8 Digital Songs; 53,000 sales; 13-week total 973,000) as FGL’s new single with Tim McGraw, "May We All" fell #6-28 (8,000 sales; down 72%)

Miranda Lambert with “Vice” (RCA Nashville), the previous weeks No.1 slipped 1-2 (6-15 Digital Songs Chart; 39,000 sales; down 39%; 2-week total 103,000)
Brantley Gilbert with “The Weekend” (Valory/ BMLG) made a debut at #3 (#25 Digital Songs Chart; 30,000 sales)
Dan+Shay with “From The Ground Up” held at #4 (#24-32 Digital Songs; 26,000 sales; 25-week total 421,000)
Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King with “Different For Girls” held at #5 (#35-37 Digital Songs; 23,000 sales; 9-week total 192,000).
Kelsea Ballerini with “Peter Pan” (Black River) lifted 7-6 (#45-46 Digital Songs; 19,000 sales; 17-week total 330,000).
Jon Pardi with “Head Over Boots” rose 9-7 (#50-47 Digital Songs; 19,000 sales; 39-week total 548,000)
Eric Church with “Record Year” rose 12-8 (#48 Re-entry Digital Songs; 19,000 sales; 22-week total 335,000)
Thomas Rhett with “Vacation” fell 8-9 (18,000 sales; 12-week total 174,000).
Blake Shelton with “She's Got A Way With Words” was up 13-10 (17,000 sales; 10-week total 165,000)

Jason Aldean with "A Little More Summertime" (Broken Bow) in his second frame fell 3-17 (12,000 sales; down 66%; 2-week total 47,000 sales)

Country Aircheck MEDIABASE Chart

1 August 2016

Congrats to Eric Church, Royce Risser, Jimmy Rector, David Friedman and the EMI Nashville promotion staff on scoring the week’s No.1 with “Record Year.”
"Record Year" marked Church's sixth time at the top of the charts, including his collaboration with Keith Urban on "Raise 'Em Up" last Year (May 11, 2015) and solo efforts "Talladega" (Jan 26, 2015), "Give Me Back My Hometown" in 2014 (May 5, 2014), "Springsteen" in 2012 (June 11, 2012), and "Drink In My Hand" in 2012 (Jan 16, 2012)
The song logged 8,700 radio spins (+501) and 58.977 million audience impressions (+3.22) with 29820 Total Points from 159 tracking stations for the tracking week July 17 to July 23, 2016 and published chart July 25th 2016.















Kudos to Shane Allen and the Columbia crew on notching 115 adds for Kenny Chesney’s Setting The World On Fire” featuring P!nk. The song topped the week’s "Most Added" board.
Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville artist Kenny Chesney was most-added
in Country radio (8/1) Columbia Nashville staff celebrate





















For a detailed report check out Country Aircheck Weekly Issue 510 - August 1, 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: #2
Event Venue City/State: Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Sam Hunt, Old Dominion CenturyLink Field Seattle, Wash.
Dates: July 23, 2016 Gross Sales: $3,739,539 Attend: 48,195/ 50,533 (2,338 unsold tickets)
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/0 Prices: $250, $175, $89.50, $21
Promoters: Messina Touring Group/AEG Live

Rank Artist: #7
Event Venue City/State: Dixie Chicks, Augustana, Smooth Hound Smith Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre Irvine, Calif.
Dates: July 20, 2016 Gross Sales: $992,657 Attend: 12,402/ 13,844 (1,442 unsold tickets)
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/0 Prices: $137, $107, $77, $43
Promoters: Live Nation

Rank Artist: #10
Event Venue City/State: Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Englewood, Colo
Dates: July 22, 2016 Gross Sales: $788,017 Attend: 16,444/ 17,168 (724 unsold tickets)
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/0 Prices: $99.50, $25 Promoters: AEG Live

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