Country
Billboard Chart News March 20, 2017
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Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of April 1, 2017)
Country Album
Chart ** No.1 (1 week) DEEP SOUTH Josh
Turner
Hot Country Songs
** No.1 (6 weeks) ** “Body Like A Back Road” Sam Hunt
Country Airplay
** No.1 (2 weeks) ** "Dirt On My Boots” Jon Pardi
Country Digital
Songs ** No.1 (7 weeks) ** “Body Like A Back
Road” Sam Hunt
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
Ed Sheeran with ÷ (Divide) held the No.1 slot for a second week on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (BB200),
as the set earned 180,000 equivalent
album units in the week ending March 16, according to Nielsen Music. That was down
60% compared to its debut frame, when it launched atop the list with 451,000
units.
÷
sold 86,619 in traditional album sales
in its second week -- down 73% compared to its starting sales haul of 322,307.
Sheeran’s
album is the first in six months to spend its first two weeks at No.1 on
the chart. The last to do so was the Suicide Squad soundtrack, which debuted
atop the Aug. 27, 2016-dated list, and spent a second week at No. 1 the
following frame, dated Sept. 3.
A rung
below Sheeran on Billboard 200 was Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct,
which held at No. 2 with 102,000
units (up 25%) and 99,544 copies in traditional album sales (up 26%), over 12,900 more
sales than Sheeran. The set continued to profit largely from a concert
ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with the act’s stadium tour that
went on sale on Feb. 17.
Billboard Top Country
Albums (Chart issue week
of March 25, 2017)
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.
Josh Turner banked his third No.1 on Billboard’s Top
Country Albums chart (dated April 1) and third title to debut at the summit
as his sixth studio album, DEEP SOUTH
(MCA Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville), arrived at No.1 with 21,000 equivalent album units earned (18,074 in pure sales) in the week ending March 16,
according to Nielsen Music. On the all-genre Billboard 200, the LP started at No.18.
The 11-song
set, which included five tracks penned by Turner (four solely by himself), was
produced by Frank Rogers.
Chart History: Prior to Deep South, Turner most
recently led Top Country Albums with PUNCHING
BAG, which entered atop the chart dated June 30, 2012 (with 44,907 sold). He first reigned with sophomore album YOUR MAN, which debuted at No.1 on the Feb. 11,
2006-dated ranking (102,000 sold).
Turner’s
debut LP, LONG BLACK TRAIN, entered
Top Country Albums at No. 19 on the Nov. 1, 2003, chart and rolled to a No. 3
peak on April 10, 2004. His other charted releases are EVERYTHING IS FINE, which opened and peaked at No. 3 on the Top
Country Albums survey dated Nov. 17, 2007 (84,000);
HAYWIRE, which bowed and peaked at
No. 2 (Feb. 27, 2010; 85,337 sold; #5 Billboard 200);
Icon: Josh Turner (No. 20, April 9, 2011; 5,000); and Live Across America, a
Cracker Barrel exclusive, which entered the Sept. 15, 2012, chart at No. 9
(8,000 sold) and reached No. 7 (Oct. 27, 2012).
“I got asked a lot while doing press for this
album [Deep South] if releasing a new project gets old,” Turner told
Billboard. “For me, I still feel the same
excitement as I experienced when releasing Long Black Train. This project took
longer than I imagined, but looking back, it unfolded like it was supposed to
and I am really proud of this album.”
Longer, indeed:
The lead single from Deep South, “Lay Low,” peaked at No.25 on Country
Airplay and No. 28 on Hot Country Songs nearly two years ago (on the charts dated
April 11, 2015). Meanwhile, the set’s second and current single, “Hometown
Girl,” romped into the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and
Country Airplay charts, becoming Turner’s seventh top 10 on both tallies. On
Hot Country Songs (which combines airplay, sales and streaming data), “Girl”
sprinted 15-10. Written by Marc Beeson and Daniel Tashian, the single lifted
12-10 on Country Airplay, up by 14% to 25.6 million audience impressions.
Turner says Deep
South: “represents hardworking people who
find joy in the simple things in life. I’ve lived a lot of life since the
release of my last album and I’ve learned a lot during the making of this
album. I have grown as a writer and as an artist."
He added,
"It’s been cool to see this
culmination of life and lessons and age boiled down into this project and I am
really proud of Deep South.”
Critical
reception for Josh
Turner’s Deep South:
11 Tracks/
Time: 41:28 Amazon UK
- UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Sounds Like Nashville (Rating: Positive | Chuck Dauphin) With his sixth studio album, Josh Turner
delivers a project that should serve as the perfect soundtrack for those
perfect spring days. In a sense, you could almost call this a concept album, as
many of the songs pay tribute to life beyond the borders of the Mason-Dixon
line, the pursuits of romance, and the allure of the water.....The title cut
takes listeners on a ride through all things southern, setting the stage quite
nicely for other tracks such as “Beach Bums,” “Southern Drawl,” and the
radio-ready “Where The Girls Are.” I really think that the latter might very
well be one of the biggest hits on this disc from an airplay standpoint,
joining the current top-20 hit “Hometown Girl” as the best bets for success...
“All About You” and “Never Had A Reason To” both sparkle with the down-home
simplicity that Turner has always specialized in.....Deep South is a
celebration of all the things that Josh Turner has come to be depended on
musically, and the singer doesn’t disappoint. The chances that he takes on this
record show that he isn’t afraid of new challenges, sounds, or themes. Fifteen
years into his career, that’s a very good place to be!
Saving Country Music (Rating: 1 1/2 Guns DOWN (3/10)…But what of the music on Josh Turner’s Deep South after the incessant
delays leading up to this final, triumphant release? Unfortunately, it wasn’t
much worth the wait, or the rancor many Turner fans expended trying to win this
release. One of the few true traditionalists of contemporary country, Josh
Turner and his deep baritone and bass voice were one of the respites on the
radio dial for a decade. But realize that the last time Josh Turner released a
record, the term “Bro-Country” hadn’t even been coined yet. ...Deep South feels
like it was recorded in response to the Bro-Country craze still rolling with
full steam in 2014 when much, if not all of this record was cut.....It might be
a stretch to call Deep South Bro-Country, or to assign it the misogyny and
objectification that the worst of Bro-Country implies. But it skirts very near
there. It’s like Bro-Country lite, which means you don’t get what you want from
Josh Turner as a dedicated fan aside from maybe a few fleeting moments in
audience with his rich baritone, while the album doesn’t have nearly enough
roided-out machismo to be commercially viable in today’s mainstream post-Bro
marketplace...Instead though, we get an outdated, outmoded, delivered past the
expiration date Josh Turner Bro-Country lite experiment with lagging singles
that will likely get him dropped and will result in yet another great country
music career bungled by Music Row.
Country
Music People (Rating: 2
STARS, Duncan Warwick)….The belatedness
of this new album suggests the record company don’t think they can’t shift a
lot of Josh Turner albums anymore and this stinks of desperation trying to
re-invent him for today’s market
"Lay
Low" Published on Nov 25, 2014 9,2
million YouTube views
Entertainment-focus.com (Rating: 3.5/5)..Current single Hometown Girl, one of the highlights on the record, is
currently climbing the charts and it’s no surprise. Josh’s deep velvety voice
wraps around striking melodies perfectly designed for radio play. Another
standout moment comes on the uptempo All About You where Josh sings about
taking a girl out on a Friday night and letting her take the lead.....The album
closes with Hawaiian Girl, which is one of the most unexpected tracks on the
record. It’s a fitting end to a mostly uptempo collection of songs and it’ll
leave you with a big smile on your face....Deep South is a solid album from
Josh. It doesn’t necessarily stray too far from what you’d expect from the star
but that doesn’t really matter. There’s plenty here to keep Josh’s fans happy
and it’s a cohesive body of work.
AllMusic (Rating: 3.5 STARS out of 5) Such a long wait between records,
particularly with a failed single at its midpoint, suggests that Turner and his
label were searching around for the right artistic direction for his sixth
album. Deep South does bear this supposition out, but not in a bad way. Turner
doesn't attempt to chase trends, choosing instead to lean into his knack for
supple balladry and then build a mature modern country around that sound. While
there may be a heavy dose of ballads on Deep South, he finds plenty of space
for fun, going so far as to close the album with "Hawaiian Girl," a
song that feels like a tip of the hat to Elvis Presley's Blue Hawaii.....What
keeps Deep South from feeling like a throwback is how Turner is embracing his
approaching middle age. He's relying on his musical roots while finding
sustenance in home and family, and these two qualities tie together the musical
walkabouts on Deep South.
Taste Of Country (Rating; Positive) The
title track is a strong opener full of upbeat twang, with Turner giving a shout
out to his roots in a song that can fit anywhere from a honky-tonk in Texas to
the top of the country charts. He continues the uptempo, contemporary sound on
“All About You,” and gets back to his traditional country roots on the album’s
lead single “Hometown Girl,” which finds the singer calling out to the ambitious
girl next door who’s chasing her dreams but knows where she comes
from....“Southern Drawl,” one of the standout tracks on the album, hooks the
listener in with its moody melody and Turner showing off a strong drawl of his
own on lyrics...Key Tracks: “Deep South,” “Hometown Girl,” “Southern Drawl,”
“Wonder”
Music News
(Rating: 4 STARS) …However, if you are
all about the simple, straight-up love song, we suggest you skip straight to
All About You and Never Had A Reason To, for they will not disappoint. Yet it
is on the break-up driven Wonder that Turner takes his balladry to new heights.
His fans may have had to wait an extra couple of years for the release, but
they will not be disappointed. Deep South digs deep and delivers musical gold.
The 2-week No1
from Little Big
Town with THE BREAKER (Capitol Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville) slipped 1-2 (#19-31 Billboard 200) with 9,908 copies sold (down 40%; 3-week total 70,100)
Chris Stapleton with TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) climbed 5-3 (#33-32 BB200) selling 7,184 copies
(down 6%; 98 week total 1,866,000).
Keith Urban with RIPCORD (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville) fell
3-4 (#31-35 BB200) selling 5,992 copies
(down 22%; 45-week total 492,500).
Florida Georgia Line with DIG YOUR ROOTS rolled up 7-5 (#41-42 BB200) selling 3,163 copies (down 14%; 29-week total 361,600).
Thomas Rhett with
TANGLED UP (Valory) climbed 9-6 (#50-49 BB200) selling 2,712
copies (down 13%; 77-week total 553,500)
Brantley Gilbert with THE DEVIL DONT SLEEP (Valory) held at #6 (#38-50 BB200) with 5,972 copies
sold (down 26%; 7-week total 134,000).
Brett Young with self-titled debut full-length (BMLG) rolled up 12-9 (#63-59 BB200) selling 3,609 copies
(down 7%; 5-week total 35,400).
Jon Pardi with CALIFORNIA SUNRISE advanced 12-10
(#72-60 BB200) selling 2,787 copies (down 28%;
39-week total 124,100).
Outside the
Top 10
Reba McEntire with Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope
(Rockin' R/Nash Icon | BMLG) fell 8-11
(47-62 BB200) selling 8,268 copies (down 19%; 6-week total 122,800).
The Nashville Cast with The Music Of Nashville: Season 5, Volume 1
Soundtrack (Lions Gate/ABC Studios/Big Machine | BMLG) made a debut at #12 (#65 BB200) selling 5,149
copies. It was placed #9 on Country Album Sales list and the 34th best-selling
album in America.
This latest offering from the CMT series includes songs
by duo Lennon & Maisy, Jonathan Jackson, Chris Carmack and new cast member
Rhiannon Giddens.
Last year The Nashville Cast: The Music Of Nashville,
Season 4: Volume 2 - Soundtrack (ABC Studios/Big Machine | BMLG arrived on
Billboard 200 at #165 and made a bow at #12 Country selling 3,700 copies.
Critical
reception for Nashville Soundtrack Season 5 – Vol.1:
Digital Journal.com (Rating: A)...The album
opens with "God Shall Wipe All Tears Away" and it is followed by
"Your Best" and "All of Me," which is sung by Clare Bowen
and Sam Palladio. Charles Esten displays his velvet voice on "Simple As That,"
and "My Favorite Hurricane," his duet with Connie Britton is pure
magic. Jonathan Jackson delivers on the rocking and spitfire "Won't Back
Down," and Chris Carmack shows his soothing side on"Burn To
Dark." Hayden Panettiere nails the ballad "On My Way," with
Jonathan Jackson on harmonies. "Sanctuary" is melancholic yet
beautifully sung by Esten, as well as Lennon & Maisy Stella in a moving
tribute for the character Rayna Jaymes.
Alison Krauss with first solo album and former #1 WINDY CITY (Capitol), retreated 4-13 (#32-67 BB200) selling 8,038 copies (down 40%; 4-week total 74,000).
Jason Aldean with THEY DON'T KNOW (Macon/Broken Bow) moved
15-16 (#74-83 BB200) selling 3,281 copies
(down 15%; 27-week total 351,800)
In
his third chart frame Aaron Watson with VAQUERO (BIG Label/Thirty Tigers) 10-17 (#55-93 BB200) selling 5,474 copies. (down
35%, 3-week total 44,649)
Kane Brown with self-titled set Kane Brown fell 16-20 (#90-122 BB200) selling 3,270 copies (down 30%; 15-week total 121,300).
Miranda Lambert with
2-CD set- THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS (Vanner/RCA
Nashville | SMN) again rounded the top 25 (#129-139 BB200) with 2,986 copies
sold (down 15%; 17-week total 290,700).
Outside the
top 25 Top Country albums
In their second
week Moonshine
Bandits with BAPTIZED IN
BOURBON (BackRoad | Average Joes) fell off the top 50 after they made a
debut at #19 (#111 Billboard 200)
selling 5,600 copies. It
fell #9-39 on the Country Album Sales list.
There were two
more debuts on the consumption-based methodology top 50 Top Country Album
chart:
Categorized as “country” by the chart managers Roy Orbison’s BLACK
& WHITE NIGHT: 30 made a debut at #43
Black & White Night 30 is a re-imagined, re-edited,
remastered and expanded version of the original television special, available
both as a CD/DVD set and as a CD/Blu-ray set on February 24. Re-edited by Roy s
youngest son Alex Orbison, the program has been restored to reflect the correct
set order as the audience who attended the show saw it. Liner notes written by
son Roy Orbison Jr. are included in the packaging as well as a treasure trove
of bonus content. Amazon.com
Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives with
WAY OUT WEST (Superlatone) made a
debut at #44 selling 2,741 copies.
It was the 87th
best selling album overall in the America and made a #18 bow on Country Album
Sales
Described as a
“love letter to California,” Stuart’s 18th studio album was produced by Mike
Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) and features his band, The Fabulous Superlatives.
Songs include the instrumental “Torpedo” and the title cut/current single.
Critical
reception for Marty Stuart’s Way Out West:
15 Tracks/
Time: 39:50 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Saving Country Music.com (Rating:
8.5/10)...This album is steeped in a
moment when forces thought to be so diametrically opposed in culture began to
cross breed in ways we are still trying to match the creativity of today. Being
a tireless student of the music as he is, Marty Stuart has gone and made a
record that delves into this era with such authority and enthusiasm, it comes
as close to matching those original moments as anyone since... Way
Out West is
like a living, breathing expression of the land interpreted with loving care through
Marty Stuart’s vision....Way Out West is not entirely a song cycle though, or a
concept record in the traditional sense. Aside from the setting, there is
really no cohesive thematic thread that runs through this record, and the songs
don’t especially bleed into one another. Looking for criticisms of Way Out West
might be as hard as discovering water in Joshua Tree, but one concern would be
that Marty Stuart could have done just a little bit more in the songwriting
realm to enhance the experience of this album even further since it already has
an epic structure to it.....And with a refreshing boldness, and frankly a
little bit of guts from running the risk of being misunderstood by some of the
fuddy duddy fans of traditional country, Marty Stuart encapsulates a critical
time in country and all of American music when country music became cool. And
even better, with Way Out West, Marty Stuart proves it still is.
NPR
(Rating: Positive) Way Out West is Marty
Stuart's album-length paean to the myth and magic of the American West. It
finds country's stalwart neo-traditionalist turning cosmic cowboy for a journey
through the Joshua trees, shadowy canyons and desert dreams that tantalize
travelers with the promise of a golden shore on the other side.....Way Out West's
title track works the Cash legacy and a multitude of other elements into its
lyrics, crafting a trippy travelogue that moves from Arizona to California and
finds the narrator addled by taking too many pills, eventually having visions
of everything from scorpions and poisonous ants to aliens. It feels a bit like
what might have happened if Woody Guthrie had written his California-dreaming
"Do Re Mi" during the temptation of Christ in the Judaean
Desert......All the elements woven through the record come together for a final
bow, as surf music, spaghetti western soundtracks, psychedelia, and cosmic
country merge in celebration of the idealized West that Stuart's album brings
to life.
Exclaim.ca (Rating: 8/10) Marty Stuart's new album is technically immaculate, showcasing both an
expansive formalism and a decorative beauty. The album argues about what the
West was, what the West can be, and reminds listener that it used to be country
& western — that the genre included California, Texas and Colorado as much
as it included 16th Avenue in Nashville....
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology) Sunny Sweeney with TROPHY (Thirty Tigers/ Aunt Daddy
Records) debut at #21 selling 2,300 copies.
Sweeney’s
released her fourth album Trophy on March 10th via Thirty Tigers. Trophy,
featuring the young troubadour’s most serious set of songs, offers a new side
of Sunny Sweeney. Rootsy and real, Trophy showcases Sweeney's maturation as a
songwriter and as an artist growing into her own.
Press Release:
Sweeney has never been afraid to write about personal experiences, her
unapologetic honesty and revealing vulnerability shows her as an artist who is
equally as tough as she is tender. On Trophy it's clear that she's in a
positive place, however the variety of songs on the album take listeners on an
emotional rollercoaster. On the gorgeous “Grow Old With Me” and “Nothing Wrong
With Texas”, Sweeney taps into the themes of love and sense of place. A
highlight of the album, “Bottle By My Bed” is a heart-wrenching song expressing
the sadness and frustration of not having a child. Though she didn’t set out
to, Sweeney co-wrote the majority of Trophy with female writers, including four
songs with Grammy Award-winning songwriter Lori McKenna. Her resulting songs
capture the feminine experience with a combination of nuance, humor and
accuracy only possible from the perspective of Sweeney and her collaborators.
Trophy was produced by Grammy-nominated engineer/producer Dave Brainard (Brandy
Clark's 12 Stories).
Critical
reception for Sunny Sweeney’s Trophy:
10 Tracks/ Time:
35:51 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
American Songwriter (Rating: 4 STARS) ..She
does not judge her characters; she places herself among them. It’s how “There’s
Nothing Wrong With Texas,” a cowrite with Lori McKenna about the comforts of
returning to your hometown, can sit comfortably next to a track about the
perils of drug addiction....But Sweeney remains the star of Trophy. She leads
the show as effortlessly as “watching the evening news with a couple of beers,”
one of many unlikely images on Trophy that Sweeney turns to poetry.
Pop Matters
(Rating: 7/10) The material is deep
without ever being too heavy because Sweeney offers multiple insights into
whatever topic she delves into...On songs such as “Grow Old with Me”, she pairs
up the differences between lovers to show her mate how that
has only made their
relationship stronger.....Sweeney’s a true romantic, not only about love and
family but about the Lone Star state as well. “There’s Nothing Wrong with
Texas” comes straight out of (or is that George Strait out of) the tradition of
songs penned by those who find the state a different country than the rest of
America.
She also shoots for the top, and reaches
it, with the stone Country feel of “Pass The Pain,” which will make someone
like Lee Ann Womack or Trisha Yearwood, who sings harmony on the cut, proud.
Sounds Like Nashville (Rating; Very Positive) ...She combines both elements of her
personality on her fourth studio album, Trophy. There are quite a few cuts that
have that fun and spicy side to the singer, such as the quite outspoken title
cut, a track that one gets the feeling that Loretta Lynn could have pulled off
quite easily circa 1972. She also plays the part of the dream Redneck girl on
“Better Bad Idea,” which I have a feeling will become a popular live song for
Sweeney given her amount of sass. But, what really sets this album apart is the
more introspective numbers. As an artist, Sweeney is not afraid to show her
vulnerable side, and does so quite effectively on tracks like the
masterfully-written “Bottle By My Bed,” which is about the emotional longing in
one’s life without children....She also shoots for the top, and reaches it,
with the stone Country feel of “Pass The Pain,” which will make someone like
Lee Ann Womack or Trisha Yearwood, who sings harmony on the cut, proud.
Clark Manson with his 6 track EP FRIDAY NIGHTERS (Warehouse West Entertainment) sold 400 copies and Ryan Griffin with his 5 Track EP titled SAKE OF THE SUMMER (Self Release) sold 300 copies and both failed
to trouble the charts.
Year-To-Date Albums
4,169,000 (Physical sales 2,845,000
(down -9.2%) + Digital sales 1,324,000 (down -19.6%) which is 12.8% down at the same point in 2016 (4,779,000
sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
15,534,000 down 21.4% at the same point in 2016 (19,753,000)
Billboard Hot Country Songs
(Chart issue week
of April 1, 2017)
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:
Sam Hunt with “Body
Like a Back Road” (MCA Nashville) led Hot Country Songs for a sixth
frame, it becomes his sixth top 10 on Country Airplay. It grew by 19% to 27.1
million in audience, and stepped 11-9. In reaching the top tier of Country
Airplay in seven just weeks, “Body” easily marks Hunt’s fastest trip to the top
10. It passes his debut single “Leave the Night On,” which needed 15 weeks to
enter the bracket before topping the chart dated Nov. 15, 2014.
Lauren
Alaina notched her first Hot Country Songs top 10
(in her sixth visit to the chart), as “Road Less Traveled”
(19/Interscope/Mercury) rumbled 12-9.
The gain was sparked partly by its 5% boost to 34.8 million in audience, as it
pushed 5-4 on Country Airplay. The song, which Alaina wrote with Meghan Trainor
and Jessie Frasure, is the title track from her second LP, which debuted at
No.3 on Top Country Albums (Feb. 18).
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (1
week)/ Airplay Gainer ** “Body Like A Back Road” Sam Hunt
** Streaming
Gainer ** No. 6 “Hurricane”
Luke Combs
** Digital
Gainer ** No.9 “Road Less Traveled” Lauren
Alaina
** Hot Shot
Debut ** No.26 “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart” Old Dominion
Debut
No.34 “Real Thing” Zac Brown Band
Debut
No.48 “Ring On Every Finger” LOCASH
Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week
of April 1, 2017)
Jon
Pardi with “Dirt on My Boots” (Capitol Nashville)
topped Country Airplay for a second week, as it increased 7% to 46 million in
audience. “Dirt” is Pardi’s second Country Airplay No.1 and first multiweek leader. His first chart-topper, “Head
Over Boots,” led the list dated Aug. 27, 2016. On Hot Country Songs, “Boots”
bulleted at its No.2 high for a second week.
Country
Airplay
***
No. 1 (2 weeks) *** "Dirt On My Boots” Jon Pardi 46.036 million audience (+3.081 million) / 8,538 radio
plays (+549)
** Most
Increased Audience ** No.8 “Body
Like A Back Road” Sam Hunt
**
Most Added ** No.27 “Every Time I Hear That Song” Blake Shelton (23 ADDS)
**
Hot Shot Debut ** No.56 “I Could Use A Love Song” Maren Morris
Debut
No.58 “Every Little Thing” Carly Pearce
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
(Chart issue week
of April 1, 2017)
Sam Hunt with “Body Like a Back Road” (MCA Nashville) held at No.1 on the Billboard Country Song Sales Chart for a seventh successive week selling 55,000 downloads (down 11%; 7-week
total 426,000). On the overall Digital Song Sales
chart, it fell 4-6 six places behind the No.1 “Shape Of You” by Ed Sheeran.
Jon Pardi with “Dirt On My Boots”
held at #2 (#36-30 Digital
Songs; 24,000 sales; 25-week total 417,000).
Brett Young with “In Case You Didn’t Know” rolled up 5-3 (#44-35 Digital Songs; 20,000 sales; 24-week total 301,000)
Keith Urban with “The Fighter,” featuring Carrie Underwood (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville), held
at #4 (#39-43 Digital Songs; 18,000 sales; 11-week total 287,000).
Nashville Cast with “Sanctuary” kicked 14-5
with 16,000 sales (up 77%) (#44 Digital Songs;
2-week total 26,000).
Little Big Town with “Better Man” slipped 3-6
(#37-47
Digital Songs; 15,000 sales; 22-week total 550,000).
Old Dominion with “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart” made a debut at #7 (#48 Digital Songs; 15,000 sales) marking the band’s best bow. On Hot Country
Songs, it began at No.26, also a new best debut for the act.
Luke Combs with “Hurricane” fell 7-8 (#49 Digital
Songs; 15,000 sales; 16-week total 238,000)
Zac Brown Band with “Real Thing” made a debut at #9
with 14,000 sales as single “My Old Man”
fell 13-16 (9,000 sales; 6-week
total 92,000)
Florida Georgia Line feat. Backstreet Boys with
“God, Your Mama, And Me” fell 6-10 (13,000 sales; 6-week total 152,000).
Outside the Top 10
Michael Ray with “Think A Little Less” fell 8-11
(12,000 sales; 12-week
total 238,000)
Josh Turner with “Hometown Girl” rose 15-12
(11,000 sales; 4-week total 163,000)
Keith Urban with “Blue Ain’t Your Color” retreated 9-13 (11,000 sales; 35-week total 874,000).
Lady Antebellum with “You Look Good” fell 12-14 (10,000 sales; 8-week total 83,000)
Jason Aldean with “Any Ol' Barstool” slid 11-15
(10,000 sales; 9-week total 100,000)
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
20 March 2017
Michael Ray
Scores Second Career #1 With 'Think A Little Less'
Congrats
to Michael Ray, Kristen Williams, Chris Palmer, Chad Schultz, Adrian Michaels
and the WEA team on scoring the
week’s No.1 with “Think
A Little Less” (Writers: Barry Dean, Jon Nite, Jimmy Robbins and Thomas
Rhett).
The
song is Ray’s second #1 chart-topper following "Kiss You In The Morning," which topped the charts in 2015 (Aug
20, 2015).
The song logged 9,166 radio spins (+683) and 62.639 million audience impressions (+3.004 million) with 27852 Total Points from 158 tracking stations for the tracking week March 12 to March 18, 2017 and published chart March 20th 2017.
Kudos
to the RCA crew on notching 33 adds for Old Dominion’s “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart”.
The song
topped the "Most Added" board for a second succesive week.
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #21
Event
Venue City/State: Luke Bryan, Brett Eldredge,
Brett Young Amphitheater at the Wharf
Orange Beach, Ala
Dates:
March 17-18, 2017 Gross Sales: $1,203,301 Attend: 19,412/ 19,412
Shows/
Sellouts: 2/2 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$73.75, $33.75
Promoters:
Red Mountain
Entertainment
Rank
Artist: #25
Event
Venue City/State: Eric Church Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Wash.
Dates:
March 18, 2017 Gross Sales: $1,126,710 Attend: 19,030/ 19,030
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$89, $23
Promoters:
Messina Touring
Group/AEG Presents
Rank
Artist: #54
Event
Venue City/State: Blake Shelton, RaeLynn,
Sundance Head
Golden 1 Center Sacramento, Calif.
Dates:
March 9, 2017 Gross Sales: $864,023 Attend: 14,248/ 14,248
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$72.50, $52.50, $32.50
Promoters:
Messina Touring
Group/AEG Presents
Rank
Artist: #89
Event
Venue City/State: Dolly Parton Smoothie King Center New
Orleans, La.
Dates:
Nov. 30, 2016 Gross Sales: $617,545 Attend: 9,005/ 9,662
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 657 unsold tickets Prices: $124.50, $49.50
Promoters:
Live Nation
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