Country
Billboard Chart News May 1, 2017
RIAA
Certifications
Multi-Platinum
= 2,000,000 plus units
Platinum =
1-million units
Gold = 500,000
units
Note: For ALBUM
certifications the RIAA base their figures
on the number of units SHIPPED together with, track sales and on demand audio/
video stream units and NOT based purely on traditional retail sales.
1,500 on-demand audio and/or video song streams = 10 track sales = 1 album sale.
150 on-demand streams = 1
track download
Dierks Bentley’s single “Different
for Girls” (released May 27, 2016; 1 Million)
was certified PLATINUM and Black (the song; released May 27,
2016; 0.5 Million) was certified GOLD.
John Denver led the RIAA GOLD and PLATINUM honors in
April 2017 for the Country format.
Denver received
PLATINUM Single honors for "Take Me Home, Country Road" (released
February 4, 1971; 1 Million) and Gold Single
honors for "Rocky Mountain High." (released April 12, 1972)
Brett Eldredge (ATLANTIC/WMN) earned RIAA GOLD Single
honours for "Wanna Be That Song" (release date May 23, 2016; 0.5 Million)
Brett Young (BMLG RECORDS) earned RIAA GOLD Single
honours for "In Case You Didn't Know" (release date February 12, 2017; 0.5 Million)
Keith Urban (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) was the only
Country artist to receive RIAA PLATINUM Album honours during the month of April
for "RIPCORD" (release
date May 6, 2016; 1 Million units; 546,000 pure sales).
Additionally, certified PLATINUM were his albums GET CLOSER (released Nov 16, 2010; 1 Million) and FUSE (released Sept 10, 2013; went GOLD
on Nov 10, 2014; Platinum | April 14, 2017 1 Million)
In
Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of May 13, 2017)
Country Album
Chart ** No.1 (1 week) LOVE AND WAR Brad
Paisley
Hot Country
Songs ** No.1 (12 weeks) ** “Body Like A Back
Road” Sam Hunt
Country Airplay
** No.1 (2 weeks) ** “Body Like A Back Road” Sam Hunt
Country Digital
Songs ** No.1 (13 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).
Kendrick Lamar with DAMN. ruled the Billboard
Top 200 Albums Chart (BB200) for a second week, as the set earned 238,000 equivalent album units in the week
ending April 27, according to Nielsen Music. That marked a decline of 61%
compared to its debut frame a week earlier of 603,000 units.
DAMN.’s
second week was driven by streams, as its SEA total is 136,000 units (down 40%).
The set sold 87,338
in traditional
album sales (down 75%) and earned 14,000 in TEA units (down 39%).
Sheryl Crow with BE MYSELF (Wylie Songs | Warner Bros.) made a debut at #22. It sold 9,583 copies and was the 8th best
seller of the week in America.
Billboard Top Country
Albums (Chart issue week
of May 13, 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.
Brad Paisley with LOVE
AND WAR (Arista Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) bounded in atop
Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart (dated May 13), earning 29,000 equivalent
album units (25,577 in pure sales) in its first week (ending April 27), according
to Nielsen Music. On the all-genre Billboard 200, the set made a bow at No.13.
Love
and War marked Paisley’s ninth Top Country Albums No.1, all of which
have launched at the summit.
Promoting
the album Paisley was confirmed to make three national TV appearances: NBC’s
“Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”,
nationally-syndicated “Entertainment Tonight” on Thursday, April 20 and
on the album’s street date, Friday, April 21, the Arista Nashville entertainer
was a guest on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
An Associated Press review of the album
enthuses, “The hidden secret is that Paisley can play the paint off a guitar
and get the biggest names in the business to sing along with him on his
strongest tracks”
Chart
History: He first ruled with his third album, MUD ON THE TIRES, which bowed at No.1 on Aug. 9, 2003 (with 86,000 sold). He followed with the
leaders TIME WELL WASTED (2005; 193,000 debut sales), 5TH GEAR (2007; 197,000 sales), PLAY (2008; 54,000), AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT (2009; 130,000 sales), THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC (May 23, 2011; 152,598 sales), WHEELHOUSE (April 9, 2013; 100,441 sales) and MOONSHINE IN THE TRUNK (Aug 26, 2014; 53,312 sales).
Paisley’s
first set, WHO NEEDS PICTURES, released
June 1, 1999, debuted on the Top Country Albums chart dated June 19, 1999, at
No.29 (selling 4,000
copies) and
peaked at No.13 that November. It was certified Gold on April 10, 2000 and then
Platinum on Feb 27, 2001 for 1 Million sales.
His
sophomore LP, PART II, released May
29, 2001, opened and peaked at No. 3 in 2001 (38,000 sold). It was certified Gold on April 10, 2002 and Platinum on August
26, 2002 for sales of 1.0 million units.
Love
and War‘s album cover features a full-body shot of Paisley, signature white
cowboy hat flying off his head, playing his guitar. The album’s title appears
next to him, spray-painted in white block lettering.
Paisley
co-produced Love and War with Luke Wooten and co-wrote all 16 of the LP’s
songs. Collaborators on the album range from Country Music Hall of Famer Bill
Anderson (“Dying to See Her”) to rock legends Mick Jagger (“Drive of Shame”)
and John Fogerty (the title track), and pop/R&B-hip-hop luminary Timbaland
(“Grey Goose Chase”).
Meanwhile,
the set’s “Gold All Over the Ground” is based on a poem Johnny Cash wrote in
1967 as a tribute to his wife, June Carter Cash. The song’s video, filmed at
the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tenn., includes footage of the
legendary couple.
The
first track from Love and War, “Today,” reached No. 7 on Hot Country Songs
(March 11) and No.3 on Country Airplay (March 25). Current single “Last Time
for Everything” re-enters Hot Country Songs at No. 42
and
jumps 54-42 on Country Airplay, increasing 108% to 2.6 million audience
impressions.
Critical
reception for Brad Paisley’s Love and War:
16
Tracks/ Time: 58:41 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Allmusic
(Rating 2.1/2
STARS) Paisley hauls out all his old
tricks, singing about the love of country and family, heartbreak, and
middle-aged melancholy, then adds a heavy dose of superstar power.....the shiny
production, shopworn jokes, and eager melodies have the
cumulative effect of
seeming too ready to please any audience that comes his way. Since Paisley
still has his skills, this is often enjoyable -- he knows how to craft songs
and can play a mean guitar -- but it's hard not to hear Love and War and think
Paisley would be a little bit better off if he learned a lesson from Jagger and
Fogerty: sometimes, it's better not to try so hard.
Rollingstone (Rating: 3 STARS) …Also per
usual, there's filler, none too embarrassing – Paisley's pro enough that even
his apparent phone-ins are well-crafted. But over 16 tracks, you can't help but
wish that one of country's greatest would shoot consistently higher than easy
chuckles and sentimental homilies.
Paste Magazine (Rating: 6.7/10) The back half of the album with “selfie” and his Timbaland collabs is
pure chaff, the kind of filler that a major label artist can afford to get away
with. As with so many other artists of his tax bracket, he needs some better
angels in his entourage who can steer him away from indulgence or trim the fat
from overstuffed albums like this. Then again, it won’t matter much once
Paisley’s onstage, coaxing the exact emotional response that these songs demand
from thousands of likeminded fans.
Sounds Like Nashville (Rating: Positive) Few artists could segue as effortlessly as
Paisley does from a rocking number with Jagger to a poignant ballad. While his
collaborations are impressive, so is his insight. Love and War is a roller
coaster ride of emotions that blends the good and evil of our society..... It
is this insight that stays with the listener long after the final note is
played, making Love and War a welcomed addition to country fans’ collections.
Keith Urban with RIPCORD (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville) fell
1-2 (#26-31 Billboard 200) selling 8,107 copies
(down 5%; 51-week total 553,300).
Chris Stapleton with TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) fell 2-3
(#33-36 BB200) selling 7,180 copies (up
6.5%; 104 week total 1,907,600).
Florida Georgia Line with DIG YOUR ROOTS (BMLG) slipped 3-4
(#36-42 BB200) selling 2,866 copies (down 12%; 35-week total 381,800).
Brett Young with self-titled debut (BMLG) fell 4-5
(#42-45 BB200) selling 4,200 copies (up 5%; 11-week
total 59,900).
Miranda Lambert with THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS (Vanner/ RCA Nashville/Sony Music
Nashville) held at #7 (53-69 BB200) selling 4,873 copies (down 14%, 23-week total 338,500).
Thomas Rhett with
TANGLED UP (Valory) fell 6-8 (#52-70 BB200) selling 1,856
copies (down 20%; 83-week total 568,200).
Brantley Gilbert with THE DEVIL DONT SLEEP (Valory) lifted 10-9 (#69- BB200) with 3,454 copies
sold (down 9%; 13-week total 159,800).
Jason Aldean with THEY DON'T KNOW (Macon/Broken Bow) rose
11-10 (#77-84 BB200) selling 2,915 copies
(down 4%; 33-week total 371,000).
Outside the
Top 10
Jon Pardi with CALIFORNIA SUNRISE fell 9-11
(#65-86 BB200) selling 2,230 copies (down 8%;
45-week total 142,100).
Taylor Ray
Holbrook with his 5 track BACKROADS (EP, UK iTunes) made a debut at #13 selling 5,500 copies.
The
SouthWest Virginia born and raised artist with the confidence & support
from over 100,000 newly acquired fans, he quit his job in 2014 as a Lumberjack
to pursue a career in music. Immediately after moving to Nashville, he wrote
"Tie ME Down" which peaked
at #22 on the Billboard's Country Digital Singles Chart.
Kane Brown with self-titled set Kane Brown lifted 22-14 (#126-121 BB200) selling 3,087 copies (down 2%; 21-week total 141,300)
Dierks Bentley with BLACK (Capitol Nashville | UMGN) fell 16-15 (#111-126 BB200) selling 1,400 copies
(down 10%; 48-week total 256,300).
Blake Shelton with IF I’M HONEST (Warner Bros./WMN) retreated 8-17 (#61-128 BB200) in his 49th frame.
Maren Morris with HERO (Columbia Nashville | SMN) fell 15-18 (110-132 BB200) selling 2,005 copies
(down 33%; 47-week total 216,500).
Kelsea Ballerini with THE FIRST TIME (Black River) fell 17-21 (118-147 BB200) selling 1,630 copies
(down 22%; 102-week total 275,900)
Little Big Town with THE BREAKER (Capitol
Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville) fell 20-22 (#123-152 BB200) selling
2,763 copies (down 16%; 9-week total 99,500).
Josh Turner with DEEP SOUTH (MCA Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville) rounded
out the Top 25 moving 24-25 (#133-158 BB200) selling 2,294 copies (down 13%, 7-week total 38,800).
Outside the
Top 25
Reba McEntire with Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith & Hope
(Rockin' R/Nash Icon | BMLG) 21-29 (125-169
BB200) selling 4,067
copies (down 24%; 12-week total 163,200).
In
its third chart frame Joey Feek with IF NOT FOR YOU
(Farmhouse/Gaither/Capitol CMG), fell 14-30
(#102-181 BB200) selling 4,339 copies (down 35%; 3-week total 21,500).
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology) Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit with
his Record Store Day Live From Welcome
To 1979 (EP) debuted at #14 (2,100 sales), Jimmy Fortune with Sings The Classics debuted at #26 (1,600 sales) and Jason Eady with
his 10 track self-titled set Jason Eady (Old Guitar Records) made a bow at #38
selling 1,100 copies.
Angaleena
Presley with her 12 track set WRANGLED (Mining Light Music/Thirty
Tigers; Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com ) arrived at #32 with 1,300
copies sold.
Two
years after releasing her debut solo album American
Middle Class, Angaleena Presley geared up to release her second album,
WRANGLED. Dropping via Mining Light Music/Thirty Tigers, the full-length
project features 12 songs co-written by the former Pistol Annies member. Among
the tracks is a song called “Cheer Up
Little Darling,” a song Presley wrote with acclaimed singer/songwriter Guy Clark (Johnny Cash, Vince Gill,
Ricky Skaggs, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney). The track was the
last song Clark completed before his passing in the spring of last year.
Year-To-Date Albums
6,358,000 (Physical sales 4,317,000
(down -12.5%) + Digital sales 2,042,000 (down -21.2%) which is 15.5% down at the same point in 2016 (7,524,000
sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
23,711,000 down 23.0% at the same point in 2016 (30,796,000)
Billboard Hot Country Songs
(Chart issue week
of May 13, 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:
NEW
PB: Sam Hunt with “Body Like a Back Road” (MCA Nashville) topped Hot Country Songs
for a 12th week, marking his longest-leading No.1 on the list (which combines
streaming, airplay and sales). His fourth No.1 surpassed the 11-week reign of
“Take Your Time” in 2015. Further, “Body” led Hot Country Songs, Country
Airplay, Country Digital Song Sales and Country Streaming Songs, simultaneously
dominating all four country song charts for a second week. It’s just the fourth
song to top all four tallies at the same time.
Chris Stapleton with “Last
Thing I Needed, First This Morning” (from album, From a Room:
Volume 1, due May 5) made a debut at #37. Willie Nelson’s 1983
version peaked at No.2 on Hot Country Songs.
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (12
weeks/ Airplay Gainer ** “Body Like A Back Road” Sam Hunt
** Streaming
Gainer ** No.3 “Hurricane” Luke Combs
** Digital
Gainer ** No.14 “My Girl” Dylan Scott
** Hot Shot
Debut ** No.36 “Long Long Time” Brennley
Brown
Debut
No.37 “Last Thing I Needed, First This Morning” Chris Stapleton
Debut
No.38 “Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good” Lauren
Duski
Debut
No.43 “All The Best” Zac Brown Band
Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week
of May 13, 2017)
Sam Hunt with “Body Like A Back Road' “commanded Country Airplay for a second week, gaining 7% to 47.1 million in audience. It led Country Digital Song Sales for a 13th frame (57,000 downloads sold, down 18%) and Country Streaming Songs for a 12th week (14.7 million U.S. streams, down 1%).
Dan
+ Shay banked their third Country Airplay top 10, as “How Not To” (Warner Bros./WAR) lifted 12-9 in its 31st
week, increasing 9% to 27.1 million.
Kenny
Chesney notched his 52nd Country Airplay top 10, as “Bar at the End of the World” (Blue Chair/ Columbia Nashville)
bumped 11-10 in its 20th week, up 2% to 25.5 million. He passed Alan
Jackson (51) for a solo share of the third-most top 10s, dating to the
Country Airplay chart’s Jan. 20, 1990, launch. George Strait leads with 61, followed
by Tim McGraw with 57.
John
Mayer logged his first visit to a Billboard country chart,
as “In the Blood”
(Columbia/Arista Nashville) entered Country Airplay at No.59 with 1.1 million
impressions. Rock singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow contributes background vocals,
but is not officially credited as an artist in the song’s billing. Crow has
made 10 credited trips to the chart as performer,
between 2003 and 2014. The track is from Mayer’s new LP The Search for
Everything, which leads the Americana/Folk Albums chart for a second week
(20,000 units). It debuted a week earlier with 132,000 units.
Country
Airplay
***
No. 1 (1 week) *** "Body Like A Back Road” Sam Hunt 47.125 million audience (+3.143 million) / 8,517 radio
plays (+543)
** Most
Increased Audience ** No.2 “Hurricane” Luke
Combs 4.155 million audience gain
**
Most Added ** No.42 “Last Time For Everything” Brad Paisley (21 ADDS)
**
Hot Shot Debut ** No.49 “Heartache On The Dance Floor” Jon Pardi
Debut
No.56 “They Don’t Know” Jason Aldean
Debut
No.57 “Yours” Russell Dickerson
Debut
No.59 “In The Blood” John Mayer
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
(Chart issue week
of May 13, 2017)
Sam Hunt with “Body Like a Back Road”
(MCA Nashville) held at No.1 on the Billboard
Country Song Sales Chart for
a thirteenth week selling 57,000 downloads (down 7%; 13-week total 805,000).
On
the overall Digital Song Sales chart, it rose 4-3, two places behind the No.1 “Despacito”
by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber (86,000 downloads
sold, in the week ending April 27, according to Nielsen Music).
Brett Young with “In Case You Didn’t Know”
climbed 3-2 (#23-16 Digital
Songs; 30,000 sales;
30-week total 470,000).
Keith Urban with “The Fighter,” featuring Carrie Underwood (Hit Red/Capitol
Nashville), rose 4-3 (30-25 Digital Songs; 24,000 sales; 17-week total 470,000).
Luke Combs with “Hurricane” lifted 5-4 (#40-33 Digital
Songs; 20,000 sales;
22-week total 346,000).
Chris Stapleton “Broken Halos” (Mercury) fell
2-5 (#19-47 Digital Songs; 15,000
sales; down 59%, 2-week total 52,000)
Jon Pardi with “Dirt On My Boots” held at #6 (#46-48 Digital
Songs; 15,000 sales; 31-week total 540,000).
The Voice Season 12 15-year old contestant Brennley Brown with "Long, Long Time" (first released
by Linda Ronstadt in 1970) made a debut at #7
(#48 Digital Songs; 15,000 sales). Brennley who is one Team Gwen Stefani >> performed the song on Episode 19 (broadcast Monday, April 24).
Florida Georgia
Line feat. Backstreet Boys with
“God,
Your Mama, And Me” slipped at 7-8
(non-mover #50 Digital Songs; 15,000 sales; 12-week total 251,000).
Outside the Top 10
Another The Voice
season 12 contestant Lauren Duski with
“Lord,
I Hope This Day Is Good” (written by Dave Hanner, and recorded by Don Williams) made a debut at #11 (12,000 sales). Lauren whose coach
is Blake Shelton performed it on Episode 19 (Top 12 week; Monday, April 24) .
Miranda Lambert with “Tin Man” retreated 10-12 (12,000 sales; 5-week total
111,000).
Dylan Scott with “My Girl” held at # 13 (11,000
sales; 15-week total 206,900).
Chris Stapleton with another album
pre-grat track “Last Thing I Needed” made a debut at #14 (11,000 sales)
Josh Turner with “Hometown Girl” fell 12-15 (14,000 sales; 9-week total
102,000).
Zac Brown Band with “All The Best” made a
debut at #19 (9,000 sales)
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
1
May 2017
Sam Hunt Is #1 With 'Body
Like A Back Road'
Congratulations
to MCA NASHVILLE artist Sam Hunt for landing the #1 spot on
the Mediabase Country singles chart this week with "Body Like A Back Road."
The song is the first single from Hunt’s upcoming album. It is Hunt's fifth trip to the top of the
charts, following four #1 hits from his debut album, "MONTEVALLO" (Aug
2016).
The song logged 9,164 radio spins (+583) and 61.856 million audience impressions (+4.311 million) with 27489 Total Points from 157 tracking stations for the tracking week April 23 to April 29, 2017 and published chart May 1st 2017.
Kudos
to Bobby Young and the Capitol staff
on notching 49 adds for Jon Pardi’s “Heartache
On The Dance Floor.”
The
song topped the "Most Added" board this chart week.
 |
Capitol Nashville staff celebrated with hopes they wouldn’t turn that “Heartache” into a
“Tummy Ache.” Pictured L-R: (front) UMG Nashville VP/Promotion David Friedman;
Capitol Nashville Dir./Southeast Promotion Ashley Laws, Coord./Promotion Sarah
Beth Watson; VP/Promotion Bobby Young; (back) UMG Nashville Dir./Promotion
& Radio Marketing Chris Schuler, Coord./Promotion Jason McColl; and Capitol
Nashville Dir./Midwest Promotion Brent Jones
|
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #83
Event
Venue City/State: Luke Bryan, Brett Eldredge,
Brett Young Richmond
Coliseum Richmond, Va.
Dates:
March 9, 2017 Gross Sales: $625,629 Attend: 9,004/ 12,343
Shows/
Sellouts: (3339 unsold tickets) 1/0 Prices:
$73, $47.75 Promoters: Live Nation
Rank
Artist: #93
Event
Venue City/State: Zac Brown Band, Pierce Brothers ICC Sydney
Theatre Sydney, Australia
Dates:
April 21, 2017 Gross Sales: $559,937 Attend: 7,810/ 7,810
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$97.64, $75.09
Promoters:
Chugg Entertainment
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