Country
Billboard Chart News June 5, 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
Florida Georgia Line Leads RIAA Gold And
Platinum Honors For May
BMLG RECORDS' Florida Georgia
Line (FGL) led the RIAA GOLD and
PLATINUM honours for the full month of May 2017 for the Country format.
FGL received MULTI-PLATINUM Single honors for:
"H.O.L.Y.;" (released AUGUST 26,
2016; 3x Multi-Platinum 3 million units)
PLATINUM Single
honors for "May We All" (released July 17, 2016; 1 Million units),
"GOD, Your Mama, And Me" (released Jan 1, 2016; 1 million
units) and "Confession" (released Oct 14, 2014 1 Million units) and
GOLD Single honors for "GOD, Your Mama, And Me."
Also earning
RIAA PLATINUM Singles honors was:
BMLG RECORDS' Brett Young for "In
Case You Didn't Know." (released Feb 12, 2017; Gold | April 14, 2017;
Platinum | May 23, 2017 1 million units)
RIAA GOLD
Singles honors went to:
Valory Music Co.'s
Thomas Rhett for "Star Of The Show" (released Oct
28, 2016; 0.5 Million units)
Black River
Entertainment's Kelsea
Ballerini for "Yeah
Boy" (released Oct 10, 2016; 0.5 Million units)
Valory Music Co.'s
Brantley
Gilbert for "The
Weekend" (released Jan 27, 2017; 0.5 Million units)
Artists Of Then, Now &
Forever for "Forever Country."
(released Sept 8, 2016; 0.5 Million units) 18,6million YouTube
Views / Vevo.com . The song debuted atop Billboard's Hot
Country Songs chart, becoming the third song in history to achieve this feat
and giving every artist featured on the song a number one hit on the chart.
The single sold
93,000 downloads and was streamed 5.7 million times in its first week. It also
debuted atop the Country Digital Song Sales and Country Streaming Songs charts.
The song went on spend a second week atop the Hot Country Songs chart and the
Country Digital Song Sales, although it descended 1-2 on Country Streaming
Songs, with a 34% drop to 61,000 sold and streaming down 38% percent to 3.5
million. it peaked at #32 on the Billboard Country Airplay.
In
Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of June 17, 2017)
Country Album
Chart ** No.1 (3 non-consecutive weeks) From A Room:
Volume 1 Chris Stapleton
Hot Country
Songs ** No.1 (17 weeks) ** “Body Like A Back
Road” Sam Hunt
Country Airplay
** No.1 (2 weeks) ** "In Case You Didn’t Know” Brett Young
Country Digital
Songs ** No.1 (17 non-consecutive 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).
Bryson Tiller
Notches His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'True to Self'
Bryson Tiller notched his first No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart (BB200),
as his second studio effort, TRUE TO
SELF, debuted atop the tally. The set, which was released through
TrapSoul/RCA Records on May 26, earned 107,000
equivalent album units in the week ending June 1, according to Nielsen Music.
Of that sum, 47,436 were in traditional album
sales.
True
to Self was released a month earlier than its expected June 23 street date, and
is the follow-up to Tiller’s debut set, Trapsoul. The latter set peaked at No.8
on the chart in January of 2016, and helped Tiller finish the year as
Billboard’s top new artist. Trapsoul has earned 1.6 million equivalent album
units, of which 441,000 are in traditional album sales.
True
to Self was supported mostly by SEA units (57,000) and traditional album sales.
The remainder of its bow came from TEA units (2,000).
Kendrick
Lamar’s DAMN. held steady at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, with 84,000 units
(down 14 percent).
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band returned to the chart,
re-entering at No.3 with 75,000 units (up 2,062%) with 71,036 in traditional album sales
(up 3,889%). It is the highest rank for the former No.1 album since the Dec.
30, 1967-dated chart, when the set also placed at No. 3.
As
the re-release stirs renewed interest in the Fab Four, it’s noteworthy to
mention that the group has made a sizable impact on the country genre.
Among
its most notable efforts was the 1995 album Come Together: America Salutes the
Beatles. The LP, which peaked at No. 13 on Top Country Albums, includes covers
by Kris Kristofferson (“Paperback Writer”), Little Texas (“Help!”), Willie
Nelson (“One After 909”), Tanya Tucker (“Something”) and Steve Wariner (“Get
Back”), among others.
Before
that, 1989 brought two Beatles remakes to the Hot Country Songs top 10. In
March, duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo, aka sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine
Arnold, reached No. 9 with their version of “I Feel Fine.” That September,
Rosanne Cash scored her 11th Hot Country Songs No. 1 with her take on “I Don’t
Want to Spoil the Party.”
It
has worked the other way around, too. In 1965, The Beatles released their
rendition of “Act Naturally,” with Ringo Starr on lead vocals. The song was
originally a Buck Owens hit that topped the Hot Country Songs chart dated June
15, 1963, marking his first of 21 leaders. Also in 1989 (a year after The
Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), Owens and Starr
united for an update of “Naturally,” which rose to No.27 on Hot Country Songs.
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.
Chris Stapleton with From A Room: Volume 1 (Mercury/Universal Music Group Nashville) held
at No.1 (5-8
Billboard 200) selling 31,292 copies (down 26%; 4-week total 341,483) to lead Top Country Albums for
a third non-consecutive week.
Stapleton’s
TRAVELLER
(MERCURY/ UMGN) rose 5-2 (#29 non-mover BB200) selling 9,572 copies (down 16%; 109-week total 1,964,200).
Zac Brown Band with WELCOME HOME (Southern Ground/Elektra/Atlantic Group) held at No.3 (15-31 BB200) selling 12,633 copies
(down 45%; 3-week total 174,521).
Brett Young with self-titled debut (BMLG) rose 6-4
(#46-40 BB200) selling 4,152 copies (up 5%; 16-week
total 81,000).
Florida Georgia Line with DIG YOUR ROOTS (BMLG) fell 8-5
(#55-47 BB200) selling 2,461 copies (40-week total 394,400).
Keith Urban with RIPCORD (Hit Red/Capitol Nashville)
climbed 7-6 (52-48 BB200) selling 5,256 copies
(down 5%; 56-week total 588,600).
In their second chart frame Rascal Flatts with BACK TO US (Big Machine/BMLG) fell 2-8 (#11-55 BB200) selling 7,305 copies (down 71%; 2-week total 32,568).
Thomas Rhett with
TANGLED UP (Valory) rose 10-9 (#93-73 BB200) selling 1,400
copies (88-week total 582,000).
Outside the
Top 10
Kane Brown with
self-titled KANE BROWN (Zone 4/RCA
Nashville) rose 13-11 (#115-94 BB200) selling
2,615 copies
(down 5%; 26-week total 155,000)
Miranda Lambert with THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS (Vanner/ RCA Nashville/Sony Music
Nashville) fell 12-13 (112-110
BB200) selling 2,621 copies (down 7%; 28-week
total 356,100).
Brantley Gilbert with The Devil Dont Sleep (Valory | BMLG)
fell 16-17 selling 1,830 copies
(down 11%; 18-week total 172,330).
Maren Morris with HERO (Columbia Nashville | SMN) held at
#24 (165-175 BB200)
Outside the
Top 25
Midland with their 5 track self-titled (EP) made a debut at No.46 (released Oct 28, 2016; Amazon UK | Amazon.com)
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
Various Artists with Gentle Giants: The Songs Of Don Williams made a debut at No.15
selling 1,825 copies.
Country Music
Hall of Famer Don Williams turns 78 on Saturday May 27, but it was his legion
of “Gentle Giant” fans around the globe that received a star-packed present
Friday (May 26) with the Slate Creek Records release (Amazon UK -
In honour of
his legendary career, Williams' longtime producer and friend Garth Fundis
produced the tribute album.
The 11-song
tribute features an impressive lineup of musical innovators including Dierks
Bentley, Garth Brooks, Brandy Clark, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, Keb’ Mo’,
Alison Krauss, Lady Antebellum, John Prine featuring Roger Cook, Pistol Annies,
Chris Stapleton featuring Morgane Stapleton and Trisha Yearwood.
To celebrate
the release and Williams’ extraordinary career, the Grand Ole Opry will honoured
the music of the legend on Tuesday night’s Opry (May 30). The evening featured
performances by Opry member Krauss, Prine, Isbell and Shires, all of whom
appear on the album, as well as Darius Rucker and Bill Anderson.
Year-To-Date Albums
8,582,000 (Physical sales 5,767,000
(down -12.9%) + Digital sales 2,815,000 (down -19.8%) which is 15.3% down at the same point in 2016 (10,132,000
sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
30,772,000 down 23.3% at the same point in 2016 (40,108,000)
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) continued its domination
on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart (dated June 17), expanding its reign to
17 weeks.
“Body,” which Hunt co-wrote for his fiancée, Hannah Lee
Fowler, debuted on the multimetric list (which blends airplay, sales and
streaming data) at No.2 on Feb. 18. It ascended to No.1 the following week
(Feb. 25) and has locked down the summit ever since.
“Body” concurrently topped Country Streaming Songs and
Country Digital Song Sales for a 17th week each. It ruled the former with 16.2
million U.S. streams (down 1%) in the week ending June 1, according to Nielsen
Music, and the latter with 50,000 downloads sold (down 5%). On Country Airplay,
where it led for three weeks (May 6,13 and 20), “Road” rolled for a 10th week
in the top five, holding at No.3 (39.9 million audience impressions, down 3%).
“Body” has become a crossover hit as well, reaching No.6
on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 (April 22), marking the first country song
to reach the chart’s top 10 since Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise,” which rose
to No.4 on July 6, 2013. “Road” rose 18-16 on the Adult Top 40 airplay chart
and 29-27 on Mainstream Top 40.
With 17 weeks
atop Hot Country Songs, “Body” ties Thomas Rhett’s “Die a Happy Man,” which
first led the list dated Nov. 14, 2015, for the fourth-longest reign since the
tally began as an all-encompassing genre ranking in 1958. “Cruise” leads with
24 weeks at No.1 in 2012 and 2013, followed by Leroy Van Dyke’s “Walk on By”
(19 weeks in 1961-62) and FGL’s “H.O.L.Y” (18 weeks, 2016).
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (17
weeks) ** “Body Like A Back Road” Sam
Hunt
** Airplay
Gainer ** No.5 “If I Told You” Darius
Rucker
** Streaming
Gainer ** No.16 “Yours If You Want It” Rascal
Flatts
** Digital
Gainer ** No.18 “Small Town Boy” Dustin
Lynch
** Hot Shot
Debut ** No.42 “Fix A Drink” Chris
Janson
Debut
No.47 “Just A Phase” Adam Craig
Brett
Young with “In
Case You Didn’t Know” (Big Machine Label Group/BMLG Records) crowned
Country Airplay for a second week, increasing by 2% to 47.1 million audience
impressions. On Hot Country Songs, it ranked at its No. 2 peak for an eighth
straight week. It also places at No.2 on Country Streaming Songs (9.1 million,
essentially even week over week) and Country Digital Song Sales (41,000 sales)
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (2 weeks) *** "In Case You Didn’t Know” Brett Young 47.088 million audience (+1.121 million) / 8,385 radio
plays (+120)
** Most
Increased Audience ** No.2 “If I Told You” Darius
Rucker +4.032 million audience gain
**
Most Added ** No.43 “Fix A Drink” Chris
Janson (# ADDS)
**
Hot Shot Debut ** No.54 “All The Pretty Girls” Kenny Chesney
Debut
No.59 “Doin’ Fine” Lauren Alaina
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
Sam Hunt with “Body Like a Back Road”
(MCA Nashville) returned to No.1 moving 2-1
(9-6 Digital Songs; 50,000 sales; down 5%; 18-week total 1,055,000) leading the chart a
17th non-consecutive week.
It
was five places behind Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber with "Despacito"
which ruled the Digital Song Sales chart for a fifth week, with 148,000
downloads sold (up 8%) in the week ending June 1; the remix with Bieber accounted
for 80% of the song's sales (up from 77% the previous week).
Brett Young with “In Case You Didn’t Know”
climbed 3-2 (#15-11 Digital
Songs; 41,000 sales; down 11%; 35-week total 647,000).
Luke Combs with “Hurricane” rose 8-3 (#39-28 Digital
Songs)
Keith Urban with “The Fighter,” featuring Carrie Underwood (Hit Red/Capitol
Nashville), climbed 9-4 (#42-35 Digital Songs)
Thomas Rhett feat. Maren Morris with “Craving
You” lifted 12-5 (#40 Re-Entry Digital
Songs).
Florida Georgia
Line feat. Backstreet Boys with
“God,
Your Mama, And Me” darted 13-6 (46
Re-Entry Digital Songs)
Chris Stapleton with “Either Way” held at #7 (#38-48 Digital Songs)
Lady Antebellum with “You Look Good” advanced 11-8 (#49-50 Digital
Songs)
Midland with “Drinkin’
Problem” rose 15-9.
Dustin Lynch climbed 23-10 “Small Town Boy”
Outside the Top 10
The Voice Season 12 runner-up Lauren Duski with last
weeks No.1 “Déjà Vu” retreated 1-25.
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
5
June 2017
Brett Young
Reaches #1 With 'In Case You Didn't Know'
Congrats
to Brett Young, Matthew Hargis and the BMLG
Records promotion staff on landing the week’s No.1 with “In
Case
You Didn’t
Know.”
The song is Young’s second chart-topper, following “Sleep Without You” in November (Nov 28, 2016). Writers are Trent Tomlinson, Tyler Reeve, Kylie Schlienger and
Young.
In Case You Didn’t Know logged 9,088 radio
spins (+316) and 60.566 million
audience impressions (+1.898 million) with 27022 Total Points from 159 tracking
stations for the tracking week May 28 to June 3, 2017 and published chart June
5th 2017.
Kenny Chesney Is Most-Added
With 'All The Pretty Girls'
Kudos
to Shane Allen and the Columbia team
for notching 47 adds for Kenny Chesney’s “All
The Pretty Girls”. The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart
week.
 |
| Columbia Nashville Kenny Chesney promotions team celebrate 47 Mediabase adds for All The Pretty Girls |
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #7
Event
Venue City/State: Eric Church Bridgestone Arena Nashville,
Tenn.
Dates:
May 26-27, 2017 Gross Sales: $2,524,287 Attend: 38,016/ 38,016
Shows/
Sellouts: 2/2 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$89, $20
Promoters:
Messina Touring
Group/AEG Presents
Rank
Artist: #19
Event
Venue City/State: Eric Church KFC Yum! Center Louisville,
Ky.
Dates:
May 25, 2017 Gross Sales: $1,052,065 Attend: 16,443/ 16,443
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$89, $23
Promoters:
Messina Touring
Group/AEG Presents
Rank
Artist: #38
Event
Venue City/State: Donny & Marie The Showroom at The Flamingo Las Vegas, Nev.
Dates:
May 2-6, 16-20, 23-27, 2017 Gross Sales: $722,226 Attend: 7,877/ 10,844
Shows/
Sellouts: 15/0 (2,967 unsold tickets) Prices: $283,
$136, $119, $104
Promoters:
Caesars Entertainment
Rank
Artist: #51
Event
Venue City/State: Brad Paisley, Dustin Lynch,
Chase Bryant, Lindsay Ell BB&T
Pavilion Camden, N.J.
Dates:
May 19, 2017 Gross Sales: $505,669 Attend: 19,455/ 21,000
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 (1,555 unsold tickets) Prices: $69,
$20
Promoters:
Live Nation
Rank
Artist: #90
Event
Venue City/State: Daniel O'Donnell Palladium London, U.K.
Dates:
May 5-6, 2017 Gross Sales: $207,449 Attend: 3,560/ 4,300
Shows/
Sellouts: 2/0 (740 unsold tickets) Prices: $77.33,
$58
Promoters:
Triple A Entertainment
Rank
Artist: #97
Event
Venue City/State: Kenny Rogers, Linda Davis Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater,
Fla.
Dates:
Jan. 22, 2017 Gross Sales: $185,730 Attend: 2,036/ 2,036
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$103.75, $60
Promoters:
Ruth Eckerd Hall Presents
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