Country
Billboard Chart News November 20, 2017
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Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of December 2, 2017)
Country Album
Chart ** No.1 (2 non-consecutive weeks) ** LIVE IN NO
SHOES NATION Kenny Chesney
Hot Country
Songs ** No.1 (2 weeks) ** “When It Rains It Pours” Luke Combs
Country Airplay
** No.1 (1 week) ** "Greatest Love Story” LANCO
Country Digital
Songs ** No.1 (2 weeks) “Female” Keith
Urban
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
Taylor Swift's
'Reputation' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
'reputation'
is her fifth No. 1 on the list, following '1989,' 'Red,' 'Speak Now' and
'Fearless.'
Taylor Swift with REPUTATION blasts in at No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart (BB200) with 2017’s biggest week for
an album, as the set earned 1.238 million equivalent album units in the week
ending Nov. 16, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 1,216,416 copies were in traditional
album sales -- the largest sales frame for an album since 2015.
Reputation
is Swift’s sixth studio album and was released on Nov. 10 through Big Machine
Records. It is her fifth No.1 on the
Billboard 200.
Reputation
surpassed the total sales of the year’s previous No.1 seller, Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide), which has sold
931,000 through Nov. 16.
Reputation’s
whopping 1.216 million sales figure is the 10th largest sales week for
any album since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales in 1991.
Further, Reputation secures Swift her fourth million-selling week. She is the only
artist in Nielsen Music history to achieve four million-selling weeks.
(Previously, both Swift and Adele had three million-selling frames.)
Swift
earlier earned million-selling weeks with the debut weeks of each of her last
three studio albums: 1989 (1.287
million in 2014), RED (1.208
million, 2012) and SPEAK NOW (1.047
million, 2010).
Overall
album sales have been declining for years, so nearly equalling Swift’s previous
album, 1989, a feat from three years ago is an achievement.
REPUTATION’S
first-week sales tally (in traditional album sales) is nearly equal to the
first-week sales tallies of this year’s next four fastest-breaking albums
combined. They are Pink’s Beautiful Trauma (384K), Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN.
(353K), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (322K), and Drake’s More Life (226K).
REPUTATION
also entered the official U.K. Albums
Chart at No. 1. It’s Swift’s third consecutive studio album to top the U.K.
chart.
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.
Former
No.1 Kenny Chesney with
LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville) returned to the top 2-1
(#6-9 Billboard 200) selling 32,136 copies (down 37%; 3-week
total 300,228)
Last
weeks No.1 Blake Shelton with TEXOMA SHORE (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) slipped 1-2 (#4-10 Billboard 200) selling
another 27,969 copies
(down 49%; 2-week total 82,906)
Chris Stapleton with From a Room: Volume 1 (Mercury/Universal Music Group Nashville) climbed
5-3 (31-26 BB200)
selling 12,451 copies
(up 12%; 28-week total 577,300) whilst TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN)
climbed 8-5 (43-33 BB200) selling
8,606 copies (up 16%; 133-week total 2,118,900).
Former No.1 Kane Brown with his SELF-TITLED album rose 6-4 (#33-32 Billboard 200) selling 6,088 copies (50-week total
256,600).
Former
No.1 Thomas Rhett with LIFE
CHANGES (Valory/Big Machine Label Group) rose 9-6 (#44-42 Billboard 200) selling 4,463 copies (10-week total 168,300).
In his second week
Kid Rock with SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR
(Top Dog/BMG/Broken Bow Music Group), fell 4-7
(#8-43 Billboard 200; 43,000 units) selling 12,329 copies (down 70%; 2-week total 53,123).
Former No.1 Luke Combs with THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/
Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) lifted 10-8 (#45-49 Billboard 200) selling 5,109
copies (24-week total 150,200).
In
her second frame Kelsea Ballerini with UNAPOLOGETICALLY (Black River) fell 3-9 (7-50 Billboard 200, 44,000 units) selling 7,676 copies (down 68%; 2-week
total 42,532).
Cheatham
County, Tennessee-based Country rapper Upchurch (Ryan Edward Upchurch) earned
his first top 10 and best sales week as KING
OF DIXIE (Redneck
Nation) entered at No. 10, earning
10,000 equivalent units in its opening week, with 8,116 copies in traditional sales.
Dixie
is Upchurch’s seventh Top Country Albums appearance. He previously reached a
No. 22 best with 2016’s CHICKEN WILLIE
(2,763 copies sold in its debut
week). His notched his prior top sales week with SON OF THE SOUTH in May (selling
4,122 copies)
On 5
May 2017, Upchurch released a straight-up country EP, SUMMER LOVE, under his
full name. King of Dixie, his second long-player of the year, features the
single "Johnny Cash."
Outside the
Top 10
Brett Young with self-titled debut (BMLG) held at No.11 (#63-71 BB200) selling 2,356 copies
(41-week total 156,800).
Reba McEntire with her re-issued MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS (Nash Icon | BMLG
| Amazon UK -
UK iTunes - Amazon.com ) set rose 18-14 (#99-77
Billboard 200) selling 8,379 copies (17 chart weeks).
Tracy Lawrence with
his 11 track GOOD OLE DAYS (Lawrence
Music Group; Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.16 selling 6,905 copies.
The
11-track duets album features two new songs and nine of Lawrence’s hits,
including “Time Marches On,” “Paint Me a Birmingham” and “If
the World Had a Front Porch.” Lawrence’s guests include Jason Aldean (“Can't Break It To My
Heart”), Tim McGraw (“Time Marches
On”), Luke Bryan (“Sticks &
Stones”), Justin Moore (“Alibis”) and Kellie
Pickler (“Stars Over Texas”). Craig
Morgan lends his vocals and heartfelt raw emotion on “Finally Home,” one of the
two new tracks and an ode to U.S. military members. Tracy and Craig debuted the
song together in a performance on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry® in August.
Miranda Lambert with THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS (Vanner/RCA Nashville | SMN) retreated 16-21 (#90 Re-Entry Billboard 200)
selling 2,853 copies (down 22%; 52-week
total 402,400) to pass the 400K mark at retail.
Outside the Top 25
In his second frame Lee Brice with his SELF-TITLED LP (Curb), fell 7-27 selling 3,473 copies (down 72%; 2-week
total 15,717)
Former
1-week No.1 Shania Twain with NOW (Mercury/Universal Music Group Nashville) fell 27-42 selling 3788 4,979 copies
(down 24%; 7-week total 177,300).
Burl Ives with RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (MCA Special Products | Ume) made a
debut at No.50.
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
Billy Ray Cyrus with his 16 track SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT (Flatwoods; Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.35
selling 1,200 copies.
Cyrus’
latest release features collaborations with Joe Perry, George Jones,
Loretta Lynn, Bryan Adams and Miley Cyrus.
The offering also includes updated versions of his signature “Achy Breaky Heart,”
with Ronnie Milsap playing piano on a Muscle Shoals mix, and Jencarlos Canela
featured on the “Spanglish” version.
Promoting
the album Billy Ray performed on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy
Fallon" on Thurs 5 Oct with his daughter Miley as the country icon geared
up for the release.
Falling
short of the charts
Parker McCollum with his 10 track PROBABLY WRONG (2017 Parker McCollum; Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com) opened with sales
of 600 copies.
Lorrie Morgan
& Pam Tillis with their 12
track set COME SEE ME AND COME LONELY
(Goldenlane Records; Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com)
sold 600 copies.
The two have chosen some of their favourite country songs including those
originally made famous by Dottie West, Billie Jo Spears' "Blanket On The
Ground," and Dwight Yoakam's "Guitars, Cadillacs" plus early rock
favorites such as Roy Orbison's "It's Over" and The Everly Brothers'
"Walk Right Back." The project includes special guest appearances by
Joe Diffie & Darryl Worley as well.
Year-To-Date Albums
17,829,000 (Physical sales 12,029,000
(down -12.8%) + Digital sales 5,800,000 (down -18.3%) which is 14.7% down at the same point in 2016 (20,897,000
sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
58,723,000 down 24.0% at the same point in 2016 (77,286,000)
58,723,000 down 24.0% at the same point in 2016 (77,286,000)
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:
Luke
Combs with “When It Rains It Pours” (River House/Columbia
Nashville) enjoyed a second week at No1
on Hot Country Songs.
Chris Janson collects his second Hot Country Songs top10
as “Fix
a Drink” (Warner Bros./WAR) stepped 12-10. The song gained by 11% to 43.8 million impressions and rose 3-2 on Country Airplay. Janson
first hit the Hot Country Songs top10 with the No.2-peaking “Buy Me a Boat” in 2015.
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (2 weeks)
** “When It Rains It Pours” Luke Combs
**
Airplay Gainer” No.10 “Fix A Drink” Chris
Janson
** Digital
Gainer/ Streaming Gainer ** No.11 “Female” Keith Urban
** Hot Shot Debut ** No. 45 “Three Chords & The Truth” Chase Rice
Debut
No.49 “Worth It” Danielle Bradbery
In its 38th
week, LANCO
earned its first No.1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart
(dated Dec. 2) as “Greatest Love Story” (Arista Nashville) increased 9% to 43.8 million
audience impressions in the tracking frame ending Nov. 19, according to Nielsen
Music. On the Hot Country Songs chart, “Story” pushed to a new best (4-3).
LANCO — Brandon
Lancaster, Chandler Baldwin, Jared Hampton, Tripp Howell and Eric Steedly — leads
in its second Country Airplay appearance, following “Long Live Tonight,” which
peaked at No. 32 (Oct. 1, 2016).
“Story” was
written solely by Lancaster and is the first such No.1 since Little Big Town’s
“Better Man,” written by Taylor Swift. Prior to “Better Man,” the last Country
Airplay leader by a single author was Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind,”
which, penned by Americana/country singer-songwriter Lori McKenna, topped the
list dated June 25, 2016.
The last
Country Airplay leader written by one male? “Story” is the first since
Blake Shelton’s “God Gave Me You,” originally a Christian hit for its writer,
Dave Barnes; Shelton’s version ruled Country Airplay for three weeks beginning
Oct. 29, 2011.
Brett Young achieved his third Country Airplay top 10 with “Like I Loved You” (BMLG), which hopped
12-10 (28.7 million, up 9%).
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (1 week) *** "Greatest Love Story” LANCO 43.822 million audience (+3.519 million) / 7,738 radio plays
(+600)
**
Most Increased Audience ** No.2 “Fix A Drink” Chris Janson
** Most
Added ** No.23 “Female” Keith Urban
** Hot
Shot Debut ** No.54 “Marry Me” Thomas
Rhett
Debut
No.55 “Up Down” Morgan Wallen feat.
Florida Georgia Line
Debut
No.57 “New Year's Day” Taylor Swift
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
Keith Urban’s with “Female” held at No.1 on the Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart (#17-6 Digital Songs; 32,000 sales; 2-week total 52,000).
It was 5 places
behind Camila Cabello’s “Havana” (featuring Young Thug) which sold
75K digital copies this week, which enabled it to move up to No. 1 on Top
Digital Songs, displacing Taylor Swift’s “Call It What You Want.” “Havana” logged
its third week at No. 1 on The Official U.K. Singles Chart.
Chris Stapleton with “Broken Halos” held at No.2 (#18-20 Digital Songs, 18,000
sales; 12 weeks total 240,000)
Former No1 LANco with
“Greatest
Love Story” (Arista Nashville) held at No.3 (#22-21 Digital Songs; 17,000 sales; 20-week total 375,000)
Former No.1 Kane Brown feat. Lauren Alaina with “What
If’s” held at No.4 (#23-25
Digital Songs; 15,000 sales; 27-week total 530,000).
Thomas Rhett with “Unforgettable” (Valory)
climbed 6-5 (#33-30 Digital Songs; 13,000
sales; 16-week total 223,000).
Luke Combs with “When It Rains It Pours”
(River House | Columbia Nashville) rose 8-6
(#36-35 Digital Songs; 12,000 sales;
19-week total 285,000).
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill with “The Rest Of Our Life”
pushed 10-7 (#44-37 Digital
Songs; 12,000 sales; 4-week total 57,000).
Brothers Osborne with “It
Ain't My Fault” fell 5-8 (#30-40 Digital Songs, 10,000 sales; 24-week
total 352,000)
Sam Hunt’s 31 non-consecutive week No1 “Body Like a Back Road” (MCA
Nashville) held at No.9 (#43-42
Digital Songs; 10,000 sales; 42-week total 1,766,000).
Walker Hayes with “You Broke Up With Me” (Monument)
advanced 16-10 (#50 Digital Songs Re-entry; 9,000 sales; 18-week total
220,000).
Outside
the Top 10
Brett Young with “Like I Loved You” (BMLG) lifted 15-11 (9,000 sales; 12-week total 147,000).
Blake Shelton with “I'll Name The Dogs” (Warner
Bros) fell 7-12 (9,000 sales; 10-week
total 128,000).
Former
No.1 Carly
Pearce with Every Little Thing (Big Machine/Big Machine
Label Group), moved 14-13 (9,000
sales; 22-week total 332,000).
Danielle Bradbery with “Worth It” (Big Machine |
BMLG) made a debut at No.23 selling
6,000 copies.
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
20
Nov 2017
Chris Janson Goes #1 With
'Fix A Drink'
Congrats to Chris Janson, Kristen Williams, Tom Martens and the WAR promotion team on securing the week’s
No.1 with “Fix A Drink.” The song is
the first single from EVERYBODY. Songwriters are Chris DuBois, Ashley Gorley
and Janson.
This marks
Janson's second career #1, following the success of "Buy Me A Boat" in 2015 (News Sept 21, 2015).
“Having a hit
on country radio is a huge blessing – it’s Thanksgiving week, and I’m extremely
thankful,” said Janson in a press release. “Reaching my country fans through
radio has always been a dream of mine. Thanks for allowing me to make my dreams
come true.”
“Fix A Drink” (Warner Bros./WAR) logged 8,709 radio spins (+880)
and 58.054 million audience
impressions (+5.287 million) with 23269 Total Points (+2355) from 158 tracking stations for the tracking week November
12 to November 18, 2017 and published chart November 20th 2017.
The song, which
has more than 20 million on-demand streams, was co-written by Janson with Chris
DuBois and Ashley Gorley. The summertime smash is one of 12 songs on his new
album that allowed Janson to grow as an artist, but also stayed true to who he
is as an artist.
Thomas Rhett Is Most-Added
With 'Marry Me'
Congratulations
to VALORY MUSIC CO.'s Thomas Rhett, who earned 55 MEDIABASE adds this week with his new single, "Marry
Me." The song topped the "Most Added"
board this chart week.
 |
| Valory Music Co celebrate Thomas Rhett's Most Added on Mediabase with Marry Me |
Mediabase
Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title (Label) TW Total Historic
Adds
THOMAS RHETT/Marry Me (Valory) 55 60
KIP MOORE/Last
Shot (MCA) 40 44
KEITH
URBAN/Female (Capitol) 32 127
DAVID LEE
MURPHY f/KENNY CHESNEY/Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Reviver/Blue Chair) 20 91
BEBE REXHA f/FGL/Meant
To Be (WBR/BMLGR) 18 20
CHASE
RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 16 114
KANE
BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 12 64
DUSTIN
LYNCH/I'd Be Jealous Too (Broken Bow) 10 74
LINDSAY
ELL/Criminal (Stoney Creek) 10 12
MORGAN WALLEN
f/FGL/Up Down (Big Loud) 8 19
TAYLOR
SWIFT/New Year's Day (Big Machine) 8 9
TIM MCGRAW
& FAITH HILL/The Rest Of Our Life (Arista) 8 135
COLE
SWINDELL/Stay Downtown (Warner Bros./WMN) 7 108
JON PARDI/She
Ain't In It (Capitol) 6 93
RUNAWAY
JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 6 76
BRAD
PAISLEY/Heaven South (Arista) 5 53
JAMES BARKER
BAND/Chills (UMGC/New Revolution) 5 38
LADY
ANTEBELLUM/Heart Break (Capitol) 5 93
ASHLEY
MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR) 4 47
DANIELLE
BRADBERY/Sway (BMLGR) 3 74
MORGAN
EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) 3 43
MIRANDA
LAMBERT/Tin Man (RCA) 2 141
STEPHANIE
QUAYLE/Selfish (Rebel Engine) 2 10
CAM/Diane
(Arista) 1 3
LAUREN
ALAINA/Doin' Fine (19/Interscope/Mercury) 1 111
RUSSELL
DICKERSON/Yours (Triple Tigers) 1 158
SHANIA TWAIN/We
Got Something They Don't (Mercury) 1 40
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #17
Event
Venue City/State: Florida Georgia Line, Nelly,
Chris Lane, Morgan Wallen Mid Florida
Credit Union Amphitheatre Tampa, Fla.
Dates:
Oct. 13, 2017 Gross Sales: $958,615 Attend:
18,827/ 18,827
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$74.25, $32.25
Promoters: Live Nation
Rank
Artist: #114
Event
Venue City/State: Eli Young Band, Levi Hummon The
Paramount Huntington, N.Y.
Dates:
Nov. 7, 2017 Gross Sales: $28,581 Attend:
850/ 1,573
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$55, $35, $28, $23
Promoters: Live Nation/in-house
Rank
Artist: #121
Event
Venue City/State: Jerrod Niemann Seminole Indian Casino Immokalee, Fla.
Dates:
Nov. 5, 2017 Gross Sales: $22,460 Attend:
441/ 740
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$60, $50
Promoters: Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment
Rank
Artist: #125
Event
Venue City/State: Lee Ann Womack, Nick Ryan Bridge View Center Ottumwa,
Iowa
Dates:
Oct. 29, 2017 Gross Sales: $14,920 Attend:
447/ 612
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$40, $30
Promoters: Law Productions
Rank
Artist: #129
Event
Venue City/State: Rhonda Vincent Sellersville Theater 1894 Sellersville,
Pa.
Dates:
Nov. 17, 2017 Gross Sales: $13,336 Attend:
328/ 328
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$50, $39.50
Promoters: in-house
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