Country
Billboard Chart News March 19, 2018
In
Brief:
Billboard
Country Charts (Chart issue week of
March 24, 2018)
Country Album
Chart ** No.1 (8 non-consecutive weeks) ** SELF-TITLED
(Deluxe) Kane Brown
Hot Country
Songs ** No.1 (16 weeks) ** “Meant To Be” Bebe
Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
Country Airplay
*** No.1 (1 week) ** “Broken Halos” Chris Stapleton
Country Digital
Songs ** No.1 (14 non-consecutive weeks) ** “Meant To Be” Bebe Rexha feat. Florida
Georgia Line
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
Logic Scores
Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Bobby Tarantino II'
Logic scored his second No. 1
album in less than a year on the Billboard
Top 200 Album Chart (BB200), as his new mixtape, Bobby Tarantino II, debuted atop the list. The set, which was
released on March 9 through Visionary/Def Jam, bows with 119,000 equivalent
album units earned in the week ending March 15, according to Nielsen Music. Of
that sum, 32,000 were in traditional album
sales.
Bobby
Tarantino II’s debut was powered mostly by streams, as the album launches with 82,000 SEA units (equalling 123 million on-demand audio streams for
the album’s tracks in the week ending March 15; each SEA unit equals 1,500
on-demand audio streams). With 32,000 copies of the album sold, the remainder
of the title’s equivalent units was generated by TEA units (5,000).
Logic
topped the Billboard 200 less than a year ago with his last studio album,
Everybody. The effort opened at No. 1 on the list dated May 27, 2017 with
247,000 units earned (of which 196,000 were in traditional album sales).
David Byrne earned his highest charting
album ever on the Billboard 200 chart as AMERICAN
UTOPIA entered at No.3 with 63,000 equivalent album units earned in
the week ending March 15, according to Nielsen Music.
Byrne’s
debut — his 12th charting solo set — is driven by traditional album sales, as
effectively all of its units (62,856) were in pure sales, resulting in Byrne's biggest sales week
since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991. American Utopia’s arrival was
enhanced by sales generated from a concert
ticket/album sale redemption offer with the artist’s tour, which
started earlier in March.
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.
Kane Brown with his SELF-TITLED held at No.1 (#24-27 Billboard 200) for a 8th non-consecutive week selling another 4,308 copies (67-week total 344,300).
Chris Stapleton with TRAVELLER (MERCURY/
UMGN) was a non-mover at No.2 (28-38 BB200) selling 5,599 copies
(150-week total 2,245,800) whilst his sets From A Room: Volume 1 (Mercury/Universal
Music Group Nashville) fell 4-6 (41-54
BB200) selling 6,437 copies
(45-week total 740,800) and From A Room: Volume 2 slipped 7-8 (60-81 BB200) selling 7,306 copies
(14-week total 338,100).
Former
No.1 Thomas Rhett with LIFE
CHANGES (Valory/Big Machine Label Group) fell 3-4 (#36-44 Billboard 200) selling 2,553 copies (26-week total 248,600).
Former No.1 Luke Bryan with WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY (Capitol
Nashville | UMGN) lifted 5-3 (#46-39 Billboard 200) selling 8,053 copies
(14-week total 246,700).
Former No.1 Luke Combs with THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/
Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) moved 6-5 (#49-53 Billboard 200) selling 2,010
copies (41-week total 200,400).
Brett Young with self- titled BRETT YOUNG (BMLG) climbed 8-7 (65-62 Billboard 200) selling 1,586 copies (57-week total 192,900).
Jon Pardi with CALIFORNIA SUNRISE (Capitol Nashville | UMGN) fell 9-10 (87-101 Billboard 200) selling 1,349 copies (91-week total 224,300)
Outside the
Top 10
Former
No.1 Blake Shelton with
TEXOMA SHORE (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) rose 18-13 (161-129 BB200) selling another 3,054 copies (18-week total 208,000).
Old Dominion with HAPPY ENDINGS (RCA Nashville | SMN) fell 12-14 (#116-144 BB200) selling around 1,000
copies (29-week total 78,100).
Former
No.1 Chris Young with LOSING SLEEP (RCA
Nashville | SMN) fell 13-23 (#133-200
BB200) selling 1,449
copies (21-week
total 88,900).
LANCO with HALLELUJAH NIGHTS (Arista Nashville | SMN) fell 20-22.
Outside the Top 25
Kid Rock with SWEET SOUTHERN SUGAR rounded out the top 25 fell 25-26 selling 3,632
copies (17-week total 139,600).
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
Morgan Wallen with his self-titled 4 track EP MORGAN WALLEN (Big Loud Records; Amazon
UK – UK iTunes – Amazon.com) made a debut at No.45.
Year-To-Date Albums
3,090,000 (Physical sales 2,212,000
(down -22.2%) + Digital sales 878,000 (down -33.7%) which is 25.9% down at the same point in 2017 (4,169,000 sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
10,476,000 down 30.7% at the same point in 2017 (15,116,000)
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:
Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s pop/country
crossover hit “Meant to Be” (Warner Bros./Big Machine Label Group) led
Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, for a 16th
week (on the chart dated March 24), extending its record for the most time
at No. 1 for song with lead female vocals in the chart's 59-year history. On
the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, the song pushed 5-4, matching FGL’s best
career rank. The duo’s debut smash, “Cruise,” climbed to No.4 on the Hot 100 in
July 2013. “Meant” moved 9-7 on Country Airplay, up 14 percent to 30.1 million
impressions with Most Increased Audience honors for a second consecutive week.
Brett
Eldredge banked his seventh Hot Country Songs top 10
as “The Long Way” (Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville) lifted 11-10. The song held at its No.6 high
on Country Airplay (31.5 million, up 4 percent).
Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be”
(Warner Bros./ Big Machine Label Group) dominated Hot Country Songs for a 16th
week.
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (16
weeks)/ Airplay Gainer ** “Meant To Be” Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
** Streaming Gainer ** No.14 “Tequila” Dan + Shay
** Digital
Gainer ** No.23 “Mercy” Brett Young
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.34 “This Is It” Scotty McCreery
Debut
No.49 “Rich” Maren Morris
Singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton reached the summit of Billboard’s Country Airplay
chart for the first time as “Broken
Halos” (Mercury) ascended 2-1 in its 35th week on the
list (dated March 24). It increased by 2% to 41.2 million audience
impressions in the week ending March 18, according to Nielsen Music.
On Hot Country Songs, “Halos” held at its No.5 peak, which it initially
reached on the chart dated March 3.
The track ranked at No.6 on Country Digital Song Sales (13,000 downloads
sold in the week ending March 15) and No.17 on Country Streaming Songs (5.4
million U.S. streams).
The organic-styled “Halos,” which Stapleton wrote with Mike Henderson, is
the second single from the former’s From A Room: Volume 1, which arrived
atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart dated May 27, 2017, with 219,000
equivalent album units earned in its first week. The set has spent eight weeks
at No.1 on Top Country Albums and 13 weeks atop Americana/Folk Albums. It has
earned 961,000 units to date, including 741,000 in traditional album sales.
Thanks to the Dave Cobb-produced LP and “Halos,” Stapleton is the first
male, and the fifth act, to have topped both Americana/Folk Albums and Country
Airplay (or, before the latter list’s 1990 inception, Hot Country Songs).
He follows Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, Alison Krauss and Dolly Parton
in notching a No.1 country song and a leading title on Americana/Folk Albums,
which began in 2009.
Meanwhile, Stapleton’s 2015 set TRAVELLER holds the record for the most
weeks at No.1 on Americana/Folk Albums: 42. It most recently led the March
17-dated chart, and it led Top Country Albums for 29 weeks.
“Halos” marks Stapleton’s sixth appearance on Country Airplay. The launch
single from Volume 1, “Either Way,”
debuted at its No. 26 peak on the May 20, 2017, chart. He sports one additional
Country Airplay top 10: “Nobody to
Blame” (No. 10; April 2, 2016). His other three entries: “Parachute” (No.17, 2017), “Tennessee Whiskey” (No.57, 2016) and
“What Are You Listening To?”
(No.46; 2013).
KKBQ Houston PD Johnny Chiang says that he “can’t put a finger on why”
“Halos” has outperformed other Stapleton songs on Country Airplay. “ ‘Broken
Halos’ is simply a great modern country song with a traditional flavor, just
like ‘Parachute,’ ‘Nobody to Blame’ and ‘What Are You Listening To?’ ” he says.
“Chris’ music has always done very well for KKBQ.”
Says WWQM Madison, Wis., PD Fletcher Keyes, “Stapleton played for our
listeners several years agoin a showcase we call Storytellers Jam. Ever since
his appearance, which was amazing, all of his music has
tested phenomenally here. I mean, once you hear Stapleton’s voice, you’re
sold.”
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (1 week) *** “Broken Halos” Chris
Stapleton 41.191 million audience (+0.984 million) / 8,170 radio plays (+298)
**
Most Increased Audience ** No.7 “Meant To Be” Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line +3.665 million audience gain
**
Most Added ** No.24 “I Was Jack” (You Were Diane) Jake Owen 28 fresh radio commitments (ADDS)
** Hot
Shot Debut ** No. 57 “You Got 'Em All” Trent
Harmon
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line with “Meant
To Be” (Warner Bros. | BMLG) remained
at No.1 for in its 16th chart frame
(14 non-consecutive weeks). It held at No.6 on the all genre Digital Songs Chart five places behind Drake's "God's Plan" which led
the Digital Song Sales chart for a sixth week (49,000 downloads sold in the
week ending March 15, down 15 percent). On the Radio Songs chart,
"Plan" dipped 3-4, but gained by 6 percent to 100 million in all-format
airplay audience in the week ending March 18.
Jason Aldean with “You Make It Easy” (Macon/Broken
Bow | BBMG) held at No.2 (#10-17 Digital Songs).
Kane Brown with “Heaven” (Zone 4 | RCA
Nashville) held at No.3 (#22-17 Digital Songs) in his 17th frame.
Thomas Rhett with “Marry Me” (Valory) held
at No.4 (#25-21 Digital Songs) in his 22nd frame.
Luke Bryan with “Most People Are Good” (Capitol
Nashville) held at No.5 (#32-24 Digital Songs) in his 10th frame.
Chris Stapleton with “Broken Halos” (Mercury |
UMGN) was a non-mover at No.6 (#37-31 Digital Songs).
Scotty McCreery with “This Is It” (Triple
Tigers) made a debut at No.7 (#34 New Entry Digital Songs) as his track “Five More Minutes” (Triple Tigers) slipped
7-8 (#42-37
Digital Songs) in its 20th frame.
Jordan Davis with “Singles You Up” fell 8-9 (#48-40
Digital Songs).
Brett Young with “In Case You Didn't Know”
(BMLG) made a re-entry at No.10.
Outside
the Top 10
Luke Combs with “One Number Away” rose 12-11.
David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney with “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” fell 11-12.
Morgan Wallen feat. Florida Georgia Line with
“Up
Down” fell 10-13.
Old Dominion with “Written In The Sand” (RCA
Nashville | SMN) fell 9-18.
Brett Young with “Mercy” (BMLG) made a
debut at No.21
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
March
19, 2018
Chris Stapleton Hits #1
With 'Broken Halos'
Congrats to Chris Stapleton,
Royce Risser, Damon Moberly and the Mercury
promotion team for securing the week’s No.1
with “Broken Halos.” Writers are Stapleton and Mike Henderson. This
marks Stapleton's first career #1 as an artist.
“Broken Halos” (Mercury) logged 8,755 radio spins (+108) and 57.972 million audience
impressions (+1.031 million) with 22931 Total Points (+540)
from 157 tracking stations for the tracking week
March 11 to March 17, 2018 and published chart March 19th 2018.
Trent Harmon Is Most-Added
With 'You Got 'Em All'
Kudos to Kris
Lamb and the Big Machine reps on
landing 53 MEDIABASE adds for Trent Harmon’s “You Got ‘Em All”. The song topped the "Most Added"
board this chart week.
Mediabase
Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title (Label) TW Total Historic
Adds
TRENT HARMON/You Got 'Em All (Big Machine) 53 64
TRAVIS
DENNING/David Ashley Parker From... (Mercury) 40 41
KELSEA
BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 15 70
JAKE OWEN/I Was
Jack (You Were Diane) (Big Loud) 13 141
CHRIS
YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) 8 76
COLE
SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 7 124
RUSSELL
DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) 7 70
CHASE
RICE/Three Chords & The Truth (Broken Bow) 6 146
LUKE COMBS/One
Number Away (River House/Columbia) 6 154
DANIELLE
BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) 5 37
JUSTIN
MOORE/Kinda Don't Care (Valory) 5 129
LANCO/Born To
Love You (Arista) 5 85
CARLY
PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 4 131
DYLAN
SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 4 132
ERIC
PASLAY/Young Forever (EMI Nashville) 4 46
KIP MOORE/Last
Shot (MCA) 4 103
LUCAS
HOGE/Power Of Garth (Forge) 4 4
MICHAEL TYLER/Hey
Mama (Reviver) 4 47
AARON
WATSON/Run Wild Horses (Big Label) 3 39
KACEY
MUSGRAVES/Butterflies (MCA) 3 7
MAREN
MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 3 83
MORGAN
EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) 3 128
STEPHANIE
QUAYLE/Selfish (Rebel Engine) 3 18
JIMMIE
ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) 2 76
OLD
DOMINION/Hotel Key (RCA) 2 4
RUNAWAY
JUNE/Wild West (Wheelhouse) 2 112
JESSIE JAMES
DECKER f/R. HOUSER/Almost Over You (Epic) 1 2
SMITHFIELD/Hey
Whiskey (Deluge/In2une) 1 1
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #5
Event
Venue City/State: Luke Bryan, Dustin Lynch Qudos
Bank Arena Sydney, Australia
Dates:
March 16, 2018 Gross Sales: $1,479,280 Attend:
14,663/ 15,008
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 (345 unsold tickets) Prices:
$140.32, $77.61
Promoters: Chugg Entertainment/Rob Potts
Entertainment Edge
Rank
Artist: #8
Event
Venue City/State: Kid Rock Bridgestone
Arena Nashville, Tenn.
Dates:
Jan. 19, 2018 Gross Sales: $1,351,791 Attend:
15,943/ 15,943
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $129.50, $39.50
Promoters: Live Nation
Rank
Artist: #10
Event
Venue City/State: Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, Brett Eldredge,
Carly Pearce Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio
Dates:
March 15, 2018 Gross Sales: $1,226,250 Attend:
15,851/ 15,851
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $125, $25
Promoters: Messina Touring Group
Rank
Artist: #19
Event
Venue City/State: The X
Factor Live SSE Arena, Wembley London,
U.K.
Dates:
Feb. 24, 2018 Gross Sales: $837,458 Attend:
14,835/ 19,176
Shows/
Sellouts: 2/0 (4,341 unsold tickets)
Prices: $138.24, $27.93
Promoters: SJM Concerts
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