Morgan Wallen Sees Gold
With his debut
release "If I Know Me" hitting #2 on the iTunes country
charts, Morgan Wallen is definitely country's new golden boy. Last week saw his
most recent single " Up Down " certified GOLD in the US, a milestone he got to
celebrate alongside Florida Georgia Line and Jimmy Kimmel.
As "Up
Down" makes its way into the Top 10 at radio, Wallen is preparing for his
first-ever stadium tour. Slated to kick off in Toronto later this month, the
22-date tour will see Wallen open for Jon Pardi, Sam Hunt and Luke Bryan.
In
Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of May 5, 2018)
Country Album
Chart ** No.1 (2 weeks) ** REARVIEW TOWN Jason Aldean
Hot Country
Songs ** No.1 (22 weeks) ** “Meant To Be” Bebe
Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
Country Airplay
*** No.1 (1 week) *** “You Make It Easy” Jason Aldean
Country Digital
Songs ** No.1 (1 week) ** “Babe” Sugarland
feat. Taylor Swift
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
NEWS: Billboard Finalizes Changes to
How Streams Are Weighted for Billboard Hot 100 & Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 will now include two tiers of on-demand audio streams.
TIER 1: paid subscription audio streams (equating 1,250 streams to 1 album
unit) and TIER 2: ad-supported audio streams (equating 3,750 streams to 1 album
unit).
Streams
from trial subscriptions that offer the same access and functionality as a paid
tier will be considered TIER 1. At this juncture, the Billboard 200 will
continue to not incorporate video streams.
The
shift to a multi-level streaming approach to Billboard’s chart methodology is
reflective of a global push to measure streams in a revenue-reflective and
access-based manner. Music is now being consumed on streaming services in
more diverse ways, migrating from a pure on-demand experience to a more diverse
selection of listening preferences (including playlists and radio) and the
various options in which a consumer can access music differs based on their
subscription commitment.
J. Cole Claims
Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Biggest Week of 2018 With 'KOD'
Set
logged biggest week of the year in overall units and third-largest streaming
week ever.
J.
Cole’s fifth studio album, KOD, roared in at No.1 on the Billboard Top
200 Albums Chart (BB200) with 2018’s biggest week for an album, as the set
earned 397,000 equivalent album
units in the week ending April 26, according to Nielsen Music. It also notched
the largest streaming week of the year, and the third-largest streaming week
ever (322.7 million first-week on-demand audio streams).
That
surpassed 2018’s previous largest week, registered when Justin Timberlake’s Man
of the Woods bowed at No. 1 with 293,000 units on the chart dated Feb. 17. KOD
logged the biggest week for any album since Taylor Swift’s reputation started
atop the tally dated Dec. 2, 2017 with 1.238 million units.
KOD
is J. Cole’s fifth consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200, following his four
previous studio sets: 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014),
Born Sinner (2013), and Cole World: The Sideline Story (2011).
Jason Aldean with REARVIEW TOWN fell from No.1 to No. 5 in its second week, earning 38,000 units (down 79 percent)
Record Store Day 2018 broke many sales records and
proved that U.S. vinyl sales are not
tapering off any time soon. The 733,000 LPs sold during Record Store Day week
2018 set an all-time high, according to Nielsen Music.
Independent
record stores set other all-time Record Store Day week highs including Vinyl
LPs sold, at 580,000; industry share of physical album sales in a week, at 39%; and total albums sold (all
formats), at 799,000 albums, the highest non-holiday week sales total since
July 2005.
Bruce
Springsteen’s Greatest Hits, David Bowie’s Welcome To The Blackout (Live in
London ’78) and Neil Young’s Tonight’s The Night Live At The Roxy, topped the
charts of Top RSD Exclusive Albums at Independent Record Stores.
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.
Jason Aldean with REARVIEW TOWN (Macon/Broken
Bow Records) held at No.1 (1-5
Billboard 200) selling 24,266 copies (down 85%; 2-week total 186,800).
The sibling
duo Brothers Osborne earn a new best peak on the ranking.
Brothers Osborne with their sophomore set, PORT SAINT JOE, arrived at No.2 on
Billboard's Top Country Albums chart (No.15 Billboard 200; dated May 5),
earning 22,000 equivalent album
units in its first week, ending April 26, according to Nielsen Music. Of the
sum, 18,618 were tallied via traditional
album sales.
The
10-song set, produced by Jay Joyce, followed the duo's first full-length, PAWN SHOP, which debuted and peaked at
No. 3 on the Top Country Albums (#17 Billboard 200; list dated Feb. 6, 2016)
with 20,900 copies sold, the act's strongest sales week.
The
twosome (siblings T. J. and John Osborne) previously released a self-titled EP,
which started and peaked at No. 23 (Sept. 27, 2014).
Port
Saint Joe's lead single, "Shoot Me Straight," which Brothers
Osborne wrote with Lee Thomas Miller, hit a new peak, leaping 41-29, on Hot
Country Songs. On Country Airplay, it climbed 37-35, increasing 3 percent to
3.9 million impressions.
John
and TJ Osborne co-wrote all 10 tracks on PORT SAINT JOE, along with frequent
collaborators Lee Thomas Miller, Kendall Marvel, Barry Dean, Shane McAnally and
Troy Verges.
On
April 15, Brothers Osborne won the vocal duo of the year trophy at the 53rd
Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, marking their second year in a row receiving
the honour.
Critical reception for Brothers Osborne’s Port
Saint Joe:
Allmusic (Rating; 4 STARS) Reuniting with producer Jay Joyce, the duo
don't radically revise their sound but rather choose to deepen it, letting
themselves stretch out on the thick Southern rock groove of "Shoot Me Straight,"
indulging in a bit of steamy soul on "A Little Bit Trouble," and
delving into deep country on "Tequila Again." .... From its surface
to its bones, it's clever, smart, adventurous, and hooky, creating a
slow-rolling good-time vibe that doesn't lose its luster with repeated plays.
Sounds Like Nashville (Rating: Very Positive) On Port Saint Joe, Brothers Osborne prove
exactly why they are the reigning ACM and CMA Vocal Duo of the Year. Their
standout musicianship and powerful lyrics heard throughout the album make for a
memorable and unique experience that only continues to grow with each listen.
Louder Sound (Rating: 3 Stars) The countrified R&B of Slow Your Roll
carries echoes of Chris Stapleton, as does Weed, Whiskey And Willie. And while
they tend to over-rely on Nashville’s standard lyrical tropes, the Osbornes
excel on harder-rocking tunes like Shoot Me Straight, which morphs into a
dazzling showcase for John’s guitar mastery.
Former 9
non-consecutive week No.1 Kane Brown with his SELF-TITLED
held at No.3 (#19-20 Billboard 200)
selling 4,681 copies
(73-week total 374,800).
Former
No.1 Thomas Rhett with LIFE
CHANGES (Valory/Big Machine Label Group) held at No.4 (#30-34 Billboard 200) selling 2,116 copies (33-week total 262,100).
Making
a debut at No.3 (#35 Billboard 200) was
Rural rap artist Upchurch with his 10-track set CREEKER (Redneck Nation Records | Amazon
UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com) selling 11,875 copies his best sales week.
He continued his trend to release albums frequently and joins The Lacs, Colt
Ford and Smo as vast sellers in the country subgenre.
CHART HISTORY
Cheatham
County, Tennessee-based Country rapper Upchurch (Ryan Edward Upchurch) earned
his first top 10 and previous best sales week when 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 (Chart week of Dec 2,
2017) and has US sales of 14,800 as of March 13, 2018. Dixie marked Upchurch’s
seventh Top Country Albums appearance.
CHICKEN WILLIE (released Aug 12, 2016) reached
a No. 22 best with 2,763 copies sold in its debut
week).
SON OF THE SOUTH (released May 5, 2017)
peaked at No.29 Country (#182
Billboard 200) selling 4,122 copies.
Also,
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, featured the single "Johnny Cash."
Chris Stapleton with TRAVELLER (MERCURY/
UMGN) fell 5-6
(32-36 BB200) selling 5,330 copies
(156-week total 2,279,500) as his set From A Room: Volume 1 (Mercury/Universal Music Group Nashville)
fell 6-10 (#46-66 BB200) selling 5,985 copies
(51-week total 778,200) and From A Room: Volume 2 fell
12-16 (90-115 BB200) selling 5,041 copies
(21-week total 375,600).
Former No.1 Luke Combs with THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/
Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) rose 8-7 (#50-41 Billboard 200) selling 2,095
copies (47-week total 212,400).
Former No.1 Luke Bryan with WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY (Capitol
Nashville | UMGN) fell 7-8 (#47-60 Billboard 200) selling 4,231 copies
(20-week total 277,400).
Brett Young with self- titled BRETT YOUNG (BMLG) rose 10-9 (#57-62 Billboard 200) selling 1,700 copies (63-week total
202,800).
Outside the
Top 10
In
her fourth week former No1 from Kacey Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA Nashville/Universal Music Group Nasville) fell 9-11 (#54-68 Billboard 200) selling 5,194 copies (4-week total
60,400).
In
his second frame John Prine with THE TREE OF
FORGIVENESS fell 2-12 (#5-79 Billboard 200) selling 7,714 copies (down 85%; 2-week total 60,800), previous weeks’
sales included a ticket bundle album redemption offer.
Old Crow Medicine Show with VOLUNTEER arrived at No.14
on Top Country Albums (#100 Billboard 200) earning 7,000 equivalent album units in its first week, of those 6,462 copies were pure sales. The
Dave Cobb-produced set was recorded at Nashville's historic RCA Studio A.
The
LP also entered Bluegrass Albums at No.1 and Americana/Folk Albums at No.
7. On the former, the group earns its seventh leader, tying Ricky Skaggs and
Rhonda Vincent for the most No.1s in the chart's 16-year history.
Old
Crow Medicine Show Volunteer (Columbia) Commemorating their 20th anniversary, the project also
marks the band’s use of electric guitar for the first time since 2004’s “Wagon
Wheel.”
Frontman
and fiddle player Ketch Secor wrote or co-wrote all 11 new tracks, including
the lead single “Flicker & Shine.”
Critical reception for Old Crow Medicine Show’s
Volunteer:
Allmusic (Rating: 4.1/2 Stars)
Nothing here is particularly outside the wheelhouse of Old Crow Medicine Show,
but the songs are finely etched and the performances vivid, elements that
separate Volunteer from its predecessors. Here, Old Crow Medicine Show feel
focused and fully realized, as if they're just hitting their stride after two
decades in the business.
Pop Matters (Rating: 80/100) There isn't a single clunker among these 11
songs, which makes the record an easy, fun listen from start to finish even as
the mood changes considerably from track to track.
Uncut (Rating: 80/100) ...With Dave Cobb's production reinforcing
their boisterous dynamism, Volunteer surveys the sacrifices Old Crow make for
their music, the camaraderie of the bandmates and heroes at the expense of the
stability of family and home
American Songwriter (Rating: 3 STARS) Despite a
few missteps, Volunteer is a worthy next chapter for a group that continues do
its best work when finding new ways to tell old stories.
Kenny Chesney with LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN) made
a re-entry at #18 (#121 Billboard
200) selling 5,816
copies (20-week
total 416,000)
Ashley Monroe with SPARROW (2018 Warner Music Nashville) made a debut at No.21 (#157 Billboard 200) selling 4,860
copies.
CHART HISTORY
THE BLADE (Warner Bros./ Warner Music
Nashville) released: July 24, 2015, made a debut at No 2 Country (#30 Billboard 200) with
sales of 12,422 copies.
It marked her highest position on the chart as a solo artist.
LIKE A ROSE (Warner Bros. Nashville) released
March 5, 2013, made a debut at No.10
Country (#43 Billboard 200) with sales of 10,737 (chart dated March 23, 2013)
due to great critical press acclaim, some
industry and media events and an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. SATISFIED (Sony) eventually released on
May 19, 2009 as a digital download, it did not chart. Monroe was eventually
dropped from the label in 2007.
Critical reception for Ashley Monroe’s Sparrow:
12 Tracks/ Time: 43:15 Pop Singer/Songwriter Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com "Wild Love" (>> Music Video)
Your Life In A Song Shannon Hynes (Rating; Very
Postive)...To be honest, it’s a burning question on everyone’s mind, ‘how is
Ashley Monroe going to top Grammy nominated album The Blade?’ Yes, we’ve all
been thinking it since ‘Sparrow’ was announced to be released on the upcoming
20thApril. Well, let me tell you, I think she’s actually gone and done it.
Sparrow is painstakingly, heart achingly, flawless.....The songs on the album
showcase everything Ashley has spoken about openly and admitted she has
struggled with, such as her father’s death that shook her early childhood.
‘Daddy, I told you’ and ‘This Heaven’ ......... Ashley Monroe is special, you must
listen to Sparrow, it’s an album made up of the deepest parts of her soul and
we’re so lucky she lets us in.
Slant Magazine (Rating: 4 STARS) Since the release of 2015's The Blade, Ashley Monroe lost her father
and gave birth to a son—so it's no surprise that family matters, and family as
a source of conflicting emotions, loom large over Sparrow. The
singer-songwriter's fourth
Yet while Monroe and Cobb draw
inspiration from the lush, orchestral country of the 1960s, Sparrow is no
throwback. Songs like “Rita” use cinematic orchestrations to evoke the dusty,
widescreen pop of Tumbleweed Connection-era Elton John, but the lush melancholy
of “Orphan” resembles the more contemporary, moody chamber-pop of Beck's Sea
Change. ...Monroe is unparalleled at fusing classicist country songwriting with
a modern sheen, something she proved on The Blade, which deftly balances
traditional country sounds with bubbly pop. With Sparrow, she's topped even
that achievement, creating a rich and emotional album that feels deeply
connected to the past but also fully engaged with the present.
Rocking Magpie - Honest,
Classy, Contemporary and Heart-string Tugging Album..................My own
favourite track is a bit left of centre by this album’s standards, as Keys to
the Kingdom which closes the record is quite Rootsy and painfully raw at times,
which is just how I like my singer-songwriters; and when the string section
finally come in it’s like a dessert wind and closes proceedings just perfectly…SPARROW
is wonderful concept from Ashley Monroe, carefully and shrewdly steering her
away from the Pop-Rock that is the norm in Nashville these days and
concentrating not just her marvelous singing voice but her rather excellent
songwriting too. I expect this album to surpass the Grammy Nominations of
recent years too.
Former
No.1 Blake Shelton with TEXOMA SHORE (Warner
Bros. Nashville | WMN) fell 13-22 (#94-160
Billboard 200) selling 1,884 copies (25-week total 222,900)
Former No.1 Scotty McCreery, with SEASONS
CHANGE (Triple Tigers/RED) fell 21-24
(#147-171 BB200) selling 2,938 copies
(6-week total 59,500)
Outside the Top 25
Various Artists with RESTORATION: Reimagining
the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin (HST Global/MCA
Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville) fell 14-39 selling 3,200 copies (3-week total 21,700).
Maren Morris with HERO (Columbia Nashville | SMN) fell 18-28 (#96-week total 285,000)
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
Elvis Presley with Elvis: The King In The Ring (RCA
Victor/RCA | Legacy) arrived at No.17 on Country Album Sales with around 2,900
copies sold.
Eric Church with 61 DAYS IN CHURCH: COVERS (EMI Nashville | UMGN) made a debut at No.23 with 1,801
copies sold.
It’s
a collection of live covers from multiple shows, on Saturday, April 21st as
part of Record Store Day. The project was available on LP with 2,500 exclusive
copies available to fans. Covers include "Better Man," "Dixie
Chicken," "Midnight Rider," and more.
Joshua Hedley with MR. JUKEBOX (Third Man | Amazon UK - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.31 with estimated sales of 1,500
copies.
Steve Earle And
The Dukes with THE CONTINENTAL CLUB (E-Squared) made a
debut at No.35.
Bobbie Gentry with LIVE AT THE BBC (BBC/Capitol | Ume)
made a debut at No.42 with 1,000 sales.
Charley
Crockett with
12-track Folk set LONESOME AS A SHADOW
(Son Of Davy | Thirty Tigers Amazon
UK - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.43 with 1,000 sales.
Year-To-Date Albums
5,206,000 (Physical sales 3,702,000
(down -14.4%) + Digital sales 1,503,000 (down -26.4%) which is 18.2% down at the same point in 2017 (6,368,000 sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
16,467,000 down 30.6% at the same point in 2017 (23,711,000)
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 with
“Meant
to Be” (Warner Bros./Big Machine Label Group) racked up their 22nd week atop the chart now just 2
frames away from equalling FGL’s debut, “Cruise” (24 weeks, 2012-13).
Sugarland’s “Babe”
(Big Machine), featuring Taylor Swift, vaulted 48-8 on Hot Country Songs following its first week of streaming and
sales tracking; the song was released April 20 and debuted on the April 28
chart solely from its first three days of airplay measurement.
The newly reunited Sugarland, the duo of Jennifer Nettles
and Kristian Bush, scored its 12th Hot Country Songs top 10
and first since “Stuck Like Glue,”
which peaked at No. 2 on Nov. 20, 2010.
Swift, who co-penned “Babe” with Pat Monahan of pop-rock
group Train, earned her 20th Hot Country Songs top 10 and first since 2013. She
added her 19th with her Tim McGraw collaboration, “Highway Don’t Care,” which
reached No. 4 on May 25, 2013. (She last ranked in the region with “Red” on
Dec. 21, 2013, after the song debuted at its No. 2 peak in October 2012.)
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (22
weeks) ** “Meant To Be” Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
**
Airplay Gainer” No.7 “One Number Away” Luke
Combs
** Digital
Gainer/ Streaming Gainer ** No.8 “Babe” Sugarland feat. Taylor Swift
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.45 “Caught Up In The Country” Rodney Atkins feat. The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Debut
No.47 “Hotel Key” Old Dominion
Debut
No.49 “Eyes On You” Chase Rice
Jason
Aldean with “You
Make It Easy” (Macon/Broken Bow) ascended 2-1 on Country
Airplay, up 12 percent to 46 million audience impressions in the week
ending April 29, becoming his 18th No.1.
The track, written by Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia
Line along with Morgan Wallen and Jordan Schmidt, is the first single from
Aldean’s new album, Rearview Town, which leads Top Country Albums for a second
week (38,000 units, down 78 percent).
The 14-week journey to No.1 on Country Airplay for “Easy” marked Aldean’s
third-fastest trip to the top. “Take a
Little Ride” made a brisk 10-week ascent to No. 1 (Oct. 6, 2012), and “Burnin’ It Down” ignited atop the tally
in its 13th frame (Nov. 1, 2014).
“I felt like this song was something special the first time I heard it,”
Aldean told Billboard. “So to watch it take off the way it has and have people
respond to it so quickly has been really cool.”
Aldean, who claimed the coveted entertainer of the year prize at the ACM
Awards, first led Country Airplay with his second entry, “Why,” on May 27,
2006. The song followed his first of 33 Country Airplay appearances to date,
“Hicktown,” which became his first of 27 top10 titles, reaching No. 10 on Oct.
22, 2005.
David
Lee Murphy and Kenny Chesney with “Everything’s
Gonna Be Alright” (Blue Chair/Reviver) hopped 12-10 on Country
Airplay, up 13 percent to 25.9 million impressions. Murphy earned his sixth
Country Airplay top 10 and first since the No.5-peaking “Loco” in 2004. Chesney
added his 54th top 10; he ranks third in the chart’s 28-year history, trailing
only George Strait (61) and Tim McGraw (57).
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (1 week) *** “You Make It Easy” Jason
Aldean 46.028 million audience (+4.871 million) / 8,443 radio plays (+629)
**
Most Increased Audience ** No.6 “One Number Away” Luke Combs +4.933 million
audience gain
**
Most Added ** No.32 “Babe” Sugarland
feat. Taylor Swift (31 ADDS)
** Hot
Shot Debut ** No.58 “Keeper Of The Flame” Miranda
Lambert
Debut
No.59 “David Ashley Parker From Powder Springs” Travis Denning
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
Sugarland feat. Taylor Swift with
“Babe”
blasted onto Country Digital Song Sales at No.1,
selling 38,000 downloads. It also
drew 4.2 million U.S. streams. Sugarland notched its second Country Digital
Song Sales No.1 following “Stuck Like Glue.” Swift achieved her
record-extending 14th No.1, pushing her further ahead of runner-up Luke Bryan
(nine). She last led the list with “Highway” on Feb. 23, 2013.
On
the all-genre Digital Song Sales
chart, “Babe” made a bow at No.2,
marking Sugarland’s first top 10 and Swift’s record-padding 43rd.
It
was one place short of Ariana Grande
who burst onto the Hot 100 at No.3 with "No Tears Left to Cry."
Following its April 20 release, the track premiered at No.1 on Digital Song Sales
(100,000 sold), where it's Grande's third leader; No. 5 on Streaming Songs
(36.9 million); and No. 35 on Radio Songs (27 million).
The 18-week
No.1 Bebe
Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's "Meant to Be" (Warner Bros. | BMLG) held at No.2 (#3 Non-mover Digital Songs; 37,000 sales; 22-week total 976,000).
Jason Aldean with “You Make It Easy” (Macon/Broken
Bow | BBMG) pushed 7-3 (#18-11 Digital Songs).
Kane Brown with “Heaven” (Zone 4 | RCA
Nashville) rose 5-4 (#14-17 Digital Songs; 18,000 sales; 23-week total
394,000) as “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina dropped 6-11 (9,000
sales; 50-week total 743,000).
Kenny Chesney with “Get Along” fell 4-5 (#10-23 Digital Songs; 15,000
sales; 3-week total 66,000).
Previous weeks’
all-genre Digital Songs and Country Digital No1 Carrie
Underwood with “Cry Pretty” (Capitol
Nashville) fell back 1-6 (1-24 Digital Songs; 15,000 sales down 80%;
2-week total 89,000)
Luke Bryan with “Most People Are Good” (Capitol
Nashville) slipped 3-7 (#9-35 Digital Songs; 13,000 sales; 16-week
total 226,000).
Dan + Shay with “Tequila” (Warner Bros. |
WAR) climbed 9-8 (#20-37 Digital Songs; 12,000 sales; 14-week total
150,000).
Morgan Wallen feat. Florida Georgia Line with “Up Down” (Big Loud) advanced 17-9 (9,000 sales; 19-week total
171,000)
Blake Shelton with “I Lived It” (Warner Bros.
| WMN) fell 8-10 (9,000 sales; 8-week
total 87,000)
Outside
the Top 10
Luke Combs with “One Number Away” (River
House | Columbia Nashville) lifted 19-12
(9,000 sales; 14-week total 145,000)
Thomas Rhett with “Marry Me” (Valory) fell 11-13 (8,000 sales; 28-week total 413,000)
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
April
30, 2018
Jason Aldean Hits #1 With
'You Make It Easy'
Congrats to Jason Aldean,
Carson James, Lee Adams, Jim Malito and the Broken Bow promotion team on landing this week’s No.1 with “You
Make It Easy.” The song marked his 20th career #1 and is the first
single from REARVIEW TOWN. Writers are Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Morgan
Wallen and Jordan Schmidt.
“You Make It Easy” (BROKEN BOW RECORDS)
rose 3-1 logging 9,054 radio spins (+679) and 63.493 million audience
impressions (+4.706 million) with 24613 Total Points (+1,892)
from 157 tracking stations (157 ADDS) for the
tracking week April 22 to April 28, 2018 and published chart April 30th 2018.
Kudos to Adrian
Michaels and the WEA crew for
landing 38 adds on Devin Dawson’s “Asking For A Friend”. The song topped the "Most Added"
board this chart week.
 |
| In celebration of Atlantic/WEA's Devin Dawson being most-added at Country radio with his new single, "Asking For A Friend," Pictured L-R: Team WAR Coord./Radio & Streaming Taylor Aretz; Team WEA Dir./National Radio & Streaming Adrian Michaels; WMN SVP/Radio & Streaming Kristen Williams and Exec. Asst Kati Salverson; Team WEA Coord./Radio & Streaming Kate Myers; and Team WMN Coord./Radio & Streaming Justin Newell |
Mediabase
Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title (Label) TW Total Historic
Adds
DEVIN DAWSON/Asking For A Friend (Atlantic/WEA) 38 39
SUGARLAND f/T.
SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine) 28 101
MIRANDA
LAMBERT/Keeper Of The Flame (RCA) 24 31
THOMAS
RHETT/Life Changes (Valory) 11 125
CHRIS
STAPLETON/Millionaire (Mercury) 10 72
OLD
DOMINION/Hotel Key (RCA) 10 97
WALKER
HAYES/Craig (Monument/Arista) 9 31
KEITH URBAN
f/J. MICHAELS/Coming Home (Capitol) 8 155
KIP MOORE/Last
Shot (MCA) 8 117
LANCO/Born To
Love You (Arista) 7 120
CRAIG CAMPBELL/See
You Try (Red Bow) 6 72
SCOTTY
MCCREERY/This Is It (Triple Tigers) 6 7
CARRIE
UNDERWOOD/Cry Pretty (Capitol) 4 152
MAREN
MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 4 102
SMITHFIELD/Hey
Whiskey (Deluge/In2une) 3 25
STEPHANIE
QUAYLE/Selfish (Rebel Engine) 3 23
DANIELLE
BRADBERY/Worth It (BMLGR) 2 52
DAVISSON
BROTHERS BAND/Po Boyz (Dreamlined) 2 2
KACEY
MUSGRAVES/Butterflies (MCA) 2 16
PARMALEE/Hotdamalama
(Stoney Creek) 2 25
SHANE OWENS/Lie
(AmeriMonte/1608) 2 2
ABBY
ANDERSON/Make Him Wait (Black River) 1 1
ASHLEY
MCBRYDE/A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega (Atlantic/WAR) 1 107
LUCAS
HOGE/Power Of Garth (Forge Entertainment) 1 9
MADDIE &
TAE/Friends Don't (Mercury) 1 1
RADIO
ROMANCE/The Weekend (Big Machine) 1 1
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #1
Event
Venue City/State: Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Old Dominion, Brandon Lay Raymond
James Stadium Tampa, Fla.
Dates:
April 21, 2018 Gross Sales: $6,245,650 Attend: 55,292/ 55,292
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$257.50, $32.50
Promoters: Messina Touring Group
Rank
Artist: #4
Event
Venue City/State: Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Old Dominion, Brandon Lay Miller
Park Milwaukee, Wis.
Dates:
April 28, 2018 Gross Sales: $5,136,660 Attend: 43,526/ 43,526
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$252, $42
Promoters: Messina Touring Group
Rank
Artist: #13
Event
Venue City/State: Reba McEntire & Brooks & Dunn The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Nev.
Dates: March 14, 16-17, 21, 23-24, 2018 Gross Sales:
$2,399,988 Attend: 18,779/ 23,542
Shows/
Sellouts: 6/0 (4,763 unsold tickets)
Prices: $205,
$155, $105, $59.50
Promoters: Concerts West/AEG Presents/Caesars
Entertainment
Rank
Artist: #21
Event
Venue City/State: Eric Church, Steve Earle & the Dukes, The Texas Gentlemen Cynthia Woods Mitchell
Pavilion The Woodlands, Texas
Dates:
April 27, 2018 Gross Sales: $844,285 Attend: 15,665/ 15,665
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$285, $22
Promoters: Messina Touring Group
Rank
Artist: #35
Event
Venue City/State: Brandi Carlile, Marlon Williams Beacon Theatre New York, N.Y.
Dates:
April 5-7, 2018 Gross Sales: $413,785 Attend: 8,235/ 8,235
Shows/
Sellouts: 3/3 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$75.50, $50.50,
$45.50, $35.50
Promoters: The Bowery Presents
Rank
Artist: #42
Event
Venue City/State: Brett Eldredge Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Conn.
Dates:
April 28, 2018 Gross Sales: $284,585 Attend: 6,737/ 6,737
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$45, $35, $25
Promoters: in-house
Rank
Artist: #47
Event
Venue City/State: Chris Young, Kane Brown, Morgan Evans, Dee Jay Silver Tuscaloosa Amphitheater Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Dates:
April 19, 2018 Gross Sales: $241,561 Attend:
6,545/ 7,308
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 (763 unsold tickets) Prices:
$57, $14.50
Promoters: Red Mountain Entertainment/AEG Presents
Rank
Artist: #59
Event
Venue City/State: Jon Pardi, Brandon Ray Landers Center Southaven,
Miss.
Dates:
April 20, 2018 Gross Sales: $124,462 Attend: 4,691/ 4,691
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices:
$33, $23
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