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
Wall Bling:
RIAA-certified multi-platinum singles in August include Cam's "Burning House"
(2X), Chris Janson's "Buy Me A Boat" (2X), Hunter Hayes' "Wanted"
(5X), Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" (9X), Luke Combs' "When It Rains It
Pours" (2X) and "Hurricane" (3X) and Trace Adkins' "You're Gonna Miss
This" (2X) and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" (2X).
Platinum
singles include Billy Currington's "Do I Make You Wanna," Brett Eldredge's "Mean To Me"
and "Lose My Mind," Brett Young's "Mercy," Chris Young's "The Man I Want To
Be" and "Losing Sleep," Cole Swindell's "Let Me See Ya
Girl," Dan + Shay's "Tequila" and "Nothin' Like You," Devin Dawson's "All On
Me," Lee Brice's "That Don't Sound Like You," Combs' "One Number
Away," Old Dominion's "No Such Thing As A Broken Heart," "Song For
Another Time" and "Written In The Sand" and Adkins' "Ladies
Love Country Boys."
Gold
singles include Carrie Underwood's "The Champion," Swindell's
"Flatliner," David Lee Murphy's "Everything's
Gonna Be Alright" (featuring Kenny Chesney), Chesney's
"Get Along," Combs' "Beautiful Crazy" and Adkins'
"Just Fishin'." Platinum albums include Brett Young's Brett Young, Young's The Man I Want To Be and Jason Aldean's Rearview Town.
MULTI-PLATINUM SINGLES:
Trace Adkins Honky
Tonk Badonkadonk |
released March 22, 2005 | certified 2x Multi-Platinum August 8, 2018 2 Million units
Trace Adkins You're
Gonna Miss This |
released Dec 4, 2007 Capitol Nashville | certified 2x Multi-Platinum August 8,
2018 2 Million
Lady Antebellum Need
You Now | released Aug
11, 2009 Capitol Records Nashville | certified 9x Multi-Platinum August 10,
2018 9 Million units
Hunter Hayes Wanted | released August 5, 2011 Atlantic
Records | certified 5x Multi-Platinum August 10, 2018 5 Million units
Luke Combs When
It Rains It Pours |
released June 2, 2017 Columbia Nashville / River House | certified 2x
Multi-Platinum August 22, 2018 2 Million
units
Luke Combs Hurricane | released Oct 21, 2016 Columbia
Nashville / River House | certified 3x Multi-Platinum August 22, 2018 3 Million units
Cam Burning House | released March 31,
2015 Arista Nashville | certified 2X Multi-Platinum August 28, 2018 2 Million units
Chris Janson Buy
Me A Boat |
released March 20, 2015 Warner Bros | certified 2x Multi-Platinum August 31,
2018 2 Million units
PLATINUM SINGLES:
Devin Dawson All On Me | released April 3, 2017 Atlantic
Records | certified Platinum August 3, 2018 1 Million units
Dan + Shay Tequila | released January 10, 2018 Warner Bros
| certified Platinum August 3, 2018 1
Million units
Cole Swindell Let
Me See Ya Girl |
released April 20, 2015 Warner Bros | certified Platinum August 3, 2018 1 Million units
Brett Eldredge Mean
To Me | released July
1, 2014 Atlantic |
certified Platinum August 3, 2018 1
Million units
Brett Eldredge Lose
My Mind | released May
4, 2015 Atlantic | certified Platinum August 3, 2018 1 Million units
Chris Young The
Man I Want To Be |
released Sept 1, 2009 RCA Records | certified Platinum August 6, 2018 1 Million units
Chris Young Losing
Sleep | released May
5, 2017 RCA Records | certified Platinum August 6, 2018 1 Million units
Brett Young Mercy | released Feb 20, 2018 BMLG Records |
certified Platinum August 7, 2018 1
Million units
Trace Adkins Ladies
Love Country Boys |
released Dec 4, 2007 | certified Platinum August 8, 2018 1 Million units
Lee Brice That
Don't Sound Like You
| released Sept 9, 2014 Curb Records | certified Platinum August 9, 2018 1 Million units
Billy Currington Do I Make You Wanna | released Nov 21, 2016 Aug 10, 2018
certified Platinum August 10, 2018 1
Million units
Old Dominion Song
For Another Time |
released Nov 6, 2015 RCA Nashville | certified Platinum August 22, 2018 1 Million
Old Dominion No
Such Thing As A Broken Heart
| released March 10, 2017 RCA Nashville | certified Platinum August 22, 2018 1 Million
Old Dominion Written
In The Sand |
released July 7, 2017 RCA Nashville | certified Platinum August 22, 2018 1 Million units
Luke Combs One
Number Away |
released June 2, 2017 Columbia Nashville / River House | certified Platinum August
22, 2018 1 Million units
Dan + Shay Nothin'
Like You | released
Feb 23, 2015 Warner Bros | certified Platinum August 31, 2018 1 Million units
GOLD SINGLES:
Trace Adkins Just
Fishin' | released March
21, 2011 Show Dog Nashville | certified Gold Aug 8, 2018 0.5 Million units
David Lee
Murphy & Kenny Chesney Everything's Gonna Be Alright | released April 6,
2018 Reviver Records | certified Gold Aug 10, 2018 0.5 Million units
Cole Swindell Flatliner | released May 6, 2016 Warner Bros |
certified Gold Aug 14, 2018 0.5 Million units
Carrie Underwood The
Champion | released
Jan 12, 2018 Capitol Records Nashville | certified Gold August 21, 2018 0.5 Million units
Luke Combs Beautiful
Crazy | released
May 4, 2018 Columbia Nashville / River House | certified Gold August 22, 2018 0.5 Million units
Kenny Chesney Get Along | released April 6, 2018
Blue Chair Records / Warner Bros Nashville | certified Gold August 31, 2018 0.5 Million units
PLATINUM ALBUMS:
Chris Young THE MAN I WANT TO BE | released Sept 1, 2009 RCA Records |
certified Platinum August 6, 2018 1
Million units
Brett Young BRETT YOUNG | released Feb 10, 2017 Big Machine
Records | certified Platinum August 7, 2018 1 Million units (actual retail scans 230,200 copies sold)
Eagles Eagles
/ Their Greatest Hits 1971 – 1975 | released Feb 1, 1976 Rhino | certified 38x
Multi-Platinum August 20, 2018 38 Million
units
GOLD ALBUMS
Jason Aldean REARVIEW TOWN | released April 13, 2018 Broken Bow
Records | certified Gold August 8, 2018 0.5
Million units (actual retail scans 393,900
copies sold)
In
Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of September 8, 2018)
Country Album
Chart ** No.1 (11 non-consecutive weeks) ** THIS
ONE’S FOR YOU Luke Combs
Hot Country
Songs ** No.1 (40 weeks) ** “Meant To Be” Bebe
Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
Country Airplay
** No.1 (1 week) ** “Life Changes” Thomas Rhett
Country Digital
Songs ** No.1 (1 week) “Sittin’
Pretty” 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).
BTS bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (BB200)
with Love
Yourself: Answer garnering the K-pop group their second leader on the
list after Love Yourself: Tear, which dropped earlier in 2018.
The
new album -- the third in the South Korean boy band’s Love Yourself trilogy --
arrives atop the list with 185,000 equivalent album units earned in the week
ending Aug. 30 according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 141,189 were in traditional album
sales. Love Yourself: Answer was released on Aug. 24 via BigHit Entertainment.
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.
Luke Combs with THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/ Columbia Nashville/Sony Music
Nashville) moved 2-1 (#15 non-mover
Billboard 200; 4,400 sales; 65-week total
312,700) to lead for a 11th non-consecutive week.
Former
6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW
TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) rose 3-2
(33-27 BB200; 6,965 sales; 20-week total
393,900).
In its
second week at retail previous week No1 Cole Swindell with
new album ALL OF IT (Warner
Bros./Warner Music Nashville) fell 1-3
(7-37 BB200; 6,965 sales; down 82%; 2-week
total 45,900).
Former No1 Dan + Shay with their self-titled
album (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) held at No.4 (#35-40 BB200; 1,776 sales; 10-week total 49,300).
Kane Brown with his 10 non-consecutive week No.1 SELF-TITLED held
at No.5 (#42-43 BB200; 2,564 sales; 91-week total
446,300).
Chris Stapleton with the 174-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN)
held at No.6 (#46-45 BB200; 3,218 sales; 174-week total
2,345,200) as his set From A Room: Volume 1 (Mercury/Universal
Music Group Nashville) moved 18-17 (#142-137
BB200; 2,262 sales;
69-week total 430,900) and
From A
Room: Volume 2 fell 28-30 (2,219 sales; 39-week total 430,900).
Brett Young with self- titled BRETT YOUNG (BMLG) rose 8-7 (#49-53 BB200; 1,420 sales; 81-week total 230,200).
Former
No.1 Thomas Rhett with LIFE
CHANGES (Valory/Big Machine Label Group) rose 9-8 (#54-58 BB200; 1,096 sales; 51-week total 292,000).
Former No.1 Kenny Chesney with SONGS FOR THE SAINTS (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./Warner Music
Nashville) fell 7-9 (47-65 BB200; 4,522 sales; 5-week total 101,200).
Florida Georgia
Line
with their 4-track EP FLORIDA GEORGIA
LINE (Big Machine Label Group, LLC | UK iTunes)
made a Hot Shot Debut at No.10 (#72 New Entry BB200) selling 1,274
copies.
Outside the
Top 10
Former No.1 Luke Bryan with WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY (Capitol
Nashville | UMGN) held at No.11 (#103-107 BB200; 1,840 sales; 38-week total 323,400).
Dierks Bentley with
THE MOUNTAIN (Capitol Nashville |
UMGN) fell 12-21 (#106-185 BB200; 1,565 sales; 12-week total 141,300).
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
Aaron Watson with his 14-track LIVE AT THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RODEO SHOW (Big Label Records | Amazon UK
- UK iTunes
- Amazon.com) made a
debut at No.12 selling 2,000 copies.
Recorded
live opening night of the 2017 Rodeo Houston, Watson’s 14th album marks the one-year
anniversary of Hurricane Harvey’s
landfall in his home state of Texas. A portion of the proceeds ($1.41 of each
album sold) will benefit the Rebuild Texas Fund. Adding to the summertime
excitement, Watson’s single from 'Vaquero', “Run Wild Horses,” was named one of
Rolling Stone’s 10 Best Country Songs of the Week.
Bill and the
Belles with 13-track Dreamsongs, Etc. (Jalopy Records | Amazon
UK) made a debut at No.39.
Austin Lucas with his 10-track IMMORTAL AMERICANS (2018 Cornelius Chapel Records | Amazon UK - UK iTunes
- Amazon.com)
made a debut at No.44 selling 400 copies.
Raised
in the backwoods of Monroe County, Indiana, Austin Lucas was born into a folk
and bluegrass lineage.
Year-To-Date Albums
10,473,000 (Physical sales 7,400,000
(down -16.4%) + Digital sales 3,084,000 (down -30.1%) which is 21% down at the same point in 2017 (13,260,000 sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
34,609,000 down 27.0% at the same point in 2017 (47,432,000)
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:
Atop Hot Country Songs, Bebe Rexha
and Florida
Georgia Line with “Meant
to Be” (Warner Bros./Big Machine Label Group) extended its record run
at No.1 to 40 weeks.
When the song tallied its 35th week atop the chart dated
Aug. 4, it passed Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road,” which led for 34 weeks in
2017. “Meant” rules Country Streaming Songs for its record-extending 36th week,
up 2 percent to 14.1 million U.S. streams.
Meanwhile, the newest track from Florida Georgia Line,
“Sittin’ Pretty” (released Aug. 24), debuts at No.1 on Country Digital Song
Sales with 15,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 30. It marks the ninth
No. 1 on the chart for the duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, and seventh
to bow at the summit. On Hot Country Songs, it started at No. 30.
“Pretty,” featuring Kelley on lead vocals, is the latest
song to preview FGL’s fourth LP, due in February 2019.
Old
Dominion with “Hotel Key” (RCA Nashville) reached
the Hot Country Songs top 10 (11-10).
It’s the sixth total and consecutive top 10 for the band on the chart, starting
with Old Dominion’s debut single, “Break Up With Him,” which reached No. 3 in
2015. “Key” unlocks the door to the upper tier as it increases by 12 percent to
36.5 million and holds at its No. 4 Country Airplay high.
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (40
weeks) ** “Meant To Be” Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
**
Airplay Gainer” No.14 “Blue Tacoma” Russell
Dickerson
** Digital
Gainer ** No.27 “Burning Man” Dierks
Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.30 “Sittin' Pretty” Florida Georgia Line
** Streaming Gainer ** No.37 “David Ashley Parker From
Powder Springs” Travis Denning
Debut
No.48 “There Was This Girl” Riley Green
Debut
No.49 “Drop Everything” Carlton Anderson
Thomas
Rhett tallies his 11th No. 1 on Billboard’s Country
Airplay chart as “Life Changes”
(Valory) ascended 3-1 in its 21st week, up 10 percent to 43 million
audience impressions in the tracking week ending Sept. 2, according to Nielsen
Music. On the airplay-, streaming and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart,
“Life” lifted 8-6 for a new peak. (Both surveys are dated Sept. 8.)
“I can’t believe that ‘Life Changes’ is my 11th No. 1,” said Rhett in a
statement. “It’s really humbling and amazing. This song is special for me and
my family because it’s our story. To see people connect with it and connect it
to their own lives and families has been incredible to witness.”
Written by Rhett with dad Rhett Akins, Jesse Frasure and Ashley Gorley,
“Life Changes” is from Rhett’s same-named LP, which debuted atop the Top
Country Albums and all-genre Billboard 200 charts (dated Sept. 30, 2017), his
first No. 1 on both rankings. The album has earned just over 1 million
equivalent album units to date.
“Changes” is the fourth single and fourth Country Airplay No. 1
from Life Changes, following “Craving You” (featuring Maren Morris), which led
the list dated July 22, 2017; “Unforgettable” (Nov. 18, 2017); and “Marry Me” (March
10 and 17).
Life Changes is Rhett’s second straight set to produce four Country
Airplay No. 1s, following his second LP, Tangled Up, which yielded “Crash and
Burn” (Sept. 26, 2015, for one week), “Die a Happy Man” (Jan. 2, 2016; six),
“T-Shirt” (June 18, 2016; one) and “Star of the Show” (Feb. 18, 2017; one).
Luke Bryan holds the record with six Country Airplay No. 1s from one album,
2015’s Kill the Lights.
Rhett earned his first Country Airplay No. 1 with his third entry (and
first of 12 top 10s), “It Goes Like This,” which led for three weeks in 2013.
Cole
Swindell banked his eighth Country Airplay top 10 as “Break Up in the End” (Warner Bros./Warner
Music Nashville) lifted 12-9, increasing by 9 percent to 23.9 million
impressions.
Chris
Janson achieved his third Country Airplay top 10 as “Drunk Girl” (Warner Bros./WAR) rose 13-10,
up 13 percent to 21.4 million impressions.
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (1 week) *** “Life Changes” Thomas
Rhett 42.980 million audience (+3.906 million) / 8,147 radio plays (+847)
**
Most Increased Audience ** No.7 “Blue Tacoma” Russell Dickerson 30.312 million audience
**
Most Added ** No.47 “Never Comin Down” Keith
Urban
** Hot
Shot Debut ** No.56 “Whiskey Glasses” Morgan
Wallen
Debut
No.57 “I Won't Be Sorry” David Lee
Murphy
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
Florida
Georgia Line with their new track “Sittin’ Pretty’ made a bow at No.1 on Billboard Country
Digital Singles Chart (#11 New Entry Digital Songs) selling 15,000 copies.
It was 10 places behind BTS Featuring
Nicki Minaj with IDOL (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic/BigHit Entertainment |
Columbia) which blew in at No.1 and was a #11 Hot Shot Debut on The Billboard
Hot 100. - -
Florida
Georgia Line’s last week No.1 (9th non-consecutive weeks atop the chart) “Simple” (BMLG) slipped 1-2
(#16-18 Digital Songs; 12,000 sales; 13-week total 256,000) as former 22
non-consecutive week No1 Bebe Rexha and
Florida
Georgia Line with “Meant to Be" (Warner Bros. | BMLG) climbed 7-6 (#41-46 Digital Songs; 7,000
sales,40-week total 1,281,000).
Jason Aldean feat. Miranda Lambert with “Drowns The Whiskey” (Macon | Broken
Bow) held at No.3 (#30-27 Digital
Songs; 10,000 sales; 16-week total183,000).
Brett
Young with “Mercy”
(BMLG) fell 2-4 (#24-32 Digital
Songs; 10,000 sales; 25-week total 385,000).
Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) with “Tequila” (Warner Bros. | WAR) fell 4-5 (#33-38
Digital Songs; 9,000 sales; 32-week
total 384,000).
Mitchell
Tenpenny with “Drunk Me” pushed 13-7 (7,000 sales; 6-week total 69,000).
Luke Bryan with “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset”
climbed 10-8 (7,000 sales; 12-week total 110,000).
Luke
Combs with “She
Got The Best Of Me” advanced 14-9 (7,000 sales;
4-week total 174,000) as his single “Beautiful
Crazy” fell 8-10 (7,000
sales; 17-week total 175,000).
Outside
the Top 10
Kenny Chesney with “Get Along” held at No.11 (6,000 sales; 21-week total 282,000).
Thomas
Rhett with “Life
Changes” fell 9-13 (6,000 sales; 15-week total 163,000).
Carly
Pearce with “Hide
the Wine” debuted on Country Digital Song Sales at No.24 (20-16
on Country Airplay), up 31 percent to 4,000 downloads
sold in the week ending Aug. 30. On Sept. 1, Pearce performed at Chicago’s
Wrigley Field for the first time, opening for Luke Bryan on his What Makes You
Country Tour 2018.
In his second week Cole Swindell with
“Dad’s Old Number” fell 5-26
(4,000
sales; 2-week total 13,000).
In his second week Eric Church with “Heart
Like a Wheel” The R&B-flavoured ballad fell off the top 30 (2,000 sales; 2-week total 11,000).
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
September
3, 2018
Thomas Rhett
Hits #1 With 'Life Changes'
Congratulations
to VALORY MUSIC CO.'s Thomas Rhett, who scored the #1 spot on the MEDIABASE Country singles chart
this week with his single, "Life Changes." The tune marks
Rhett's 11th career #1. The song is
the fourth chart-topper from the album by the same name. Songwriters are Rhett
Akins, Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure and Rhett.
“Life Changes” (Valory)
moved 2-1 logging 8,874 radio spins (+1,019) and 54.158 million audience
impressions (+3.724 million) with 28507 Total Points (+3,153) from 158 tracking stations (158 ADDS) for
the tracking week August 26 to September 1, 2018 and published chart September
3, 2018.
Kudos
to Ken Tucker and the Wheelhouse reps on landing 40 adds for LoCash’s “Feels Like A Party”. The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart
week.
Mediabase
Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title (Label) TW Total Historic
Adds
LOCASH/Feels Like A Party (Wheelhouse) 40 43
KEITH
URBAN/Never Comin Down (Capitol) 23 68
RILEY
GREEN/There Was This Girl (BMLGR) 17 111
KENNY CHESNEY
f/M. SMITH/Better Boat (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA) 16 82
JORDAN
DAVIS/Take It From Me (MCA) 13 135
DAN +
SHAY/Speechless (Warner Bros./WAR) 12 94
D. BRADBERY
& T. RHETT/Goodbye Summer (Valory/BMLGR) 9 66
JAKE OWEN/Down
To The Honkytonk (Big Loud) 8 101
CODY JOHNSON/On
My Way To You (CoJo/WMN) 7 29
MORGAN
WALLEN/Whiskey Glasses (Big Loud) 7 59
BLAKE
SHELTON/Turnin' Me On (Warner Bros./WMN) 5 137
JIMMIE
ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) 5 150
RUNAWAY
JUNE/Buy My Own Drinks (Wheelhouse) 5 44
TENILLE ARTS/I
Hate This (Reviver) 4 18
WALKER
HAYES/90's Country (Monument/Arista) 4 4
JON
LANGSTON/When It Comes To Loving You (EMI Nashville) 2 3
RACHEL
WAMMACK/Damage (RCA) 2 39
ALEXANDRA
DEMETREE/Coastin' (SSM) 1 6
CHANCE
MCKINNEY/Take It Back (---) 1 5
LINDSAY
ELL/Champagne (Stoney Creek) 1 1
LUKE
COMBS/Beautiful Crazy (River House/Columbia) 1 3
SETH ENNIS
f/LBT/Call Your Mama (Arista) 1 3
For
a detailed report check out Country Aircheck Weekly Issue 617 - September 4, 2018
- Magazine View
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #18
Event
Venue City/State: Brooks & Dunn & Reba McEntire The
Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Nev. AEG/Caesars Entertainment
Dates:
Aug. 15-25, 2018 Gross Sales: $2,553,959 Attend: 19,971/ 24,389
Shows/
Sellouts: 6/0 (4,418 unsold tickets)
Prices: $205,
$155, $105, $85, $59.50
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