Country Billboard Chart News January 28, 2019

Country Billboard Chart News January 28, 2019

In Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of February 2, 2019)

Country Album Chart ** No.1 (1 week) ** AIN’T NOTHIN’ TO IT Cody Johnson

Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (1 week) ** “Tequila” Dan + Shay

Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) ** “Girl Like You” Jason Aldean

Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (1 week) ** “GIRL” Maren Morris

#1 Party

Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Stoney Creek's Jimmie Allen celebrated his debut No. 1 single "Best Shot" at Nashville's The Local Tuesday (Jan 22). Pictured (back, l-r) are Major Bob’s Tina Crawford, SESAC’s Shannan Hatch, Wide Open Music’s Ash Bowers, Major Bob’s Chandler Thurston, BMI’s David Preston, the label's Jon Loba and producer Eric Torres; (front, l-r) songwriter Josh London, Allen and songwriter J.P. Williams. 

Billboard Top 200 / Country Album Chart News (Chart issue week of February 2, 2019)

The Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

Future Earns Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'WIZRD'

It’s his sixth No.1 album in just three-and-a-half years, the quickest accumulation of six leaders since Elton John in the '70s.

Future collected his sixth No.1 album on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, as Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD debuts atop the tally with 126,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Jan. 24, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 15,000 were in album sales, 2,000 were in TEA units, while the remaining 109,000 were in SEA units. The latter sum equates to 143.6 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s 20 tracks in the week ending Jan. 24. That also marks Future’s largest streaming week for an album, surpassing the 123.4 million streams WRLD on Drugs (his collaborative set with Juice WRLD) collected in its debut frame (at No. 2 on the chart dated Nov. 3, 2018). The album was released on Jan. 18 via Freebandz/Epic Records.

Future has tallied his six No. 1 albums in a remarkably quick amount of time -- just three years, five months and three weeks. His first leader was DS2 on Aug. 8, 2015. He then scored No. 1s with What a Time to Be Alive (with Drake; Oct. 10, 2015), Evol (Feb. 27, 2016), a self-titled album (March 11, 2017), HNDRXX (March 18, 2017) and now WIZRD.

Cody Johnson netted his first Billboard 200 top 10 effort, as his major label debut, AIN’T NOTHIN’ TO IT, started at No.9 with nearly 35,000 units (23,000 in album sales). The set was released through Johnson’s label CoJo via Warner Music Nashville. Johnson previously tallied a pair of independently distributed top 40-charting albums on the Billboard 200: Gotta Be Me (No. 11; Aug. 27, 2016) and Cowboy Like Me (No. 33; Feb. 1, 2014).

Billboard Top Country Albums (Chart issue week of February 2, 2019)

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.

Cody Johnson with his major-label debut album, AIN’T NOTHIN’ TO IT (Cojo/Warner Music Nashville | ), roared in atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart (dated Feb. 2). It earns 35,000 equivalent album units (23,000 in traditional album sales) in its first week (ending Jan. 24), according to Nielsen Music.

Ain’t is Johnson’s first set to be released on Warner Music Nashville. While it’s his first Top Country Albums leader, it’s his third top 10. Previously, the Huntsville, Texas, native independently released six albums, with two debuting and peaking in the top 10: GOTTA BE ME (No. 2, 2016; 22,691 copies sold) and COWBOY LIKE ME (No.7, 2014; selling 8,144 copies).

“I’ve worked for this my whole life,” Johnson told Billboard after hearing of his first Top Country Albums No. 1. “I can’t put into words what this means for me, my family, my band, my management and our fans. This is the culmination of 10 years of working without failure, no matter the obstacles. I am very honored.”

Concurrently, Ain’t’s lead single, “On My Way to You,” rises 22-16 on the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart. It bullets at No. 22 on Country Airplay, up 1 percent to 10.7 million audience impressions in the week ending Jan. 27

The 24th non-consecutive week No.1 from Luke Combs with THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/ Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) slipped 1-2 (#17-22 Billboard 200 in the albums 86th chart frame.

Dan + Shay with their self-titled album (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) fell 2-3 (#25-37 BB200) in their 31st frame.

Chris Stapleton with the 195-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) moved 5-4 (#54-59 BB200) as his set From A Room: Volume 1 (Mercury/Universal Music Group Nashville) rose 17-15 (#181-186 BB200) and From A Room: Volume 2 re-entered the top 25 with a 36-25 lift.

Former No.1 Kane Brown with sophomore album, entitled EXPERIMENT fell 4-5 (#48-60 BB200) in his 11th frame.

Thomas Rhett with LIFE CHANGES (Valory) held at No.6 (#64-66 BB200) in his 72nd frame.

Former 6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) held at No.8 (#78-86 BB200) in its 41st week.

Former No.1 Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY retreated 3-9 (#38-133 BB200) in its 98th frame.

Brett Young with his self-titled Brett Young (BMLG) held at No.10 (#111-136 BB200) as his former No.1 Ticket to L.A. (BMLG) was a non-mover at No.13 (#154-168 BB200) in his seventh frame.

Outside the Top 10

Mitchell Tenpenny with TELLING ALL MY SECRETS fell 9-12 (#104-160 Billboard 200) in his sixth frame.

Kacey Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA Nashville) fell 16-19 (#140 to off the top BB200) in her 38th frame.

Eric Church with DESPERATE MAN (EMI Nashville) fell 15-23 (#160 to off the BB200) in his 16th frame.

FALLING SHORT of Top 50:

On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales; old methodology)

Randy Houser with his 12-track MAGNOLIA (Stoney Creek | Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com) fell 2-18 on Country Sales in his second week and fell off the Top Country Album top 50 list after a debut at No.11 the previous week.

The Steel Woods with 15 track album OLD NEWS (Wood Music/ Thirty Tigers | Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com ) made a debut at No.6 on Country Sales.

Ronnie Milsap with 13-track RONNIE MILSAP: THE DUETS (Riser House/Sony/G-Force Music | Amazon UK - Amazon.com ) made a debut at No.8.

Americana/Bluegrass/Indie/Rock outfit Greensky Bluegrass with 12-track Americana set ALL FOR MONEY (Big Blue Zoo/ Thirty Tigers | Amazon UK - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.13.

Gone West with 4-track EP TIDES (Triple Tigers | Amazon UK - Amazon.com ) made a debut at No.17. Colbie Caillat, Justin Kawika Young, Nelly Joy, and Jason Reeves have formed a new band, Gone West. The group's intricate four-part vocal harmonies create a warm feel and refreshing vibe.

Clay Walker with 11-track set LONG LIVE THE COWBOY (Maven Records | Amazon UK ) made a debut at No.26.

Travis Tritt with Live On Soundstage: Classic Series made a debut at No.33.

HARDY with 4 track EP titled WHERE TO FIND ME (EP; Big Loud Records | Amazon UK - Amazon.com ) made a debut at No.37.

Tenille Arts with her 15-track album, released Feb 9, 2018, REBEL CHILD (Deluxe Edition) made a debut at No.45. The interest was sparked by her appearance performing on ABC’s The Bachelor on Jan. 21

Year-To-Date Albums

612,000 (Physical sales 403,000 (down -30.2%) + Digital sales 209,000 (down -9.5%) which is 24.3% down at the same point in 2018 (808,000 sales) 

Year-To-Date Digital Tracks

2,082,000 down 28.1% at the same point in 2018 (2,895,000)

Billboard Hot Country Songs (Chart issue week of February 2, 2019)

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:

After a record 19-week wait at No. 2, Dan + Shay banked their second Hot Country Songs No.1 as “Tequila” (Warner Bros./WAR) shot 2-1, completing a record 54-week trip to the top.

“Tequila,” which led Country Airplay for two weeks in July 2018, ranked at No.3 on Country Streaming Songs (9.8 million U.S. streams, down 10 percent) and No.6 on Country Digital Song Sales (6,000 sold, down 22 percent). The track is benefiting from crossover radio success: It ranked at No.12 on Adult Pop Songs, No. 20 on Adult Contemporary and No.24 on Pop Songs.

Dan + Shay dethrone themselves atop Hot Country Songs, for their “Speechless” dipped to No.2 after nine weeks at No.1. The duo is the first act to replace itself at the chart’s summit since April 26, 2014, when Luke Bryan’s “Play It Again” supplanted Florida Georgia Line’s “This Is How We Roll,” featuring Bryan.

The pair also held the top two spots on Hot Country Songs for a seventh week, the second-best such run in the chart’s 60-year history. Bryan simultaneously controlled the top two for nine weeks in 2014.

Scotty McCreery earned his third Hot Country Songs top 10 as “This Is It” (Triple Tigers) hopped 11-8. It bumped 5-3 on Country Airplay (36.3 million, up 5 percent) and leapt by 19 percent to 5.5million U.S. streams. The 2011 American Idol winner previously reached the chart’s top 10 with “See You Tonight” (No. 10, 2014) and “Five More Minutes” (No. 4, 2018).

Hot County Songs

** No.1 (1 week) ** “Tequila” Dan + Shay  

** Airplay Gainer” No.4 “Beautiful Crazy” Luke Combs  

** Digital Gainer/ Streaming Gainer ** No.19 “GIRL” Maren Morris

** Hot Shot Debut ** No.41 “I Hate This” Tenille Arts

Debut No.42 “Ain't Nothin' To It” Cody Johnson

Debut No.43 “Nothin' On You” Cody Johnson

Debut No.46 “Really Shouldn't Drink Around You” Teddy Robb

Debut No.48 “One Man Band” Old Dominion

Debut No.50 “Closer To You” Carly Pearce

Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week of February 2, 2019)

20 WEEKS TO EARN 20th LEADER Jason Aldean banked his 20th Country Airplay No.1 as “Girl Like You” (Macon/Broken Bow) ascended 2-1 in its 20th week (39.4 million, up 6 percent).

Aldean tied for the seventh-most Country Airplay chart-toppers with Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn and Luke Bryan. Kenny Chesney leads with 30 No.1s since the chart launched in 1990. He first ruled the list with his second entry (of 36 to date), “Why,” in May 2006.

“Girl” is the third single and Country Airplay No. 1 from Aldean’s REARVIEW TOWN, which debuted atop the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts in April 2018. First single “You Make It Easy” led Country Airplay for two weeks beginning May 5, 2018, followed by “Drowns the Whiskey” (featuring Miranda Lambert), which led for two frames starting Aug. 25.

Luke Combs with “Beautiful Crazy” strode 12-10 on Country Airplay (24.2 million, up 17 percent). It’s his fifth straight career-opening top 10, following four No.1s: “She Got the Best of Me” (four weeks on top), “One Number Away” (one), “When It Rains It Pours” and “Hurricane” (two each).

Combs is the first artist with two songs (with no other accompanying acts) charting in the Country Airplay top 10 at the same time in over 19 years, since Tim McGraw’s “My Best Friend” and “Something Like That” ranked at Nos.5 and 10, respectively, on Jan. 15, 2000

Country Airplay

*** No.1 (1 week) *** “Girl Like You” Jason Aldean 39.420 million audience (+2.232 million) / 7,707 radio plays (+690)

** Most Increased Audience ** No.10 “Beautiful Crazy” Luke Combs +3.582 million audience gain (4750 spins +708)

** Most Added ** No.28 “GOOD AS YO” Kane Brown (15 ADDS)

** Hot Shot Debut ** No.58 “Prayed For You Wide” Matt Stell

Debut No.60 “Make Me Want To” Jimmie Allen

Billboard Country Digital Singles Chart

(Chart issue week of February 2, 2019)

Maren Morris with “GIRL” blew in at No.1 (#10 New Entry Digital Songs) on Billboard Country Digital Singles Chart.

GIRL was nine places behind Ariana Grande’s "Rings" which roared in at No.1 on Digital Song Sales, with 96,000 downloads sold in the week ending Jan. 24. Grande added her fifth No.1 on the survey. The total was the best for a song in six months, since Drake's "Feelings" sold 104,000 (Aug. 4), and the best for a female artist since Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry" (100,000; May 5). ("Next" hit a weekly high of 81,000 in its debut week.)

Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) with “Speechless” slipped 1-2 (#9-10 Digital Songs) as their hit “Tequila” dropped 2-6 (#23-39 Digital Songs) in its 53rd frame.

Luke Combs with Beautiful Crazy” held at No.3 (#25-24 Digital Songs) in its 38th frame as “She Got The Best Of Me” fell 5-12.

Old Dominion with “Make It Sweet” rocked 23-4 (#29 Re-Entry Digital Songs) in their 6th frame. They also posted a song from their forthcoming third LP which opened at No.48 on Hot Country Songs and entered Country Digital Song Sales at No.21 with 4,000 downloads sold.

The 20-year-old Tenille Arts from Alberta, Canada made a bow at No.5 (#36 New Entry Digital Songs) with “I Hate This”. She performed the ballad on ABC’s The Bachelor on Jan. 21, making it fly in the top 5 and No. 41 on Hot Country Songs with 6,000 sold. Arts makes her first appearance on both lists.

Jake Owen with “Down To The Honkytonk” fell 4-7 (#38-40 Digital Songs) in its 22nd frame.

Cody Johnson’s ballad “On My Way To You” pushed 10-8 (#46 Re-Entry Digital Songs) on his 4th frame as new tracks “Ain’t Nothin’ To It” and “Nothin’ On You” arrived at Nos 19 & 22.

Chris Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey” fell 8-9 as “Millionaire” retreated 9-13.

Kelsea Ballerini with “Miss Me More” fell back 6-10.

Outside the Top 10

Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne with “Burning Man” slipped 11-14 in its 24th frame. 125,000).

Chris Young with “Raised On Country” (RCA Nashville) dropped off the top 25 after a debut No.7 the previous week.

Country Aircheck MEDIABASE Chart

January 28, 2019

Dierks Bentley Hits #1 With 'Burning Man' Featuring Brothers Osborne

Congrats to Dierks Bentley, Royce Risser, Bobby Young, David Friedman and the Capitol promotion staff on landing the week’s No.1 with “Burning Man,” featuring EMI Nashville's Brothers Osborne. The song is the second chart-topper from The Mountain; writers are Bobby Pinson and Luke Dick. This marks Bentley's 18th career #1.

“Burning Man” (Capitol) moved 3-1 logging 8,417 radio spins (+929), 51.846 million audience impressions (+4.539) with 27305 Total Points (+2870) from 156 tracking stations (156 ADDS) for the tracking week January 20 to January 26, 2019 and published chart dated January 28, 2019.

Jimmie Allen Is Most Added With 'Make Me Want To'

Congratulations to Byron Kennedy and the Stoney Creek Records reps as Jimmie Allen earned 55 MEDIABASE adds with his new single, "Make Me Want To". The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart week.

Nabs 61 First Week Stations

“Make Me Want To” Follow-Up to Three-Week No. 1, Off Debut Album Mercury Lane

On the heels of his historic No.1 debut single “Best Shot,” country breakout star Jimmie Allen is back with a song he wrote with Paul Sikes and Jennifer Denmark, “Make Me Want To.” It’s the second single off his Stoney Creek Records / BBR Music Group debut album MERCURY LANE, an album The New York Times dubbed one of 2018’s strongest, calling it “a conventional country album, filled with songs about the small details.”

“I’m a sensitive guy,” Allen shared. “I’m usually the one to catch feelings for a girl first. So while on the surface this song may seem like it’s the typical ‘boy meets girl at a bar’ type of story, it’s really about a guy who falls head over heels for this girl, just like that. The lyrics say it best: ‘Yeah it might be too soon to say I love you, But you’re gonna make me want to.’”

“Make Me Want To” is the follow up to Allen’s debut No. 1 “Best Shot,” which made history after spending two consecutive weeks on top of the Country radio charts and returning to No. 1 again for a third week after falling one spot, marking the first time a Country Airplay debut has hit No. 1 for three weeks since Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" in 2012 and the first for a solo male artist since Blake Shelton's "Austin” in 2001. "Best Shot" is also the first song by any artist to return to No. 1 on Country Airplay after descending in over a decade.

The Delaware native wrapped his run on Scotty McCreery’s Seasons Change Tour this weekend with a sold-out show in Boston and will hit the road next month with Kane Brown on his Live Forever Tour.

The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart week.

Mediabase Adds (Selective)

Artist/Title (Label) TW Total Historic Adds

JIMMIE ALLEN/Make Me Want To (Stoney Creek)          55         58        

CHRIS YOUNG/Raised On Country (RCA)          36         64        

TRAVIS DENNING/After A Few (Mercury)           32         35        

HALEY & MICHAELS/Taking Off (Hickory/Reviver)         15         15        

DYLAN SCOTT/Nothing To Do Town (Curb)       12         71        

KANE BROWN/Good As You (RCA)       12         119      

MAREN MORRIS/Girl (Columbia)           11         78        

MATT STELL/Prayed For You (Wide Open/Records/GCE)           10         32        

BRANTLEY GILBERT & LINDSAY ELL/What Happens In A Small Town (Valory)  8          92        

ERIC CHURCH/Some Of It (EMI Nashville)         8          92        

ASHLEY MCBRYDE/Girl Goin' Nowhere (Atlantic/WAR)  7          69        

LAUREN ALAINA/Ladies In The '90s (19/Mercury)           7          86        

MORGAN WALLEN/Whiskey Glasses (Big Loud)            7          136      

CARLY PEARCE/Closer To You (Big Machine)   6          114      

RUNAWAY JUNE/Buy My Own Drinks (Wheelhouse)      6          116      

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Every Little Thing (Triple Tigers)            6          87        

BRANDON LAY/Yada Yada Yada (EMI Nashville)           5          114      

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Talk You Out Of It (BMLGR)   5          123      

GARTH BROOKS/Stronger Than Me (Pearl)       5          82        

KELSEA BALLERINI/Miss Me More (Black River)            2          149      

FILMORE/Slower (Curb)            1          1         

HARDY/Rednecker (Tree Vibez/Big Loud)          1          3         

RYAN HURD/Michigan For The Winter (RCA)     1          1         

RYAN HURD/To A T (RCA)        1          3         

TENILLE TOWNES/Somebody's Daughter (Columbia)    1          49

For a detailed report check out Country Aircheck Weekly January 28, 2019, Issue 637 - Magazine View

For the very latest up to the minute Mediabase Chart (Past 7 Days) go here - www.mediabase.com

Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country concerts)

Rank Artist: #3

Event Venue City/State: Keith Urban Qudos Bank Arena Sydney

Dates: Jan. 25-26, 2019 Gross Sales: $3,765,680 Attend: 23,398/ 24,000

Shows/ Sellouts: 2/0 (602 unsold tickets) Prices: $239.06, $92.94

Promoters: TEG Live

                                     

Rank Artist: #36

Event Venue City/State: Kacey Musgraves, Natalie Prass The Anthem Washington, D.C.

Dates: Jan. 24, 2019 Gross Sales: $199,970 Attend: 3,138/ 6,000

Shows/ Sellouts: 1/0 (2,862 unsold tickets) Prices: $75, $55

Promoters: IMP Presents

Latest Billboard Boxscore Chart