Tuesday 23 April 2019

Country Billboard Chart News April 15, 2019


Dierks Bentley Celebrates 18th No. One And Award-Winning "Burning Man"
Bentley Hosts Lunch at Martin’s BBQ with Brothers Osborne and BMI Songwriters Luke Dick and Bobby Pinson
NASHVILLE, TN - Apr. 16, 2019 - Multi-PLATINUM singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley was joined by family and friends (Monday April 15) to celebrate his 18th career No.One single "Burning Man” feat. Brothers Osborne as it serves as the second consecutive chart-topper off of his ninth studio album THE MOUNTAIN. Teaming up with BMI at Martin's BBQ in downtown Nashville, Bentley and Brothers Osborne celebrated the ACM award-winning hit alongside co-writers Bobby Pinson (BMI) and Luke Dick (BMI), as it serves as Dick's first No. One celebration.
CLICK to ENLARGE: Photo (L-R): TJ Osborne, John Osborne, Dierks Bentley, Luke Dick (BMI/Little Louder Publishing), Bobby Pinson (BMI/Sea Gayle Music) | Photo Credit: Steve Lowry

"When you release songs to radio it’s like the cliff notes of your album and 'Burning Man’ is one of the most important pieces of THE MOUNTAIN,” said Bentley. “When you do a collaboration it’s a leap of faith but there is no one else that could have done what these guys did on this song. We were in direct communication with no one else involved you know…John walks in with his guitar and amp...I’ve just been really lucky to work with people like these guys where it’s all about the music and friendship. It’s rare to find that outside of Nashville and a really unique thing that is happening in Country music right now."
"When he sent us the song it was done and already sounded awesome," added TJ Osborne, “I’m such a fan of Dierks and when I listened to the demo, it already sounded like a Dierks hit and it took me a minute to really make it mine. To take that risk on us with something that already sounded great was all on Dierks.”

In Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of April 20, 2019)

Country Album Chart ** No.1 (1 week) ** REBOOT Brooks & Dunn
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (8 weeks) ** “Beautiful Crazy” Luke Combs
Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) ** “Here Tonight” Brett Young
Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (2 weeks) ** “God’s Country” Blake Shelton

Billboard Top 200 / Country Album Chart News (Chart issue week of April 20, 2019)

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

Khalid notched his first No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart (BB200), as his third release, FREE SPIRIT, opened atop the tally. The set, released on April 5 through Right Hand/RCA Records, started with 202,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending April 11, according to Nielsen Music -- the fourth-largest week of 2019 for an album. Of that sum, 85,000 were in traditional album sales.
Free Spirit’s start of 202,000 equivalent album units was the fourth-biggest week for an album in 2019, and the largest for a set by a male solo artist. The only bigger weeks logged in 2019 were the starting frames of Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (360,000), Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (313,000) and Backstreet Boys’ DNA (234,000).

Country duo Brooks & Dunn returned to the top 10 for the first time in nearly a decade, as REBOOT debuted at No.8. The all-star collaborations effort features Brooks & Dunn covering their familiar hits with the likes of Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett. The album bows with 31,000 equivalent album units earned, with 21,000 of that sum in album sales. All told, Reboot marks Brooks & Dunn’s 10th top 10 album, and first since the 2009 greatest hits album #1s… And Then Some (No. 5; Sept. 26, 2009). With Brooks & Dunn’s 10th top 10 album, the act breaks out of a tie with Rascal Flatts for the most top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 among country duos and groups.

Billboard Top Country Albums (Chart issue week of April 20, 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.

REBOOT’ SCOOTS TO NO. 1
Brooks & Dunn soar in at No.1 on Top Country Albums (#8 Billboard 200) with REBOOT (Arista Nashville/Sony Music Nashville), which bows with 31,000 equivalent album units earned (21,200 in traditional album sales) in the week ending April 11.
The all-star collaborative effort finds Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn covering their hits with the such artists as Luke Combs, Kacey Musgraves and Thomas Rhett. Eight of the set’s 12 songs are updates of the tandem’s 20 Hot Country Songs No.1s, tallied between 1991 and 2005.

“Sometimes the stars just line up, and good things happen,” said Dunn. “The success of this record is a tribute to the power of collaboration, which allowed this record to sing.” Adds Brooks, “It is hard to believe after all these years that this music is at the top of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. I love these songs, and we owe a big thanks to all the amazing artists who brought them to life again. I don’t remember ever having more fun in the studio. Everybody says that, but I really think the proof is in the grooves!

Reboot is Brooks & Dunn’s seventh Top Country Albums No.1 and first since their 2009 best-of package #1s … and Then Some. On the all-genre Billboard 200, the collection arrives at No. 8, marking the pair’s 10th top 10 and breaking it out of a tie with Rascal Flatts for the most among country duos/groups in the chart’s 63-year history.

CHART HISTORY: Their last studio album and 10TH COWBOY TOWN contained four Top 20 country singles on the Billboard country singles charts: "Proud of the House We Built," "God Must Be Busy," "Put a Girl in It," and "Cowgirls Don't Cry." The album debuted at #13 on the Billboard albums chart, selling 68,900 copies in the first week of release.
#1s... & THEN SOME (released Sept 8, 2009) was certified both Platinum & Gold on | Dec 3, 2010.

Brooks & Dunn Get a 'Reboot' With the Help Of Country Music's Up-and-Coming Talent - Billboard.com

Critical reception for Brooks & Dunn’s Reboot:
12 Tracks/ Time: 47:19 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
These cuts aren't stumbles as much as confirmation that Brooks & Dunn may be a tad too old to learn new tricks, but the rest of Reboot proves that they're still adept at sounding big and burly nearly 30 years after their debut. - Allmusic (Rating: 3 STARS)


The highlights on Reboot come thick and fast. My Next Broken Heart with Jon Pardi is a perfect collaboration for Brooks & Dunn, given that Pardi is one of the few modern Country artists making traditional Country music. Similarly Midland’s inclusion on Boot Scootin’ Boogie is a marriage made in heaven and it can be hard to tell where Midland ends and Brooks & Dunn begin. Kacey Musgraves produces a version of Neon Moon that incorporates shimmering beats that wouldn’t have been out of place on her award-winning album Golden Hour.  Reboot is a unique celebration of an act that has enjoyed impressive longevity and left a long-lasting impression on Country music. In some ways you could see Reboot as Brooks & Dunn giving their stamp of approval to 12 of today’s Country artists but it also serves as a timely reminder of just what incredible artists they are.- Entertainment Focus (Rating: 4.5/ 5)

"Reboot" is a cross between a tribute album and a redo, and overwhelmingly, the idea works. The general idea is that the guest artist will trade lines with Brooks or Dunn....The songs have stood the test of time. Updated here, perhaps too much at times (think drums beats and electronics as on "Lost and Found," where it overwhelms newcomer Tyler Booth) to give them more of a modern sheen. Too bad because that was not needed. Then again that's what producer Dann Huff is about. Better yet is the twangy, steely guitar and feel of "My Next Broken Heart' with Jon Pardi as the song gallops along.
Modern beats aside at times, Brooks & Dunn give a generally welcome re-introduction of their songs with help from musicians who seem to have the right interpretation. - Country Standard Time (Rating: Positive)

Wait, the album’s over already?  Where’s that repeat button? - Your Life In A Song

Luke Combs with THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/Columbia Nashville | SMN; 30 weeks at No1) held at No.2 (#13-11 Billboard 200; 4,700 sales; 97-week total 453,000).

Previous week No.1 George Strait with HONKY TONK TIME MACHINE. (MCA Nashville | UMGN) fell 1-3 (#4-20 Billboard 200; 18,100 sales; 2-week total 62,000).  

Reba McEntire debuted at No.4 on Top Country Albums (#22 Billboard 200) with STRONGER THAN THE TRUTH (Rockin R/Big Machine/BMLG), which opened with 21,000 equivalent album units (19,800 sold). 

The set launched as her 27th top 10, a sum that includes 13 No.1s. Dating to McEntire’s first week in the top 10 almost 33 years ago (April 19, 1986), when her debut leader, Whoever’s in New England, rose 11-8, she boasts the most top 10s among women; Dolly Parton and Trisha Yearwood follow with 14 each in that span. Among all artists, McEntire trails George Strait (37) and matches Alan Jackson for the most top 10s in that stretch.

Stronger Than the Truth is the thirty-third studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was released on April 5, 2019, by Big Machine Records.

CHART HISTORY: Her last album and first inspirational album, SING IT NOW: SONGS OF FAITH & HOPE (released February 3, 2017), started at No.4 with 54,000 units (52,039 from traditional album sales). The arrival grants the country superstar her 10th top 10-charting set on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, and a 13th leader on the Top Country Albums chart. Sing It Now also launches at No.1 on the Top Christian Albums chart – McEntire’s first entrance on that tally.

LOVE SOMEBODY released April 14, 2015 made a debut at No.1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums, and No.3 on Billboard 200, selling 58,351 copies (Total sales at Sept 2016 were 202,400)

ALL THE WOMEN I AM (Starstruck/Valory) released on Nov 9, 2010, debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200, and at #3 on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 64,174 copies.

KEEP ON LOVING YOU (Starstruck/Valory) released Aug 18, 2009, became McEntire's second album to debut at #1 on both the Billboard Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts, with 95,817 copies sold its first week.


Reba: DUETS (Sept 18, 2007) arrived with 300,536 first-week sales and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

ROOM TO BREATHE (Nov 18, 2003) reached #4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and peaked at #25 on the Billboard 200 all-genres list with first week sales of 72,297.

SO GOOD TOGETHER (released Nov 23, 1999) peaked at No.5 on the Billboard Top Country Albums. It peaked at No.28 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums with sales of 49,000.

IF YOU SEE HIM (June 2, 1998) debuted at No.2 Billboard Top Country Albums & No.8 on the Billboard 200 chart with over 93,000 copies sold in the first week.

STARTING OVER McEntire's 19th album, released in Oct 3, 1995. Intended to mark the 20th anniversary of her recording career, it was a collection of covers of well-known songs. It not only topped the country charts but hit number five in the pop charts, selling 101,000 copies (chart for the week of Oct 21, 1995). It was certified Platinum by the RIAA three months after its release.

WHAT IF IT'S YOU (released Nov 5, 1996) was simultaneously certified gold and platinum on Jan 16, 1997, the album eventually topped two million copies (certified 2x Multi-Platinum Nov 10, 1999).

Critical reception for Reba McEntire’s Stronger Than The Truth:
12 Tracks/ Time: 47:20 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
While she returns to this hardcore sound on occasion throughout the record -- witness the skipping "No U in Oklahoma," so nimble it could've been part of the Texas Playboys' repertoire -- McEntire sticks to the kind of country that made her a star back in the '80s, emphasizing nuanced ballads and well-rendered narratives. Tempos rarely quicken on Stronger Than the Truth -- apart from the two western swing numbers, there's the gilded confidence of "Storm in a Shot Glass," but not much more than that -- but the album doesn't feel soft or meandering....that deft, subtle blend of music and message gives Stronger Than the Truth a lasting emotional resonance. - All Music (Rating: 4 STARS)

She sounds the cheekiest and most lighthearted during a pair of western-swing tracks: "No U in Oklahoma," a kiss-off that name-checks her native state, and "Swing All Night Long With You," which contains nearly two full minutes of frisky fiddle, piano, hollow-body guitar and steel solos….Mostly, though, McEntire focuses on telling stories of domestic betrayal in grand yet thoroughly grounded fashionNPR

Dan + Shay with their self-titled album (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) fell 3-5 (#42-23 BB200; 4,600 sales; 42-week total 126,300).

Former No.1 Maren Morris with GIRL (Columbia Nashville/ Sony Music Nashville [SMN]) fell 4-6 (#43-36 Billboard 200; 4,300 sales; 5-week total 41,900).

Chris Stapleton with the 206-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) fell 5-7 (#49-47 BB200; 3,900 sales; 206-week total 2,475,500) as his set From A Room: Volume 1 (Mercury/Universal Music Group Nashville) fell 25-27 and From A Room: Volume 2 rose fell 20-23 (#189-152 BB200; 2,400 sales; 71-week total 513,000).

Former No.1 Kacey Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA Nashville) slipped 6-8 (#55-48 BB200; 4,500 sales; 49-week total 210,600).

Florida Georgia Line with CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY (Big Machine Label Group) fell 7-9 (#60-55 Billboard 200; 2,900 sales; 8-week total 63,400).

Former No.1 Kane Brown with sophomore album, entitled EXPERIMENT fell 9-10 (#70-66 BB200; 1,800 sales; 22-week 198,900) as his self-titled album 10-12 (#82-71 BB200; 1,700 sales; 123-week total 520,200).

Outside the Top 10
Former 6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) fell 11-13 (#86-80 BB200; 1,400 sales; 52-week total 478,600).

Morgan Wallen with IF I KNOW ME (Big Loud Digital EX) fell 13-15 (#105-99 BB200; 500 sales; 45-week total 17,700).

Former No.1 Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY rose 20-19 (#171-128 BB200; 2,700 sales; 30-week total 449,800).

Former No.1 Brett Young with Ticket to L.A. rose 21-20 (#172-133 BB200; 1,500 sales; 18-week 59,300).

Kelsea Ballerini with UNAPOLOGETICALLY fell 22-25 (#186-180 BB200; 900 sales; 63-week total 143,800).

Outside the Top 25
Various Artists with Now That's What I Call Country, Volume 12 (UMG/Sony | Amazon.com) rose 27-26 (5,900 sales; 2-week total 11,200).

In his second week Jake Owen with his 14-track set GREETINGS FROM... JAKE OWEN (Big Loud | Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com) fell 8-32 (#65 to off the Billboard 200; 600 sales; 2-week total 4,600).

FALLING SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales; old methodology)

Molly Tuttle with WHEN YOU'RE READY (Compass Records) made a debut at No.16 selling 1,800 copies.
An insightful, gifted songwriter who was crowned “Instrumentalist of the Year” at the 2018 Americana Music Awards on the strength of her EP Rise, Tuttle has broken boundaries and garnered the respect of her peers, winning fans for her incredible flat-picking guitar technique and confessional songwriting. Graced with a clear, true voice and a keen melodic sense, the 25-year-old seems poised for a long and exciting career. When You’re Ready, produced by Ryan Hewitt (The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers) showcases her astonishing range and versatility and shows that she is more than simply an Americana artist.

Critical reception for Molly Tuttle’s When You're Ready:
11 Tracks/ Time: Americana Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com

Most of these 11 new songs begin with Tutlle's solo finger-picking guitar, and it's lovely. So's her voice - Mojo (Rating: 80/100)
Molly Tuttle was right to take time before releasing her first complete CD. The production, playing and songwriting coalesce into a striking statement that shows an already developed artist well on her way to the next level of her still nascent career. - American Songwriter (Rating: 80/100)

When You're Ready is a sharply confident debut, as Tuttle proves an expressive vocalist and an idiosyncratic songwriter. - Uncut (Rating: 7/10)

Left to her own devices, Tuttle has emerged as a deft songwriter with an open heart, a keen ear for melody, and a flair for pairing dusty folk with Americana-kissed country-pop. - Allmusic (Rating: 3.1/2 STARS)

What drew people to Tuttle's music to begin with was that delightfully dissonant combination of sweet singing and monster-shredder guitar playing, and that's just not what this album delivers. - Exclaim (Rating: 6/10)

Tuttle doesn't need the window dressing. Some of her material is a little thin, but as a songwriter she has a winning way with a melody. And the final cut, "Clue," shows her capabilities as a performer. The song highlights Tuttle's voice, with long vowels that soar and bluesy twists that suggest her next record will be better” – Associated Press


When You’re Ready, produced by Ryan Hewitt (The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers) showcases her astonishing range and versatility and shows that she is more than simply an Americana artist. Between her expressive, crystalline voice and astounding flatpicking guitar skills, Tuttle has made history…”  Rolling Stone Country

The Infamous Stringdusters with 15 track RISE SUN (Tape Time Records | Amazon UK - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.27 selling 900 sales.

Bryce Mauldin his 5-track Bryce Mauldin (EP; Bryce Mauldin Music | Amazon UK - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.38 selling 500 sales.

Various artists with BREAKTHROUGH: MUSIC FROM & INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE (Soundtrack) made a debut at No.43 selling 400 sales.

Year-To-Date Albums
3,109,000 (Physical sales 2,134,000 (down -25.4%) + Digital sales 974,000 (down -15.6%) which is 22.5% down at the same point in 2018 (4,014,000 sales) 

Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
9,874,000 down 25.7% at the same point in 2018 (13,287,000)

Billboard Hot Country Songs (Chart issue week of April 20, 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:

Luke Combs with “Beautiful Crazy’’ (River House/ Columbia Nashville) remained at the summit of Hot Country) for an eighth week.

Thomas Rhett blasted back to the Hot Country Songs top 10 — and a new peak (13-4) — with “Look What God Gave Her” (Valory). After he performed the song on the April 7 Academy of Country Music Awards and was named male vocalist of the year for a second time, the song surged by 136% to 19,000 sold and 36% to 7.8 million U.S. streams as it bounded 5-2 on Country Digital Song Sales and 18-7 on Country Streaming Songs. The track also bulleted at No.14 on Country Airplay, up 3% to 17.9 million in radio reach.

Old Dominion added its seventh Hot Country Songs top 10 as “Make It Sweet” (RCA Nashville) climbed 12-9. The song ascended 5-4 on Country Airplay (32.7 million, up 9%).

Hot County Songs
** No.1 (8 weeks) ** “Beautiful Crazy” Luke Combs  
** Digital Gainer / Streaming Gainer ** No.4 “Look What God Gave Her” Thomas Rhett  
** Airplay Gainer” No.5 “ God's Country”  Blake Shelton  
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.29 “The Daughters” Little Big Town  
Debut No.30 “Neon Moon” Brooks & Dunn with Kacey Musgraves
Debut No.38 “Burden” Keith Urban
Debut No.46 “Cover Me Up” Morgan Wallen

Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week of April 20, 2019)

Brett Young notched his fourth No.1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Here Tonight” (Big Machine Label Group) rose from No. 2 to the top of the April 20-dated tally. It advanced with a 2% gain to 37.1 million audience impressions in the week ending April 14, according to Nielsen Music.
The song is the lead single from Young’s sophomore major-label album, Ticket to L.A., which launched as his first No. 1 on Top Country Albums in December.
“Here” dethroned Luke Combs’ “Beautiful Crazy” (River House/Columbia Nashville) after seven weeks atop Country Airplay (36.3 million, down 6%). The latter song remained tied for the second-longest ruled in the chart’s history, a week from matching the two longest-leading No.1s, both with eight weeks in charge: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” (2003) and Lonestar’s “Amazed” (1999). Still, “Crazy” controls the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for an eighth week, up 48% to 17,000 sold and 4% to 14.4 million U.S. streams in the week ending April 11 after Combs performed it on the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards on April 7

Country Airplay
*** No.1 (1 week) *** “Here Tonight” Brett Young 37.138 million audience (+0.783 million) / 7,660 radio plays (+174)
** Most Increased Audience ** No.21 “God's Country” Blake Shelton
** Most Added ** No.28 “Knockin' Boots” Luke Bryan
** Hot Shot Debut ** No. 57 “In Between” Scotty McCreery  
Debut No.58 “Mr. Lonely” Midland
  
Billboard Country Digital Singles Chart 
(Chart issue week of April 20, 2019)

This week's digital country singles chart benefited from the 2019 ACM Awards broadcast on CBS.

Blake Shelton with God’s Country” (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) held at No.1 on Country Digital Song Sales (#1-2 Digital Songs; 31,000 sales) in its second week.
It was one place behind Lil Nas X who logged a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 as "Old Town Road," now featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, who joined for a remix released April 5 and reigned with a record-blasting streaming week (143 million).
Best sales week in over a year: "Road" also roars by 454% to 124,000 downloads sold in the week ending April 11, as it topped Digital Song Sales for the first time. That's the biggest weekly total since Drake's "God's Plan" debuted with 127,000 sold (Feb. 3, 2018).
Airplay advances: "Road" additionally surges in radio airplay, entering the all-genre Radio Songs chart at No. 33, up 142% to 28.8 million audience impressions in the week ending April 14. As for individual formats, the track charges 23-15 on Rhythmic Songs and 30-21 on Pop Songs and debuts at No. 28 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop. (It departed Country Airplay after a week at No. 53, when its reach at the format was powered largely by syndicated morning show plays; all four charts are based purely on airplay on reporters to each respective panel.)

Previous No.1 Thomas Rhett with “Look What God Gave Her” rose 5-2 (#24-5 Digital Songs; 20,000 sales; 6-weeks total 70,000 whilst new song “That Old Truck” dropped off the top 30 from last week’s No.7 (2,000 sales).

Former 7 non-consecutive week No1 Luke Combs with Beautiful Crazy” held at No.(#15-9 Digital Songs; 17,000 sales; 49-week total 424,000).

Little Big Town with "The Daughters" made a debut at No.4 (New Entry #11 Digital Songs; 14,000 sales) and entered Hot Country Songs at No. 29.The band debuted its new track at the 54th ACM Awards on April 7 and released its official video on April 11.

Kane Brown with “Good As You” rose 9-5 (#36-14 Digital Songs; 12,000 sales; 12-week total 98,000).
Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) with hit single “Tequila” climbed 18-6 (#17  Re-Entry Digital Songs; 11,000 sales; 64-week total 611,000) as Speechless” rose 14-13 (#35     Re-Entry Digital Songs; 8,000 sales; 42-week total 396,000).

Brett Young with “Mercy” made a re-entry at No.7 (#22 Re-Entry Digital Songs; 10,000 sales; total sales 489,000).

Brooks & Dunn with Kacey Musgraves and “Neon Moon” made a debut at No.8 (New Entry #24 Digital Songs; 10,000 sales).

Keith Urban with "Burden" Crowned entertainer of the year for the first time at the ACM Awards on April 7, Urban debuted at No.9 on Country Digital Song Sales (New Entry #26 Digital Songs; 10,000 sold), which is a cover of Foy Vance’s 2016 song.

Luke Bryan with “Knockin' Boots” fell 2-10 (#14-27 Digital Songs; 9,000 sales; 2-week total 21,000).

Outside the Top 10
Morgan Wallen with “Whiskey Glasses” fell 6-18 (#28-29 Digital Songs; 9,000 sales; 20-weeks total 132,000).
Dan + Shay with “Keeping Score” featuring Kelly Clarkson made a re-entry at No.14 (#40 Re-Entry Digital Songs)

Carrie Underwood with "Southbound" , the track from her latest album, Cry Pretty, debuted at No.21 on Country Digital Song Sales with 5,000 sold (up from a nominal amount) after she performed it at the ACM Awards on April 7.
Chris Stapleton with “A Simple Song” debuted at No.23
Ashley McBryde with “Girl Goin' Nowhere” debuted at No.25.

Country Aircheck MEDIABASE Chart

April 15, 2019

Riley Green Scores First #1 With 'There Was This Girl'
Congrats to Riley Green, Matthew Hargis, Michelle Kammerer and the entire BMLG Records team on landing this week’s No.1 with “There Was This Girl.” The song is Green’s first chart-topper; writers are Erik Dylan and Green.




















There Was This Girl” (BMLGR) climbed 4-1 logging 8,440 radio spins (+872), 50.148 million audience impressions (+4.289) with 26808 Total Points (+2953) from 156 tracking stations (156 ADDS) for the tracking week April 7 to April 13, 2019 and published chart dated April 15, 2019.

Riley's message:


Kudos to Kris Lamb and the Big Machine reps on securing 62 adds for Midland’sMr. Lonely”. The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart week.


























Mediabase Adds (Selective)

Artist/Title (Label)        TW       Total Historic Adds
MIDLAND/Mr. Lonely (Big Machine)       62         70        
CAYLEE HAMMACK/Family Tree (Capitol)        39         39        
ABBY ANDERSON/Good Lord (Black River)      33         34        
LUKE BRYAN/Knockin' Boots (Capitol)  21         114      
BLAKE SHELTON/God's Country (Warner Bros./WMN)   16         150      
CHRIS JANSON/Good Vibes (Warner Bros./WAR)          14         91        
CAROLINE JONES/Chasing Me (Mailboat/New Revolution)        11         13        
DUSTIN LYNCH/Ridin' Roads (Broken Bow)       10         73        
DAN + SHAY/All To Myself (Warner Bros./WAR) 9          141      
LOCASH/One Big Country Song (Wheelhouse)   9          9         
BRAD PAISLEY/My Miracle (Arista)        7          71        
SCOTTY MCCREERY/In Between (Triple Tigers)            7          55        
ASHLEY MCBRYDE/Girl Goin' Nowhere (Atlantic/WAR) 5          93        
CHRIS YOUNG/Raised On Country (RCA)          5          144
TENILLE TOWNES/Somebody's Daughter (Columbia)    3          98        
KACEY MUSGRAVES/Rainbow (MCA)  2          121      
LANCO/Rival (Arista)     2          4         
STEPHANIE QUAYLE/If I Was A Cowboy (Rebel Engine)           2          17        
EASTON CORBIN/Somebody's Gotta Be Country (Tape Room)  1          2         
JENNIFER NETTLES/I Can Do Hard Things (Big Machine)         1          12        
RUNAWAY JUNE/Buy My Own Drinks (Wheelhouse)      1          143

For a detailed report check out Country Aircheck Weekly April 15, 2019, Issue 646  - 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: #1
Event Venue City/State: George Strait NRG Stadium Houston, Texas
Dates: March 17, 2019 Gross Sales: $12,660,700 Attend: 80,108/ 80,108
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $400, $30Promoters: Messina Touring Group/AEG Presents

Rank Artist: #2
Event Venue City/State: George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Chris Janson, Ashley McBryde Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Ga.
Dates: March 30, 2019 Gross Sales: $11,999,961 Attend: 55,255/ 55,255
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $495, $49
Promoters: Messina Touring Group/AEG Presents
Latest Billboard Boxscore Chart

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