Superstar
vocal group Rascal Flatts was
surprised by the RIAA (May 8) with a
plaque celebrating their 30 MILLION RIAA Awards spanning multi-PLATINUM,
PLATINUM and GOLD hits across their career. The milestone honor is a career
achievement award celebrating total sold units of various singles and albums to
date. The group received the plaques during a pre-ceremony for the 6th Annual
GMA Honors and Hall of Fame Ceremony in Nashville. The evening also saw Rascal
Flatts recognized for their significant contributions through their
humanitarian efforts, particularly for their work to help Monroe Carell Jr.
Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
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| Talk Thirty To Me: Big Machine's Rascal Flatts celebrate 30 Million in RIAA certifications during a pre-ceremony for the 6th Annual GMA Honors and Hall of Fame Ceremony in Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are the trio's Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus and RIAA's Jackie Jones. |
In
Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of May 18, 2019)
Country Album Chart ** No.1 (34
non-consecutive weeks) ** THIS ONE’S FOR YOU Luke Combs
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 “Whiskey Glasses” Morgan Wallen
Country Airplay **
No.1 (2 weeks) ** “Eyes On You” Chase Rice
Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (6
weeks) ** “God’s Country” Blake Shelton
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
Vampire
Weekend's 'Father of the Bride' Album Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
Vampire Weekend scored its third No.1
album on the Billboard Top 200 Album
Chart (BB200), as the band’s Father of the Bride bowed atop the list.
The
set earned 138,000 equivalent album
units in the week ending May 9, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 119,000 were in album sales
(driven largely by sales generated from
a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for the act’s upcoming tour,
which launches in June). Both sums represent the largest for any rock album in
2019.
Father
was released on May 3 via Spring Snow/Columbia Records. It is the group’s first
album with Columbia Records after issuing three studio albums and a live set through
XL Recordings.
Father
earned just 1,000 in TEA units (track equivalent albums) and 18,000 in SEA
units. The latter figure translates to 20.29 million on-demand audio streams
for the set’s songs in its opening week -- the biggest debut streaming week for
a rock album in 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.
Luke Combs with his debut LP, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River
House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) led Top Country
Albums for a 34th week (#16-12 Billboard 200; 27,000
equivalent album units, up 5%), tying Billy Ray Cyrus’ 1992 set Some Gave All
for the seventh-longest reign in the chart’s history. Shania Twain’s 1997 LP
Come On Over leads with 50 weeks on top.
Dan + Shay with their self-titled album (Warner
Bros./Warner Music Nashville) held at No.2 (#35-31 BB200) in their
46th frame.
Former
No.1 Maren
Morris with GIRL (Columbia
Nashville/ Sony Music Nashville [SMN]) rose 5-3 (#57-52 Billboard 200) in her 9th week.
Chris Stapleton with the 210-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) held at No.4 (#55-53 BB200).
Former
No.1 Kacey
Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA
Nashville) rose 6-5 (#60-59 BB200) in her 53rd week.
Morgan Wallen with IF I KNOW ME (Big Loud Digital EX) climbed
7-6 (#69-62 BB200) in his 49th
frame.
Former 6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW
TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) rose 10-7 (#81-75 BB200) in his 56th week.
Former No.1 Kane Brown with sophomore album, entitled EXPERIMENT rose 9-8 (#79 non-mover
BB200; 26 chart weeks) as his self-titled album dropped 12-10 (#76-89
BB200; 127 weeks).
Florida Georgia Line with CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY (Big Machine Label Group) rose 11-9 (#83-80
BB200) in their 12th week.
Outside
the Top 10
Former
No.1 George Strait with HONKY TONK
TIME MACHINE (MCA Nashville | UMGN) fell 8-12
(#78-113 BB200) in his 6th week.
Former No.1 Brooks & Dunn with REBOOT (Arista Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) fell 14-16 (#120-152 Billboard 200)
in their fifth frame.
Former No.1 Brett Young with Ticket to L.A. rose 21-18 (#181-188 BB200) in his 22nd
week.
Former
No.1 Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY fell 15-23 (#124 – off the BB200) in her 34th week.
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
Sam Grow with the 12-track LOVE AND WHISKEY (Average Joes | Amazon
UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.20.
Produced
by Jacob Rice, Grow co-wrote all but three songs on the 12-track project, which
includes latest offering “Nobody’s You” and previous singles “History” and
“Boots.”
Year-To-Date Albums
4,016,000 (Physical sales
2,797,000 (down -31.1%) + Digital sales 1,219,000 (down -24.1%) which is 29.1% down at the same point in 2018 (5,668,000 sales)
Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
12,636,000 down 27.3% at the same point in
2018 (17,391,000)
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:
Morgan
Wallen achieved his first No.1
on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart as “Whiskey Glasses” (Big Loud) rose 2-1 in its 30th week on the survey
(dated May 18). It dethroned Luke Combs’ “Beautiful Crazy” (River
House/Columbia Nashville) after 11 weeks on top.
“Whiskey” led with a 9% increase to 33.5 million airplay
audience impressions, according to Nielsen Music, as it rose 6-4 on Country
Airplay. It pushed 4-3 on Country Streaming Songs (9.9 million U.S. streams, up
8%) and dipped 2-3 on Country Digital Song Sales (12,000 downloads sold, down
1%).
“My first No.1 on the Hot Country Songs chart happened on my 26th birthday [May 13],” Wallen told Billboard. “This is truly a day I’ll never forget.”
The track, written by Ben Burgess and Kevin Kadish,
follows Wallen’s first Hot Country Songs top 10, “Up Down” (featuring Florida
Georgia Line), which hit No. 5 on June 30, 2018. “Up” led Country Airplay the
same week, becoming his first No. 1 (and FGL’s 12th of 14 leaders).
Wallen made his chart debut with “The Way I Talk,” which
reached No.30 on Country Airplay and No.35 on Hot Country Songs. All three
singles are from his first LP, If I Know Me, which entered at its No. 11 Top
Country Albums high in May 2018. He boasts one other Hot
Country Songs entry: his version of Jason Isbell’s “Cover Me Up” (No. 46 in
April). Americana titan Isbell released the original on his 2013 album
Southeastern, while Morgan’s cover of “Cover” is a stand-alone single.
Lee
Brice with “Rumor” (Curb) rose to the top 10 of Hot Country Songs (11-9) and Country Airplay
(12-8). The track, which he wrote with Ashley Gorley and Kyle Jacobs, marked
his seventh Hot Country Songs top 10 and first since “Drinking Class” (No. 3,
2015). On Country Airplay, where “Rumor” increased by 12% to 24.5 million
impressions, Brice banked his ninth top 10 and first since “That Don’t Sound
Like You” (No. 10, 2016).
Luke
Combs with “Beer Never Broke My Heart” (River
House/Columbia Nashville), rocketed onto Hot Country Songs at No.12 and Country Airplay at No.15
(15.2 million impressions).
Aided by hourly plays on participating iHeartMedia stations
on its May 8 release date, “Beer” marked Combs’ highest Country Airplay
start. It’s the chart’s top entrance by any act since September 2012, when Taylor
Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” opened and peaked at No. 13.
(In April 2012, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw’s “Feel Like a Rock Star” also
debuted at No. 13 before peaking at No. 11.)
Combs also gained his ninth top 10 on Country Digital
Song Sales (19,000 sold) as “Beer” bowed at No.2.
“Beer,” which is currently a stand-alone single, follows
Combs’ unprecedented five straight career-opening Country Airplay No. 1s:
“Hurricane,” “When It Rains It Pours,” “One Number Away,” “She Got the Best of
Me” and “Beautiful Crazy,” all from his debut LP, This One’s for You.
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (1
week)/ Streaming Gainer ** “Whiskey Glasses” Morgan Wallen
**
Airplay Gainer” No.8 “Night Shift” Jon
Pardi
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.12 “Beer Never Broke My Heart” Luke Combs
** Digital
Gainer ** No.31 “I Hope” Gabby Barrett
Debut
No.39 “Some People Do” Old Dominion
Debut
No.50 “I Don’t Remember Me” (Before You) Brothers
Osborne
With Gold-certified hit “Eyes On
You” earning the top spot at Country radio for the second consecutive
week on both the Mediabase and Billboard charts, multi-Platinum
entertainer Chase Rice celebrated the result of years of hard work that
have triumphantly culminated in his first No. 1 hit as an artist.
“From the moment we wrote ‘Eyes On
You’ we felt how special it was, and then that was confirmed when we saw how
strongly the fans reacted to it right away,” reflected Rice. “My career has certainly had its ups and
downs, but we knew we were putting the work in to set ourselves up for
something even bigger. To have it all pay off in this way makes me so grateful
that I get to make music I’m proud of every day and makes me hungry to keep
pushing for more. Thank you to every single person from the fans at our shows
to the people playing our music on the radio for making this crazy dream of
mine come true.”
Written by Rice alongside frequent collaborators Ashley Gorley and Chris DeStefano, the singalong chorus of “Eyes On You” tells the story of a man so enamored by a woman that the world’s most beautiful settings pale in comparison.
In addition to instantly becoming a fan-favorite at live shows and a
viral sensation – streamed more than 50 million times and hitting Spotify’s
U.S. Viral 50 Chart before it was even announced as a single, then landing on
Rolling Stone’s “10 Best Country and Americana Songs of the Week” upon its
release – “Eyes On You” has now been streamed more than 130 million times and
has also earned critical praise as evidence that Rice’s unique journey and hard
work thus far is paying off.
Thomas
Rhett rolled up his 14th Country Airplay top 10, a sum that includes 12 No.1s, as “Look
What God Gave Her” (Valory) rose 11-9 (23.9 million in audience, up 5%). On Hot
Country Songs, it bulleted at No.7. “Look,” which Rhett penned with his father,
Rhett Akins; Julian Bunetta; John Ryan; and J Cash, was inspired by his wife,
Lauren. It’s the lead single from his fourth LP, Center Point Road. The set,
due May 31, is named after the street on which he grew up in Hendersonville,
Tenn.
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (2 weeks) *** “Eyes On You” Chase
Rice 36.345 million audience (+2.056 million) / 7,453 radio plays (-541)
**
Hot Shot Debut/ Most Increased Audience/ Most Added ** No.15 “Beer Never Broke
My Heart” Luke Combs 15.166 million
audience impressions thanks to 123 fresh radio commitments (ADDS)
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
Blake
Shelton with “God’s
Country” (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) held at No.1 on Country Digital Song Sales (#4-6
Digital Songs) and led the list for a personal-best sixth week, with 20,000 sold. It also drew
4million U.S. streams in the tracking week.
It was five places behind Lil Nas X who extended his reign atop the Billboard Hot 100 to a sixth week
with "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.
"Road" rebounded 2-1 on the Digital
Song Sales chart for a fourth week at No.1,
with 78,000 downloads sold (up 1%) in
the week ending May 9.
Of
Note: Taylor Swift's "Me!,"
featuring Brendon Urie collab fell from No.1 to No.4 on Digital Song Sales (29,000, down 85%) and 2-5 on
Streaming Songs (26.8 million, down 47%), while ascending to the Radio Songs
top 10 (13-10; 62.2 million, up 15%).
Luke Combs with “Beer Never Broke My Heart”
(River House/Columbia Nashville) made a debut at No.2 (#7 New Entry Digital Songs) and gained his ninth top 10 on
Country Digital Song Sales (19,000 sold). His former 7 non-consecutive week
No1 Beautiful Crazy” moved 6-5 (#27 non-mover Digital
Songs) in its 53rd frame.
Morgan Wallen with “Whiskey Glasses” fell 2-3 (#13-15
Digital Songs) in his 24th frame.
Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) with Speechless” fell 3-4 (#18-23 Digital Songs) in its 46th week as hit
single “Tequila” fell 11-16 (68 chart frames).
Luke
Bryan with “Knockin'
Boots” climbed 7-6 (#32-29 Digital Songs) in his
6th week.
Previous No.1 Thomas
Rhett with “Look What God Gave Her”
fell 5-7 (#26-31 Digital Songs) in its 10th week.
Kane Brown with “Good As You” fell 4-8 (#25-32 Digital
Songs) in his 16th week.
Released
on May 3, Old Dominion with their ballad "Some People Do" (co-penned by
Thomas Rhett) arrived at No.9 on
Country Digital Song Sales (#33 New Entry Digital Songs) with 7,000 sold, marking the band’s
sixth top 10. On Hot Country
Songs,
it started at No. 39.
Lee
Brice with “Rumor”
fell 8-10 (#37-35 Digital Songs) in his 21st week.
Outside
the Top 10
Gabby Barrett with “I Hope” advanced 24-11 (#36 New Entry Digital Songs).
The rising star returned to ABC's American
Idol Sunday night (May 5) with a fiery performance of
red-hot new song. She pulled out all the stops for her first appearance
on Idol since her third place finish on its first
season on ABC. With her powerhouse vocals on full display, Barrett threw it
back to her roots with a gospel-style choir, while emphasizing the "full
of venom and vitriol" (Rolling Stone Country) track
with silver pyro and a striking beaded Jovani jumpsuit. Reaching new heights,
“I Hope” rocketed to #3 on the iTunes Top Country Songs chart.
Maren
Morris with “Girl”
(Columbia Nashville) moved 14-12 (#39 New Entry Digital Songs)
Kelsea
Ballerini with “Miss
Me More” fell 9-13 (#47-50 Digital Songs) in her 27th week.
Chase
Rice with “Eyes
On You” fell 10-14 in his 12th frame.
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
May
13, 2019
Chase Rice
Remains At #1 For Second Consecutive Week
Double
congrats to Chase Rice, Carson James, Lee Adams,
Shelley Hargis Gaines and the Broken Bow
promotion staff on a second week at No.1
with “Eyes On You.”
The
song is Rice’s first chart-topper; writers are Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley
and Rice.
“Eyes On You” (Broken
Bow) held at No.1 logging 8,250 radio spins (-346), 51.424 million audience impressions (-1.99)
with 26442 Total Points (-1272) from 154 tracking
stations (154 ADDS) for the tracking week May 5 to May 11, 2019 and published
chart dated May 13, 2019.
Luke Combs
Most-Added With “Beer Never Broke My Heart”
Kudos
to Luke Combs, Steve Hodges, Shane Allen, and the Columbia team on setting a new one-week add total with 149 for “Beer Never Broke My Heart.” The song topped the
"Most
Added"
board this chart week.
The
mark surpassed the 145 adds Arista secured for Carrie Underwood’s “Smoke Break”
in August of 2015.
Mediabase
Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title (Label) TW Total
Historic Adds
LUKE COMBS/Beer Never Broke My Heart (River
House/Columbia) 149 149
LOCASH/One
Big Country Song (Wheelhouse) 26 48
TYLER
RICH/Leave Her Wild (Valory) 22 23
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Southbound (Capitol) 10 90
MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury) 9 40
CHRIS
JANSON/Good Vibes (Warner Bros./WAR) 8 113
TENILLE ARTS/Call You Names (Reviver) 8 22
CAROLINE JONES/Chasin' Me (Mailboat/New Revolution) 7 34
RILEY
GREEN/In Love By Now (BMLGR) 7 53
SCOTTY
MCCREERY/In Between (Triple Tigers) 6 74
BRANDON RATCLIFF/Rules
Of Breaking Up (Monument/Columbia) 5 31
MATT
STELL/Prayed For You (Wide Open/Records/GCE/Arista) 5 93
ZAC BROWN
BAND/Someone I Used To Know (ZB Collective/BMG/Wheelhouse) 5 100
ABBY ANDERSON/Good Lord (Black River) 4 51
TUCKER
BEATHARD/Better Than Me (Warner Bros./WAR) 4 23
ASHLEY MCBRYDE/Girl Goin' Nowhere (Atlantic/WAR) 3 99
DILLON
CARMICHAEL/I Do For You (Riser House) 2 4
NEONPPL f/B.
YOUNG/ONElittleTOWN (---) 1 1
P!NK f/C.
STAPLETON/Love Me Anyway (RCA) 1 3
STEPHANIE QUAYLE/If I Was A Cowboy (Rebel Engine) 1 20
THOMAS
RHETT/Remember You Young (Valory) 1 2
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| Columbia Nashville celebrate Luke Combs’ new single, “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” being most-added at Country radio this week. Combs has upcoming shows in Clarkston, MI; Columbia, MD; and Virginia Beach, VA. Pictured L-R: Columbia Nashville’s Christy Garbinski and Bo Martinovich; and Sony Music Nashville’s Adam Davis |
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #19
Event
Venue City/State: C2C Country To Country SSE
Hydro Glasgow, Scotland
Dates:
March 8-10, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,797,790 Attend:
19,757/ 22,812
Shows/
Sellouts: 3/0 (3,055 unsold tickets)
Prices: $426.88, $51.88
Promoters:
DF Concerts
Rank
Artist: #31
Event
Venue City/State: Loretta Lynn Bridgestone Arena Nashville
Dates:
April 1, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,510,885 Attend:
12,791/ 13,161
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 (370 unsold tickets) Prices:
$189.50, $29.50
Promoters:
AEG Presents
Rank
Artist: #33
Event
Venue City/State: Jimmy Buffett Bridgestone Arena Nashville
Dates:
April 27, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,498,742 Attend:
13,083/ 13,556
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 (473 unsold tickets) Prices:
$146, $46
Promoters:
Live Nation
Rank
Artist: #35
Event
Venue City/State: Jason Aldean Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Conn.
Dates:
May 3-4, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,474,890 Attend:
13,393/ 13,305
Shows/
Sellouts: 2/1 ** SOLD OUT ** (88 unsold
tickets) Prices: $119.50, $89.50, $69.50
Promoters:
in-house
Rank
Artist: #43
Event
Venue City/State: Zac Brown Band Bridgestone Arena Nashville
Dates:
March 28, 2019 Gross Sales: $985,724 Attend:
12,064/ 12,342
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 (278 unsold tickets) Prices:
$99.50, $28.60
Promoters:
Outback Concerts
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