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Country Billboard Chart News May 27, 2019


Country Billboard Chart News May 27, 2019

In Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of June 1, 2019)

Country Album Chart ** No.1 (36 non-consecutive weeks) ** THIS ONE’S FOR YOU Luke Combs
Hot Country Songs ** No.1 (2 weeks) “God's Country” Blake Shelton
*** No.1 (1 week) *** “Good As You” Kane Brown
Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (7 non-consecutive weeks) ** “God’s Country” Blake Shelton

Billboard Top 200 / Country Album Chart News (Chart issue week of June 1, 2019)

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

Tyler, the Creator's 'Igor' Debuts at No.1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Tyler, the Creator nabbed his first No.1 album on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (BB200), as Igor debuted atop the list dated June 1. The set started with just under 165,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending May 23, according to Nielsen Music -- the second-biggest week of 2019 for a hip-hop album. Of that sum, 74,000 were in album sales. Igor is Tyler, the Creator’s fifth studio effort and was released via Columbia Records on May 17.

DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd debuted at No. 2 scoring the artist his eighth top 10 effort. The star-filled set launches with 137,000 equivalent album units, of which 35,000 were in album sales, 7,000 in TEA units and 95,000 in SEA units. The latter sum equates to 123.2 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tunes in its first week – which also makes the set the most-streamed album of the week.

Billboard Top Country Albums (Chart issue week of June 1, 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 debut LP, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/ Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville), logged its 36th week at No.1 on Top Country Albums (#7-14 Billboard 200; 25,000 equivalent album units, down 9%) and moved into a
tie for the fourth-longest reign in the chart’s 55-year history with Dixie Chicks’ 1999 album Fly. It also breaks out of a tie for the most weeks at No.1 for an album released this century, passing the 35-week commands of Taylor Swift’s Fearless (beginning in 2008) and the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack (2001).

The only titles with more time on top than This One’s for You and Fly among all sets: Shania Twain’s Come On Over (50 weeks, starting in 1997), Randy Travis’ Always & Forever (43 weeks, 1987) and Garth Brooks’ No Fences (41 weeks, 1990).

There's a new kid in town, and he has taken the pole position on the strength of two songs in the Year To Date top 5. Columbia's Luke Combs has made his mark with "Beautiful Crazy" and "She Got The Best Of Me" in the first half of 2019, placing him atop the list of Top 10 Airplay Artists thus far. Additionally, that effort has been good enough to pull Columbia ahead of reining Label Of The Decade, Capitol, in the chart share derby.

Dan + Shay with their self-titled album (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) held at No.(#35-33 BB200) in their 48th frame.
Morgan Wallen with IF I KNOW ME (Big Loud Digital EX) rose 4-3 (#51-50 BB200) in his 51st frame.
Chris Stapleton with the 212-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) fell 3-4 (#49-56 BB200).
Former No.1 Maren Morris with GIRL (Columbia Nashville/ Sony Music Nashville [SMN]) held at No.5 (#52-61 Billboard 200) in her 11th week.

Former No.1 Kane Brown with sophomore album, entitled EXPERIMENT climbed 8-6 (#74-64 BB200; 28 chart weeks) as his self-titled album rebounded 11-10 (#86-84 BB200; 129 weeks).
Former 6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) held at No.7 (#69-66 BB200) in his 58th week.
Florida Georgia Line with CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY (Big Machine Label Group) rose 10-8 (#79-80 BB200) in their 14th week.
Former No.1 Kacey Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA Nashville) fell 6-9 (#55-81 BB200) in her 55th week.

Outside the Top 10
Former No.1 Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY fell 9-14 (#77-116 BB200) in her 36th week.
Former No.1 George Strait with HONKY TONK TIME MACHINE (MCA Nashville | UMGN) fell 13-18 (#109-172 BB200) in his 8th week.
Former No.1 Brooks & Dunn with REBOOT (Arista Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) fell 19-22 (#171 – off the Billboard 200) in their 7th frame.

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

Logan Mize with 5-track EP FROM THE VAULT (Big Yellow Dog Music | Amazon UK - iTunes) made a debut at No.33.
Crucifix with 15-track Hip-Hop & Rap set Desperado (Dirt Rock Empire | Amazon) made a debut at No.41.

Year-To-Date Albums
4,404,000 (Physical sales 3,078,000 (down -31.5%) + Digital sales 1,326,000 (down -28.4%) which is 29.6% down at the same point in 2018 (6,260,000 sales) 

Year-To-Date Digital Tracks
14,117,000 down 32.3% at the same point in 2018 (20,856,000)

Billboard Hot Country Songs (Chart issue week of June 1, 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:

Blake Shelton with “God’s Country” (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) topped Hot Country Songs for a second week and became his first leader on Country Streaming Songs. His 14th Hot Country Songs No. 1 — and first since “Sure Be Cool If You Did” in 2013 — flies by 16% to 12.6 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 23. He performed the track on NBC’s Red Nose Day Special (May 23), a benefit to help eradicate childhood poverty.
“Country” also rules Country Digital Song Sales for a seventh week (25,000 sold, down 2%). On Country Airplay, it bumped 10-8, up 11% to 26.2millionimpressions.

Lady Antebellum with “What If I Never Get Over You” (Big Machine Label Group) arrived at No.15 marking the act’s best career start on the survey. It surpasseed “Bartender,” which entered at No.19 on June 7, 2014, and reached No. 4 that August.
“Never,” Lady A’s first single for BMLG Records, was released May 17. In its first full week of activity, it corralled 4 million streams and sold 21,000 downloads, the latter sum good for a No. 2 entrance on Country Digital Song Sales, where it’s the band’s 16th top 10

Hot County Songs
** No.1 (2 weeks) ** “God's Country” Blake Shelton
** Digital Gainer ** No.3 “Good As You” Kane Brown
** Airplay Gainer” No.4 “Beer Never Broke My Heart” Luke Combs  
** Streaming Gainer ** No.6 “Rumor” Lee Brice
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.14 “What If I Never Get Over You” Lady Antebellum  
Debut No.40 “Beer Can't Fix” Thomas Rhett feat. Jon Pardi
Debut No. 46 “Proof I've Always Loved You” Gyth Rigdon

Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week of June 1, 2019)

Kane Brown with “Good As You” (Zone 4/RCA Nashville) ascended 2-1 in its 21st week on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, increasing by 6% to 39.9 million audience impressions in the week ending May 27, according to Nielsen Music.

On the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart, it lifted 5-3, reaching a new peak. Brown’s fourth consecutive and total Country Airplay leader completes his quickest trip to No.1. He first led with “What Ifs,” featuring Lauren Alaina, on Oct. 28, 2017, in its 35th week; followed by “Heaven,” which took 28 weeks to reign on May 19, 2018, for its first of two weeks on top; and “Lose It,” which led the list dated Dec. 8, 2018, in its 26th week.
Brown co-wrote the track with Shy Carter, Brock Berryhill, Taylor Phillips and Will Weatherly. “I am so grateful to my fans who have always been here for me,” said Brown.” I’m proud to share this with my cowriters and close friends. We never take these moments for granted.”
“Good” is the sophomore single, after “Lose It,” from Brown’s second full-length, Experiment, which debuted atop both the all-genre Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts dated Nov. 24, 2018, with 126,000
equivalent album units.

Maren Morris achieved her fifth Country Airplay top 10 with “Girl” (Columbia Nashville), which moved 14-10 (up 15% to 21 million impressions). Her history on the chart includes two No.1s: Thomas Rhett’s “Craving You,” featuring Morris (July 2017) and “I Could Use a Love Song” (January 2018).
Morris joins Kelsea Ballerini, whose “Miss Me More” (Black River) pushed 5-3 (29.8 million, up 6%) in the Country Airplay top 10, marking the first time that two female artists have shared space in the region since Sept. 1, 2018, when Jason Aldean’s “Drowns the Whiskey,” featuring Miranda Lambert, led for its second of two weeks and Carrie Underwood’s “Cry Pretty” ranked at No. 9. Ballerini and Morris combine for the first instance of two solo women unaccompanied by any co-billed acts charting simultaneously in the Country Airplay top 10 since they teamed up on Jan. 27, 2018, with “Legends” and “I Could Use a Love Song,” at Nos. 7 and 9, respectively.

Country Airplay
*** No.1 (1 week) *** “Good As You” Kane Brown 39.918 million audience (+2.299 million) / 8,107 radio plays (+326)
** Most Increased Audience ** No.13 “Beer Never Broke My Heart” Luke Combs
** Most Added ** No.34 “What If I Never Get Over You” Lady Antebellum (22 ADDS)
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.58 “Heartache Medication” Jon Pardi  
Debut No.60 “Family Tree” Caylee Hammack

Billboard Country Digital Singles Chart 
(Chart issue week of June 1, 2019)

Blake Shelton with God’s Country” (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) returned to the summit moving 2-1 (#4 non-mover Digital Songs) to lead for a 7th non-consecutive week.
It was 3 places behind Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for an eighth week, sporting the second-biggest streaming ever following the May 17 premiere of its official video. "Road" rebounded 2-1 for a fifth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 76,000 downloads sold, up 9%, in the week ending May 23.

Lady Antebellum with “What If I Never Get Over You” made a debut at No.2 (#5 New Entry Digital Songs; 21,000 sales).
Last weeks No.1 Luke Combs with “Beer Never Broke My Heart” (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville) fell 1-3 (#3-14 Digital Songs) as Beautiful Crazy” fell 4-12; (#22-46 Digital Songs) which led for seven weeks.

Morgan Wallen with “Whiskey Glasses” fell 3-4 (#9-16 Digital Songs) in his 26th frame.
Kane Brown with “Good As You” pushed 7-5 (#30-23 Digital Songs) in his 18th week.

Luke Bryan with “Knockin' Boots” fell 5-6 (#24-27 Digital Songs) in his 8th week.

The Voice Team Blake's Gyth Rigdon with “Proof I’ve Always Loved You” made a debut at No.7 (#29 New Entry Digital Songs). He performed it in the Live Finale.
He also debuted at #18 with a cover of Earl Thomas Conley’s "Once in a Blue Moon".


Previous No.1 Thomas Rhett with “Look What God Gave Her” fell 6-8 (#29-38 Digital Songs) in its 12th week.
Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) with Speechless” held at No.9 (#38-40 Digital Songs) in its 48th week.
Lee Brice with “Rumor” fell 8-10 (#32-41 Digital Songs) in his 23rd week.

Outside the Top 10
Finishing fourth on The Voice (Season 16) Andrew Sevener with original song “Rural Route Raising” made at debut at No.11 (#44 New Entry Digital Songs). He also charted at No.16 with a cover of American rock band Hinder’s "Lips of an Angel" at No.18.


Thomas Rhett feat. Jon Pardi with “Beer Can't Fix” made a debut at No.13 (#47 New Entry Digital Songs).
Kelsea Ballerini with “Miss Me More” fell 11-17 in her 29th week.
Maren Morris with “Girl” (Columbia Nashville) fell 10-19 in her 18th week.

Country Aircheck MEDIABASE Chart

May 27, 2019

Kane Brown Scores #1 With 'Good As You'
Congrats to Kane Brown, Steve Hodges, Dennis Reese and the RCA promotion team on securing this week’s No.1 with “Good As You.” The song is the second chart-topper from Brown’s current album EXPERIMENT. Writers are Brock Berryhill, Shy Carter, Taylor Phillips, Will Weatherly and Brown.



















Good As You” (RCA) climbed 2-1 logging 8,776 radio spins (+601), 54.783 million audience impressions (+3.307) with 28539 Total Points (+2109) from 156 tracking stations (156 ADDS) for the tracking week May 19 to May 25, 2019 and published chart dated May 27, 2019.

Lady Antebellum is Most-Added With 'What If I Never Get Over You'
Kudos to Matthew Hargis and the BMLG Records staff on notching 12 adds for Lady Antebellum’s What If I Never Get Over You.” The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart week.
Writers are Sam Ellis, Jon Green, Ryan Hurd and Laura Veltz. Last week it was second most added song with 115 stations going for adds. There are now 127 Country stations playing the record, according to MEDIABASE.

BMLG Records celebrate Lady Antebellum being most-added at Country radio this week, although it looks like at least one member of the crew would have preferred bananas. Pictured L-R: BMLG's Andrew Thoen, Madeline Farr and Matthew Hargis

Mediabase Adds (Selective)

Artist/Title (Label) TW  Total Historic Adds
LADY ANTEBELLUM/What If I Never Get Over You (BMLGR)    12         127
TENILLE TOWNES/Somebody's Daughter (Columbia)    11         123
KEITH URBAN/We Were (Capitol)         10         132
CAROLINE JONES/Chasin' Me (Mailboat/New Revolution)          9          44
MICHAEL RAY/Her World Or Mine (Warner/WEA)           8          44
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Southbound (Capitol)    6          104
DILLON CARMICHAEL/I Do For You (Riser House)        5          10
MATT STELL/Prayed For You (Wide Open/Records/GCE/Arista) 5          102
MIDLAND/Mr. Lonely (Big Machine)        5          122
SEAFORTH/Love That (RCA)     5          24
CAYLEE HAMMACK/Family Tree (Capitol)         3          61
JON PARDI/Heartache Medication (Capitol)        3          3
ABBY ANDERSON/Good Lord (Black River)       2          53
JAMES BARKER BAND/Keep It Simple (UMGC/New Revolution)            2          3
MADDIE & TAE/Die From A Broken Heart (Mercury)        2          47
INGRID ANDRESS/More Hearts Than Mine (Warner/WEA)          1          3
LAINE HARDY/Flame (Hollywood)         1          1

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers
Here are the top point gainers for May 26-27
1. LADY ANTEBELLUM/What If I Never Get Over You (BMLGR) +632 points
2. KEITH URBAN/We Were (Capitol) +592 points
3. LUKE COMBS/Beer Never Broke My Heart (River House/Columbia) +572 points
4. MORGAN WALLEN/Whiskey Glasses (Big Loud) +546 points
5. JUSTIN MOORE/The Ones That Didn't Make It (Valory) +497 points

For a detailed report check out Country Aircheck Weekly May 28, 2019, Issue 654  - 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: Eric Church Nissan Stadium Nashville
Dates: May 25, 2019 Gross Sales: $5,812,426 Attend: 56,521/ 56,521
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $199, $18
Promoters: Messina Touring Group/AEG Presents

Rank Artist: #3
Event Venue City/State: CMC Rocks Queensland Willowbank Raceway Ipswich, Australia
Dates: March 14-17, 2019 Gross Sales: $5,188,740 Attend: 21,830/ 22,130
Shows/ Sellouts: 4/0 (300 unsold tickets) Prices: $237.69
Promoters: Chugg Touring

Rank Artist: #5
Event Venue City/State: Eric Church Pepsi Center Denver, Colo.
Dates: May 10-11, 2019 Gross Sales: $2,438,578 Attend: 26,572/ 26,572
Shows/ Sellouts: 2/2 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $139, $15
Promoters: Messina Touring Group/AEG Presents

Rank Artist: #8
Event Venue City/State: Kenny Chesney, Caroline Jones, David Lee Murphy Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Neb.
Dates: May 18, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,209,127 Attend: 13,615/ 13,615
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $129, $29
Promoters: Messina Touring Group/AEG Presents

Rank Artist: #14
Event Venue City/State: Thomas Rhett Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Wash.
Dates: May 18, 2019 Gross Sales: $986,885 Attend: 12,750/ 12,750
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $93, $53
Promoters: Live Nation

Rank Artist: #25
Event Venue City/State: Florida Georgia Line, Convention Centre, Cairns, Australia
Dates: March 14-15, 2019 Gross Sales: $573,440 Attend: 6,778/ 7,770
Shows/ Sellouts: 2/0 (992 unsold tickets) Prices: $84.60
Promoters: Chugg Touring

Rank Artist: #32
Event Venue City/State: Carrie Underwood, Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif.
Dates: May 17, 2019 Gross Sales: $458,986 Attend: 5,839/ 8,075
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/0 (2,236 unsold tickets) Prices: $94.50, $47
Promoters: AEG Present

Rank Artist: #41
Event Venue City/State: Luke Combs Enmore Theatre Sydney
Dates: March 19-20, 2019 Gross Sales: $340,843 Attend: 4,844/ 4,934
Shows/ Sellouts: 1/0 (90 unsold tickets) Prices: $70.36
Promoters: Chugg Touring
Latest Billboard Boxscore Chart

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