Country
Billboard Chart News May 27, 2019
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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
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.
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.2 (#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
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
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.
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| 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
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
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