In
Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of July 27, 2019)
Country Album Chart ** No.1 (42
non-consecutive weeks) ** THIS ONE’S FOR YOU Luke
Combs
Hot Country Songs ** ** No.1 (2 non-consecutive weeks) ** “The
Git Up” Blanco Brown
Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) ** Some Of It” Eric Church
Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (4 weeks) ** “The Git
Up” Blanco Brown
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
Ed Sheeran's 'No. 6 Collaborations Project' Debuts at No. 1 on
Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Set
launches with biggest week of 2019 for a pop album by a male artist.
Ed
Sheeran scored his third No.1 album on the
Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (BB200), as his star-studded No. 6
Collaborations Project album enters atop the tally.
The
set, which was released on July 12 via Atlantic Records, bows with 173,000
equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 18, according
to Nielsen Music. It marks the largest week of the year for a pop album by a
male artist. Of that starting sum, 70,000 were in album sales.
Sheeran
previously led the Billboard 200 with ÷ (Divide) in 2017 and x (Multiply) in
2014.
No.
6’s starting sum of 173,000 units is comprised of 70,000 in album sales, 10,000
in TEA units, and 93,000 in SEA units. The latter SEA units sum translates to 121.17
million on-demand audio streams for the set’s songs during the tracking
week. That’s the biggest streaming week for a pop album by a male artist since
the debut of Sheeran’s last album, ÷ (Divide), when it racked up 134.58 million
on-demand audio streams for its tracks (March 25, 2017-dated chart).
Notably,
No. 6’s healthy sales start of 70,000 was achieved without the
employment of a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer, nor the selling
of countless merchandise/album bundles -- as has become familiar to many a No.
1 album. No. 6’s sales were driven mostly by old-fashioned album sales through
sellers like Target, Walmart, Amazon and iTunes.
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.
Ranked
at #3 on Country Album Sales and logged at #39 on all-genre Top Album Sales based
on consumption units Luke Combs with
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville)
remained at No.1 (#15-12 Billboard 200) to top the summit for a 42nd non-consecutive week in 111 chart frames. The set has now passed Garth
Brooks’ No Fences (which posted 41 weeks atop the chart starting in
October 1990) to have the outright third-longest-leading album since the list
launched in 1964. Just two titles have spent more time at No. 1: Shania Twain’s
Come On Over, which dominated for 50 weeks beginning in November 1997, and
Randy Travis’ Always & Forever, which ruled for 43 weeks starting in June
1987.
Combs’
new five-track EP THE PREQUEL (River House/Columbia Nashville/ Sony
Music Nashville) fell 3-4 (#31-39 BB200) in its 6th frame.
Dan + Shay with their self-titled album (Warner
Bros./Warner Music Nashville) held at No.2 (#28-30 BB200) in their 56th
frame.
Former No.1 Kane Brown with sophomore album, entitled EXPERIMENT fell advanced 10-3 (#79-38
BB200; 36 chart frames) as his self-titled album held at No.11 (#84
non-mover BB200; 137 chart frames).
Morgan Wallen with IF I KNOW ME (Big Loud Digital EX) slipped
4-5 (#38-42 BB200) in his 59th frame.
Chris Stapleton with the 220-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) held at No.6 (#48-47 BB200).
Former
No.1 Thomas
Rhett with CENTER POINT ROAD (Valory Music/ Big Machine Records) fell 4-7 (#44-52 BB200)
in his seventh week.
Former 6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW
TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) fell 7-8 (#61-65 BB200) in his
66th week.
Former
No.1 Maren
Morris with GIRL (Columbia
Nashville/ Sony Music Nashville [SMN]) fell 8-9 (#66-71 BB200) in her 19th frame.
Florida Georgia Line with CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY (Big Machine Label Group) rose 12-10 (#85-82
BB200) in their 22nd week.
Outside the
Top 10
Former
No.1 Kacey
Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA
Nashville) rose 15-13 (#139-99 BB200) in her 63rd week.
Former
No.1 Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY climbed 18-17 (#156-149
BB200) in her 44th week.
Lee
Brice with his self-titled
set (Curb) slipped 17-18 (#148-156 BB200) in his 22nd frame.
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
In
his fourth frame Willie Nelson fell off the
top 50 from No.29 on Top Country Albums with RIDE
ME BACK HOME (Legacy) but headed Country Album sales for a fourth
successive frame.
The
Steel Wheels
with 11 track Americana set
OVER THE TREES (Big Ring Records | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.23.
Emily
Ann Roberts with 6-track Someday Dream (EP;
Starstruck Records Amazon
UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.25.
Various Artists
with 16-track MUD DIGGER 10 (Average Joes Entertainment | Amazon UK - iTunes) made a debut at No.26.
Year-To-Date Albums
5,508,000 sales which is 29.7% down at the same point in
2018 (7,833,000 sales).
Album consumption is 28,252,000 units which is 4.9% up at the same point in 2018 (26,929,000 units)
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:
‘GIT’ BACK UP
THERE: Blanco Brown’s “The Git Up” (Trailer Trap
Music/Broken Bow Music Group/BMG/Wheelhouse/ Stoney Creek/Broken Bow) returned
to No. 1 for a second week. It also led both Country Streaming Songs
(21.3 million streams, up 9%) and Country Digital Song Sales (31,000 sold, up
10%) for a fourth week while pushing 56-49 on Country Airplay (1.7 million in
audience, up 60%).
Jason Aldean adds his
31st Hot Country Songs top 10 as “Rearview Town” (Macon/Broken
Bow) lifted 11-10.
On Country Airplay, it rose 8-5, up 12% to 31.6 million
audience impressions. It also sported 5.4 million U.S. streams (up 3%) and
4,000 downloads sold (up 1%).
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (2 weeks)/
Airplay Gainer ** “The Git Up” Blanco Brown
** Streaming Gainer/ Digital Gainer ** No.16 “Tip Of My
Tongue” Kenny Chesney
** Hot Shot Debut ** No. 17 “Like A Rodeo” Kane Brown
Debut
No. 36 “It All
Comes Out In The Wash” Miranda Lambert
ERIC CHURCH AT THE TOP WITH “SOME OF IT”
No. 1 on both Billboard and Mediabase
Eric Church rolled up his
eighth No.1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Some
of It” (EMI Nashville) ascended 2-1 on the tally dated July 27. The song reigns
with a 9% increase to 41.1 million audience impressions in
the week ending July 21, according to Nielsen Music.
On Hot Country Songs the track anchors at a No. 7 high. Written by
Church, Jeff Hyde, Clint Daniels and Bobby Pinson, “Some” is the second single
from Church’s sixth studio LP, DESPERATE MAN, praised as
one of 2018’s top albums by American Songwriter, Billboard, Entertainment
Weekly, Variety, Stereogum, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, USA
Today and Vulture, among others. It debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums on
the Oct. 20, 2018, chart with 116,000 equivalent album units. It has earned
413,000 units to date. Its title-track lead single peaked at No. 8 on Hot
Country Songs last October after reaching No. 13 on Country Airplay.
“Some” marks Church’s lengthiest trip to the Country Airplay summit:
29 weeks. His prior most scenic trip was set by “Record
Year,” which topped the list on Aug. 13, 2016, in its 26th week, becoming
his most recent No. 1 until “Some.”
Church first ruled the chart in his 10th of 30 appearances with “Drink in
My Hand,” which led the Jan. 28, 2012, list. He subsequently hit No. 1 with
“Springsteen,” his only multiweek leader (two weeks, starting June 23, 2012); “The
Only Way I Know,” with Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan (Feb. 16, 2013); “Give Me
Back My Hometown” (May 17, 2014); “Talladega” (Feb. 7, 2015); and as a featured
artist on Keith Urban’s “Raise ’Em Up” (May 23, 2015).
Church’s Double Down Tour Resumes in
September
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Continuing a dominant year characterized by unrivaled
success on the road, Eric Church now pairs that feat with chart-topping success
at Country radio as current single “Some Of It” tops both the
Billboard and Mediabase charts.
Vulture added, “‘Some Of It’ coyly opens with a list of simple truths — ‘Beer
don’t keep, love’s not cheap, and trucks don’t wreck themselves’ — and builds
to a chorus about life being a game of patience and learning. You think he’s
singing about the value of wisdom, and then the bridge deals a haymaker: ‘What
really makes you a man / Is being true to her till your glass runs out of
sand,’” before noting he “weaves excellence out of ordinary threads.”
However, the reflective track
almost didn’t make the album. Church noted, “I was playing the album for a
dear friend of ours and my wife was with me. This person loved the album, but
my wife said, ‘but let me play you what did not make it,’ and the first thing
she played was ‘Some Of It.’ It was always a favorite song of mine, and I
listened to it that night and it is just… I am going to regret if I do not
record this song. I called my manager that night and said, ‘hey we have got to
talk.’ The recording was done, the record was essentially done, but I said, ‘I
have got to do this, I have to add this song.’ Initially, all the stuff that I
thought was going to be the pillars for this album just bombed. But I think
it’s really interesting that the album took on an identity that allowed ‘Some
Of It’ to make it from where it started to where it is now, and it just fit in
the dialogue. To me, it made the album. I loved the album before it was on
there - but it might be my favorite album now that it’s on there, so that’s the
way I look at it.”
Additionally, Entertainment Weekly praised
Church’s mastery of such “meditative mid-tempo numbers reflecting on simple
truths – none better than the hard-won wisdom of ‘Some Of It’” at his recent
Nissan Stadium show in Nashville, where he broke the venue’s concert attendance
record with more than 56,000 fans just two weeks before awing the same stadium’s
audience with a 30-minute, solo acoustic CMA Fest set that featured a medley of
17 hits.
Church also used his solo stadium show to debut the chart-topping song’s music video directed
by Reid Long, which continues the jailbird storyline of his “Desperate Man” video
(6.5 million YouTube Views)
The critically-acclaimed Double Down Tour continues
this fall, resuming on Sept. 13 in Green Bay, Wisc.
Luke
Bryan netted his 28th Country Airplay top 10 as “Knockin’
Boots” (Capitol Nashville) kicked 11-10, up 10% to 27.6 million
impressions. He is the 15th artist to achieve that amount of top 10s. George
Strait leads all artists with 61.
MIRANDA LAMBERT ACHIEVES CAREER BEST OPENING
WEEK WITH “IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH”
No. 1 Most Added, Lambert's New Single Garners 112 Impact Week Radio Stations with 112 Billboard and Mediabase/Country Aircheck stations and SiriusXM The Highway onboard.
No. 1 Most Added, Lambert's New Single Garners 112 Impact Week Radio Stations with 112 Billboard and Mediabase/Country Aircheck stations and SiriusXM The Highway onboard.
On the heels of Thursday’s nationwide premiere of her first
taste of new solo music in nearly three years, Lambert achieved her career
best opening week.
Miranda
Lambert with “It All Comes Out in the Wash”
(Vanner/RCA Nashville), the first single from her upcoming album, blasted onto
Country Airplay at No. 19 with 11.2 million impressions. The track —
penned by Lambert, Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey and Liz Rose — opened at No.
36 on Hot Country Songs. “Wash” marked Lambert’s second-best Country Airplay
debut among 31 entries, after “Vice,” which arrived at No. 18 in August 2016.
She boasted five No. 1s and 12 top 10s. She last topped the tally when she
appeared on Jason Aldean’s “Drowns the Whiskey,” which ruled for two weeks
starting in August 2018.
Critic’s praise of Lambert’s new Vanner Records/RCA Nashville
single includes the following:
“‘All Comes Out in the Wash’ arrives as Lambert’s most exciting single in years, a return to the type of playful wordplay and lowdown country humor of her earlier work...” Rolling Stone
“…the infectious, tongue-in-cheek tune is a welcome return for the singer-songwriter.” Billboard
“…a cute-as-hell country bop that reminds us that "hard times do eventually pass," as she put it in a press release…” NPR
“It All Comes Out In The Wash,” co-written by Lambert and The Love Junkies (Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose), and an additional track, “Locomotive” (Lambert, Ashley Monroe and K.S. Rhoads), are both available now on all streaming platforms and digital retailers. The two new songs were produced by Jay Joyce.
Lambert will hit the road for the Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour this fall, with special guests Maren Morris and Elle King, as well as Pistol Annies, Tenille Townes, Ashley McBryde and Caylee Hammack on various dates.
“‘All Comes Out in the Wash’ arrives as Lambert’s most exciting single in years, a return to the type of playful wordplay and lowdown country humor of her earlier work...” Rolling Stone
“…the infectious, tongue-in-cheek tune is a welcome return for the singer-songwriter.” Billboard
“…a cute-as-hell country bop that reminds us that "hard times do eventually pass," as she put it in a press release…” NPR
“It All Comes Out In The Wash,” co-written by Lambert and The Love Junkies (Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose), and an additional track, “Locomotive” (Lambert, Ashley Monroe and K.S. Rhoads), are both available now on all streaming platforms and digital retailers. The two new songs were produced by Jay Joyce.
Lambert will hit the road for the Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour this fall, with special guests Maren Morris and Elle King, as well as Pistol Annies, Tenille Townes, Ashley McBryde and Caylee Hammack on various dates.
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (1 week) *** “Some Of It” Eric Church 41.136 million audience (+3.414
million) / 8,035 radio plays (+640)
** Hot
Shot Debut/ Most Increased Audience/ Most Added ** No.19 “It All Comes Out In
The Wash” Miranda Lambert +11.181 Million audience gain thanks to 92 fresh
radio commitments (ADDS)
Debut
No. 54 “What
Could've Been” Gone West
Billboard Country Digital Singles Chart
Billboard Country Digital Singles Chart
Blanco Brown with “The
Git Up” (Trailer Trap Music/BMG/Broken Bow) held at No.1 on Country
Digital Song Sales for a fourth week (#3 non-mover Digital
Songs; 31,000 sold, up 10%)).
It was one place behind Lil Nas X's "Old
Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, which ruled the Billboard Hot 100 for
a 16th week, tying the record for the most time tallied at No.1 in the chart's
six-decade history.
"Road" spent a 12th week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with
45,000 downloads sold (up 4%; under 15% from the Young Thug and Ramsey remix),
in the week ending July 18. On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2,
"Road" retreated 8-10, with 53.5 million audience impressions, down
18%, in the week ending July 21.
“This song has been a uniter not a divider. I’m giving
God the glory now for allowing me the gift to be part of such a special song.
It’s a unique moment in time where people from all over the world and all walks
of life find they have more in common than they do different. It’s a moment
we’ve all shared and I’m grateful for it," said Cyrus.
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached
No. 1
16, "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, beginning April 13, 2019
16, "Despacito," Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, "Uptown Funk!," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, "I'll Make Love to You," Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992
(Source: Billboard)
16, "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, beginning April 13, 2019
16, "Despacito," Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, "Uptown Funk!," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, "I'll Make Love to You," Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992
(Source: Billboard)
The cultural phenomenon that is “Old Town Road” feat. Cyrus
has achieved RIAA Diamond status of more than 10 million units. The
star-studded music video for
the track has exceeded 200 Million views since released in May.
Kane Brown with
“Like A Rodeo” snagged Hot Shot honours making a debut at No.2
(#6 New Entry Digital Songs).
9 non-consecutive week No1. Blake Shelton with “God’s Country” (Warner Bros./Warner
Music Nashville) fell 2-3 (#9-7
Digital Songs) in its 16th frame.
Kenny Chesney with
“Tip Of My Tongue” made a debut at No.4 (#11 New Entry
Digital Songs).
Luke Combs with “Beer
Never Broke My Heart” (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music
Nashville) fell 3-5 (#13 non-mover Digital
Songs). Additionally, Comb’s “Beautiful Crazy” fell 13-15.
Luke Bryan with “Knockin' Boots” fell 4-6 (#15
non-mover Digital Songs).
Morgan Wallen with
“Whiskey Glasses” fell 5-7 (#20-22 Digital Songs).
Lee
Brice with “Rumor”
fell 6-8 (#21-29 Digital Songs).
Dan + Shay (Dan
Smyers and Shay Mooney) with Speechless”
fell 7-9 (#32-35 Digital
Songs).
Marshmello
& Kane Brown with “One
Thing Right” moved 11-10 (#46-40 Digital Songs).
Outside
the Top 10
Eric Church with “Some Of It” fell 9-11 (#42-46
Digital Songs).
Chris Stapleton
with “Tennessee Whiskey” fell 8-11 (#41-49 Digital Songs).
Thomas Rhett with
“Look What God Gave Her” fell 10-14 (#43 – off the top 50 Digital
Songs).
Chris Young &
Lauren Alaina with “Town Ain't Big Enough”
made a debut at No.12.
Miranda Lambert with
“It All Comes Out In The Wash” made a debut at No.16 and
“Locomotive” made a debut at No.25.
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
July
22, 2019
Eric Church Takes #1 Spot With ‘Some Of It’
Congratulations
to EMI NASHVILLE’s Eric Church, who
scored the #1 song on the MEDIABASE Country singles chart this week with
his current hit, “Some Of It.”
“Some Of It” (EMI
Nashville) rose 2-1 logging 8,828 radio spins (+918), 55.219 million audience impressions (+4.525)
with 28613 Total Points (+2724) from 156 tracking stations (156 ADDS)
for the tracking week July 14 to July 20, 2019 and published chart dated July
22, 2019.
Miranda Lambert Is Most-Added With 'It All Comes Out In The Wash'
Kudos
to Dennis Reese and the RCA reps on notching 108 adds for Miranda Lambert’s “It All Comes Out In
The Wash”. The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart week.
Mediabase
Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title
(Label) TW Total Historic Adds
MIRANDA
LAMBERT/It All Comes
Out In The Wash (RCA) 108 108
JON
LANGSTON/Now You Know (EMI Nashville) 34 35
KENNY
CHESNEY/Tip Of My Tongue (Blue Chair/Warner/WEA) 25 147
THOMAS
RHETT/Remember You Young (Valory) 24 104
CODY
JOHNSON/Nothin' On You (CoJo/Warner/WMN) 21 27
THOMPSON
SQUARE/Masterpiece (Davmo) 17 17
KING
CALAWAY/World For Two (Stoney Creek) 13 83
HALEY &
MICHAELS/Hail Mary (Hickory/Sony/ATV) 9 18
GONE
WEST/What Could've Been
(Triple Tigers) 8 53
BLANCO
BROWN/The Git Up (BBR/BMG) 7 35
CHASE
RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow) 7 59
TRISHA
YEARWOOD/Every Girl In
This Town (Gwendolyn/Pearl) 7 117
CHRIS LANE/I
Don't Know About You (Big Loud) 6 140
CARRIE
UNDERWOOD/Southbound
(Capitol) 5 155
DIERKS
BENTLEY/Living (Capitol Nashville) 5 153
JAKE
OWEN/Homemade (Big Loud ) 5 85
JORDAN
DAVIS/Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (MCA) 5 129
TEDDY
ROBB/Really Shouldn't Drink... (Monument/Arista) 5 28
MORGAN
WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud) 2 2
GABBY
BARRETT/I Hope
(Warner/WAR) 1 6
KANE
BROWN/Homesick (RCA) 1 4
MARSHMELLO
& KANE BROWN/One Thing Right (RCA) 1 2
NEONPPL f/B.
YOUNG/ONElittleTOWN (---) 1 4
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #35
Event
Venue City/State: Carrie Underwood,
Maddie & Tae, Runaway
June Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, Wis.
Dates:
June 20, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,050,421 Attend:
13,136/ 13,136
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $96, $35
Promoters: AEG Presents
Rank
Artist: #37
Event
Venue City/State: Carrie Underwood Talking Stick
Resort Arena Phoenix, Ariz.
Dates:
May 9, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,036,632 Attend:
12,727/ 12,727
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $96, $46
Promoters: AEG Presents
Rank
Artist: #38
Event
Venue City/State: Carrie Underwood,
Maddie & Tae, Runaway
June Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Wash.
Dates:
May 24, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,035,772 Attend:
12,898/ 12,898
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $99.50, $35
Promoters:
AEG Presents
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