In
Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of August 31, 2019)
Country Album Chart ** No.1 (46
non-consecutive weeks) ** THIS ONE’S FOR YOU Luke
Combs
Hot Country Songs ** ** No.1 (7 non-consecutive weeks) ** “The
Git Up” Blanco Brown
Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) ** Rearview Town” Jason
Aldean
Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (9 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).
Young Thug Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With
'So Much Fun'
Young
Thug achieved his first No.1 album on the
Billboard Top 200 Album Chart (BB200), as SO MUCH FUN debuted atop the
list. The set earned 131,000 equivalent album units in the week ending
Aug. 22, according to Nielsen Music. Of that unit sum, just 5,000 were in album
sales — the rest was driven almost entirely by streaming activity.
So
Much Fun’s total unit start of 131,000 was comprised of 5,000 in album sales, 1,000 in TEA
units, and 125,000 in SEA units — easily making it the most-streamed album of
the week.
The
125,000 SEA sum equates to 167.9 million on-demand audio streams for the
album’s 19 tracks in its first week. That’s the fifth-largest streaming week
for any album in 2019 and the second-largest week for a hip-hop album this
year. The four larger weeks in 2019: the debut weeks of Ariana Grande’s
Thank U, Next (307.1 million; Feb. 23-dated chart), Billie Eilish’s When We All
Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (194 million, April 13), Juice WRLD’s Death Race
for Love (176.4 million, March 23) and the second week of Thank U, Next (168.6
million, March 2)
At
No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Lionel Richie with his new live album Hello
From Las Vegas arrived with 65,000 equivalent album units. Nearly all of
that sum was album sales, powered almost entirely by sales generated
from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer tied to his summer
tour.
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.
Speaking
of Combs, This One’s for You rules Top Country Albums for a 46th week (20,000
units), inching closer to the only title that has led longer:
Shania
Twain’s Come On Over dominated for 50 weeks starting in November 1997.
Thanks
to consumption units Luke Combs’ debut
full-length, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony
Music Nashville) ruled Top Country Albums for a 46th week (20,000 units; #19
non -mover Billboard 200), inching closer to the only title that has led
longer: Shania Twain’s Come On Over dominated for 50 weeks starting in November
1997.
Additionally,
Combs’ latest release, THE PREQUEL (River House/Columbia Nashville/ Sony
Music Nashville) held at No.4 (#57-58 BB200) in its 11th frame.
Dan + Shay with their self-titled album (Warner
Bros./Warner Music Nashville) held at No.2 (#32-36 BB200) in their 61st
frame.
Morgan Wallen with IF I KNOW ME (Big Loud Digital EX) held at
No.3 (#50-49 BB200) in his 64th frame.
Chris Stapleton with the 225-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) held at No.5 (#58-59 BB200).
Former 6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW
TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) held at No.6 (#63-65 BB200) in
his 71st week.
Former
No.1 Thomas
Rhett with CENTER POINT ROAD (Valory Music/ Big Machine Records) held at No.7 (#71
non-mover BB200) in his 12th week.
Former
No.1 Maren
Morris with GIRL (Columbia
Nashville/ Sony Music Nashville [SMN]) held at No.8 (#75-81 BB200) in her 24th frame.
Former No.1 Kane Brown with sophomore album, entitled EXPERIMENT held at No.9 (#77-84 BB200) as his self-titled album moved 13-11 (#99-100
BB200; 142 chart frames).
Florida Georgia Line with CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY (Big Machine Label Group) rose 11-10 (#95-96
BB200) in their 27th week.
Outside the
Top 10
Former
No.1 Kacey
Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA
Nashville) held at No.14 (#128-135 BB200) in her 68th week
(estimated total 254,000 copies).
Former
No.1 Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY rose 23-21
(estimated total 49-week total 498,000)
in her 49th week.
Former
No.1 Tyler
Childers with his new 9-track album, COUNTRY
SQUIRE (Hickman Holler/ RCA | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com )
fell 10-22 (#91 – off the Billboard 200).
Justin
Moore with his 10-track LATE NIGHTS
AND LONG NECKS (Valory/Big Machine Label Group | Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com )
fell 19-23 (#177 – off the Billboard 200) in his fourth week.
Outside the Top 25
Brett
Young with The Acoustic
Sessions (EP) made a debut at No.31 (#35 Country Album Sales)
Hunter Hayes with his 10-track WILD
BLUE, PT. 1 (Warner Music Nashville | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com ) made a debut at No.44
(#12 Country Album Sales)
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
Tracy Lawrence with 12-track MADE IN
AMERICA (LMG | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.6.
The project pays tribute to hardworking Americans and features 12
brand-new tracks, eight of them penned by Lawrence.
“This is my most personal album I’ve ever made," shared Lawrence.
"It’s something I’m very proud of and celebrates the American worker and
everything that’s good about our country. I co-wrote a number of the songs,
pouring my heart and soul in each of them. I feel it will resonate with my fans
and Country music lovers across this nation.”
The
Booth Brothers with Country
Roads: Country And Inspirational Favorites (Gaither) made a debut at No.9.
Lillie Mae with 11-track OTHER
GIRLS (Third Man Records | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.13
Dylan Scott with 7-track AN OLD
MEMORY (Curb | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.20
The seven-track project honoring Keith Whitley was recorded in the same
studio many of the original songs were recorded in and incorporates several of
the original musicians.
Produced by Jim Ed Norman, Matt Alderman, and Curt Gibbs, the EP also
features collaborations with Jesse Keith Whitley, who lends vocals to “I’m Over
You,” and Lorrie Morgan on the duet “Tell Lorrie I Love Her.”
Eilen Jewell with 12-track GYPSY (Signature
Sounds Recordings | Amazon UK - iTunes) made a debut at No.28.
Of
Note: Old Salt
Union’s new album WHERE THE DOGS DON'T
BITE debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums Chart this
week. The album has also claimed the #20 spot on the Heatseekers Albums chart, #19
on the Americana/Folk Album chart and arrived at No.31 on Country Album Sales.
Year-To-Date Albums
6,336,000 sales which is 30.5% down at the same point in 2018 (9,118,000 sales).
Album consumption is 33,550,000 units which is 5.3% up at the same point in 2018 (31,867,000 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:
Blanco
Brown’s “The Git Up” (Trailer Trap
Music/Broken Bow Music Group/BMG/Wheelhouse/ Stoney Creek/Broken Bow) held at No.
1 for a seventh non-consecutive week.
Chris
Lane nabbed his second Hot
Country Songs top
10 as “I Don’t Know About
You” (Big Loud) climbed 12-10. The move was buoyed by its 13%
hike to 24.8 million in radio reach as it held at No. 10 on Country Airplay. The
track was also up 4% to 5.7 million U.S. streams and 1% to 4,000 downloads
sold. Lane first hit the Hot Country Songs top 10 with “Fix,” reaching No. 10
in August 2016.
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (7 weeks) ** “The Git Up” Blanco Brown
** Streaming Gainer ** No.8 “One Thing Right” Marshmello
& Kane Brown
**
Airplay Gainer” No.11 “Living” Dierks Bentley
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.15 “Heartless” Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley
Featuring Morgan Wallen
** Digital
Gainer ** No. 25 “One Man
Band” Old Dominion
Debut
No.30 “Hell Right” Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins
Debut No.49 “Chasin' You” Morgan Wallen
Debut No.49 “Chasin' You” Morgan Wallen
JASON ALDEAN EARNS 23RD CAREER AND
FOURTH CONSECUTIVE RADIO CHART-TOPPER OFF NO. ONE ALBUM REARVIEW TOWN
ACM "Artist of the Decade" Jason Aldean with “Rearview
Town” (Macon/Broken Bow) rose 3-1 in its 26th week on Billboard’s
Country Airplay chart (dated Aug. 31), increasing by 8% to 39.9
million audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 25, according to Nielsen
Music. It took the top spot on both Mediabase/Country Aircheck Singles chart
and Billboard's Country Airplay this week. On Hot Country Songs thee track
lifted 7-4 for a new high in its 33rd week.
“Rearview Town,” which was penned by Kelley Lovelace, Bobby Pinson and
Neil Thrasher, marked Aldean’s 21st Country Airplay No. 1, tying him
with Keith Urban for sixth place among all artists for the most leaders on the
chart
(which launched in 1990). Kenny Chesney leads with 30, followed by Tim
McGraw (29), Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton and George Strait (26 each).
With the title track, Aldean scored his fourth No. 1 on the list from his
eighth studio LP, which debuted at the summit on both Top Country Albums and
the all-genre Billboard 200 dated April 28, 2018. The set has earned 1.3
million equivalent album units (496,000 in traditional album sales) since its
release.
“It has always been important to put out music that says something to
me,” Aldean told Billboard. “So to have four No.1s off this record is really,
really cool, especially eight albums in.”
“Rearview Town” follows the album’s previous three No. 1s: “Girl Like
You,” which ruled for two weeks starting Feb. 2; “Drowns the Whiskey”
(featuring Miranda Lambert), which reigned for two weeks beginning Aug. 25,
2018; and “You Make It Easy,” which also led for two weeks, beginning May 5,
2018.
Aldean is the first artist to score four or more Country Airplay No.
1s from an LP since Luke Combs rolled five straight leaders from his debut
LP, This One’s for You (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music Nashville),
from May 2017 through this April. The record for the most such No. 1s from one
set belongs to Luke Bryan, whose 2015 album Kill the Lights produced six
leaders.
Aldean first reached the Country Airplay summit with his second entry,
“Why,” which led for a week in May 2006. His debut title, “Hicktown,” became
his first of 30 top 10s (No. 10, October 2005).
Known to "immediately turn up the velocity" (Calgary
Herald) as he is "one of the top live performers in the current Country
music landscape,” (UPROXX), Aldean continues to make
"fan fervor reach a roar” (Times Colonist) during his
2019 RIDE ALL NIGHT TOUR that will wrap at the Texas’ Rangers Globe Life Park
on Oct. 11th. The “reliable performer” (OC Register) will also make his return
to Las Vegas, December 6-8, for JASON ALDEAN: RIDE ALL NIGHT VEGAS at Park
Theater at Park MGM.
Aldean is known for "pushing the boundaries of Country music" (USA
Today) as “he sells out stadiums and continues to bring his singles to the top
of the radio charts,” (Forbes). The multi-Platinum entertainer
has ushered in more than four billion digital streams while selling over 18
million albums. Aldean is only the second Country act in history to score four
consecutive chart-toppers on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart with his
current album REARVIEW TOWN, with six of his previous LPs having achieved
Platinum certification or better.
Morgan Wallen with “Whiskey
Glasses” (Big Loud) held at No. 7 in its 52nd week on Country Airplay, up by 1%
to 27.1 million impressions. The song, which topped the chart for three weeks
beginning June 8, has now logged 19 weeks in the top 10 (including 10
following its reign), tying for the third-most top 10 frames with
Luke Combs’ “She Got the Best of Me” (2018-19), Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road”
(2017) and Mark Wills’ “19 Somethin’ ” (2003).
Only two titles have spent more time in the Country Airplay top 10:
Lonestar’s “Amazed” (21 weeks, 1999) and Keith Urban’s “Somebody Like You” (20
frames, 2002-03).
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (1 week) *** “Rearview Town” Jason Aldean 39.862 million audience
(+2.892 million) / 7748 radio plays (+457)
**
Most Increased Audience ** No.6 “Living” Dierks Bentley
**
Most Added ** No.40 “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” Riley Green (23 ADDS)
** Hot
Shot Debut ** No.57 “The Bones” Maren Morris
Debut No. 59 “Front Seat” Rayne Johnson
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 ninth week (#2-3 Digital Songs).
It was two places behind Taylor Swift's "Lover" which debuted
at No. 19 on the Hot 100. It launched at No.1 on Digital Song Sales, with 35,000 sold, marking her record-extending 18th leader
(ahead of runner-up Rihanna's 14). The song is the title track from her new LP
which has already become 2019's top-selling album in the U.S.
The song by DJ-producer Diplo (real name: Thomas Wesley) feat. Morgan Wallen with Heartless debuted on
Hot
Country Songs at No. 15 with 6.3 million U.S. streams and 10,000 sold. The latter sum was good enough for a No.
2 start on Country Digital Song Sales (#13 New Entry Digital
Songs).
9 non-consecutive week No1. Blake Shelton with “God’s Country” (Warner Bros./Warner
Music Nashville) held at No.3 (#12-14
Digital Songs) in its 21st frame. Additionally, Blake
Shelton featuring Trace
Adkins with “Hell Right” (Warner
Music Nashville) made a debut at No.4 (#15 New Entry Digital
Songs).
Marshmello
& Kane Brown with “One
Thing Right” fell 2-5 (#9-16 Digital Songs) in their 7th frame.
Luke Combs with “Beer
Never Broke My Heart” (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music
Nashville) fell 4-6 (#13-17 Digital
Songs).
Luke Bryan with “Knockin' Boots” fell 5-7 (#16-21 Digital
Songs) in his 21st week.
Miranda Lambert with new
track “Bluebird” (RCA Nashville, Vanner) made a debut at No.8
(#30
New Entry Digital Songs) as “Mess With My Head” (RCA
Nashville, Vanner) fell off the top 25 after previous weeks’ bow at No.6.
Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and
Shay Mooney) with Speechless”
held at No.9 (#28-31 Digital
Songs) in their 61st frame as
“All To Myself” (Warner Music Nashville) slipped 12-13 (#48-50 Digital
Songs) in its 15th frame.
Morgan Wallen with
“Whiskey Glasses” fell 8-10 (#27-37 Digital Songs) in
his 39th week.
Outside
the Top 10
Old Dominion with “One
Man Band” (RCA Nashville) advanced 19-11 (#41 New Entry Digital
Songs) in its 10th frame as
“My Heart Is a Bar”, the traditional-leaning track which
previews the band’s self-titled third LP (due Oct. 25) arrived on Country
Digital Song Sales at No.18 with 3,000
downloads sold. Additionally, their new track “Young” debuted at No.22.
Kenny Chesney with “Tip
Of My Tongue” (Blue Chair, Warner Music Nashville) slipped 11-12 (#44-46 Digital
Songs)
Matt Stell with “Prayed
For You” (RECORDS, Arista Nashville) moved 25-19 in his second
week.
Falling Off The Top 25
After their debut at No.10 the previous week Lady Antebellum with “Pictures” (BMLG) fell
off the chart.
“She's Mine” the first single from Kip Moore’s upcoming fourth
studio album fell off the top 25 after previous weeks’ debut at No.7.
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
August
26, 2019
Jason Aldean Takes #1 Mediabase Country Spot With 'Rearview Town'
Congratulations
to BROKEN BOW RECORDS’ Jason Aldean for
taking the #1 spot on the MEDIABASE Country singles chart with his current hit,
“Rearview Town.”
“Rearview
Town” (Macon Music/Broken Bow) climbed 3-1
logging 8,540 radio spins (+736), 51.248 million audience impressions (+3.964)
with 26931 Total Points (+2138) from 157 tracking stations (157 ADDS)
for the tracking week August 18 to August 24, 2019 and published chart dated August
26, 2019.
Maren
Morris Is Most-Added With 'The Bones'
Kudos
to Shane Allen and the Columbia reps on notching 44 adds for Maren Morris’ “The Bones”. The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart
week.
 |
| Columbia Nashville celebrated Maren Morris' "The Bones" being most-added at Country radio. The single earned a total of 48 adds to date, including 44 this week. Pictured (L-R): Sony Music Nashville EVP/Promotion & Artist Development Steve Hodges, Columbia Nashville SVP/Promotion Shane Allen, Assoc. Dir./Promotion & Artist Development Olivia Laster, Dir./Southeast Promotion Mark Gray, Dir./West coast Promotion Paige Elliott, Dir./National Promotion Lauren "LT" Thomas, Dir./Northeast Promotion Lyndsay Church, Promotion Specialist Christy Garbinski, Content Producer Adam Davis and Mgr./Southwest Promotion Mark Janese. |
Mediabase Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title
(Label) TW Total Historic Adds
MAREN
MORRIS/The
Bones (Columbia) 44 48
KIP
MOORE/She's Mine (MCA) 43 49
RILEY
GREEN/I Wish Grandpas Never Died (BMLGR) 28 76
BLAKE
SHELTON f/T. ADKINS/Hell Right (Warner/WMN) 18 109
TREA
LANDON/Loved By A Country Boy (Warner/WMN) 18 19
INGRID
ANDRESS/More
Hearts Than Mine (Warner/WEA) 16 83
GONE
WEST/What Could've Been (Triple Tigers) 13 88
KANE
BROWN/Homesick (RCA) 13 96
RODNEY
ATKINS/Thank God For You (Curb) 13 42
MORGAN
WALLEN/Chasin' You (Big Loud) 10 69
THOMAS
RHETT/Remember You Young (Valory) 8 150
CAYLEE
HAMMACK/Family
Tree (Capitol) 7 102
ELI
YOUNG BAND/Break It In (Valory) 7 44
THOMPSON
SQUARE/Masterpiece (Davmo) 6 30
CHASE
RICE/Lonely If You Are (Dack Janiels/Broken Bow) 5 82
DUSTIN
LYNCH/Ridin' Roads (Broken Bow) 5 136
LUKE
COMBS/Even Though I'm Leaving (River House/Columbia) 3 5
ABE
MAC/Crazy (---) 1 1
ERIC
CHURCH/Monsters (EMI Nashville) 1 2
NOAH
SCHNACKY/I'll Be The One (Big Machine) 1 2
STEPHANIE
QUAYLE/Whatcha
Drinkin 'Bout (Rebel Engine) 1 3
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #28
Event
Venue City/State: Eagles Hallenstadion
Zurich, Switzerland
Dates: June 5, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,052,190 Attend:
7,486/ 10,694
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/0 (3,208 unsold tickets)
Prices: $414.37,
$96.98
Promoters: Live Nation
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