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Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of September 14, 2019)
Country Album Chart ** No.1 (47
non-consecutive weeks) ** THIS ONE’S FOR YOU Luke
Combs
Hot Country Songs ** **
No.1 (9 non-consecutive weeks) ** “The Git Up” Blanco
Brown
Country Airplay ** No.1 (1 week) ** “Knockin' Boots” Luke Bryan
Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (11 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).
Tool's 'Fear Inoculum' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With
Biggest Week For a Rock Album in Over 1 Year
Tool
returned in strong form at the top of the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart
(BB200), as the band’s first album in 13 years, FEAR INOCULUM, debuted at No.
1 with the biggest week for any rock album in over one year.
The
band’s third No. 1 bows with 270,000 equivalent album units earned in
the week ending Sept. 5 in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 248,000 were in album sales.
Of
Fear Inoculum’s total unit start of 270,000 units, album sales comprised
248,000, TEA units were under 1,000 and SEA units were 21,000 (equating to 27.6
million on-demand audio streams for the album’s 10 tracks in its first week).
Fear
Inoculum was only sold in two formats: a digital download and a limited-edition
CD, which was physically packaged with a 4-inch HD screen and exclusive video
footage, a speaker and a 36-page booklet. The elaborate CD retailed for around
$45-$50 and quickly became scarce at retail.
The
over-the-top CD packaging is an extension of what other artists have employed
in 2019 to enhance the allure of the CD purchase.
Taylor
Swift’s LOVER fell from No.1 to No. 2 in
its second week, earning 178,000 equivalent album units (down 79% from its big
first week of 867,000 units).
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.
Thanks
to consumption units Luke Combs’ debut
full-length, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony
Music Nashville) rose 2-1 (#18-19 Billboard 200). It was actually the weeks’ seventh best
selling country album trailing 1 NEW 1 Sheryl Crow (Threads), Trisha
Yearwood (Every Girl), Midland (Let It Roll), Vince Gill (Okie), Tanya Tucker (While I'm
Livin') and Chris Stapleton (Traveller)
Additionally,
Combs’ latest release, THE PREQUEL (River House/Columbia Nashville/ Sony
Music Nashville) fell 6-7 (#61-59 BB200) in its 13th frame.
CROW
FLIES IN: Sheryl
Crow with THREADS (Valory/Big
Machine Label Group) arrived at a career-best No. 2 on Top Country
Albums. In her lone prior appearance, Feels Like Home debuted and peaked at No.
3 in September 2013 (36,427 debut sales). Threads started with 15,000
equivalent album units, with 14,000 in traditional sales.
The
new set sports an array of collaborators from country, rock and Americana,
including Kris Kristofferson, Stevie Nicks and The Rolling Stones’ Keith
Richards. Lead single “Prove You Wrong” (featuring Nicks and Maren Morris)
bowed and peaked at No. 33 on the Country Airplay chart dated June 15.
Critical reception for Sheryl Crow’s THREADS:
It’s got some of the best writing she’s done. And in the lighter moments
or the ones where you can’t escape thinking about the sheer amount of
talent-wrangling that went into it… well, what’s the musical equivalent of
people-watching? “Threads” is never less than a great excuse to people-listen
as she runs through her A-list of Facebook friends. - Variety.com 87/100
The Guardian (Rating 6/10) - Threads is an ambitious, gloriously overstuffed
reminder of Crow’s talents.
Allmusic (Rating: 3.1/2 STARS) Running a leisurely 75 minutes, Threads doesn't
seem sequenced so much as unedited; it's as if instead of finishing the album,
she decided to dump every track out into the marketplace. This makes for a
somewhat somnolent record, but it's better to think of it as not a complete
meal but rather a buffet that contains something to please every palette.
Dan + Shay with their self-titled album (Warner
Bros./Warner Music Nashville) held at No.3 (#33 non mover BB200) in
their 63rd frame.
Morgan Wallen with IF I KNOW ME (Big Loud Digital EX) held at
No.4 (#54-53 BB200) in his 66th frame.
Trisha
Yearwood with EVERY GIRL (Gwendolyn),
her first album of all new country material since 2007’s Heaven, Heartache and
the Power of Love, which entered and peaked at No. 10 on Top Country Albums,
opened at No. 5 (#57 Billboard 200; 11,000 units; 10,000 sold).
Yearwood
added her 14th top10, a total that includes four No. 1s. She last led in
December 2016 with Christmas Together, with husband Garth Brooks.
(In
March, Let’s Be Frank, her tribute album to Frank Sinatra, one of her musical
heroes, hit No. 2 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart.). “Every Girl in This
Town,” the first single from Every Girl, bulleted at No. 34 on Country Airplay,
up 6% to 5 million impressions.
Yearwood’s latest offering includes 14 tracks — she’s joined by Kelly
Clarkson for “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know,” Garth Brooks on “What
Gave Me Away” and Don Henley in “Love You Anyway.”
Highlighting some of Yearwood’s favorite female songwriters (such as
Karla Bonoff, Lucie Silvas and Ashley McBryde) and working once again with
producer Garth Fundis — the studio boss behind many of Yearwood’s biggest hits,
including her self-titled 1991 debut — Yearwood says she’s managed to recapture
the creative spirit of breakout album.
“I approached this album without any pressure or expectations,” she said
in a statement. “I’m so grateful the songs were there. I found 14 tunes I
couldn’t live without. You want people to recognize you as an artist, but you
also want to take them somewhere they haven’t necessarily been with you before.
With the freedom of no expectations, I got back to that feeling I felt on my
first album, like I have to do this and put it out there. Over the years, I let
go of worrying about perfection. I just wanted to have a good time. I realized
maybe that’s when you do your best work.”
Critical reception for Trisha Yearwood’s Every
Girl:
Yearwood introduces the dynamic project with a dose of vulnerability
with “Workin’ on Whiskey.” Staying true to her roots anchored in cinematic
ballads, “Workin’ on Whiskey” finds her caught in the grips of a love that no
longer exists, discovering that the only cure to help her escape the heartache
is a glass of something dark and strong..Meanwhile,“When Lonely Calls” features
one of her best vocal moments on the entire album, sending her voice soaring
while honing impeccable control.....She pays brilliant newcomer Ashley McBryde
the highest honor with a cover of “Bible and a .44,” further proving her and
Brooks’ super-fan status. ...But the album’s most commanding moment takes shape
in “Matador,” standing as a gripping soliloquy. Yearwood embraces the striking
words of masterful songwriter Gretchen Peters, who’s long been one of
Nashville’s compelling storytellers. ...With soft trumpets providing a haunting
effect, Yearwood’s voice captures the intense nature of the song so delicately. - Sounds Like Nashville
When listening to Every Girl, you wouldn’t know it’s been a dozen years
between all-new albums for Miss Trisha Yearwood (how Garth Brooks once introduced
her to me), but that’s exactly the case and it makes me hope that her creative
spirt of albums (a Christmas duets project with Garth in 2017, the Sinatra
covers record Let’s Be Frank earlier this year, and this album) is going to
continue in the years to come. I simply cannot and will not be able to go on
without more new music from Trisha Yearwood. - Roughstock
Chris Stapleton with the 227-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) slipped 5-6 (#59-58 BB200).
Former 6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW
TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) fell 7-8 (#66-69 BB200) in his
73rd week.
Former No.1 Kane Brown with sophomore album, entitled EXPERIMENT rebounded 11-9 (#94-76 BB200) in his 43rd week as his self-titled
album moved 15-13 (#108-103 BB200; 144-weeks).
Former
No.1 Thomas
Rhett with CENTER POINT ROAD (Valory Music/ Big Machine Records) held at No.10 (#89-91
BB200) in his 14th week.
Outside the
Top 10
Former
No.1 Maren
Morris with GIRL (Columbia
Nashville/ Sony Music Nashville [SMN]) held at No.12 (#100-99) in her 26th frame.
Florida Georgia Line with CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY (Big Machine Label Group) held at No.14 (#106-107
BB200) in their 29th chart frame.
Previous weeks’ No.1 Midland with LET
IT ROLL (Big Machine Label Group
| Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) plummeted 1-15 (#16-110 Billboard 200)
in their second retail week.
Former
No.1 Kacey
Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA
Nashville) fell 16-18 (#132-152 BB200) in her 70th frame.
Former
No.1 Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY fell 18-20 (#152-187
Billboard 200) in
her 51st week.
Outside the Top 25
In his second week Vince Gill with 12-track OKIE (MCA Nashville/Universal
Music Group Nashville | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) fell 9-44 (#71 – off the Billboard 200). It fell 3-4 on Country Album Sales.
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
The soundtrack album Various Artists Country Music - A Film By Ken Burns (Legacy)
made a debut at No.29.
The deluxe box set edition boasts five discs of music related to the
artists and recordings in the film, including songs by Jimmie Rodgers, Roy
Acuff, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and George
Strait, as well as photos, posters and memorabilia.
The
Chuck Wagon Gang with No
Depression In Heaven: The Gospel Songs Of The Carter Family (Mountain Home)
made a debut at No.31.
Following her death
in a three-car crash in New Mexico on Wednesday night (Sept. 4) 30-year-old Texas-based
singer and songwriter Kylie Rae Harris with her self-titled 6 track EP (Amazon UK - UK
iTunes) made a
debut at No.36.
The
Grascals with 12-track bluegrass set STRAIGHTEN
THE CURVES (Mountain Home Music Company | Amazon UK) made a debut at No.50.
Year-To-Date Albums
6,702,000 sales which is 30.0% down at the same point in 2018 (9,576,000 sales).
Album consumption is 35,622,000 units which is 5.5% up at the same point in 2018 (33,754,000 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 nineth non-consecutive week.
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (9 weeks) ** “The Git Up” Blanco Brown
** Streaming Gainer ** No.25 “Remember You Young” Thomas
Rhett
**
Airplay Gainer & Digital
Gainer No.28 “Even Though I'm Leaving” Luke Combs
** Hot Shot Debut ** No.48 “Family Tree” Caylee Hammack
Luke Bryan banked his 21st
No.1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Knockin’ Boots” (Capitol
Nashville) ascended 2-1 on the list dated Sept. 14. The
song reigned with a 7% gain to 39.8million audience impressions in the week
ending Sept. 8, according to Nielsen Music.
With “Boots,” written by Jon Nite, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson,
Bryan moved into a tie for the sixth-most Country Airplay No.1s, matching Jason
Aldean and Keith Urban’s totals. Among all artists, Kenny Chesney has the most
leaders (30), followed by Tim McGraw (29), Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton and
George Strait (26 each).
“I’m so grateful to radio and the fans,” said Bryan. “It’s just
mind-blowing. This song had me from the first time I heard it. It’s a
combination of fun, catchy and sexy, and I love watching how the crowd connects
to it at the shows. It is definitely one of my favorites to do.”
“Boots” is the first single from Bryan’s upcoming seventh full-length. It
follows “What Makes You Country,” which peaked at No. 2 on Country Airplay in
March, after he linked 13 leaders in a row (as a lead act and not including
holiday fare). “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” became his 13th straight No. 1,
topping the tally for two weeks in September 2018.
Chris Janson attained his
fourth Country Airplay top 10
as
“Good Vibes” (Warner Music Nashville/WAR) rose 11-9, up 8% to 22
million in audience. He scored his first top 10 since “Drunk Girl,” which rose
to No. 7 last October.
Brantley Gilbert and Lindsay Ell’s “Whatever Happens in a Small Town” (Valory) hopped
12-10 on Country
Airplay (21.9 million, up 8%). Gilbert earned his eighth top 10 and Ell notched her first
Co-written by Kelsea Ballerini, “Homecoming Queen?”
is the first single from her upcoming third LP. Released Sept. 6 and aided
by hourly plays on participating iHeartMedia stations that day, it entered
Country Airplay (9.5 million impressions) at No. 22, marking her highest debut
to date.
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (1 week) *** “Knockin' Boots” Luke Bryan 39.849 million audience (+2.724
million) / 8067 radio plays (+749)
**
Most Increased Audience/ Hot Shot Debut/ Most Added ** No.22 “homecoming queen?”
Kelsea Ballerini 9.545 million audience gain thanks to 81 fresh radio
commitments (ADDS)
Debut
No.53 “Monsters” Eric Church
Debut
No. 60 “No Stone Unturned” Randy Houser
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 eleventh week (#4-5 Digital Songs).
It was four places behind Lizzo’s “Truth
Hurts” which
spent a second week atop the Digital Song Sales chart, although down 28%
to 38,000 sold in the week ending Sept. 5, according to Nielsen Music. (A week
earlier, the song was helped by Lizzo's performance on the MTV Video Music
Awards; a four-song set on NBC's Today; and two newly released versions: a DaBaby
remix and a CID remix).
Marshmello
& Kane Brown with “One
Thing Right” advanced 4-2 (#18-12 Digital Songs) in their 9th
frame.
Luke Combs with “Beer
Never Broke My Heart” (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music
Nashville) rose 5-3 (#22-20 Digital
Songs) in his 18th frame. Additionally, 42 Re-Entry 3 “Even Though
I'm Leaving” made a Re-entry at No.9 (#42 Re-Entry
Digital Songs) - Luke Combs (3) Columbia Nashville, River House
9 non-consecutive week No1. Blake Shelton with “God’s Country” (Warner Bros./Warner
Music Nashville) rose 6-4 (#23-22
Digital Songs) in its 23rd frame. Additionally, Blake
Shelton featuring Trace
Adkins with “Hell Right” (Warner
Music Nashville) fell 12-13.
Matt Stell with “Prayed
For You” (RECORDS, Arista Nashville) fell 2-5 (#15-23 Digital
Songs) in his fourth chart frame.
Luke Bryan with “Knockin' Boots” moved 7-6 (#26-25 Digital
Songs) in his 23rd week.
Old Dominion with “One
Man Band” (RCA Nashville) climbed 8-7 (#37-30 Digital
Songs) in its 12th frame.
Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and
Shay Mooney) with Speechless”
rose 9-8 (#39 non-mover Digital
Songs) in their 63rd frame.
Chris Lane with “I
Don't Know About You” (Big Loud) pushed 15-10 (#44 New
Entry Digital Songs) in his 10th frame.
Outside
the Top 10
Morgan Wallen with
“Whiskey Glasses” slipped 10-11 (#45-46 Digital Songs)
in his 41st week.
Lee
Brice with “Rumor”
(Curb) advanced 22-12 (#47 Re-Entry Digital Songs).
Tim
McGraw with “Drive” (Columbia
Nashville) made a debut at No.17.
Ashley
McBryde with "One Night
Standards" (Warner Music Nashville), the singer-songwriter’s new co-penned
track, previews her upcoming sophomore album. It sold 3,000 downloads in its first week
and opened at No.22 on Country Digital Song Sales.
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE
Chart
September
9, 2019
Luke Bryan Scores #1 With 'Knockin' Boots'
Congratulations
to Luke Bryan, Royce Risser, Bobby Young,
David Friedman, Chris Schuler and the Capitol promotion team on landing
at No. 1 with “Knockin’ Boots.” The song is the first single from
Bryan’s forthcoming seventh studio album. Songwriters are Jon Nite, Hillary
Lindsey and Gordie Sampson.
“Knockin’
Boots” (Capitol) climbed 2-1 logging 8,570 radio spins (+632), 52.849 million audience impressions (+5.878)
with 27638 Total Points (+2506) from 156 tracking stations (156 ADDS)
for the tracking week September 1 to September 7, 2019 and published chart
dated September 9, 2019.
Kelsea Ballerini Is Most-Added With 'Homecoming Queen?'
Kudos
to Mike Wilson and the Black River reps on notching 107 adds for Kelsea Ballerini’s “Homecoming Queen?. The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart
week.
Mediabase Adds (Selective)
Artist/Title
(Label) TW Total Historic Adds
KELSEA
BALLERINI/homecoming
queen? (Black River) 107 107
LUKE
COMBS/Even Though I'm Leaving (River House/Columbia) 76 111
JASON
ALDEAN/We Back (Broken Bow) 33 33
ERIC
CHURCH/Monsters (EMI Nashville) 22 78
RODNEY
ATKINS/Thank God For You (Curb) 15 61
LOCASH/One
Big Country Song (Wheelhouse) 12 99
MAREN
MORRIS/The
Bones (Columbia) 7 67
BLAKE
SHELTON f/T. ADKINS/Hell Right (Warner/WMN) 6 131
OLD
DOMINION/One Man Band (RCA) 5 140
TREA
LANDON/Loved By A Country Boy (Warner/WMN) 5 27
ALISSA
GRIFFITH/Glasses
(Dreamhaus/PlayMore) 3 17
CAYLEE
HAMMACK/Family
Tree (Capitol) 3 107
GABBY
BARRETT/I Hope
(Warner/WAR) 3 50
INGRID
ANDRESS/More
Hearts Than Mine (Warner/WEA) 3 92
STEPHANIE
QUAYLE/Whatcha
Drinkin 'Bout (Rebel Engine) 2 5
TRISHA
YEARWOOD/Every
Girl In This Town (Gwendolyn/Pearl) 2 131
FLORIDA
GEORGIA LINE/Blessings (BMLGR) 1 1
JOSH
MIRENDA/Morning (Born & Raised) 1 1
JUSTIN
MOORE/Why We Drink (Valory) 1 1
TAYLOR
SWIFT/Soon
You'll Get Better (Republic) 1 1
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #6
Event
Venue City/State: Luke Bryan,
DJ Rock, Jon Langston, Brett Young, Cole Swindell Gillette
Stadium Foxborough, Mass.
Dates:
June 21, 2019 Gross Sales: $3,874,149 Attend:
52,139 / 52,139
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $126, $90, $66, $40
Promoters: Kraft Sport & Entertainment
Rank
Artist: #16
Event
Venue City/State: Luke Bryan, Jon Langston, Cole Swindell Northwell
Health at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, N.Y.
Dates:
July 13-14, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,776,313 Attend:
26,025 / 27,370
Shows/
Sellouts: 2/0 (1345 unsold tickets) Prices:
$135.25, $100, $40.25
Promoters:
Live Nation
Rank
Artist: #38
Event
Venue City/State: Luke Bryan,
Jon Langston, Cole Swindell Amphitheater at the
Wharf Orange Beach, Ala.
Dates:
July 19-20, 2019 Gross Sales: $1,091,161 Attend:
17,474 / 19,268
Shows/
Sellouts: 2/0 (1794 unsold tickets) Prices:
$100.75, $90.75, $60.75, $31
Promoters:
Live Nation
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