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Brief: Billboard Country Charts (Chart issue week of October 19, 2019)
Country Album Chart ** No.1 (1 week)
** FIRE &
BRIMSTONE Brantley Gilbert
Hot Country Songs **
No.1 (1 week) ** “10,000 Hours” Dan + Shay &
Justin Bieber
Country Airplay ** No.1 (2 weeks) ** “Prayed For You” Matt
Stell
Country Digital Songs ** No.1 (1 week) ** “10,000 Hours” Dan + Shay &
Justin Bieber
The
Billboard 200 chart measures multi-metric album consumption, which includes
traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent
albums (SEA).
SuperM Bundles In at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart With 'The
1st Mini Album'
K-pop
supergroup SuperM debuts at No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart
(BB200), as the act’s first effort, SuperM: The 1st Mini Album, enters atop the
tally. The set, which was released via SM/Capitol Records on Oct. 4, launched
with 168,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week
ending Oct. 10, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 164,000 were in album sales.
The
rest of the album’s first-week comprised less than 1,000 TEA units, and a
little over 3,000 SEA units. The latter sum equates to 4.9 million on-demand
audio streams during the tracking week for the seven tracks on the album.
(The album has seven tracks in total, but only five distinct songs. The additional
two tracks are instrumental versions of songs on the album.)
SuperM’s
handsome start was encouraged mightily by an array of permutations in which
to purchase the album, which was likely very appealing to the group’s fans,
since K-pop fans are often passionate about buying collectible physical
packages of an album. The 1st Mini Album had more than 60
merchandise/album bundles available to purchase through their official web
stores, a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with their
upcoming arena tour and eight different CD variants of the album (seven with a
different cover for each member, along with a group edition). The act also
staged a week-long pop-up shop in Los Angeles during street week, where fans
could buy the CD (as well as oodles of individual merch items).
Brantley
Gilbert earned his fourth top 10
effort, as FIRE & BRIMSTONE debuted at No. 9 with 36,000
equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 28,000 were in album sales. He previously visited the top 10 with The
Devil Don’t Sleep (No. 2 in 2017), Just As I Am (No. 2, 2014) and Halfway to
Heaven (No. 4, 2011).
Billboard Top Country Albums (Chart issue week of October 19, 2019)
Billboard Top Country Albums (Chart issue week of October 19, 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.
Valory's Brantley Gilbert has the top-selling country album with
Fire & Brimstone.
Brantley
Gilbert earns his third total and consecutive
Top Country Albums No.1 as FIRE & BRIMSTONE (Valory/Big
Machine Label Group) ignited with 36,000 equivalent album units (#9 New Entry
Billboard 200; 28,000
in album
sales).
Gilbert
wrote or co-wrote all 15 songs on his fifth studio album, which boasted the
single, “What Happens In A Small Town” featuring Lindsay Ell,
and collaborations with Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Jamey Johnson, Lukas
Nelson and Colt Ford.
PROMOTION: With his new album Fire
& Brimstone hot off The Valory Music Co. presses, Georgia boy and
modern-day outlaw Brantley Gilbert headed to New York for multiple media
appearances and performances. Gilbert kicked off the week with the “iHeartCountry
Album Release Party with Brantley Gilbert,” an exclusive performance and Q&A
at the iHeartRadio Theater NY. Fans
could tune into a 60-minute live video stream on LiveXLive. The event was also
broadcast live on iHeartMedia’s Mainstream Country radio stations.
Gilbert
also appeared for an early morning performance on Fox & Friends (Oct
8). Gilbert celebrated the release of
Fire & Brimstone on October 4 with the men and women on Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Gilbert spent the day touring the base and
meeting different units while learning about all they do for our country.
Saying thank you the best way he knows how – Gilbert capped off the evening
with a free concert with the USO for service members and their families at the
WPAFB theater with an hour-plus long performance kicking off with “Kick It In
The Sticks,” “What Happens In A Small Town” and ending with “Bottoms Up.”
CHART
HISTORY:
THE DEVIL DON’T SLEEP (Valory/Big Machine Label Group) his fourth
studio debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart
(dated Feb. 18), shifting 77,000 equivalent album consumption
units in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 66,214 were from traditional
album sales, making the set the top-selling album across all genres.
JUST AS I AM (Valory/Big Machine Label Group), his
third studio album, landed at No.2 on the Billboard 200 and at the
country summit with 211,288 copies sold
Luke
Combs’ first LP, THIS ONE’S FOR
YOU, bounced 4-2 on Top Country Albums (#21-19 Billboard 200) it was
the 8th best-selling album in this chart frame
Additionally,
Combs’ latest release, THE PREQUEL (River House/Columbia Nashville/ Sony
Music Nashville) lifted 7-4 (#53-51 BB200) in its 18th frame.
Dan + Shay with their self-titled album (Warner
Bros./Warner Music Nashville) rebounded 5-3 (#41-35 BB200) in their 68th
frame.
In
his second frame Sturgill Simpson with SOUND
& FURY
(Elektra/EMG) fell 3-5 (#12-52 Billboard 200).
Morgan Wallen with IF I KNOW ME (Big Loud Digital EX) held at
No.6 (#49-56 BB200) in his 71st frame.
In his second week Jon Pardi with
HEARTACHE MEDICATION (Capitol Nashville/Universal Music Group Nashville)
fell 2-7 (#11-60 Billboard 200).
Former
No.1 Maren
Morris with GIRL (Columbia
Nashville/ Sony Music Nashville [SMN]) climbed 13-8 (#103-62 BB200) in her 31st frame.
Chris Stapleton’s 232-week TRAVELLER (MERCURY/ UMGN) slipped 8-9 (#58-65 BB200).
Former No.1 Kane Brown with sophomore album, entitled EXPERIMENT held at No.10 (#82 non-mover BB200) in his 48th week as his self-titled
album held at No.14 (#111-105 BB200).
Outside the
Top 10
Former No.1 Thomas Rhett with CENTER POINT ROAD (Valory Music/ Big Machine
Records) rose 12-11 (#94-90 BB200) in his 19th week.
Former
No.1 Carrie Underwood with CRY PRETTY moved 24-12 (#195-92
BB200) in her 56th
week.
Former 6-week non-consecutive week No.1 Jason Aldean with REARVIEW
TOWN (Macon/Broken Bow Records) fell 11-13 (#87-97 BB200) in
his 78th week.
Former
No.1 Kacey
Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR (MCA
Nashville) fell 16-17 (#135-147 BB200) in her 75th frame.
Former No.1 Zac Brown Band with
THE OWL (ZB Collective/BMG | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) retreated 9-18 (#73-151 Billboard 200) in their third week.
Florida Georgia Line with CAN’T SAY I AIN’T COUNTRY (Big Machine Label Group) held at No.19 (#135-147
BB200) in their 34th chart frame.
Outside the Top 25
Former No.1 The Highwomen (Low
Country Sound/Elektra/EMG | Amazon UK - Amazon.com ) with their self-titled
album slipped 25-26.
In
his third week Riley Green with 14-track Different
Round Here (BMLGR | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com ) fell 20-29.
FALLING
SHORT of Top 50:
On the Country Album Sales list (pure sales;
old methodology)
In their second week Whiskey Myers with 14-track self-titled set (Wiggy Thump/ Thirty Tigers
| iTunes) fell off the top 50
from the previous week’s No.1 spot! (debut 39,000 in album sales). On
Country Album Sales it fell 1-11.
Old Crow Medicine Show with 11-track set- Live at
The Ryman (Columbia Records via The Orchard | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.10 selling
1,600 copies.
Kelsey Waldon with her 11-track WHITE
NOISE / WHITE LINES (Oh Boy Records/ Thirty Tigers | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.16.
selling 1,100 copies.
King Calaway with 12-track Rivers
(Stoney Creek Records / 24 Entertainment | Amazon UK - iTunes - Amazon.com) made a debut at No.19 selling
1,000 copies.
Various Artists with NOW THAT'S WHAT I
CALL COUNTRY CHRISTMAS (Sony Music, Universal) made a debut at No.32.
Rob Ickes / Trey Hensley with WORLD FULL OF BLUES
(Compass) made a debut at No.39.
Year-To-Date Albums
7,869,000 sales which is 27.6% down at the same point in 2018 (10,872,000 sales).
Album consumption is 41,057,000 units which is 6.8% up at the same point in 2018 (38,452,000 units)
Billboard Hot Country Songs (Chart issue week of October 19, 2019)
Billboard Hot Country Songs (Chart issue week of October 19, 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:
Dan
+ Shay and Justin Bieber’s “10,000 Hours”
(Warner Music Nashville/ WAR) roared from No. 40 to No. 1 (chart dated
Oct. 19), following the collaboration’s first full week of tracking.
The
coronation was the third for Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) and the
first for pop superstar Bieber. The song was written by Dan + Shay, Bieber,
Jessie Jo Dillon, Jordan Reynolds and Jason”Poo Bear”Boyd, and produced by
Smyers.
“We
wrote this song about our wives, and we’re glad that it means as much to our
fans as it does to us,” Smyers told Billboard. “The reaction has been
incredible.”
Dan
+ Shay previously led Hot Country Songs with “Speechless” for 11 weeks starting
in October 2018, followed by predecessor “Tequila,” which, helped by pop
crossover airplay, topped the tally for a week in February.
The
40-1 flight for “Hours” marks the biggest jump to the penthouse since Jason
Aldean’s “Burnin’ It Down” flew 42-1 in its second frame (also after its
first full tracking week), beginning a 14-week reign.
“Hours,”
released on Oct. 4, hauled in 33.3 million U.S. streams in the week ending Oct.
10, according to Nielsen Music, and also debuted atop Country Streaming Songs.
It’s
the first title to enter at No. 1 since Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s
“Meant to Be” in December 2017, as well as the first leader on the chart for
both Dan + Shay and Bieber.
“Hours”
sold 53,000 downloads in the week ending Oct. 10, good for a No. 1 arrival on
Country Digital Song Sales, where it’s the third chart champ for the duo
(following “Speechless” and “Tequila”) and the first for Bieber.
“Hours” clocked in at No. 4 on the all-genre
Billboard Hot 100, marking Dan+Shay’s best rank; the pair reached a previous
No. 21 high with “Tequila.”
Maren
Morris added her sixth Hot Country
Songs top
10 as “The
Bones” (Columbia Nashville) bounded 20-6. Following the arrival
of a remix with singer-songwriter Hozier, the song sports gains of 399% to
15,000 sold and 60% to 6.9 million U.S. streams. On Country Airplay, it bumped
34-33 (5.6 million, up 7%).
Chris
Janson netted his third Hot Country
Songs top
10 as “Good Vibes”
(Warner Music Nashville/WAR) vaulted 13-8. It rose 4-2 on Country
Airplay, up 10% to 36.4 million in radio reach, while drawing gains of 19% to
4.7 million U.S. streams and 7% to 2,000 sold.
Hot County
Songs
** No.1 (weeks)/
Airplay, Digital Gainer, Streaming Gainer ** “10,000 Hours” Dan + Shay
& Justin Bieber
** ** No.
** Hot Shot Debut ** No. 38 “Kinfolks” Sam Hunt
Debut
No.43 “After A Few” Travis Denning
Debut
No. 50 “In
Between” Scotty McCreery
Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week of October 19, 2019)
Billboard Country Airplay (Chart issue week of October 19, 2019)
Matt Stell held at No.1 on
Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as his launch single, “Prayed
for You” (Wide Open/RECORDS/Good Company/Arista Nashville), in its 38th week on
the chart dated Oct. 19, up 8.7% to 40.7 million audience
impressions in the week ending Oct.6, according to Nielsen Music
Sam Hunt tied his
highest Country Airplay debut as “Kinfolks” (MCA
Nashville) entered at No.18 with 12.9 million impressions.
The start equalled the opening position of his last single, “Downtown’s Dead,”
which debuted at No. 18 in May 2018 (and peaked at No.15 that June).
“Kinfolks” was released at 5 p.m. ET on Oct. 10 and, thus, made its chart
start with less than three-and-a-half days of availability, aided
by hourly plays on iHeartMedia stations on Oct. 10-11. Hunt tallied six
Country Airplay No. 1s in 2014-17.
Luke Combs collected his
seventh Country Airplay top 10
as
“Even Though I’m Leaving” (River
House/Columbia Nashville) lifted 12-8, up 17% to 24.3 million
impressions. He is seeking to build on his unprecedented streak of having sent
his first six charted singles to No. 1.
Old Dominion notched their eighth
top 10 as “One Man Band” (RCA
Nashville) ascended 13-9 (22.6 million, up 11%). The band
boasts six No.1s on the survey.
George Strait with "The
Weight of the Badge" became
the first artist to reach a milestone 100 Country Airplay entries,
dating to the chart’s 1990 inception. His salute to police officers arrived at
No.56 with 1.3 million audience impressions.
Country
Airplay
***
No.1 (2 week) *** “Prayed For You” Matt Stell 40.754 million audience (+3.261
million) / 7,959 radio plays (+494)
** Hot
Shot Debut/ Most Increased Audience/ Most Added ** No.18 “Kinfolks” Sam Hunt
+12.926 million audience gain thanks to 125 fresh radio commitments (ADDS)
Debut
No.53 “Hope You're Happy Now” Carly Pearce & Lee Brice
Debut
No.56 “The Weight
Of The Badge” George Strait
Billboard Country Digital
Singles Chart
Arriving at No. 1 on their Country
Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts Dan + Shay expand country music
around the world as their single “10,000 Hours” with pop superstar Justin
Bieber breaks records at more than 75 million global streams, making it the
biggest first-week streaming total in country music history by a wide margin.
Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber with "10,000 Hours" roared
onto the Hot 100 at No. 4, as it opened atop all-genre Digital
Song Sales at No. 1 with 53,000 sold in
the week ending Oct. 10, following its Oct. 4 premiere.
Dan + Shay notch their first No. 1 on the sales chart, while Bieber banks
his 10th, tying Drake and Eminem for the most among males. Among all acts,
Taylor Swift leads with 18 Digital Song Sales No. 1s, followed by Rihanna (14)
and Katy Perry (11).
"Hours" also entered Streaming Songs at No. 3 with 33.3 million
U.S. streams, while nearing Radio Songs with 19.6 million in all-format
audience. Being promoted to country and pop radio, the track ranked at
No. 25 in its second week on the Country Airplay chart, while debuting at No.
26 on Adult Pop Songs and No. 29 on Pop Songs.
Dan + Shay post their highest Hot 100 rank, after the pair reached a
previous No. 21 high with "Tequila" in July 2018. Bieber adds his
16th Hot 100 top 10 and first since "I Don't Care" (with Ed Sheeran),
which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in May.
Maren Morris with “The
Bones“ (Columbia Nashville) advanced 20-2 (#7 Re-Entry
Digital Songs).
Marshmello
& Kane Brown with “One
Thing Right” fell 2-3 (#13-15 Digital Songs) in their 14th
frame.
Luke Combs with “Even Though
I'm Leaving” (River House/Columbia Nashville/Sony Music
Nashville) slipped 3-4 (#15-16 Digital Songs) as “Beer
Never Broke My Heart” fell 7-8 (#29-30 Digital
Songs) in his 23rd frame. Additionally, “What You See Is What
You Get” made a bow at No.23.
Previous weeks’ No.1 and 14th non-consecutive week chart topper Blanco Brown with “The Git Up” (Trailer
Trap Music/BMG/Broken Bow) fell 1-5 (#12-17 Digital
Songs).
Old Dominion with “One
Man Band” (RCA Nashville) fell 4-6 (#18-19 Digital
Songs) in its 17th frame.
Matt Stell with “Prayed For You” (Arista
Nashville) rose 8-7 (#31-26 Digital Songs) in his ninth frame.
Dan + Shay with
“Speechless” (Warner Music Nashville) pushed 19-9 (#31
Digital Songs Re-Entry).
Chris Lane with “I
Don't Know About You“ (Big Loud) fell 6-10 (#27-35
Digital Songs)
Outside
the Top 10
Blake Shelton featuring
Trace Adkins with “Hell Right” (Warner
Music Nashville) slipped 9-11 (#36-38 Digital Songs) in
their 8th week. Additionally, 9 non-consecutive week No1. Blake Shelton with “God’s Country” (Warner Bros./Warner
Music Nashville) retreated 11-14 (#40-45
Digital Songs) in his 28th frame.
Kenny
Chesney with “Tip Of My
Tongue” (Blue Chair, Warner Music Nashville) moved 13-12 (#44-39
Digital Songs).
Ingrid Andress with “More
Hearts Than Mine” (Atlantic, Warner Music Nashville) rose 24-18
in her 3rd frame.
Jon Pardi with "Heartache
Medication", the title track from his new album arrived
at No.
21 on Country Digital Song Sales with 3,000 sold.
It rose 17-15 on Country Airplay, up 13% to 15.8 million in radio reach.
Falling off the Top 25
Lauren Alaina with “Getting
Good” (previous week No. 5 debut)
Carly Pearce & Lee
Brice with “Hope You're Happy Now” (previous week
No.10 debut)
Country Aircheck MEDIABASE Chart
October
14, 2019
Matt Stell Earns First Career #1 With 'Prayed For You'
Congratulations
to Matt Stell, Steve Hodges, Josh Easler
and Arista promotion team, as well as the Good Company promotion crew –
which has included Keith Gale, Jamice Jennings, Cliff Blake, Nathan Cruise,
Keith Kauffman and RG Jones – on landing at No.1 with “Prayed For You.”
It is Stell’s debut radio single and the first No.1 for the Good Company promo
team. Songwriters are Ash Bowers, Allison Veltz and Stell.
“Prayed For You” (Wide
Open/Records/GCE/Arista) climbed 2-1 logging 8,702 radio spins (+871), 53.599 million audience impressions (+7.034)
with 27970 Total Points (+2803) from 157 tracking stations (157 ADDS)
for the tracking week October 6 to October 12, 2019 and published chart dated October
14, 2019.
Previous
weeks’ No.1 Carrie Underwood with Southbound (Capitol) slumped
1-12 logging 4,723 radio spins (-3405), 30.648 million
audience impressions (-16.129 million) with 14648 Total Points (-11072) from 157 tracking stations
Sam Hunt Most-Added With 'Kinfolks'
Kudos
to Katie Dean and the MCA reps on notching 125 adds for Sam Hunt’s “Kinfolks”. The song topped the "Most Added" board this chart
week.
 |
| Team MCA Nashville celebrated Sam Hunt's new single, "Kinfolks," being most-added at Country radio this week. Pictured, back row (L-R): UMG Nashville Dir./Radio Marketing Donna Hughes, Dir./Promotion & Artist Engagement Chris Fabiani (peeking over the couch) and VP/Promotion David Friedman. Pictured, front row (L-R): MCA Nashville Dir./Southeast Promotion Briana Galluccio, SVP/Promotion Katie Dean, Coord./Promotion Kaileen Mangan, UMG EVP/Promotion Royce Risser, and VP/Promotion & Radio Marketing Chris Schuler (pictured holding a "Georgia Pine") |
Artist/Title
(Label) TW Total Historic Adds
SAM
HUNT/Kinfolks
(MCA) 125 125
CARLY
PEARCE & LEE BRICE/I Hope
You're Happy Now (Big Machine/Curb) 13 81
DAN
+ SHAY & JUSTIN BIEBER/10,000 Hours (Warner/WAR) 12 124
THE
HIGHWOMEN/Redesigning
Women (LCS/Elektra/WMN) 10 10
JUSTIN
MOORE/Why We Drink (Valory) 9 66
LAUREN
ALAINA/Getting
Good (Mercury) 9 58
INGRID
ANDRESS/More
Hearts Than Mine (Warner/WEA) 8 127
LITTLE
BIG TOWN/Over Drinking (Capitol) 6 66
RILEY
GREEN/I Wish Grandpas Never Died (BMLGR) 6 115
KANE
BROWN/Homesick (RCA) 5 124
BRETT
YOUNG/Catch (BMLGR) 4 110
CHRIS
YOUNG/Drowning (RCA) 4 55
MAREN
MORRIS/The
Bones (Columbia) 4 88
RYAN
HURD/To A T (RCA) 4 122
STEPHANIE
QUAYLE/Whatcha
Drinkin 'Bout (Rebel Engine) 2 9
TENILLE
TOWNES/Jersey
On The Wall (I'm Just...) (Columbia) 2 32
ASHLEY
MCBRYDE/One
Night Standards (Warner/WAR) 1 34
LANCO/What
I See (Arista) 1 1
RUNAWAY
JUNE/Head
Over Heels (Wheelhouse) 1 1
Billboard Boxscores (Selective Country
concerts)
Rank
Artist: #42
Event
Venue City/State: Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lynch, Russell
Dickerson Times Union Center Albany, N.Y.
Dates:
Sep. 21, 2019 Gross Sales: $697,917 Attend:
9342/9342
Shows/
Sellouts: 1/1 ** SOLD OUT ** Prices: $90.75, $70.75, $50.75, $30.75
Promoters:
Live Nation
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