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1 Country Update BILLBOARD.COM/NEWSLETTERS DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 1 OF 19 INSIDE Kane Brown s Lose It Wins >page 4 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE Tom.Roand@biboard.com The Kids Are Aright: Country Aims To Infuence Future Generations Tucker Beathard Returns >page 9 CRS Unveis New Faces >page 9 Reba s Fancy Kennedy Honor >page 10 Makin Tracks: RaeLynn s Catchy Taigate >page 14 Country Coda: ZBB s Fried Ride To No. 1 >page 19 With its historic attachment to songs about cheating, drinking and divorce, country music has generay been regarded as a genre for aduts. But new efforts at using the format to reach younger generations are transforming country into kids stuff. Producer Ross Copperman (Dierks Bentey, Brett Edredge) has assembed Homegrown Kids Country, Vo 1 (BBR Music Group/ BMG, Dec. 7), a 10-track project that has chidren ages 7-18 reimagining modern country songs such as Get Aong, Road Less Traveed and Everything s Gonna Be Aright. Doy Parton s new Dumpin soundtrack with guest appearances by Sia, Mavis Stapes and Miranda Lambert accompanies a Dec. 7 Netfix movie that addresses a chubby teenage gir earning to embrace hersef and navigate romantic opportunities. And Thompson Square deveoped Time to Get Dressed, a recenty reeased book that encourages kids up to age 5 to take command of a morning ritua they engage in the THOMPSON SQUARE rest of their ives. COPPERMAN Those projects come at a time when a new generation of young country artists is popping up in cutura moments. Tweve-yearod Mason Ramsey joined Brad Paisey and Carrie Underwood during the opening monoogue at the Country Music Association Awards on Nov. 14, and 15-yearod Tegan Marie performed in the Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 22. She aso pays the part of Wendy in a production of Peter Pan at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashvie Dec In an era when entertainment has grown increasingy crude or vioent, and difficut news stories are avaiabe onscreen 24/7, the positive messages in some modern country songs have the potentia to hep offset a bit of the negativity in the environment. I just wanted to ift kids up, says Copperman who has three chidren between the ages of 3 and 7 of Homegrown Kids. With our cimate poiticay, I know kids don t know what s reay going on, but they can fee it, and I wanted to pant these itte messages of hope in their minds. THOMPSON SQUARE: GARRETT MERCHANT

2 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 2 OF 19 Every generation of kids gets its eary training from somewhere, be it Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Mickey Mouse or Dr. Seuss. The singing cowboys in western movies incuding Country Music Ha of Fame members Roy Rogers and Gene Autry once taught essons of good and evi whie aying the groundwork for country. The genre again has the opportunity to hep chidren get a sense of the word and their pace in it, in part because of music s sticky nature. Copperman s 3-year-od daughter became so infatuated with Drunk on a Pane, a Bentey hit her father produced, that she asked him to sing it every night when he tucked her into bed. She has no idea, of course, what the song is actuay about, but the sex-and-acoho theme wi become cear at a ater date. Aternatey, Copperman discovered that his chidren pay coser attention to songs when they re deivered by kids their own age. Thus, he reasoned, it woud be idea to assembe a project that had their peers singing materia with messages that they grow to appreciate as they gain awareness. It s panting seeds, says Copperman. When these kids hear these songs on the radio driving around with their parents, I don t think the seed is panted, to be honest. But when they hear kids singing it, it ingrains it deeper into their sous, and they attach to it in a different way. That was aways a tenet in the Disney corporate mode. Successive generations of chidren coud see themseves in budding Disney stars from Annette Funiceo to Justin Timberake to Miey Cyrus and parents have generay trusted the company to incorporate usefu ife essons into entertainment that Mom and Dad can appreciate with them. One of the things that parents ove about our product is that it aows them to connect with their kids, says Disney Channes Wordwide vp music strategy Phi Guerini, who oversees Radio Disney Country and its terrestria outet, KDRC Los Angees. They know it s important to their kids, so this is an entry point. For artists, their chidren are often an entry point into the word of kids entertainment. Thompson Square members Keifer and Shawna Thompson gave it scant consideration unti they had a son, Cooper, in January Keifer organicay composed a chidren s song when he was dressing Cooper, and it ed to the Time to Get Dressed book, simutaneousy unveiing a new source of creative possibiities. It s different because you re not worried about radio, says Keifer. The ony person you have to impress is a 3-year-od kid. You bring out your inner chid again. You don t have to be an adut, and you coud just say something stupid and words that don t even exist, and that s just reay a fun thing about writing kids stuff. Parton s soundtrack eans on messages about finding your own pace in the word and buiding confidence in your uniqueness. Though the movie is geared toward kids approaching aduthood, it works as an extension of her Imagination Library, a program that provides inspirationa messages to chidren with free books before they start schoo. We ve earned a ot from Doy, says Copperman, whose own chidren have signed up for the Imagination Library. He was perhaps infuenced by a these books that Doy has curated for my chidren to read with these simiar messages of hope. Parton s own father tod her that the program is the most important thing she accompished during her career. And now that he s a father himsef, Keifer understands the importance of incuding upifting ideas in chidren s entertainment. For a ot of kids, it s not a great time, he says. They don t get the basic things they need [a ack of] ove from their fathers is a huge one I hear over and over again. Parton s Imagination Library and Disney s empire are signposts for what Copperman and Thompson Square both hope to accompish. The Thompsons, says Keifer, are potting more chidren s songs and books, aong with their aduttargeted country projects. Copperman, meanwhie, aims to turn Homegrown Kids into a twice-a-year series of abums. He s aso creating reated TV show concepts that he coud pitch to Nickeodeon or Netfix, and working with the Country Music Association s charitabe wing, the CMA Foundation, on a music education component for the project. In turn, Copperman hopes that the songs can embed a community spirit in a generation that faces a series of crises cimate change, overpopuation, mounting debt in its future. As parents, we put [our kids] in front of the TV, and we kind of monitor it, says Copperman. But there is so much junk TV... and I fee ike maybe this woud be my sma contribution to kids to give them positive, impactfu, educating essons. Parton chatted up her soundtrack to the movie Dumpin and a 9 to 5 seque in a Nov. 30 appearance on NBC s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Faon. Carton Anderson visited WUSY Chattanooga, Tenn., on Nov. 29 as he promotes his debut singe, Drop Everything. From eft: WUSY personaity Meissa Mo Turner, Anderson, Arista Nashvie regiona promotion manager, Southeast Ai O Conne and Entercom/ Chattanooga senior vp programming Justin Coe. Independent artist C.J. Soar stopped by WJVL Janesvie, Wis., on Nov. 28 as he works his American Girs singe. From eft: WJVL personaity Ashey Kix, Soar and WJVL operations manager/ personaity Ken Scott. Reviver duo Haey & Michaes redefined the Christmas tradition of sitting on Santa s ap. From eft: Reviver Northeast regiona Wi Robinson, Santa Caus, Ryan Michaes and Shannon Haey. Doy PARTON: ANDREW LIPOVSKY/NBC

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4 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 4 OF 19 ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@biboard.com Kane Brown Wins With Lose ; Dustin Lynch And Thomas Rhett Go Top 10 On Country Airpay Chart Kane Brown s Lose It (Zone 4/RCA Nashvie) ascends 3-1 on Biboard s Country Airpay chart (dated Dec. 8), increasing by 6 percent to 40.5 miion audience impressions in the week ending Dec. 2, according to Niesen Music. On the airpay-, streaming- and saes-based Hot Country Songs chart, Lose rebounds 5-3. It crowned Hot Country Songs two weeks earier (Nov. 24), dethroning Bebe Rexha and Forida Georgia Line s Meant to Be (Warner Bros./Big Machine Labe Group), which dominated for a record 50 weeks. Lose, which Brown wrote with Chase McGi and Wi Weathery, is the first singe from Brown s second fu-ength, Experiment, which debuted atop both the a-genre Biboard 200 and Top Country Abums charts dated Nov. 24 with 126,000 equivaent abum units. Lose is the third tota and consecutive Country Airpay No. 1 for the 25-year-od singer-songwriter. Heaven ed for two weeks in May, after What Ifs (featuring Lauren Aaina) reigned on Oct. 28, Brown charted two prior Country Airpay songs: Used to Love You Sober, his maiden posting, which peaked at No. 35 in May 2016, foowed by Thunder in the Rain, which reached No. 43 that November. A five songs have been reeased by RCA Nashvie, to which Brown signed in eary 2016 after buiding a strong socia media foowing starting in 2014, mainy by posting covers of songs by artists incuding Brantey Gibert, Aan Jackson and BROWN George Strait. GOOD NEWS Dustin Lynch adds his seventh top 10 on both Hot Country Songs and Country Airpay as Good Gir (Broken Bow) cimbs and 11-7 on the ists, respectivey. On the atter, the song hikes by 14 percent to 25 miion in audience. Lynch first reached the top 10 in 2012, with the No. 2-peaking Cowboys and Anges. SIXTEEN IS TOP 10 Thomas Rhett ros up his 13th Country Airpay top 10 as Sixteen (Vaory) pushes 12-8 (24.3 miion, up 11 percent). The track, which Rhett co-authored, bumps on Hot Country Songs. Of his prior 12 Country Airpay top 10s, Rhett ogged 11 as a ead artist a of which have hit No. 1. ( Sma Town Throwdown, by Brantey Gibert featuring Justin Moore and Rhett, reached No. 8 in 2014.) Rhett has racked up 18 appearances on the tay, having first reached the upper tier in 2013 with his first No. 1, It Goes Like This, which rued for three weeks. WORDS ABOUT SPEECHLESS Dan + Shay s Speechess (Warner Bros./WAR) eads Hot Country Songs for a second week after becoming pair s first No. 1 and the chart s third eader of 2018, foowing Kane Brown s Lose It and Bebe Rexha and Forida Georgia Line s Meant to Be. BROOKS ROLLS Garth Brooks notches his 89th Country Airpay appearance a tota that incudes 19 chart-toppers among 35 top 10s as Stronger Than Me (Pear), a tribute to wife Trisha Yearwood, debuts at No. 56 (1.2 miion impressions). Brooks ties Kenny Chesney for the second-most career appearances on Country Airpay, dating to the chart s aunch in January George Strait eads with 98 entries. Rounding out the top five most frequent visitors: Tim McGraw (83) and Aan Jackson (82). Brooks premiered Stronger with a performance at the 52nd annua Country Music Association Awards that aired on ABC on Nov. 14. Stronger foows A Day Long, which hit No. 11 on Country Airpay in September, and Ask Me How I Know, which ast December became Brooks first No. 1 on the survey since After a five-year break from the chart, he has posted nine entries since December BROWN: COOPER NEILL/GETTY IMAGES FOR HILTON ACM AWARDS SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN SUBMISSION DEADLINE JAN 4, 2019 IT S TIME TO RENEW YOUR ACM MEMBERSHIP APPLY OR RENEW BY DEC 31, 2018 CLICK HERE

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6 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 6 OF 19 Country Airpay WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS AIRPLAY MONITORED BY +/ +/ RANK LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashvie HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Kane Brown BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Aen SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME River House/Coumbia Nashvie Luke Combs SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay DRUNK ME Riser House/Coumbia Nashvie Mitche Tenpenny SHOT MCA Nashvie Kip Moore GOOD GIRL Broken Bow HH Most Increased Audience HH Dustin Lynch SIXTEEN Vaory Thomas Rhett BURNING MAN Capito Nashvie Dierks Bentey Featuring Brothers Osborne TURNIN ME ON Warner Bros./WMN Bake Sheton IS IT Tripe Tigers Scotty McCreery GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Adean MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapeton DESPERATE MAN EMI Nashvie Eric Church WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capito Nashvie HH Airpower HH Luke Bryan TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashvie Jordan Davis BURN OUT Big Machine Midand THERE WAS GIRL BMLG HH Airpower HH Riey Green DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud HH Airpower HH Jake Owen NEON CHURCH McGraw/Coumbia Nashvie Tim McGraw MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashvie Od Dominion LOVE WINS Capito Nashvie Carrie Underwood ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atantic/WEA Michae Ray NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capito Nashvie Keith Urban NIGHT SHIFT Capito Nashvie Jon Pardi ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson BETTER BOAT Bue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney Featuring Mindy Smith THE DIFFERENCE Vaory Tyer Rich HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young LOVE AIN T Vaory Ei Young Band

7 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 7 OF 19 Country Airpay WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS AIRPLAY MONITORED BY +/ +/ RANK LOVE SOMEONE Atantic/WMN Brett Edredge MISS ME MORE Back River Kesea Baerini BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Coumbia Nashvie HH Most Added HH Luke Combs EYES ON YOU Dack Janies/Broken Bow Chase Rice CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubiee Singers YOU RE IN IT Wheehouse Granger Smith TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Forida Georgia Line RUMOR Curb Lee Brice WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Waen WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Featuring Hiary Lindsey FRIENDS DON T Mercury Maddie & Tae FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheehouse LOCASH BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rasca Fatts BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheehouse Runaway June YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashvie Brandon Lay BUCKED OFF Arista Nashvie Brad Paisey LADIES IN THE 90S 19/Mercury HH Breaker HH Lauren Aaina FLOATIN Sturgeon Genera Unce Kracker DAY DRUNK Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans HOW DOES IT SOUND Dyan Schneider/Pacer Dyan Schneider THE ONES THAT DIDN T MAKE IT BACK HOME Vaory Justin Moore BRING IT ON OVER Mercury Biy Currington CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Cary Pearce I WON T BE SORRY Bue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy S COUNTRY Monument/Arista Nashvie Waker Hayes NEW STRONGER THAN ME Pear HH Hot Shot Debut HH Garth Brooks NEW LOVE YOU TOO LATE Warner Bros./WMN Coe Swinde I DON T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane RE-ENTRY I DON T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashvie Brothers Osborne NEW WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU 32 Bridge/EMI Nashvie Jon Langston /10 DEVIN DAWSON Dark Horse Atantic/WEA GOING FOR ADDS 44 GETTY IMAGES RUNAWAY JUNE Buy My Own Drinks The payfu song, the trio s third Country Airpay entry, bumps 50-44, increasing by 17 percent to 1.9 miion audience impressions.

8 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 8 OF 19 Country Airpay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY MOST ADDED TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist ADDS ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atantic/WEA Michae Ray 16 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashvie Od Dominion 16 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Coumbia Nashvie Luke Combs 13 NIGHT SHIFT Capito Nashvie Jon Pardi 11 LOVE WINS Capito Nashvie Carrie Underwood 7 TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Forida Georgia Line 7 CLOSER TO YOU Big Machine Cary Pearce 7 STRONGER THAN ME Pear Garth Brooks 7 NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capito Nashvie Keith Urban 6 MISS ME MORE Back River Kesea Baerini 6 MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist GAIN (IN MIILIONS) GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Adean SIXTEEN Vaory Thomas Rhett LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashvie Kane Brown IS IT Tripe Tigers Scotty McCreery BURNING MAN Capito Nashvie Dierks Bentey Featuring Brothers Osborne SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay DRUNK ME Riser House/Coumbia Nashvie Mitche Tenpenny BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Coumbia Nashvie Luke Combs WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capito Nashvie Luke Bryan TITLE Imprint/Labe NEW AND ACTIVE Artist RECURRENTS TOTAL AUDIENCE TOTAL STATIONS SOMEBODY S DAUGHTER Coumbia Nashvie Tenie Townes EVERY LITTLE THING Tripe Tigers Russe Dickerson GROWIN UP Stoney Creek Waker McGuire HEY WHISKEY Deuge/in2une Smithfied GOT MY NAME CHANGED BACK RCA Nashvie Pisto Annies DANCING AWAY WITH MY HEART Riser House Dion Carmichae TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist TOTAL AUD. (IN MILLIONS) 1 HANGIN ON RCA Nashvie Chris Young RICH Coumbia Nashvie Maren Morris BLUE TACOMA Tripe Tigers Russe Dickerson ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Coumbia Nashvie Luke Combs HOTEL KEY RCA Nashvie Od Dominion HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashvie Kane Brown TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay GET ALONG Bue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney DROWNS THE WHISKEY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Adean Feat. Miranda Lambert SUNRISE, SUNBURN, SUNSET Capito Nashvie Luke Bryan ADDS MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist GAIN GOOD GIRL Broken Bow Dustin Lynch +668 SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay +484 GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Adean +476 LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashvie Kane Brown +468 BURNING MAN Capito Nashvie Dierks Bentey Featuring Brothers Osborne +455 DRUNK ME Riser House/Coumbia Nashvie Mitche Tenpenny +401 IS IT Tripe Tigers Scotty McCreery +357 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capito Nashvie Luke Bryan +335 MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashvie Od Dominion +323 NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capito Nashvie Keith Urban +297 BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) $90,693 CODY JINKS 1,391 PFM/ $103.50, $23.59 Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham, N.C./Nov. 1 1,880 NEDERLANDER $50,734 RODNEY CARRINGTON 1,345 $46, $30 Riato Square Theatre, Joiet, I./Nov. 16 1,859 VENUWORKS $48,833 KIP MOORE 1,164 NEDERLANDER $55, $45, $35 Vina Robes Amphitheatre, Paso Robes, Caif./Oct. 30 3,008 CONCERTS $47,290 SCOTTY MCCREERY 1,244 $55, $29 United Wireess Arena, Dodge City, Kan./Oct. 27 3,490 $26,530 RANDY ROGERS BAND 758 $ :30 Cub, Washington, D.C./Nov. 16 1,200 VENUWORKS IMP PRESENTS Reported wordwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures shoud be submitted to Bob Aen by phone ( ), fax ( ) or emai (bob.aen@biboard.com). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT ENDING NOVEMBER 25, 2018 WKS ON CHART TITLE (Labe) ARTIST TW SPINS MIRROR, MIRROR (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Randa King ON MY WAY TO YOU (CoJo Music) Cody Johnson FRIDAY S COMING (Independent) Pat Green LIFE IS (Mies Power) Cameran Neson IF YOU WERE A COWBOY (Independent) Bri Bagwe MY SOUTH (Independent) Nataie Rose RIO (Independent) Kye Park SHE REMAINS (Independent) Jamie Richards HONEYWINE (Independent) Fatand Cavary I GOT ME (Independent) Sarah Hobbs SPINS +/ WKS ON CHART TITLE (Labe) ARTIST TW SPINS BETTER PLACE (Independent) Drew Fish Band DAMN GOOD GOODBYE (Independent) Mike Ryan MISUNDERSTOOD (Vision Ent) Parker McCoum AIN T IT BABY (Independent) Josh Ward SMOOTH TALKIN LADY (Smith) Jason Aen TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD (Independent) Frank Ray SITTIN HERE (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr. w/cody Johnson YOU RE IN IT (Independent) Granger Smith HANG YOUR HAT ON THAT (Independent) Jon Wofe WD-40 & DUCT TAPE (Independent) Donice Morace SPINS +/ Texas Regiona Radio Report Top 100 is compied from weeky onine payist reports from 86 radio stations ocated in Texas and surrounding states, incuding reports from speciaty shows, internet and sateite radio outets. Songs are ranked by tota pays. For tracking, compete chart methodoogy and more information, visit or contact Dave Smith at Copyright 2018, Texas Regiona Radio Report

9 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 9 OF 19 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND AVERAGE JOES: MOMENTS BY MOSER SiriusXM presented Average Joes with a paque that ceebrated the abe s 10-year anniversary during an event at the Listening Room in Nashvie on Nov. 28. From eft: SiriusXM host Storme Warren with Average Joes CEO Shannon Houchins and co-founder/recording artist Cot Ford. NEW ALBUM IS A MOTHER TUCKER In one of country s most confusing disappearing acts since the turn of the century, Tucker Beathard went straight from the reease of an EP and a sophomore singe in October 2016 to amost tota sience. Chak it up to a run in what he cas Lawyer Land a protracted, emotionay exhausting dissoution of his reationship with Dot and Big Machine Labe Group. But a new, nine-track abum Nobody s Everything, reeased Nov. 30 on his own Mother Tucker abe takes a the rough-cut attitude that he dispayed on his first top five singe, Rock On, and focuses it in a mash-up of Eric Church-ike edgy country and angry at-rock. It s buit primariy on the throb BEATHARD of acoustic guitar chords, a sort of constant puse that suggests he has recaimed his creative ifeine. It taught me a ot, matured me a ot, says Beathard of the strugge to end the od contract, which infuenced the sound of Nobody s Everything. Everything happens for a reason, and going through everything I went through shaped me a ot as an artist and as a person. The project is a focused piece of work, with Beathard on guitars and drums, aided by producer Ryan Tynde on keyboards and additiona guitars, and bassist/engineer Jordan Rigby. They originay panned to record for a week in Tynde s studio after Beathard was free of his contract, but that turned into six months and 18 songs, which wi be reeased across two interocking abums: the frustrated first disc and a more upbeat foow-up. The first haf was making my way through a dark pace, and then the second haf is more seeing the ight and finay being ike, Let s have fun, he says. Beathard notes that he has had severa offers to reease the second haf (Warner Music Nashvie creative director Shane Tareton notaby attended a Nov. 28 showcase in Nashvie), but the singer-songwriter is particuary enthused to have music that s representative of his creative sou, which is now better defined because of the ega batte in his rearview mirror. As pissed off and whatever I used to be about the situation, it s the compete opposite, he says. I m thankfu for it, because it got me to this point right here. RADIO & RECORDS Jimmie Aen, Russe Dickerson, Lindsay E, LANCO and Dyan Scott were voted in as the performers at Country Radio Seminar s New Faces Show at the Omni Nashvie Hote on Feb. 15. The agenda for the three-day conference is avaiabe here Coumbia Nashvie appointed two promotion directors, Southeast rep Lauren Longbine and Northeast rep Lyndsay Church. Longbine takes over Jan. 1 as she wraps a three-year run as BMLG director of Southwest/Midwest regiona promotion and marketing. Church is promoted from a manager tite Hootie & The Bowfish signed a recording contract with Universa Music Group Nashvie, where ead singer Darius Rucker is aready affiiated with Capito Nashvie. A Hootie abum is expected in 2019, aong with a summer tour starting May 30 WIVK Knoxvie, Tenn., hired Kimbery Parker as genera saes manager. She previousy was Las Vegas Media Group vp advertising Cumuus/Detroit vp/market manager Tom O Brien announced pans to retire at year s end. The three-station custer incudes country WDRQ Country Radio Ha of Fame member Karen Daessandro has switched formats, according to The Miwaukee Journa Sentine. After osing her country gig when WKTI Miwaukee fipped from country to sports/ tak, she started Dec. 1 on-air at cassic-rock WKLH Greg Thunder joined the morning team at KMNB Minneapois-St. Pau on Dec. 3 as the station rebranded from Buz N to The Wof, according to InsideRadio.com. He moved into the roe from weekends Ryan Wid caimed the PD position at WLHK Indianapois, according to InsideRadio.com. He previousy was WKTI Miwaukee PD WCTK Providence, Conn., promoted Maddie Grimadi to middays from a fi-in post, according to Takers.com WXTU Phiadephia morning co-host Frank Lario eft the station, according to Takers.com Westwood One offers a 24-hour specia, An American Country Christmas With Kix Brooks, avaiabe Dec Premiere Networks is producing a four-hour Christmas specia, Come Home for the Hoidays, with CMT s Cody Aan, for airing Dec ROUND THE ROW New Austraian duo Seaforth signed a pubishing dea with Warner/Chappe Nashvie weeks after announcing its recording contract with RCA Nashvie. Members Mitche Thompson and Tom Jordan reocated to the United States in 2017 Roots music singer-songwriter-guitarist Samantha Fish joined the artist roster at Rounder Gabrie Communications aunched a new TV series, Country s Unbroken Circe, on RFD-TV on Nov. 30 with Bi Anderson as host Tech company Intercept Music partnered with Nashvie s Studio3Bee, founded by former Sony Music Nashvie coeagues Skip Bishop, Butch Waugh and Renee Be Appications for the Nashvie Entrepreneur Center s fifth annua Project Music Portfoio program wi be accepted through Jan. 18 here Community contributions to Music Heath Aiance s Hea the Music Day on Oct. 19 brought in $300,000 to the organization The Recording Academy bumped the nominations announcement for the 61st Grammy Awards to Dec. 7 to avoid confict with the memoria services for former President George H.W. Bush on Dec. 5. The Goden Gobe nominations wi be unveied Dec. 6 The Academy of Country Music wi accept submissions for its 54th annua awards through Jan. 4 here. The first round of voting begins Jan. 18 Songwriter Casey Anderson died Nov. 26 in Nashvie. A founding member of the Nashvie Songwriters Association Chris Lane and CMT host Marey Sherwood visited a driving range in Birmingham, Aa., for an episode of CMT Hot 20 Countdown that aired Dec Internationa, he co-wrote Mere Haggard s first No. 1 singe, 1967 s The Fugitive, with his wife, singersongwriter Liz Anderson, who died in Daughter Lynn Anderson died in 2015.

10 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 10 OF 19 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND MUSIC NOTES Reba McEntire officiay received her Kennedy Center Honor on Dec. 2, with Key Carkson covering Fancy in a much-heraded moment. Carkson was joined in the tribute by Brooks & Dunn, Kristin Chenoweth and comedian Meissa Peterman, who payed the ditzy Barbara Jean on McEntire s sitcom back in the day. The ceremony incuded an acknowedgement of the ate George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30. Bush was in attendance when Roy Acuff became the first country artist to win a Kennedy Center Honor in CBS wi air this year s edition on Dec. 26. Doy Parton has penty of ceebration panned MCENTIRE for First on the caendar is her previousy announced recognition as the MusiCares Person of the Year on Feb. 8, in advance of the Grammy Awards in Los Angees. Wiie Neson, Vince Gi, Don Heney, Kacey Musgraves, Linda Perry and Mavis Stapes have been added to a performers ist that aready incudes Shawn Mendes, P!nk, Leon Bridges and Chris Stapeton. Additionay, she wi mark 50 years as a Grand Oe Opry member on Jan. 4, and the Opry wi recognize her with Doy Week in October. She be the focus of the Oct. 10 Opry Country Cassics edition, with a roots-music ceebration of her cataog on Oct. 11 and a fu anniversary event on Oct. 12. She recenty appeared in numerous media, incuding NBC s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Faon, to tout her soundtrack to the Netfix movie Dumpin. BBR Music Group acts have some movie stuff in the works. Wheehouse artist Granger Smith issued They Were There: A Hero s Documentary on Nov. 30. And Stoney Creek artist Randy Houser pushed back his abum Magnoia from November to Jan. 11, 2019, to coordinate a fim that dovetais with the LP s yrics. A traier for Houser s project casts him as a bartender in an oi town, whie Smith buit his work around five peope who died in service. Smith hopes the movie is inspirationa: The main goa is to understand that we need to ive a ife worthy of their sacrifice. Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots set Jan. 14 as the date for their fourth annua Miion Doar Show at Nashvie s Ryman Auditorium, benefiting St. Jude Chidren s Research Hospita. The ineup incudes Luke Bryan, Lady Antebeum, Coe Swinde, Jon Pardi, Brad Arnod of 3 Doors Down, Maggie Rose, Baiey Bryan, Adam Hambrick and Rache Wammack, as we as unannounced surprises. Top Headines from Cick on the headines beow for more detais.com Forida Georgia Line s Tyer Hubbard Chaenges Country Music Peers To Support Gun Contro ON DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC Dec Lonestar per for ms I m Aready There during a miitary segment for the ighting of the nationa Christmas tree in Washington, D.C., aongside president George W. Bush Roy Orbison performs in Akron, Ohio, in what proves to be LONESTAR his fina concert. The night s set ist incudes Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream), Bue Bayou, Crying and Oh, Pretty Woman. Dec The Charie Danies Band records The Devi Went Down to Georgia at Nashvie s Woodand Sound Studios. Dec Kacey Musgraves and Tayor Swift receive four nominations apiece, making them the top country finaists at the 56th annua Grammy Awards Wiie Neson is recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. Among the others who receive the same award are Andre Previn, Bi Cosby, Shirey Tempe Back and songwriters Fred Ebb and John Kander. Dec Brothers Osborne earn a god singe from the RIAA for Stay a Litte Longer. Dec Keith Urban receives the Harmony Award from the Nashvie Symphony at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center The Country Music Association hires its first empoyee, secretary Jo Waker-Meador, in Nashvie. She ater ascends to executive director, utimatey joining the Country Music Ha of Fame. Dec LANCO s Greatest Love Story hits No. 1 on Biboard s country singes chart Arista reeases Carrie Underwood s two-disc compiation Greatest Hits: Decade #1. Dec Maren Morris is the musica guest on NBC s Saturday Night Live, performing My Church and 80s Mercedes in New York. Source: RoandNote.com, the Utimate Country Music Database Tayor Swift s Reputation Stadium Tour Breaks Record For Highest-Grossing U.S. Tour Warner Music Is Bringing Back Sesame Street Records Bebe Rexha To Receive Breakthrough Artist Award At Music Biz 2019 Live Nation Announces First-Ever Lawn Pass For Season-Long Entry To 29 Amphitheaters Indie trio Southern Hao made a pit stop at WOKK Meridian, Miss. From eft: WOKK PD/personaity Dyan Hunter, Southern Hao s Hannah Morris, WOKK production director/personaity Ken Stokes, and Southern Hao s Christina Morris and Nataia Morris.

11 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 11 OF 19 TWO S AGO WKS ON CHART TITLE PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) Hot Country Songs Artist IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL SPEECHLESS HH No. 1 (2 weeks) HH Dan + Shay D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,J.REYNOLDS,L.VELTZ) WARNER BROS./WAR LOSE IT D.HUFF (K.BROWN,C.MCGILL,W.WEATHERLY) SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,R.SNYDER,C.WILSON) TEQUILA D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,N.GALYON) MEANT TO BE WILSHIRE (B.REXHA,T.HUBBARD,J.MILLER,D.A.GARCIA) Kane Brown ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE Luke Combs RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE Dan + Shay WARNER BROS./WAR Bebe Rexha & Forida Georgia Line WARNER BROS./BMLG BEST SHOT Jimmie Aen A.BOWERS (J.ALLEN,J.LONDON,J.P.WILLIAMS) STONEY CREEK DRUNK ME Mitche Tenpenny J.M.SCHMIDT,M.TENPENNY (M.TENPENNY,J.M.SCHMIDT,J.T.WILSON) RISER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE BURNING MAN Dierks Bentey Featuring Brothers Osborne R. COPPERMAN,J.R.STEWART (L.DICK,B.PINSON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HANGIN ON Chris Young C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER (C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE GOOD GIRL HH Airpay Gainer HH Dustin Lynch Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,J.EBACH,A.ALBERT) BROKEN BOW SIXTEEN Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,S.M.DOUGLAS,JOE LONDON) VALORY SHOT Kip Moore K.MOORE (K.MOORE,D.COUCH,D.L.MURPHY) MCA NASHVILLE GIRL LIKE YOU Jason Adean M.KNOX (M.TYLER,J.BOYER,J.MIRENDA) MACON/BROKEN BOW IS IT Scotty McCreery F.ROGERS,D.WELLS,A.ESHUIS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,A.ESHUIS) TRIPLE TIGERS MILLIONAIRE Chris Stapeton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (K.WELCH) MERCURY TURNIN ME ON Bake Sheton S.HENDRICKS (B.SHELTON,J.L.ALEXANDER,J.OSBORNE) WARNER BROS./WMN DESPERATE MAN Eric Church J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,R.W.HUBBARD) EMI NASHVILLE TAKE IT FROM ME Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.DAVIS,J.GANTT) MCA NASHVILLE BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Luke Combs S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,W.B.DURRETTE,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Jake Owen J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) BIG LOUD BURN OUT Midand D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,D.DAVIDSON,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE THERE WAS GIRL Riey Green D.HUFF (R.GREEN,ERIK DYLAN) BMLG NEON CHURCH Tim McGraw B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (B.GOLDSMITH,R.E.LIPSEY,B.M.STENNIS) MCGRAW/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE MISS ME MORE Kesea Baerini F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,D.H.HODGES,B.MCLAUGHLIN) BLACK RIVER COUNTRY AIRPLAY RANK SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY PEAK POSITION RC 2 RC RC GETTY IMAGES 25 KELSEA BALLERINI Miss Me More Baerini, moonighting as a coach on NBC s The Voice, performed the song on the show s Nov. 27 episode. It ifts on Hot Country Songs, up 32 percent to 4.3 miion in radio audience, as it hops on Country Airpay and 8 percent to 7,000 sod. 47 BILLY CURRINGTON On My Way to You Currington adds his 21st Hot Country Songs entry at No. 47. The track cimbs by 4 percent to 996,000 streams. It sports 1.4 miion in radio reach as it pushes on Country Airpay.

12 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 12 OF 19 Hot Country Songs SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY TWO S AGO WKS ON CHART TITLE PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) Artist IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL NIGHT SHIFT Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (T.BROWN,P.LARUE,B.MONTANA) CAPITOL NASHVILLE MAKE IT SWEET Od Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,W.SELLERS,G.SPRUNG,B.TURSI,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE LOVE WINS Carrie Underwood D.GARCIA,C.UNDERWOOD (C.UNDERWOOD,D.A.GARCIA,BRETT JAMES) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HERE TONIGHT Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,B.CAVER,J.EBACH,C.KELLEY) BMLG ON MY WAY TO YOU Cody Johnson T.W.WILLMON (BRETT JAMES,T.LANE) COJO/WMN NEVER COMIN DOWN Keith Urban J.KERR,K.URBAN (K.URBAN,J.KEAR,J.ABRAHART,SHY CARTER) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE WHISKEY GLASSES HH Streaming Gainer HH Morgan Waen J.MOI (B.BURGESS,K.KADISH) BIG LOUD ONE THAT GOT AWAY Michae Ray S.HENDRICKS (J.FRASURE,T. ROSEN,M.RAMSEY,J.OSBORNE) ATLANTIC/WEA RUMOR Lee Brice L.BRICE,J.STONE,K.JACOBS,D.FRIZSELL (L.BRICE,K.JACOBS,A.GORLEY) BETTER BOAT Kenny Chesney Featuring Mindy Smith B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (L.ROSE,T.MEADOWS) BLUE CHAIR/WARNER BROS./WEA THE DIFFERENCE Tyer Rich J.RAYMOND,L.RIMES (R.AKINS,B.BURGESS,D.DAWSON,J.DURRETT) VALORY TALK YOU OUT OF IT Forida Georgia Line J.MOI (M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.ROGERS,A.VANDERHEYM) I DON T KNOW ABOUT YOU Chris Lane J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.HARDY,H.PHELPS,J.RODGERS) BIG LOUD LOVE AIN T Ei Young Band D.HUFF (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY) VALORY CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubiee Singers R.ATKINS,T.HEWITT,B.BOLLINGER (C.HARRINGTON,J.M.SCHMIDT,M.WALKER) CURB YOU RE IN IT HH Digita Gainer HH Granger Smith G.SMITH,F.ROGERS,D.WELLS (F.ROGERS,J.ADAMS,M.NESLER) WHEELHOUSE EYES ON YOU Chase Rice C. DESTEFANO (C.RICE,C. DESTEFANO,A.GORLEY) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW HOMESICK Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,M.J.MCGINN,T.PHILLIPS) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE LOVE SOMEONE Brett Edredge R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,H.MORGAN) ATLANTIC/WMN GOOD AS YOU Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,B.BERRYHILL,S.CARTER,T.PHILLIPS,W.WEATHERLY) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE DAVID ASHLEY PARKER FROM POWDER SPRINGS Travis Denning J.S.STOVER (T.DENNING,J.R.STEWART,J.L.ALEXANDER) MERCURY 47 NEW 1 BRING IT ON OVER HH Hot Shot Debut HH Biy Currington D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP,J.FRASURE) MERCURY 48 NEW 1 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Maddie & Tae J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.SINGLETON,D.RUTTAN) MERCURY 49 RE-ENTRY 2 BACK TO LIFE Rasca Fatts J.DEE,G.LEVOX,J.D.ROONEY (C.R.BARLOWE,N.MOON,S.MOONEY,F.WILHELM) BIG MACHINE 50 NEW 1 FRIENDS DON T Maddie & Tae J.ROBBINS,D.WELLS (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,J.M.NITE,J.EBACH) MERCURY The week s most popuar country songs, ranked by radio airpay audience impressions as measured by Niesen Music, saes data as compied by Niesen Music and streaming activity data from onine music sources tracked by Niesen Music. Descending tites beow No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks. CURB BMLG COUNTRY AIRPLAY RANK PEAK POSITION RC Year-Over-Year Abum Saes DIGITAL TRACKS SALES miion 14.1 miion miion 60.4 miion 43.6 miion For week ending November 29, Figures are rounded. Compied from a nationa sampe of retai store and rack saes reports coected and provided by Niesen Music. COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weeky Nationa Music Saes Report Weeky Unit Saes ALBUMS DIGITAL ALBUMS* DIGITAL TRACKS This Week 340,000 58, ,000 Last Week 310,000 73, ,000 Change 9.7% -20.5% -22.9% This Week Last Year 592,000 92, ,000 Change -42.6% -37.0% -28.6% *Digita abum saes are aso counted within abum saes. YEAR-TO-DATE Overa Unit Saes CHANGE Abums 19,047,000 14,144, % Digita Tracks 60,403,000 43,664, % Saes by Abum Format CHANGE Physica 13,021,000 10,128, % Digita 6,026,000 4,027, % For inquiries about any Niesen Music data, pease contact Josh Bennett at or josh.bennett@niesen.com

13 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 13 OF 19 SALES, DATA COMPILED BY STREAMING & SALES DATA COMPILED BY 2 S AGO S ON CHT RE-ENTRY 9 TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL TITLE KACEY MUSGRAVES MCA NASHVILLE */UMGN GOLDEN HOUR 1 25 LADY ANTEBELLUM RE-ENTRY 15 CAPITOL NASHVILLE 04818/UMGN (16.98) ON WINTER S NIGHT 0 2 Top Country Abums ranks the most popuar country abums of the week, as compied by Niesen Music, based on muti-metric consumption (bending traditiona abum saes, track equivaent abums, and streaming equivaent abums). Copyright 2018, Prometheus Goba Media, LLC and Niesen Music, Inc. A rights reserved. CERT. PEAK POS. LUKE COMBS ONE S FOR YOU RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE */SMN 1 1 KANE BROWN EXPERIMENT ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 ELVIS PRESLEY IT S CHRISTMAS TIME RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS/SONY COMMERCIAL MUSIC GROUP /LEGACY (8.98) 4 3 DAN + SHAY DAN + SHAY WARNER BROS /WMN BURL IVES RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS/GEFFEN /UME (8.98) 0 5 GENE AUTRY RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER AND OTHER CHRISTMAS CLASSICS COLUMBIA 63598/LEGACY (6.98) CHRIS STAPLETON MERCURY */UMGN TRAVELLER 3 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD CAPITOL NASHVILLE */UMGN CRY PRETTY 0 1 KANE BROWN ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE */SMN KANE BROWN 1 1 JASON ALDEAN REARVIEW TOWN MACON/BROKEN BOW/BMG */BBMG ( ) 0 1 BRENDA LEE THE BEST OF BRENDA LEE: 20TH CENTURY MASTERS THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION 11 NEW 1 MCA NASHVILLE /UME 11 THOMAS RHETT VALORY TR0300A/BMLG LIFE CHANGES 1 1 REBA NASH ICON CB & WM EX/BMLG MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS 7 ERIC CHURCH EMI NASHVILLE */UMGN DESPERATE MAN BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG BMLG BY0100A* 1 2 CHRIS STAPLETON MERCURY */UMGN FROM A ROOM: VOLUME BRETT ELDREDGE RE-ENTRY 15 ATLANTIC /WMN GLOW 2 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS /WMN (12.98) CHEERS, IT S CHRISTMAS 0 2 JOSH TURNER I SERVE A SAVIOR MCA NASHVILLE /UMGN TAYLOR SWIFT RED BIG MACHINE A*/BMLG (18.98) 7 1 GARTH BROOKS & TRISHA YEARWOOD CHRISTMAS TOGETHER GWENDOLYN 60013/PEARL RE-ENTRY 8 JON PARDI CALIFORNIA SUNRISE CAPITOL NASHVILLE */UMGN 1 1 JOHN PRINE THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS OH BOY 13327* (35143) 2 COUNTRY STREAMING SONGS WKS ON CHART TITLE ARTIST A HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS BURL IVES ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE BRENDA LEE JINGLE BELL ROCK BOBBY HELMS RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER GENE AUTRY HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE) GENE AUTRY BLUE CHRISTMAS ELVIS PRESLEY MEANT TO BE BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE SPEECHLESS DAN + SHAY TEQUILA DAN + SHAY HEAVEN KANE BROWN RE-ENTRY TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON LOSE IT KANE BROWN SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME LUKE COMBS WHERE ARE YOU CHRISTMAS? FAITH HILL DRUNK ME MITCHELL TENPENNY BEAUTIFUL CRAZY LUKE COMBS MERCY BRETT YOUNG WHAT IFS KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA YOU MAKE IT EASY JASON ALDEAN BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD SAM HUNT HURRICANE LUKE COMBS BEST SHOT JIMMIE ALLEN IN CASE YOU DIDN T KNOW 23 RE-ENTRY BRETT YOUNG MARRY ME THOMAS RHETT DIE A HAPPY MAN THOMAS RHETT COUNTRY DIGITAL SONG SALES The week s top-streamed and top-seing paid downoad country songs, respectivey, from saes reports coected and provided by Niesen Music. Charts update weeky on Tuesdays at charts. Copyright 2018, Prometheus Goba Media, LLC and Niesen Music, Inc. A rights reserved. WKS ON CHART TITLE ARTIST SPEECHLESS DAN + SHAY MISS ME MORE KELSEA BALLERINI SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME LUKE COMBS BEST SHOT JIMMIE ALLEN TEQUILA DAN + SHAY ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE 6 RE-ENTRY BRENDA LEE DRUNK ME MITCHELL TENPENNY MEANT TO BE BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK JAKE OWEN 10 NEW YOU RE IN IT GRANGER SMITH TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON LOSE IT KANE BROWN BURNING MAN DIERKS BENTLEY FEAT. BROTHERS OSBORNE WHERE ARE YOU CHRISTMAS? 14 RE-ENTRY FAITH HILL JINGLE BELL ROCK 15 RE-ENTRY BOBBY HELMS 16 NEW SPACE COWBOY CHEVEL SHEPHERD GIRL LIKE YOU JASON ALDEAN MILLIONAIRE CHRIS STAPLETON I DON T KNOW ABOUT YOU 19 RE-ENTRY CHRIS LANE BEAUTIFUL CRAZY LUKE COMBS WHISKEY GLASSES 21 RE-ENTRY MORGAN WALLEN 22 SIXTEEN RE-ENTRY THOMAS RHETT HEAVEN KANE BROWN GOOD GIRL 24 RE-ENTRY DUSTIN LYNCH SIMPLE FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 2 S AGO S ON CHT RE-ENTRY ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL TITLE Americana/Fok Abums ranks the most popuar Americana/fok abums of the week, as compied by Niesen Music, based on muti-metric consumption (bending traditiona abum saes, track equivaent abums, and streaming equivaent abums). Copyright 2018, Prometheus Goba Media, LLC and Niesen Music, Inc. A rights reserved. CERT. PEAK POS. MUMFORD & SONS DELTA GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD 0240*/GLASSNOTE 1 CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER MERCURY NASHVILLE */UMGN 3 1 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 MERCURY NASHVILLE */UMGN 1 1 JOHN PRINE THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS OH BOY 13327* (35143) 1 KACEY MUSGRAVES GOLDEN HOUR MCA NASHVILLE */UMGN 1 HOZIER HOZIER RUBYWORKS */COLUMBIA 2 1 MARK KNOPFLER DOWN THE ROAD WHEREVER WILL D. SIDE/BRITISH GROVE */BLUE NOTE 2 SIMON & GARFUNKEL COLUMBIA 31350/LEGACY SIMON AND GARFUNKEL S GREATEST HITS 3 PISTOL ANNIES RCA NASHVILLE */SMN INTERSTATE GOSPEL CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 MERCURY NASHVILLE */UMGN GRANGER SMITH You re in It Smith s second Country Digita Song Saes top 10, foowing the No. 4-peaking Backroad Song in 2015, surges by 99 percent to 5,000 sod. You re in It is from Smith s miitary ode, They Were There: A Hero s Documentary, which premiered Nov. 30 on YouTube. GETTY IMAGES

14 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 14 OF 19 MAKIN TRACKS TOM ROLAND RaeLynn Drops Taigate, Raises The Musica Spirit A case can be made that the much-pubicized death of soo femae voices on country radio can be traced directy to the rise in 2012 and 2013 of bro country. The bro abe necessariy excudes a sis, and the topics associated with that narrow range of songs acoho, fied parties, oging girs and more acoho presented an issue for women. Cutura doube standards support guys who drink to excess and chase quick sexua romps. A woman who does the same thing gets stamped as a tramp. Thus, when the format teed up the party during the bro country fad, it became difficut for women to fit in. Even though bro country has faded, inertia seems to have exacerbated the anti-femae trend. With Taigate, RaeLynn fashioned a singe that were the word a fair pace woud easiy buck that issue. It s a firty tae of a woman remembering her 17-year-od physica exporations with a boy who sti appears to be part of her ife. It s a sort of post-bro recaibration of Deana Carter s Strawberry Wine. That 1996 reease an aching, four-minute watz about a teenager who ost her virginity to a coege boy over summer break won both singe and song of the year honors from the Country Music Association. By comparison, Taigate is a happy, jaunty exercise that ceebrates the pickup truck as much as it reves in the affair. I ve been driving the same race-red Ford F-150 since I was 18 years od, says RaeLynn. It s reay authentic to me. The song is not exacting, however. The gir in the yrics got her truck at an earier age than RaeLynn, and she took the activities farther RAELYNN than RaeLynn ever did in rea ife. I actuay wrote this song about me and my husband, and the funny thing is I might have had a itte fun, but I did keep my V-card, she says. I wanted it to have that fun, sexy vibe but aso be super-upbeat, ike me. That was the goa for the whoe songwriting crew incuding Forida Georgia Line member Tyer Hubbard, singer-songwriter Canaan Smith and songwriter-producer Corey Crowder (Chris Young, Mason Ramsey) when they pied into the back room of the Tree Vibez bus on May 9 in the midst of BMI s 23rd annua Key West Songwriters Festiva. RaeLynn s best-known singes God Made Girs and Love Triange had never captured the bubby side of her personaity, and her physica reaction to a musica idea was the guiding force during their co-write. She has this dance that she does, recas Smith. She s a super-fun gir, and she oves to dance and stuff ike that, and we were ike, Let s write a song that makes you move ike that. Crowder brought up a few musica tracks he had put together on his aptop, hoping they might spark an idea. If RaeLynn wasn t doing a itte dance in the room, you knew it wasn t the one yet, he says. In fact, none of the tracks seemed to make the grade, so he scrapped the aptop and pued out an acoustic guitar, paying a repetitive, throbbing riff that revoves around the root note in the scae. I m a sucker for ike a drone, kind of a one-note dea for a song, says Crowder. Anytime that works, I ove hearing that. It got RaeLynn moving, so they knew they were headed in the right direction. And she brought up an idea that Hubbard had presented at a previous writing appointment. He had suggested the tite Taigate Taes, putting a Knight Rider spin on the adage If these was coud tak... Everybody that has a pickup truck at some point in time has had experiences on a taigate throwing a party, or drinking beer, or paying the guitar, had a date, or whatever the case may be, says Hubbard, who used to write songs on the taigate of his bue Dodge Ram pickup with FGL cohort Brian Keey before the duo broke through. I just think that s universa. RaeLynn condensed the tite to Taigate, and they set off on a journey, beginning by rejiggering the Las Vegas motto as What happens on a dirt road stays on a dirt road. They envisioned it as the opening ine, but it turned out to be the piece of the song that usuay gets written ast. Once the chorus was in pace, the dirt road section became the bridge, pacing a bow on the storyine rather than giving it a away at the start. It was a perfect way to kind of wrap up the message and keep it moving, says Smith. Crowder buit out the track that night competing, he estimates, 70 percent of the work there in Key West and RaeLynn sang a scratch voca the next morning. She sent the demo to Warner Music Nashvie executives and to management, and it got the reaction that she had anticipated. Everybody got pretty pumped about it pretty fast, she says. It was about three or four weeks ater we actuay cut it and got everything done. Once Crowder appied a the guitar parts and programming, he shipped off Taigate to Nashvie keyboardist Aex Wright, who brightened it with Hammond B-3, synth threads and a itte chord punking on the chorus simiar in its simpicity to the keyboards on the Dr. Dre-Eminem coaboration Forgot About Dre or Lauryn Hi s Doo-Wop (That Thing). RaeLynn naied the fina vocas at the Tree Vibez office with Hubbard coaching her through the process, reminding her to center on the emotion even when they ceaned up sma technicaities. We woud say, Hey, just be you 100 percent, don t worry about hitting every note and doing every itte thing, recas Hubbard. A ot of times in the studio, artists can overthink everything and they re getting a this feedback in the moment. If you re thinking too hard, then you kind of ose the character and the reaness of the take. Sarah Buxton had heard the Taigate demo in Key West the day they wrote it and sang it the rest of the day. Crowder brought her in to provide background vocas on the fina version. The thing I ove most about Sarah is she ceebrates a her friends and her writing buddies, and even though she s not a writer on that song she was back there singing it a night, going Y a, this is a hit, remembers Crowder. I knew from the get-go that I wanted Sarah to sing harmonies on this thing, just because she was so excited about the song. RaeLynn started performing Taigate ive just weeks after she wrote it, and she swayed and rocked on the edge of a red taigate for the officia video, reeased Oct. 8. The singe went out to country radio through PayMPE on Oct. 16, and it serves as a driver for the music she s working on. It s at the forefront of what this new project I m creating is, says RaeLynn. It s got this swag and this fun to it that is super me.

15 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 15 OF 19 Country Indicator WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist PLAYS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) +/ LOSE IT Zone 4/RCA Nashvie HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Kane Brown SPEECHLESS Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay DRUNK ME Riser House/Coumbia Nashvie Mitche Tenpenny BEST SHOT BBR/Stoney Creek/BMG Jimmie Aen SHOT MCA Nashvie Kip Moore BURNING MAN Capito Nashvie Dierks Bentey Feat. Brothers Osborne TURNIN ME ON Warner Bros./WMN Bake Sheton SIXTEEN Vaory Thomas Rhett GOOD GIRL Broken Bow HH Most Increased Pays HH Dustin Lynch RICH Coumbia Nashvie Maren Morris MILLIONAIRE Mercury Chris Stapeton DESPERATE MAN EMI Nashvie Eric Church GIRL LIKE YOU Macon/Broken Bow Jason Adean IS IT Tripe Tigers Scotty McCreery WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Capito Nashvie Luke Bryan DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Big Loud Jake Owen TAKE IT FROM ME MCA Nashvie Jordan Davis BURN OUT Big Machine Midand NEON CHURCH McGraw/Coumbia Nashvie Tim McGraw THERE WAS GIRL BMLG Riey Green NEVER COMIN DOWN Hit Red/Capito Nashvie Keith Urban BETTER BOAT Bue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA Kenny Chesney Feat. Mindy Smith NIGHT SHIFT Capito Nashvie Jon Pardi MAKE IT SWEET RCA Nashvie Od Dominion LOVE WINS Capito Nashvie Carrie Underwood ON MY WAY TO YOU CoJo/WMN Cody Johnson ONE THAT GOT AWAY Atantic/WEA Michae Ray HERE TONIGHT BMLG Brett Young THE DIFFERENCE Vaory Tyer Rich LOVE AIN T Vaory Ei Young Band BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL 109 STATIONS Abiene, Texas Aexandria, La. Amario, Texas Ashevie, N.C. Atantic City, N.J. Beaumont, Texas Beckey, W. Va. Bioxi, Miss. Boomington, I. Buefied, W. Va. Burington, Vt. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Chareston, W. Va Coege Station, Texas Coorado Springs. Coumbia, Mo. Coumbus, Ga. Cookevie, Tenn. Dothan, Aa. Duuth, Minn. Eau Caire, Wis. Eizabeth City, N.C. Erie, Pa. Eugene, Ore. Evansvie, Ind. KEAN KRRV KGNC WKSF WPUR KYKR WJLS WZKX WIBL WHKX WOKO KEZS WKWS WQBE KAGG KCCY KCLR WKCN WSTH WGSQ WTVY KKCB WAXX WRSF WTWF KKNU WKDQ Fargo, N.D. Fayettevie, N.C. Fagstaff, Ariz. Fint, Mich. Forence, Aa. Forence, S.C. Ft. Coins, Coo. Ft. Smith, Ark. Frederick, Md. Fredericksburg, Va. Green Bay, Wis. Hagerstown, Md. Hot Springs, Ark. Huntington, Ky. Huntington, W. Va. Idaho Fas, Idaho Jackson, Miss. Janesvie, Wis. Jonesboro, Ark. Jopin, Mo. Kaamazoo, Mich. Kaispe, Mont. Kingmah, Ariz. Lafayette, Ind. Laredo, Texas Lansing, Mich. KBVB WSTH WKML KAFF WFBE WXFL WEGX KUAD KTCS WFRE WFLS WNCY WAYZ KQUS WDGG WTCR KTHK WMSI WUSJ WJVL KDXY KIXQ WNWN KDBR KFLG WKOA KRRG WITL Laure, Miss. Lebanon, N.H. Lincon, Neb Longview, Texas Lubbock, Texas Lufkin, Texas Marshatown, Iowa Mason City, Iowa Medford, Ore. Meridian, Miss. Miwaukee, WI. Montgomery, Aa. Morgantown, W. Va. Muskegon, Mich. New London, Conn. Odessa, Texas Pam Springs, Caif. Pensacoa, Fa. Peoria, I. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Rapid City, S.D. Rockford, I. Rocky Mount, N.C. Saginaw, Mich. St. Coud, Minn. Saina, Kan. Saisbury, Md. San Angeo, Texas WBBN WXXK KFGE KYKX KLLL KYKS KXIA KIAI KRWQ WOKK WKTI WLWI WKKW WMUS WCTY KHKX KPLM WXBM WXCL WRWD KOUT WXXQ WDWG WCEN KZPK KYEZ WKTT KGKL San Luis Obispo, Caif. KKJG Santa Barbara, Caif. KRAZ Santa Maria, Caif. KSNI Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Savannah, Ga. WJCL WUBB Shreveport, La. KXKS Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX South Bend, Ind. WBYT Springfied, I. WFMB Springfied, Mo. KTTS Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Topeka, Kan. WIBW Traverse City, Mich. WTCM Tupeo, Miss. WWZD Utica, N.Y. WFRG Victor Vaey, CA. KATJ Waco, Texas WACO Wausau, Wis. WDEZ Wheeing, W. Va. WOVK Wiiamsport, Pa. WILQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Youngstown, Ohio WQXK WWGY Westwood One HOT COUNTRY MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Music Choice TODAY S COUNTRY Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY

16 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 16 OF 19 Country Indicator WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Labe Artist PLAYS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) +/ MISS ME MORE Back River Kesea Baerini BACK TO LIFE Big Machine Rasca Fatts BRING IT ON OVER Mercury Biy Currington TALK YOU OUT OF IT BMLG Forida Georgia Line CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY Curb Rodney Atkins Feat. The Fisk Jubiee Singers BUCKED OFF Arista Nashvie Brad Paisey AMERICAN GIRLS Sea Gaye CJ Soar FRIENDS DON T Mercury Maddie & Tae WHAT WHISKEY DOES Stoney Creek Randy Houser Feat. Hiary Lindsey YADA YADA YADA EMI Nashvie Brandon Lay MUST BE THE WHISKEY Rounder/Concord Cody Jinks WHISKEY GLASSES Big Loud Morgan Waen LOVE SOMEONE Atantic/WMN Brett Edredge FEELS LIKE A PARTY Wheehouse LOCASH YOU RE IN IT Wheehouse Granger Smith EYES ON YOU Dack Janies/Broken Bow Chase Rice THE IN BETWEEN Captain & Bear Cash Campbe LADIES IN THE 90S 19/Mercury Lauren Aaina NEW BEAUTIFUL CRAZY River House/Coumbia Nashvie HH Hot Shot Debut/Most Added HH Luke Combs I THINK TOO MUCH Southern Hao Southern Hao I DON T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) EMI Nashvie Brothers Osborne NOW WE RE GETTIN SOMEWHERE Bison Creek James Robert Webb NEW RUMOR Curb Lee Brice ONE MORE RED LIGHT Awake Cassadee Pope FINE BY ME Dreamined/Nightife Marty Heddin WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU 32 Bridge/EMI Nashvie Jon Langston NEW BUY MY OWN DRINKS Wheehouse Runaway June TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD White Knucke Frank Ray NEW I DON T KNOW ABOUT YOU Big Loud Chris Lane NEW WONDER WOMAN Show Dog Nashvie Wateroo Reviva RANKINGS Country Airpay is ranked by tota audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airpay of 150 stations by Niesen BDS. Audience totas on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under icense 2018, Arbitron Inc.) Country Indicator is tabuated using reported payists and Niesen BDS-monitored airpay at 109 stations, ranked by tota pays. BULLETS Awarded on Country Airpay to tites gaining audience or remaining fat from the previous week. A song wi aso receive a buet if its percentage oss in audience does not exceed the percentage of monitored station downtime for the format. Tites that decine in audience but increase in detections wi aso receive a buet if the tota audience erosion for the week does not exceed 3%. Buets are awarded on Country Indicator to tites gaining pays or remaining fat from the previous week. TIES On Country Airpay, if two songs are tied in tota audience, the song with the arger increase in audience is paced first. On Country Indicator, if two songs are tied in tota pays, the song with the arger increase in pays is paced first. RECURRENTS On Country Airpay, descending tites beow No. 10 in either audience or detections are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks, provided that they are not sti CHARTS LEGEND gaining enough audience points to buet or if they rank beow No. 10 and post a third consecutive week of (non-bueted) audience decine, regardess of tota chart weeks. On Country Indicator, descending, non-bueted tites beow No. 10 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks or if they post a third consecutive week of decine in pays after 10 weeks. HOT SHOT DEBUT Awarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airpay and Country Indicator, respectivey. MOST ADDED The tota number of new adds officiay reported to Biboard by each reporting station, or by an automatic-add threshod (seven pays for the first time in a chart tracking week, according to Niesen BDS) for stations that do not report adds. MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ PLAYS Most Increased Audience on Country Airpay and Most Increased Pays on Country Indicator ist the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in tota audience or pays, respectivey. AIRPOWER Awarded on Country Airpay to tites ranking inside top 20 in pays and audience rankings for the first time, with increases in both pays and audience. BREAKER Awarded on Country Airpay to tites achieving airpay (at east one detection) at 60% of reporting stations for the first time Prometheus Goba Media, LLC

17 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 17 OF 19 Country Airpay Index TITLE Pubishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position 90 S COUNTRY Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/Spark In Your Pocket, BMI/Songs Of Smack, BMI/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR/LYRX Pubishing, LLC, BMI (W.Hayes, S.McAnay, LYRX) 55 B BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Bennett s Dad s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Back, SESAC/Niko Moon Pubishing, SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, F.Wihem) 43 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/ Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Pubishing, BMI/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Wiiford) 33 BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Ampified Hour Songs, SESAC/Caste Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Bonde Leading Bind, BMI (J.Aen, J.London, J.P.Wiiams) 2 BETTER BOAT Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Liz Rose Music, LLC, BMI/It s Kier Music, BMI/She And I, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Mighty Isis Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI (L.Rose, T.Meadows) 27 BRING IT ON OVER Round Hi Compositions, BMI/Nataia s Music Money, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankfu For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Pubishing, ASCAP/Teemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI (D.Davidson, R.Akins, B.Haysip, J.Frasure) 52 BUCKED OFF New House Of Sea Gaye Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Own My Own Music Pubishing, ASCAP (B.Paisey, C.DuBois, K.Loveace) 46 BURNING MAN Emieon Songs, BMI/Litte Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gaye Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (L.Dick, B.Pinson) 9 BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropica Cowboy Pubishing, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Pubishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/One Litte Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnay, J.Osborne) 17 BUY MY OWN DRINKS BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/BMG Siver Songs, SESAC/BMG God Songs, ASCAP/ Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Pubishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/Music Of Patinum Pen, SESAC/Wid Wid West Songs, SESAC/ Thunder Cookie, SESAC/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/ Songwriters of Patinum Pen Pubishing, BMI/Hannah Muhoand Music, BMI (H.Muhoand, J.Wayne, N.Cooke, H.Lindsey, J.Kear) 44 C CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Vove Music, ASCAP/Goes Something Like Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, M.Waker) 35 CLOSER TO YOU BIRB Music, ASCAP/BMG God Songs, ASCAP/1217 Songs, ASCAP/Sti Working For The Woman, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Low Z Music, BMI (H. Lindsey, G.Sampson, T.Verges) 53 D DAY DRUNK Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/Hey Kiddo Music, ASCAP/ Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. DeStefano, L.Robbins) 49 DESPERATE MAN Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/ Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Snake Farm Pubishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (E.Church, R.W.Hubbard) 14 THE DIFFERENCE Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/ Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI (R.Akins, B.Burgess, D.Dawson, J.Durrett) 28 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hi Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hi Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Pubishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Cawson, L.Laird, S.McAnay) 19 DRUNK ME Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Vove Music, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Siver Songs, SESAC (M.Tenpenny, J.M.Schmidt, J.T.Wison) 5 E EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janie s Pubishing, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/ CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorey) 34 FEELS LIKE A PARTY oe Purpe Cape Music, BMI/Mars Marey Music, BMI/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Round Hi Works, BMI/T Hubb Pubishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Georgia Song Vibez, ASCAP/Big Crowd Pubishing, ASCAP (P.Brust, C.Lucas, T.Hubbard, C.Crowder) 42 FLOATIN Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/ Gaje Music, Inc., BMI/Interna Combustion Music, BMI/ One77 Songs, ASCAP/Southside Independent Music Pubishing, LLC, BMI/Kickin Grids Music, BMI/Leo Rosewater Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M. Shafer, B.Day, Z.Maoy) 48 F FRIENDS DON T Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Pubishing, ASCAP/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Big Machine Music, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Memory Days, SESAC/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (M.Marow, T.Dye, J.M.Nite, J.Ebach) 41 G GIRL LIKE YOU Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Tyer, J.Boyer, J.Mirenda) 12 GOOD GIRL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/ Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (D.Lynch, J.Ebach, A.Abert) 7 HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/ Caivie Pubishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Coud Do Pubishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Keey) 29 H HOW DOES IT SOUND Two Back Dogs, ASCAP/ Sony/ATV Cross Keys Pubishing, ASCAP/Songs For Buddy.ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hote, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (D.Schneider, J.Johnston, C.Crowder) 50 I I DON T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hi Songs II, ASCAP/Caeb s Coege Fund, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Pubishing, ASCAP/Reative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ Highy Combustibe Music, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorey, M.Hardy, H.Pheps, J.Rodgers) 58 I DON T REMEMBER ME (BEFORE YOU) Trampy McCauey, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songstein Pubishing, ASCAP/A The Kings Pens, ASCAP/ Round Hi Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/ Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, M.Dragstrem, S.McAnay) 59 I WON T BE SORRY Od Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/ N2D Pubishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Caro Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Pubishing, ASCAP (D.L.Murphy, P.Jenkins, J.Seers) 54 L LADIES IN THE 90S Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Lyas Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Teemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/ WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Cookie Jar Music LLP, PRS (Lauren Aaina, J.Frasure, A.Wadge) 47 SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break Pubishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Od Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Pubishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Caro Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 6 LOSE IT Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Pum Ney, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Mandy s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Wordwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.McGi, W.Weathery) 1 LOVE AIN T EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Pain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezoant Music, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorey, S.McAnay) 30 LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/ Rezoant Music, BMI/Pain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B. Edredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 31 LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universa Music - Brentwood Benson Pubishing, ASCAP/D Sou Music, ASCAP/Capito CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 22 LOVE YOU TOO LATE Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Coden Rainey Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Pubishing, ASCAP/243 Music, ASCAP/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Whiskey Tub Music, BMI (C.Swinde, Michae Ray, B.Kinney) 57 M MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackvie Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Bue, LLC, ASCAP/ Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkues Music, ASCAP/ We re Reay Doin It Pubishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, W.Seers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnay) 21 MILLIONAIRE Universa Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Music, SESAC (K.Wech) 13 MISS ME MORE Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Bob Ochoa s Homemade Sasa, ASCAP (K.Baerini, D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughin) 32 N NEON CHURCH BMG God Songs, ASCAP/Go For The Godsmith, ASCAP/Big Dea Beats, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns Pubishing, LLC, BMI (B.Godsmith, R.E.Lipsey, B.M.Stennis) 20 NEVER COMIN DOWN Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/MAROMA Music, BMI/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/ Whistepig Winners, ASCAP/James Abrahart Pubishing Designee, SESAC/Artist 101 Pubishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Pubishing, PRS/BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/Lets Get Brunch Pubishing, BMI (K.Urban, J.Kear, J.Abrahart, Shy Carter) 24 NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave Itsef, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Pubishing, BMI/Mike Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, B.Montana) 25 O THE ONES THAT DIDN T MAKE IT BACK HOME Big Music Machine, BMI/Doube Barre Ace Music, BMI/Universa Music Corp., ASCAP/Pauywood Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Pum Ney, BMI/Oe Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/Rea Big Red Tunes, ASCAP (J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, C.McGi, J.S.Stover) 51 ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Teemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackvie Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 23 ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atas Music Pubishing, ASCAP/ Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG God Songs, ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 26 RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorey) 38 R S SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Pubishing, BMI/Litte Extra Songs, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP/No Cats Round Here Music, ASCAP/Heart Scarred Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Super LCS Pubishing, BMI (L. Combs, R.Snyder, C.Wison) 3 SIXTEEN EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Sony/ATV Baad, BMI/Eastman Pond Pubishing, BMI/Big Dea Beats, BMI/Brodsky Spensive Pubishing, BMI/Nice Life, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Dougas, Joe London) 8 SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/ Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Vetz So Good Pubishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynods, L.Vetz) 4 STRONGER THAN ME Not Listed (Not Listed) 56 T TAKE IT FROM ME Oe Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/ Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 16 TALK YOU OUT OF IT Reative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Pubishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Highy Combustibe Music, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Caste Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, H.Pheps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 37 THERE WAS GIRL Riey Green Pubishing Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/ Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Pubishing, BMI (R.Green, Erik Dyan) 18 IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, BMI/Spirit Two Nashvie, ASCAP/Fuid Tunes, ASCAP/ Smackvie Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 11 TURNIN ME ON Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/ Thankfu For This Music, ASCAP/Damn Country Music Pubishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackvie Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Sheton, J.L.Aexander, J.Osborne) 10 W WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Peanut Mi Songs, BMI/Round Hi Compositions, BMI/Nataia s Music Money, BMI/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, A.Gorey) 15 WHAT WHISKEY DOES EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Litte Britches Music, BMI/Gattis Music, BMI/ Rezonate Music, ASCAP/BMG God Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP (R.Houser, K.Gattis, H.Lindsey) 40 WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING YOU Sony/ ATV Countryside, BMI (J.Langston, D.Isbe) 60 WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Aegro, ASCAP/Over- Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B. Burgess, K.Kadish) 39 Y YADA YADA YADA Mid South Mood Maker Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI (B.Lay, H.Morgan, M.Reeves) 45 YOU RE IN IT Spirit Two Nashvie, ASCAP/Fuid Tunes, ASCAP/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Bock Of Marbe Music, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI/Rizer Point Pubishing, BMI (F.Rogers, J.Adams, M.Neser) 36

18 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 18 OF 19 Hot Country Songs Index TITLE Pubishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position B BACK TO LIFE W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/ Bennett s Dad s Songs, SESAC/Songs Of Rhythm House Back, SESAC/Niko Moon Pubishing, SESAC/Roc Nation US Music, SESAC/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Farm Thang Music, BMI/Me Gusta Music, BMI (C.R.Barowe, N.Moon, S.Mooney, F.Wihem) 49 BEAUTIFUL CRAZY Big Machine Music, BMI/ Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Pubishing, BMI/Works Of RHA Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Rowdy Rob Music, BMI (L.Combs, W.B.Durrette, R.Wiiford) 19 BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Ampified Hour Songs, SESAC/Caste Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Bonde Leading Bind, BMI (J.Aen, J.London, J.P.Wiiams) 6 BETTER BOAT Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Liz Rose Music, LLC, BMI/It s Kier Music, BMI/She And I, LLC, BMI/Songs Of Mighty Isis Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI (L.Rose, T.Meadows) 35 BRING IT ON OVER Round Hi Compositions, BMI/Nataia s Music Money, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankfu For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Pubishing, ASCAP/Teemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI (D.Davidson, R.Akins, B.Haysip, J.Frasure) 47 BURNING MAN Emieon Songs, BMI/Litte Louder Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/New Writers Of Sea Gaye Music, BMI/Not A Track Guy Music, BMI (L.Dick, B.Pinson) 8 BURN OUT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropica Cowboy Pubishing, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Pubishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/One Litte Indian Creek Music, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnay, J.Osborne) 21 C CAUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Vove Music, ASCAP/Goes Something Like Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Make It Matter Music, BMI/Sixteen Stars Music, BMI (C.Harrington, J.M.Schmidt, M.Waker) 40 D DAVID ASHLEY PARKER FROM POWDER SPRINGS I m About To Go RED On Ya Music, BMI/Travis Denning Music, BMI/oe, BMI/BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/SWMBMGBMI, BMI/Lonesome Viny Music, BMI/Thankfu For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Damn Country Music Pubishing, ASCAP (T. Denning, J.R.Stewart, J.L.Aexander) 46 DESPERATE MAN Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/ Longer And Louder Music, BMI/Snake Farm Pubishing, SESAC/BMG Cicada, SESAC (E.Church, R.W.Hubbard) 17 DIE FROM A BROKEN HEART Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Pubishing, ASCAP/ Big Music Machine, BMI/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Jet Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankfu For This Music, ASCAP/Doc And Maggie Music, SOCAN (M.Marow, T.Dye, J.Singeton, D.Ruttan) 48 THE DIFFERENCE Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/ Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/ Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI (R.Akins, B.Burgess, D.Dawson, J.Durrett) 36 DOWN TO THE HONKYTONK Round Hi Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hi Compositions, BMI/Shirt At Work, BMI/Sony/ATV Story Music Pubishing, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/ Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Cawson, L.Laird, S.McAnay) 20 DRUNK ME Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/We-Vove Music, ASCAP/Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/BMG Siver Songs, SESAC (M.Tenpenny, J.M.Schmidt, J.T.Wison) 7 E EYES ON YOU Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janie s Pubishing, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/ CDS Words And Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (C.Rice, C. DeStefano, A.Gorey) 42 F FRIENDS DON T Super Big Music, ASCAP/Seven Red Brids Pubishing, ASCAP/Jehovah Nissi, BMI/Big Machine Music, BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Memory Days, SESAC/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (M.Marow, T.Dye, J.M.Nite, J.Ebach) 50 G GIRL LIKE YOU Peertunes, Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC/Jaron Boyer Music, SESAC/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (M.Tyer, J.Boyer, J.Mirenda) 13 GOOD AS YOU Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/ Kane Brown Music, BMI/Don t Be A Gypsy, BMI/ Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Pubishing, PRS/TDP Pubishing, BMI/Track House Wordwide Entertainment, BMI/Mandy s Favorite Songs, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhi, S.Carter, T.Phiips, W.Weathery) 45 GOOD GIRL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/ Buzz Light Beer Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (D.Lynch, J.Ebach, A.Abert) 10 H HANGIN ON EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/ Goodbye Pants Music, BMI/Songs From The Rose Hote, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/ Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (C.Young, C.Crowder, J.Hoge) 9 HERE TONIGHT Super Big Music, ASCAP/ Caivie Pubishing, ASCAP/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/The Best I Coud Do Pubishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (B.Young, B.Caver, J.Ebach, C.Keey) 29 HOMESICK Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Don t Be A Gypsy, BMI/Smackworks Music, SESAC/ Kobat Group Music Pubishing, SESAC/Smack Bue, LLC, SESAC/TDP Pubishing, BMI (K.Brown, B.Berryhi, M.J.McGinn, T.Phiips) 43 I I DON T KNOW ABOUT YOU Round Hi Songs II, ASCAP/Caeb s Coege Fund, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My Pubishing, ASCAP/Reative Music Group, BMI/One77 Songs, ASCAP/ Highy Combustibe Music, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP (A.Gorey, M.Hardy, H.Pheps, J.Rodgers) 38 L SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break Pubishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Od Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Pubishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Caro Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 12 LOSE IT Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Pum Ney, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Mandy s Favorite Songs, BMI/Track House Wordwide Entertainment, BMI (K.Brown, C.McGi, W.Weathery) 2 LOVE AIN T EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Pain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezoant Music, BMI/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, A.Gorey, S.McAnay) 39 LOVE SOMEONE Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/ Rezoant Music, BMI/Pain Jane Songs, BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Heather Feather Songs, BMI (B. Edredge, R.Copperman, H.Morgan) 44 LOVE WINS Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/Universa Music - Brentwood Benson Pubishing, ASCAP/D Sou Music, ASCAP/Capito CMG Genesis, ASCAP/Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, Brett James) 28 M MAKE IT SWEET Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Smackvie Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP/Rezsongs, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Smack Bue, LLC, ASCAP/ Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/ Tiny Handstand, ASCAP/Sharkues Music, ASCAP/ We re Reay Doin It Pubishing, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobat Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, W.Seers, G.Sprung, B.Tursi, S.McAnay) 27 MEANT TO BE BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/ Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, BMI/T Hubb Pubishing, BMI/Round Hi Works, BMI/ Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Jack 10 Pubishing, BMI/Universa Music - Brentwood Benson Pubishing, ASCAP/D Sou Music, ASCAP/Capito CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, J.Mier, D.A.Garcia) 5 MILLIONAIRE Universa Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Music, SESAC (K.Wech) 15 MISS ME MORE Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/3 Weddings Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/EMI Apri Music, Inc., ASCAP/Bob Ochoa s Homemade Sasa, ASCAP (K.Baerini, D.H.Hodges, B.McLaughin) 25 N NEON CHURCH BMG God Songs, ASCAP/Go For The Godsmith, ASCAP/Big Dea Beats, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns Pubishing, LLC, BMI (B.Godsmith, R.E.Lipsey, B.M.Stennis) 24 NEVER COMIN DOWN Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/MAROMA Music, BMI/Songs Of Back River, ASCAP/ Whistepig Winners, ASCAP/James Abrahart Pubishing Designee, SESAC/Artist 101 Pubishing Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., PRS/You Want How Much Of What Pubishing, PRS/BMG Patinum Songs, BMI/Lets Get Brunch Pubishing, BMI (K.Urban, J.Kear, J.Abrahart, Shy Carter) 31 NIGHT SHIFT Maxx Music, BMI/Let The Road Pave Itsef, BMI/Razor And Tie Music Pubishing, BMI/Mike Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (T.Brown, P.LaRue, B.Montana) 26 O ONE THAT GOT AWAY Downtown DMP Songs, BMI/Teemitry Productions, BMI/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackvie Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (J.Frasure, T. Rosen, M.Ramsey, J.Osborne) 33 ON MY WAY TO YOU WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Songs Of Brett, ASCAP/Atas Music Pubishing, ASCAP/ Externa Combustion Music, ASCAP/BMG God Songs, ASCAP/Heytone Music, ASCAP (Brett James, T.Lane) 30 RUMOR Mike Curb Music, BMI/Curb Songs, ASCAP/ Jacobsong, ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (L.Brice, K.Jacobs, A.Gorey) 34 R S SHE GOT THE BEST OF ME Big Music Machine, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Straight Dimes Pubishing, BMI/Litte Extra Songs, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP/No Cats Round Here Music, ASCAP/Heart Scarred Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Super LCS Pubishing, BMI (L. Combs, R.Snyder, C.Wison) 3 SIXTEEN EMI Backwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Sony/ATV Baad, BMI/Eastman Pond Pubishing, BMI/Big Dea Beats, BMI/Brodsky Spensive Pubishing, BMI/Nice Life, BMI (Thomas Rhett, S.M.Dougas, Joe London) 11 SPEECHLESS Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Buckeye26, ASCAP/ Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Never Vetz So Good Pubishing, BMI (D.Smyers, S.Mooney, J.Reynods, L.Vetz) 1 T TAKE IT FROM ME Oe Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/ MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/ Songs Of Red Bandana, BMI (J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Gantt) 18 TALK YOU OUT OF IT Reative Music Group, BMI/Songs Of Kobat Music Pubishing America, Inc., BMI/Who Wants To Buy My Pubishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Highy Combustibe Music, ASCAP/One77 Songs, ASCAP/Caste Bound Music, Inc., SESAC (M.Hardy, H.Pheps, J.Rogers, A.Vanderheym) 37 TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/A Gir Named Charie, BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynods, N.Gayon) 4 THERE WAS GIRL Riey Green Pubishing Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/ Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Tawnes Van Hawke Pubishing, BMI (R.Green, Erik Dyan) 23 IS IT Dagum Music, BMI/Austintatious Tunes, BMI/Spirit Two Nashvie, ASCAP/Fuid Tunes, ASCAP/ Smackvie Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Ice House Tunes, ASCAP/Kobat Songs Music Pubishing LLC, ASCAP (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, A.Eshuis) 14 TURNIN ME ON Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/ Thankfu For This Music, ASCAP/Damn Country Music Pubishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackvie Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Sheton, J.L.Aexander, J.Osborne) 16 W WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY Sony/ATV Tree Pubishing, BMI/Peanut Mi Songs, BMI/Round Hi Compositions, BMI/Nataia s Music Money, BMI/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Sadie s Favorite Songs, ASCAP (L.Bryan, D.Davidson, A.Gorey) 22 WHISKEY GLASSES Warner-Tamerane Pubishing Corp., BMI/Mr. Buck Lucky, BMI/Bump Into Genius Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Aegro, ASCAP/Over- Thought Under-Appreciated Songs, ASCAP/Rezven Music, ASCAP/Moving Targest In The Dark, ASCAP (B. Burgess, K.Kadish) 32 YOU RE IN IT Spirit Two Nashvie, ASCAP/Fuid Tunes, ASCAP/Songs Of Universa, Inc., BMI/Bock Of Marbe Music, BMI/SNG Music, LLP, BMI/Rizer Point Pubishing, BMI (F.Rogers, J.Adams, M.Neser) 41 Y

19 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE CODA 10 Years Ago Zac Brown Band Tasted Success With Its First Hit Chicken Fried heated up atop the Hot Country Songs chart in 2008 DECEMBER 3, 2018 PAGE 19 OF 19 On Dec. 6, 2008, the Zac Brown the set s five singes, four topped the Band sizzed atop Biboard s Hot Hot Country Songs tay: Chicken Country Songs chart with Chicken Fried, Toes, Highway 20 Ride Fried, its first entry, which ed for and Free. Sophomore singe two tota weeks. Whatever It Is peaked at No. 2. Written by frontman Zac Brown The band has had 28 appearances and Wyatt Durrette, Chicken on Hot Country Songs, with eight was initiay reeased by The Lost No. 1s among 16 top 10s. It ast ed Traiers in 2006 and hit No. 52 with Keep Me in Mind in 2011 and before a cease-and-desist order was ZBB s most recent studio LP, issued by ZBB s camp. According to Wecome Home, produced by Dave Brown, he had offered the song ony Cobb, debuted as its fourth No. 1 on as an abum track. Top Country Abums in June ZBB s version introduced the ZBB s Down the Rabbit Hoe Live b a n d s b r e a k t h r o u g h a b u m, Tour wi extend into 2019, and the The Foundation, which reached No. 2 group is reportedy working on a new on the Top Country Abums chart. Of abum. JIM ASKER Coy Bowes (eft) and Brown of the Zac Brown Band onstage in ETHAN MILLER/ACM2009/GETTY IMAGES FOR ACM R EW I N D I N G THE C O U N T RY C H A RT S