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1 Country Update BILLBOARD.COM/NEWSLETTERS FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 1 OF 2 INSIDE Scotty McCreery Gets First No. 1 >page 4 Dolly, Trace Lead Charitable Charge >page 1 Opry Moments: Cash, Janson, Daniels >page 11 Strait Hits Pack Musical >page 11 Makin Tracks: Trent Harmon s Renewal >page 15 Country Coda: Waylon & Willie Up At No. 1 >page 2 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE Clawson, Clawson & Galyon: Small Family Makes Big Impact On Country Charts As recently as October 215, Rodney Clawson ( Fast, American Kids ) won the Nashville Songwriters Association International s songwriter of the year award. Not surprisingly, he has another top 4 title on Country Airplay Jerrod Niemann s I Got This, currently at No. 38 but he s not even the best-charting member of his own family. Son Brad Clawson is enjoying his first top 2 single as a songwriter with the Morgan Wallen/ Florida Georgia Line recording Up Down, at No. 23 on the same chart. Meanwhile, wife Nicolle Galyon authored four titles on the current chart: Keith Urban s Female at No. 12, Lee Brice s Boy at No. 18, Lady Antebellum s Heart Break at No. 32 and Dan + Shay s Tequila at No. 39. Nicolle Galyon / Rodney Clawson / Brad Clawson Tom.Roland@billboard.com You won't hear Rodney complain. It s hard to get too competitive about it when it all ends up going in the same bank account, he says. You re on the same team. When you re playing football and one of your buddies scores a touchdown for the team, you re probably not going to get mad at him. In fact, it seems they ve established a precedent in country music. The Clawsons appear to be the first family to have three members all charting simultaneously as full-time songwriters without a single collaboration among their titles. There have been husband/wife songwriting couples, such as Country Music Hall of Fame members Boudleaux & Felice Bryant or current songwriters Jon Randall ( Tin Man ) and Jessi Alexander ( I Drive Your Truck ). There have been parent/child relationships in the com- JESSICA STEDDOM

2 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 2 OF 2 posing ranks, too, particularly when songwriter Max T. Barnes topped the chart on Jan. 4, 1992, with Collin Raye s Love, Me at a time when his father, Max D. Barnes, trailed at No. 4 with Vince Gill s Look at Me. Throw in family units where at least one member was an artist such as son Thomas Rhett and father Rhett Akins, or the 199s team of Rodney Crowell and then-wife Rosanne Cash and the ranks swell. But it doesn t appear that any family beyond the Clawsons has had three full-time songwriters earn concurrent hits independently of each other. Much about their success is out of their control, but the fact that it has happened without any collaborations was intentional. Rodney, who earned his first top five single with Buddy Jewell s 23 release Sweet Southern Comfort, encouraged both Brad and Galyon to pursue their songwriting separately to avoid the appearance that they were simply putting their names on his songs. If anything positive ever happened which it did she would share credit with her co-writers, says Rodney of Galyon. Nobody could say that she married a guy who already had a few hits and she was just riding his coattails. We wanted to avoid that happening so she could go out and make her mark and get credit for it. Rodney set an example for the other two, even if he tried to avoid meddling. Galyon had some writing in her background she had been the yearbook editor during high school in Kansas but she was pursuing artist management at Belmont University when the idea of writing songs took hold. Getting to know Rodney and getting to know a lot of other songwriters really opened my eyes to it, she says. So I was a closeted songwriter for many years, probably til I was about 21. Brad was meanwhile opposed to songwriting. He had watched his father commute from a farm in West Texas to Nashville to establish his career and was very aware of the financial uncertainties it entailed. That firsthand experience took away any fantasies that writing songs is an easy profession. That was a big part in the beginning that kept me at arms length, says Brad, recalling his early resistance. I always liked music, and I always played music, but I didn t want to have to work that hard to maybe make it. More people fail than make it, and I was like, There s so many other things that I would love to do. Oddly enough, Brad s pursuit of a parks management degree at Middle Tennessee State University proved to be its own dead end. When he graduated, he met with a series of closed doors. Meanwhile, he had worked with his college roommate Mitchell Tenpenny, who recently signed with Sony Music Nashville as a songwriter and guitarist, and Brad got the bug. He valeted cars at the Omni Nashville Hotel and worked at a retail store to pay the bills while he honed his writing craft and eventually received several less favorable offers before he landed with Ashley Gorley s Taperoom Music. (Rodney writes for Big Loud; Galyon is signed with Warner/Chappell). With all three now vying for singles, it creates some odd moments. Galyon says Florida Georgia Line s Smooth, which she co-authored, was allowed to die in the teens when Brad s Up Down began to take off for the duo. And one of her husband s songs knocked her out of a prime position with an undisclosed artist. I got the phone call that my song was supposed to be the first single, and then they changed their minds and it was Rodney s instead of mine, and then mine didn t even make the record, she recalls. That stings, but it s still my family and big picture, we [all] win when one of us wins. It creates other odd clashes, too, especially if Galyon and her husband hear a potential song title at the same time. There have definitely been moments where we look at each other and go, First to write it wins, she says. But there are side benefits, too. Since they all share a very unique career, they re able to understand one another in ways that most non-writing family members would not. And now that they have begun to loosen their own restrictions and Rodney has written separately with each relative, they re sharing in other ways. The second song Rodney wrote with Galyon, Win Life, is the closing track on Luke Bryan s What Makes You Country. And writing together allows them to see one another as co-workers not just as relatives though Brad suggests that writing with his dad creates some self-conscious moments. It s not uncomfortable, but it is different than writing with other people, says Brad. I want to have good ideas and don t want to say anything stupid. I don t want to show off, but I do want to show up. Meanwhile, the family is well aware that it s beating the odds by having three members simultaneously chart in country s top 4. There s way more players in the NBA, says Rodney, than there are successful songwriters. Chris Lane (center) was a guest on CMT Hot 2 Countdown. He is pictured with CMT hosts Katie Cook and Cody Alan. Kelsea Ballerini visited Cumulus Nash campus for an appearance on Ty, Kelly & Chuck. From left: Ty Bentli, Ballerini, Kelly Ford and Chuck Wicks. Blake Shelton met with local radio execs when he brought his Country Music Freaks Tour to Grand Rapids, Mich., on Feb. 22. From left: Warner Music Nashville national director of radio and streaming Katie Bright, local radio veteran Doug Montgomery, Shelton and WBCT PD Dave Taft. Chris Janson (right) found time for a little radio schmoozing during a Reason to Drink Tour stop in Manchester, N.H. While there, he visited with KJM Management owner Kelly Janson and WOKQ PD Joe Limardi.

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4 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 4 OF 2 ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com Five To 1: Scotty McCreery Scores First Country Airplay Leader 197, sold), and spent six weeks at No. 1. His follow-up, See You Tonight, arrived atop the list dated Nov. 2, 213 (52,), and led for one week. In between, he jingled to No. 2 with Christmas With Scotty McCreery, (Nov. 3, 212; 41, sold). REXHA TIES GIRL RECORD Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line s pop/ country crossover hit Meant to Be (Warner Bros./Big Machine Label Group) leads Hot Country Songs for a 13th week. On Country Airplay, the collaboration hits a new high, rising 16-15, up 24 percent to 17.1 million in audience. When it logged its 11th week at No. 1, the track passed Taylor Swift s We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (from 212 and 213) for the most weeks atop Hot Country Songs for a title by a solo female in the chart s 59-year history. Meant now matches Little Big Town s Girl Crush (215) for the most weeks at No. 1 for a song featuring lead female vocals. GOOD NEWS Luke Bryan banks his 25th Hot Country Songs top 1, and 24th in succession (counting singles promoted to country radio and excluding holiday fare), as Most People Are Good (Capitol Nashville) rises 12-1 in its ninth week on the list. Starting with 28 s No. 1-peaking Country Man, Bryan s second Country Airplay top 1, all of his official singles have reached the top tier. He enjoys the third-longest active top 1 streak, after Keith Urban (38) and Carrie Underwood (26). END BEGINS Cole Swindell boasts the top debut on Country Airplay as Break Up in the End (Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville) launches at No. 28 with 6.8 million first-week audience impressions. The first single from Swindell s upcoming album marks his second-highest arrival on C ountry Airplay: You Should Be Here started at No. 26 on Jan. 2, 216, and led for three weeks that April. MCCREERY: GETTY IMAGES Singer-songwriter Scotty McCreery notches his first No. 1 among three top 1s on Billboard s Country Airplay chart as ballad Five More Minutes (Triple Tigers) ascends 3-1 in its 4th week on the tally (dated March 4), gaining by 1 percent to 4.2 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 25, according to Nielsen Music. On the Hot Country Songs chart, which blends airplay, streaming and sales data, Five holds at its No. 4 high. I d just lost my granddaddy Bill, McCreery recently told Billboard during an upcoming episode of the Billboard Chart Beat Podcast of the song, which he co-wrote with Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell. He was my guy, a cool cat, 85 years old, doing cannonballs in the backyard pool. He was awesome, I loved him. Monty was the one who said, It s just like you wanted five more minutes with the guy. I was like, That s the song I m going to write today. The 24-year-old McCreery, a native of Garner, N.C., won the 1th edition of American Idol, donning the crown on May 25, 211. Notably, the runner-up that season was Lauren Alaina, who achieved her first Country Airplay No. 1 when Road Less Traveled topped the chart dated April 22, 217. She followed Road (her sixth entry on the list) with her second trip to No. 1 when she was featured McCREERY on Kane Brown s What Ifs (Oct. 28, 217). Five is McCreery s ninth charted Country Airplay title. He debuted on the list in 211 with the No. 15-peaking I Love You This Big and followed with The Trouble With Girls and Water Tower Town, which peaked at Nos. 17 and 38, respectively, in 212. McCreery s next two proper singles became his first two top 1s, both in 214: See You T onight (No. 8) and Feelin It (No. 1). One additional single, Southern Belle, McCreery s last for his original label (Interscope/Mercury), peaked at No. 45 in 216. Five is the lead single from McCreery s third studio full-length, Seasons Change (March 16), his first for Triple Tigers. He co-wrote all the songs on the 11-track album, which was produced by Rogers and Aaron Eshuis. McCreery has earned two No. 1s on Top Country Albums. His first set after winning Idol, Clear as Day, opened atop the ranking dated Oct. 22, 211 (with

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6 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 6 OF 2 WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) +/ +/ RANK FIVE MORE MINUTES Triple Tigers HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Scotty McCreery MARRY ME Valory Thomas Rhett BROKEN HALOS Mercury Chris Stapleton WRITTEN IN THE SAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion ALL ON ME Atlantic/WEA Devin Dawson YOURS Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan THE LONG WAY Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge l LEGENDS Black River Kelsea Ballerini SINGLES YOU UP MCA Nashville Jordan Davis SHE'S WITH ME Atlantic/WEA High Valley FEMALE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean FOR THE FIRST TIME Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker MEANT TO BE Warner Bros./BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line HAPPENS LIKE THAT Wheelhouse Granger Smith HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown BOY Curb Lee Brice I LIVED IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Blue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney WOMAN, AMEN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley ONES THAT LIKE ME Valory Brantley Gilbert UP DOWN BMLG/Big Loud Morgan Wallen Featuring Florida Georgia Line GET TO YOU Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Big Loud Chris Lane Feat. Tori Kelly CRIMINAL Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell NEW BREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN HH Most Increased Audience/Most Added HH Cole Swindell SHE AIN'T IN IT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi Country Airplay KISS SOMEBODY Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans PLAYS AIRPLAY MONITORED BY BILLBOARD COUNTRY AIRPLAY PANEL 148 STATIONS Akron, OH Albany, N.Y. Albuquerque, N.M. Allentown, Pa. Atlanta Augusta, Ga. Austin, Texas Bakersfield, Calif. Baltimore Baton Rouge, La. Birmingham, Ala. Boise, Idaho Boston Buffalo, N.Y. Charleston, S.C. Charlotte, N.C. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Colorado Springs, Colo. Columbia, S.C. Columbus, Ohio Corpus Christi, Texas Dallas Dayton, Ohio Denver Des Moines, Iowa Detroit WQMX WGNA KBQI KRST WCTO WKHX WUBL WKXC KASE KUZZ WPOC WYNK WDXB WZZK KAWO KIZN WBWL WKLB WYRK WEZL WKKT WSOC WUSY WEBG WUSN WUBE WGAR KATC WCOS WCOL KRYS KPLX KSCS WHKO KYGO KHKI WDRQ WYCD El Paso, Texas Ft. Myers, Fla. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Fresno, Calif. Gainesville, Fla. Grand Rapids, Mich. Greensboro, N.C. Greenville, S.C. Harrisburg, Pa. Hartford, Conn. Houston Huntsville, Ala. Indianapolis Jacksonville, Fla. Johnson City, Tenn. Kansas City Knoxville, Tenn. Lafayette, La. Lakeland, Fla. Las Vegas Lexington, Ky. Little Rock, Ark. Los Angeles Louisville, Ky. Madison, Wis. McAllen, Texas Memphis KHEY WCKT WWGR WQHK KSKS WOGK WBCT WTQR WSSL WRBT WWYZ KILT KKBQ WDRM WFMS WLHK WGNE WQIK WXBQ KBEQ WDAF KFKF WCYQ WIVK KMDL WPCV KCYE KWNR WBUL KSSN KKGO WAMZ WQNU WWQM WMAD KTEX WGKX WLFP Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Mobile, Ala. Monmouth/Ocean, N.J. Monterey, Calif.. Nashville Nassau, N.Y. New Bern, N.C. New Orleans New York Norfolk, Va. Oklahoma City, Okla. Omaha, Neb. Orlando, Fla. Oxnard-Ventura, CA Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, Maine Portland, Ore. Providence, R.I. Raleigh, N.C. Reno, Nevada Richmond, Va. Riverside, Calif. Roanoke, Va. WKIS WMIL KEEY KMNB WKSJ WKMK KTOM WKDF WSIX WJVC WRNS WNOE WNSH WGH WUSH KJKE KTST KXKT WWKA KHAY WXTU KMLE KNIX WDSY WOGI WPGB WPOR WTHT KUPL KWJJ WCTK WNCB WQDR KBUL KOLC WKHK KFRG WSLC Rochester, N.Y. Sacramento, Calif. St. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio, Texas San Diego San Jose, Calif. Sarasota, Fla. Seattle Spokane, Wash. Springfield, Mass. Stockton, Calif. Syracuse, N.Y. Tampa, Fla. Tucson, Ariz. Tulsa, Okla. Visalia, Calif. Washington, D.C. West Palm Beach, Fla. Wichita, Kan. Wilkes Barre, Pa. Wilmington, Del. York, Pa. WBEE KBEB KNCI KNTY KSD WIL KSOP KUBL KAJA KCYY KSON KRTY WCTQ KKWF KMPS KXLY WRNX KATM WBBS WFUS WQYK KIIM KVOO KWEN KJUG WMZQ WIRK KFDI KZSN WGGY WXCY WGTY

7 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 7 OF 2 WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) +/ +/ RANK THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice HEART BREAK Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum HOOKED Curb Dylan Scott KINDA DON'T CARE Valory Justin Moore A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde DOIN' FINE 19/Interscope/Mercury Lauren Alaina DRUNK GIRL Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson I GOT Curb Jerrod Niemann TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay RE-ENTRY I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Broken Bow Dustin Lynch WILD WEST Wheelhouse Runaway June MERCY BMLG Brett Young SHOOT ME STRAIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne HIDE THE WINE Big Machine Carly Pearce DIANE Arista Nashville Cam STILL THE SAME Big Machine Sugarland SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore RE-ENTRY SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS EMI Nashville Brandon Lay DON'T GET BETTER THAN THAT Reviver LOCASH RICH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris BORN TO LOVE YOU Arista Nashville LANCO BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen GUNS & ROSES Cold River Drew Baldridge REASONS Big Loud Jillian Jacqueline NEW WORTH IT BMLG Danielle Bradbery Country Airplay AMERICAN ROCK 'N ROLL Top Dog/BMG/Broken Bow Kid Rock SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU Southern Ground/Elektra/WAR Sir Rosevelt CHILLS Universal Music Canada James Barker Band COUNTRY SONG Almost Country/Thirty Tigers Casey Donahew NEW RUN WILD HORSES BIG Label Aaron Watson PLAYS AIRPLAY MONITORED BY GOING FOR ADDS 3/5 3/12 DAVE MCELROY Nowhere With You Free Flow/Grassroots/Grapevine KELSEA BALLERINI I Hate Love Songs Black River JAMES DUPRE Hurt Good Grassroots SHERRY LYNN Bang Bang Steal Heart GETTY IMAGES 54 JILLIAN JAQUELINE Reasons Singer-songwriter Jillian Jaqueline s copenned debut rises in its second week on Country Airplay as it hikes 67 percent to 528, audience impressions. Her first studio LP is due later in 218. MACY MARTIN Take It Now GTR Nashville/Kent Wells RUSSELL DICKERSON Blue Tacoma Triple Tigers SOUTHERN HALO Anything Is Possible Southern Halo 3/19 LUCAS HOGE Power Of Garth Forge RICKY COOK Thanks A Lot, Loretta Jerry Duncan/Imperator TRENT HARMON You Got 'Em All Big Machine

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9 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 9 OF 2 Country Airplay AIRPLAY MONITORED BY MOST ADDED TITLE Imprint/Label Artist ADDS BREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell 54 MEANT TO BE Warner Bros/BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 29 MERCY BMLG Brett Young 2 BEST SHOT Stoney Creek Jimmie Allen 15 HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 14 RICH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris 14 KISS SOMEBODY Warner Bros./WEA Morgan Evans 8 I LIVED IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton 7 ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 7 RUN WILD HORSES BIG Label Aaron Watson 7 MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN (IN MIILIONS) BREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell MARRY ME Valory Thomas Rhett BROKEN HALOS Mercury Chris Stapleton FIVE MORE MINUTES Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan FEMALE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban MEANT TO BE Warner Bros./BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line THE LONG WAY Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown TITLE Imprint/Label NEW AND ACTIVE Artist RECURRENTS TOTAL AUDIENCE TOTAL STATIONS LOST Wheelhouse Walker McGuire NOTHIN LIKE US Revel Road/168 Josh Gracin BLUE TACOMA Triple Tigers Russell Dickerson SELFISH Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle VINYL Warner Bros./WMN William Michael Morgan GIVE THAT GIRL A BEER B$R/New Revolution Big & Rich TITLE Imprint/Label Artist TOTAL AUD. (IN MILLIONS) 1 LIKE I LOVED YOU BMLG Brett Young GREATEST LOVE STORY Arista Nashville LANCO SMALL TOWN BOY Broken Bow Dustin Lynch YOU BROKE UP WITH ME Monument/Arista Nashville Walker Hayes WHAT IFS Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown Feat. Lauren Alaina BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD MCA Nashville Sam Hunt UNFORGETTABLE Valory Thomas Rhett MAKE A LITTLE Big Machine Midland WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs LOSING SLEEP RCA Nashville Chris Young ADDS MOST INCREASED PLAYS TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN BREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell +12 MEANT TO BE Warner Bros./BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line +947 MARRY ME Valory Thomas Rhett +796 FEMALE Hit Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban +735 BROKEN HALOS Mercury Chris Stapleton +71 THE LONG WAY Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge +696 YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean +694 HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown +591 MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan +569 FIVE MORE MINUTES Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +556 BILLBOARD COUNTRY BOXSCORE Gross Artist Attendance Ticket Price(s) Venue/Date(s) Capacity Promoter(s) $3,435,7 GEORGE STRAIT 3,18 $2, $5 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas/Feb ,639 $626,881 MIRANDA LAMBERT 11,76 $79.75, $29.75 The Forum, Inglewood, Calif./Feb. 1 12,549 MGM RESORTS LIVE NATION $397,782 CHRIS YOUNG 8,755 CONCERTS WEST/ $57, $37 Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh/Feb. 8 sellout AEG PRESENTS $318,42 CHRIS YOUNG 6,694 CONCERTS WEST/ $58, $38 Big Sandy Superstore Arena, Huntington, W. Va./Feb. 1 sellout AEG PRESENTS $311,446 CHRIS YOUNG 5,884 CONCERTS WEST/ $59, $39 Cross Insurance Center, Bangor, Maine/Feb. 2 sellout AEG PRESENTS Reported worldwide boxscore figures for Country artists. Boxscore figures should be submitted to Bob Allen by phone ( ), fax ( ) or (bob.allen@billboard.com). TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT ENDING FEBRUARY 25, 218 WKS ON CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST TW SPINS BORN TO DIE (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Curtis Grimes HANK (Independent) Whiskey Myers DEVIL'S DONE WITH ME (Independent) TJ Broscoff HELL OF A HIGHWAY (Independent) Jake Worthington NOT TOO FAR TO REACH (Independent) Jake Ward GOOD PEOPLE (Independent) Josh Grider AIRPORT KISS (Independent) Jon Wolfe BE THE REVIVAL (Red Dirt Legend) Brandon Jenkins SO LONG 6TH STREET (Bowen Sounds) Wade Bowen MISTAKES (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr SPINS +/ WKS ON CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST TW SPINS STILL THINK ABOUT YOU (Independent) William Clark Green WHAT I DO (Independent) Mark Powell EVERY TIME YOU RUN (Independent) Frank Ray LOOK WHO'S HURTING NOW (Independent) Clay Hollis WHAT COWBOYS DO (Almost Country) Casey Donahew Band EVERYTHING TO LOSE (Independent) Sundance Head IF I SAY I LOVE YOU (CONSIDER ME DRUNK) (BGM) Johnny Bush w/ Reckless Kelly HELL OF A YEAR (Independent) Parker McCollum RAIN (Independent) Aaron Copeland GIRL DOWN IN TEXAS (Independent) Josh Abbott Band SPINS +/ Texas Regional Radio Report Top 1 is compiled from weekly online playlist reports from 86 radio stations located in Texas and surrounding states, including reports from specialty shows, internet and satellite radio outlets. Songs are ranked by total plays. For tracking, complete chart methodology and more information, visit or contact Dave Smith at Copyright 218, Texas Regional Radio Report

10 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 1 OF 2 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND Cam visited WUBE Cincinnati as she promoted her current single, Diane. She s shown with promotions director Ron James (left) and PD Grover Collins. DOLLY, TRACE LEAD PEACHY BENEFITS Whether it s spring training, spring semester or simply an attempt to put a spring in the step of someone who needs an assist, a few country figures have added charity events to their upcoming calendars, including Dolly Parton and Trace Adkins. With their incorporation of books, baseball and music, the charities embrace the mind, body and spirit. They include: Parton will visit Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27 to donate the 1 millionth book in her Imagination Library program to the Library of Congress. The following day, she will appear on Good Morning America and perform a song from her 217 children s album I Believe in You. The Baltimore Orioles will host a four-day weekend event March 1-4 that incorporates a handful of Nashville artists and songwriters at spring training in Sarasota, Fla. Participants include songwriter Lee Thomas Miller ( It Ain t My Fault, Shoot Me Straight ) and songwriters Brett and Brad Warren ( Sober Saturday Night, Highway Don t Care ). Proceeds will benefit a range of charities. Adkins will headline Jammin to Beat the Blues, an annual fundraiser for mental health issues, on March 21 at Nashville s Ryman Auditorium. Country-gospel singer Jason Crabb is among several acts expected to join. Previous participants have included Vince Gill, Chris Young, Blake Shelton and Emmylou Harris. Songwriters Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip collectively known as The Peach Pickers hold their fifth Georgia On My Mind benefit for music education through the Georgia Music Foundation. The 218 concert is slated for June 26 at Nashville s Ryman Auditorium. Past guests include Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Cole Swindell. MOVERS & SHAKERS KBXB Sikeston, Mo.-Paducah, Ky., added Envision Networks The Ashley & Brad Show, featuring Ashley Paige and Brad Abrell, in mornings. Envision began syndicating the Los Angeles-based program in November 217 Tracy Zamot joined SiriusXM as vp corporate communications and public relations following a run as Pandora director of artist and music industry communications. Reach her here Dwight Yoakam previewed an exclusive SiriusXM channel, The Bakersfield Beat, over the weekend. Celebrating country s West Coast influences, the channel fully launches in the spring Westwood One s Red Eye Radio brings Tanya Tucker, Lucas Hoge and Ray Scott to the Mid- America Trucking Show March at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. Lee Cagle joined SummitMedia/Louisville (Ky.) as operations manager, Talkers.com reported. The four-station cluster includes country WQNU and classic country WRKA. Cagle moves from the same role at Results Radio/ Redding, Calif., where the group includes country KNCQ WVLK Lexington, Ky., dropped country in favor of adult hits, according to Talkers. com Country Radio Hall of Fame member Dr. Bruce Nelson Stratton died Feb. 25, KRIS-TV Corpus Christi, Texas, reported. Inducted into the Hall in 24, he worked in the early 196s on WXRA-FM Woodbridge, Va., country s first full-time FM station. Other stops included WPLO Atlanta, WUBE Cincinnati, KENR Houston and KFTX Corpus Christi, where he was morning host/gm prior to his retirement in 21. ROUND THE ROW John Clore started Feb. 26 as Curb/ Word Entertainment vp marketing, overseeing all genres for the company. He was previously Word Records senior director of marketing. Reach him here Juli Newton Griffith was hired as president of Play It Again Publishing, where she ll represent the songs of owner Dallas Davidson and four other songwriters. She was most recently Magic Mustang Music vp. Reach her here Nada Taha established Blind Copy Creative, a firm that offers digital marketing and branding. She was previously digital director of The Bobby Bones Show. Reach her here Three publicists are leaving Essential Broadcast Media Brielle Colby, Darlene Rodriguez and Bailey Sharpe with March 2 tabbed as their official last day. New staff is expected to be announced by publicist/ owner Ebie McFarland the week of March 5. The firm s clients include Eric Church, Kenny Chesney and Darius Rucker. Reach Colby here, Rodriguez here and Sharpe here Big Machine Label Group promoted Nicole Flammia to senior creative director of photo and video production after three years as creative director. Reach her here StarPro PR shifted Cynthia Aycock to head an in-house radio promotion team, two months after she joined the team as associate publicist Songwriter Tammy Hyler ( I Can Still Feel You ) opened a Nashville management and publishing company, Smashville Entertainment. The firm s inaugural management client is Alexis Ebert The Los Angelesbased Academy of Country Music has an opening for a marketing manager. Go here for a job description and contact info Ryman Hospitality will host a job fair March 8-16 to fill 25 positions at Ole Red Nashville, the Blake Shelton-affiliated club opening in May. Go here for details Singer-songwriter Riley Green inked a recording deal with BMLG Records and a publishing agreement with Warner/ Chappell Nashville Singer-songwriter Dawson Edwards joined the BMG Nashville songwriting stable Kobalt Nashville signed singer-songwriter-guitarist Patrick Droney to a publishing contract Kinkead Entertainment added Bobby Bare and Craig Wayne Boyd to its concert booking roster Kid Rock and New Sony Music Nashville signee Mitchell Tenpenny (right) hung with WDRM Huntsville, Ala., PD Erich West during a radio promotion tour. Lindsay Ell visited with Academy of Country Music senior vp finance and operations Tom Torii when she stopped by the Los Angeles headquarters. Vector Management founder and co-president Ken Levitan signed Sweet Tea Trio to a management coventure. The group includes Alabama natives Victoria Camp, Savannah Coker and Kate Falcon. ELL: MICHEL BOURQUARD

11 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 11 OF 2 NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND MUSIC NOTES The Grand Ole Opry has a handful of major dates on the books for the month of March. Larry Gatlin returns as host for the annual Opry Country Classics series of Thursday shows launching March 1 at Nashville s Ryman Auditorium. The opening edition falls on the 5th anniversary of Johnny Cash s wedding to June Carter Cash, and songs by the Man in Black anchor the set list for a lineup that includes John Carter Cash, Mark Collie and Mandy Barnett. Chris Janson will officially be inducted as the newest Opry member on March 2. And Charlie Daniels marks 1 years of Opry membership by performing March 27, two months after his official anniversary, which was Jan. 19. Reba McEntire signed up to announce nominees for the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS This Morning and Facebook Live after 8 a.m. ET on March 1. Nancy O Dell will unveil the remainder on ETOnline. com. McEntire takes the role at a time when the ACM has yet to announce the host of the April 15 awards. Dierks Bentley revealed during Country McENTIRE Radio Seminar that he and Luke Bryan would not be returning. McEntire has hosted 17 times between A jukebox musical that incorporates the songs of Dean Dillon is in development through writer-producer Dewey Moss (Death of the Persian Prince, The Crusade of Connor Stephens). Tennessee Whiskey The Musical borrows its title from a Dillon composition made famous by George Jones and revived by Chris Stapleton, and weaves a storyline of addiction and redemption. Details for the public launch have yet to be determined, though it s likely to include performances of Pam Tillis Spilled Perfume, Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius Lying in Love With You and such George Strait singles as The Chair, Unwound, Ocean Front Property and Here for a Good Time. Ashley Monroe s fourth album, Sparrow, is due April 2 through Warner Music Nashville. Recorded at historic RCA Studio A, the album was produced by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Zac Brown Band). A video for the moody firstrevealed track, Hands On You, can be seen here. Top Headlines from Click on headlines below for more details.com Sony Music Chairman Doug Morris Secures Funding To Launch New Label ON DATE IN COUNTRY MUSIC Feb Dierks Bentley records Drunk on a Plane with a band that includes Charlie Worsham at the Ocean Way Studios in Nashville. 199 Arista releases Alan Jackson s debut album, Here in the Real World. Feb Ladies Love Country Boys BENTLEY plays in the background as Trace Adkins poses shirtless for a soap ad during the Donald Trump-centered NBC series The Celebrity Apprentice. Stephen Baldwin jokes about the sexy pose by referencing Honky Tonk Badonkadonk Garth Brooks serves as both host and musical guest, performing Two Pina Coladas on the NBC show Saturday Night Live. March Cole Swindell reaches No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the first time with his debut single, Chillin It. 211 Reba McEntire, Jean Shepard and songwriter Bobby Braddock are announced as the 211 inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame. March Columbia releases Willie Nelson s Georgia On My Mind. March 3 2 Montgomery Gentry makes its Grand Ole Opry debut. March Glen Campbell wins three trophies in the third annual Academy of Country & Western Music awards at Los Angeles Century Plaza Hotel: top male vocalist; single record of the year, for Gentle On My Mind ; and album, for the LP of the same name. March Kelsea Ballerini makes her Australian concert debut during a festival in Thredbo A plane crash in Camden, Tenn., claims the lives of Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and pilot Randy Hughes as they return to Nashville from a charity concert in Kansas City. Source: RolandNote.com, the Ultimate Country Music Database The Music Modernization Act: What Is It & Why Does It Matter? Scott Borchetta s The Launch Talent Show Lands Worldwide Distribution Deal With Sony Pictures Television Four More Women Accuse Republic s Charlie Walk Of Sexual Harassment Gibson CEO Talks Challenges Facing Guitar Retail Industry: These Are Troubled Times Dan + Shay met up with two WYCD Detroit staff members during a performance at the Hard Rock Riviera Maya in Mexico. From left: WYCD host Rob Stone, Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney and WYCD host Holly Hutton.

12 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 12 OF 2 TWO S AGO Hot Country Songs WKS ON CHART TITLE PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) Artist IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL MEANT TO BE HH No. 1 (13 weeks)/airplay & Streaming Gainer HH Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line WILSHIRE (B.REXHA,T.HUBBARD,J.MILLER,D.A.GARCIA) WARNER BROS./BMLG MARRY ME Thomas Rhett D.HUFF,J.FRASURE,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY) VALORY YOU MAKE IT EASY Jason Aldean M.KNOX (T.HUBBARD,B.KELLEY,M.WALLEN,J.M.SCHMIDT) MACON/BROKEN BOW FIVE MORE MINUTES Scotty McCreery F.ROGERS (S.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,M.CRISWELL) TRIPLE TIGERS BROKEN HALOS Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,M.HENDERSON) MERCURY HEAVEN Kane Brown D.HUFF (S.CARTER,M.MCGINN,L.RIMES) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE WRITTEN IN THE SAND Old Dominion S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD HH Digital Gainer HH Luke Bryan J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (D.FRASIER,E.M.HILL,J.KEAR) CAPITOL NASHVILLE YOU BROKE UP WITH ME Walker Hayes S.MCANALLY (W.HAYES,K.SACKLEY,T.ARCHER) MONUMENT/ARISTA NASHVILLE YOURS Russell Dickerson C.BROWN (P.WELLING,C.BROWN,R.DICKERSON) TRIPLE TIGERS ALL ON ME Devin Dawson J.JOYCE (D.DAWSON,J.DURRETT,A.SMITH) ATLANTIC/WEA SINGLES YOU UP Jordan Davis P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,S.D.JONES,J.EBACH) MCA NASHVILLE THE LONG WAY Brett Eldredge R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,M.ROGERS) ATLANTIC/WMN FEMALE Keith Urban K.URBAN,R. COPPERMAN,D.HUFF (R.COPPERMAN,N.GALYON,S.MCANALLY) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE SHE'S WITH ME High Valley S.MOSLEY,M.O'CONNOR (B.REMPEL,S.MOSLEY,B.M.STENNIS) ATLANTIC/WEA BOY Lee Brice L.BRICE,J.STONE,K.JACOBS,D.FRIZSELL (J.M.NITE,N.GALYON) CURB UP DOWN Morgan Wallen Featuring Florida Georgia Line J.MOI (B.CLAWSON,M.HARDY,C.J. SOLAR) BMLG/BIG LOUD ONE NUMBER AWAY Luke Combs S.MITCHELL,JACKIE BOYZ (L.COMBS,S.A.BATTEY,S.MITCHELL,R.WILLIFORD) RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE FOR THE FIRST TIME Darius Rucker R. COPPERMAN (D.RUCKER,D.GEORGE,SCOOTER CARUSOE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE HAPPENS LIKE THAT Granger Smith G.SMITH,F.ROGERS,D.WELLS (G.SMITH,J.M.SCHMIDT,A.ALBERT,T.HUBBARD,J.WILSON) WHEELHOUSE I'LL NAME THE DOGS Blake Shelton S.HENDRICKS (M.DRAGSTREM,B.HAYSLIP,J.THOMPSON) WARNER BROS./WMN ONES THAT LIKE ME Brantley Gilbert D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,B.CHAFFIN,B.PINSON) VALORY TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Chris Lane Featuring Tori Kelly J.MOI (D.A.GARCIA,H.LINDSEY,J.MILLER) BIG LOUD WOMAN, AMEN Dierks Bentley R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,J.KEAR,D.BENTLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney K.CHESNEY,B.CANNON (D.L.MURPHY,C.STEVENS,J.YEARY) BLUE CHAIR/REVIVER COUNTRY AIRPLAY RANK SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY PEAK POSITION RC RC GETTY IMAGES 3 JON PARDI She Ain t in It The ballad is the fourth single from Pardi s California Sunrise LP, following the top five Hot Country Songs hits Head Over Boots, Dirt on My Boots and Heartache on the Dance Floor. His latest bumps to a new peak (33-3) as it gains by 1 percent to 2.2 million U.S. streams. 33 MORGAN EVANS Kiss Somebody The Australian singer-songwriter s launch single bolts 4-33 on Hot Country Songs. It gains by 21 percent to 6.4 million impressions on Country Airplay, where it holds at its No. 3 peak.

13 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 13 OF 2 Hot Country Songs SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY TWO S AGO WKS ON CHART TITLE PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) Artist IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL MAKE A LITTLE Midland D.HUFF,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (J.CARSON,C.DUDDY,M.WYSTRACH,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) BIG MACHINE TEQUILA Dan + Shay D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (D.SMYERS,J.REYNOLDS,N.GALYON) WARNER BROS./WAR I LIVED IT Blake Shelton S.HENDRICKS (A.GORLEY,B.HAYSLIP,R.AKINS,R.COPPERMAN) WARNER BROS./WMN THE REST OF OUR LIFE Tim McGraw & Faith Hill B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW,F.HILL (E.C.SHEERAN,A.WADGE,J.MCDAID,S.MCCUTCHEON) MCGRAW/ARISTA NASHVILLE SHE AIN'T IN IT Jon Pardi B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (C.DANIELS,W.VARBLE) CAPITOL NASHVILLE GET TO YOU Michael Ray S.HENDRICKS (A.STOKLASA,P.DOVGALYUK) ATLANTIC/WEA HOOKED Dylan Scott M.ALDERMAN,C.GIBBS,J.E.NORMAN (L.RIMES,S.ENNIS,M.EVANS) CURB KISS SOMEBODY Morgan Evans C. DESTEFANO (M.EVANS,C. DESTEFANO,J.OSBORNE) WARNER BROS./WEA PARALLEL LINE Keith Urban BENNY BLANCO,E.SHEERAN,J.MCDAID,K.URBAN (E.C.SHEERAN,B.J.LEVIN,J.MCDAID,J.MICHAELS,A.WADGE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Dustin Lynch R. COPPERMAN (D.LYNCH,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) BROKEN BOW DRUNK GIRL Chris Janson S.HENDRICKS (C.JANSON,SCOOTER CARUSOE,T.DOUGLAS) WARNER BROS./WAR HEART BREAK Lady Antebellum BUSBEE (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,J.FRASURE,N.GALYON) CAPITOL NASHVILLE CRIMINAL Lindsay Ell K.BUSH (L.ELL,C.STEVENS,F.WILHELM) STONEY CREEK THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Chase Rice R. COPPERMAN (C.RICE,R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE) DACK JANIELS/BROKEN BOW BORN TO LOVE YOU LANCO J.JOYCE (B.LANCASTER,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,J.OSBORNE) ARISTA NASHVILLE MERCY Brett Young D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,S.MCCONNELL) BMLG 42 NEW 1 SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU HH Hot Shot Debut HH Sir Rosevelt TIMBALAND,A.LOPEZ,G.FLORES (Z.BROWN,N.MOON,B.SIMONETTI,T.V.MOSLEY,J.A.VELAZQUEZ,G.FLORES) SOUTHERN GROUND/ELEKTRA/WAR WHAT'S MINE IS YOURS Kane Brown D.HUFF (K.BROWN,S.ELLIS,J.HOGE) ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE KINDA DON'T CARE Justin Moore S.BORCHETTA,J.S.STOVER (R.AKINS,R.COPPERMAN,B.HAYSLIP) VALORY DOIN' FINE Lauren Alaina BUSBEE (LAUREN ALAINA,E.SHACKELTON,BUSBEE) 19/INTERSCOPE/MERCURY SHOOT ME STRAIGHT Brothers Osborne J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,L.T.MILLER) EMI NASHVILLE MILLIONAIRE Chris Stapleton D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (K.WELCH) MERCURY STUPID Levi Hummon C. DESTEFANO (L.HUMMON,SCOOTER CARUSOE,C. DESTEFANO) ICONIC ENTERTAINMENT SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS Brandon Lay P.DIGIOVANNI,B.LAY (B.LAY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) EMI NASHVILLE 49 NEW 1 5 NEW 1 A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA J.JOYCE (A.MCBRYDE,N.HAYFORD,J.RICE) Ashley McBryde ATLANTIC/WAR The week s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 2 weeks. COUNTRY AIRPLAY RANK PEAK POSITION RC RC Year-Over-Year Album Sales ALBUM SALES DIGITAL TRACKS SALES million 2.3 million. million 11. million 7.6 million For week ending Feb. 22, 218. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. COUNTRY MARKET WATCH A Weekly National Music Sales Report Weekly Unit Sales ALBUMS DIGITAL ALBUMS* DIGITAL TRACKS This Week 266, 73, 93, Last Week 32, 8, 947, Change -11.9% -8.8% -4.6% This Week Last Year 434, 131, 1,423, Change -38.7% -44.3% -36.5% *Digital album sales are also counted within album sales. YEAR-TO-DATE Overall Unit Sales CHANGE Albums 2,872, 2,241, -22.% Digital Tracks 1,973, 7,628, -3.5% Sales by Album Format CHANGE Physical 1,936, 1,59, -17.9% Digital 936, 651, -3.4% For inquiries about any Nielsen Music data, please contact Josh Bennett at or josh.bennett@nielsen.com

14 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 14 OF 2 SALES, DATA COMPILED BY STREAMING & SALES DATA COMPILED BY 2 S AGO S ON CHT TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS ARTIST TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL KANE BROWN ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 53947*/SMN KANE BROWN Top Country Albums 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, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 218, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. AMERICANA/ FOLK ALBUMS CERT. PEAK POS. CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER MERCURY 1945*/UMGN 2 1 THOMAS RHETT LIFE CHANGES VALORY TR3A/BMLG 1 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 MERCURY 26379*/UMGN 1 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 MERCURY 2748*/UMGN 1 LUKE BRYAN WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 27589/UMGN 1 LUKE COMBS ONE S FOR YOU RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE */SMN 1 BRETT YOUNG BRETT YOUNG BMLG BY1A* 2 JON PARDI CAPITOL NASHVILLE 24744*/UMGN CALIFORNIA SUNRISE 1 1 KENNY CHESNEY LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION RE-ENTRY 16 BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE BMLG 3* DIG YOUR ROOTS 1 1 SAM HUNT MCA NASHVILLE 2152/UMGN MONTEVALLO 3 1 OLD DOMINION RCA NASHVILLE */SMN HAPPY ENDINGS 1 LANCO ARISTA NASHVILLE 53583*/SMN HALLELUJAH NIGHTS 1 KEITH URBAN RIPCORD HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 23591*/UMGN (25848 AMS & WSEX) 1 1 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC /AG THOMAS RHETT TANGLED UP VALORY RT2A/BMLG 1 2 WALKER HAYES MONUMENT /SMN BOOM. 6 DUSTIN LYNCH BROKEN BOW 7934/BBMG CURRENT MOOD 2 LUKE BRYAN CRASH MY PARTY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 18733/UMGN 4 1 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE HERE S TO THE GOOD TIMES REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 17773/BMLG ERIC CHURCH MR. MISUNDERSTOOD EMI NASHVILLE 242*/UMGN 1 2 BLAKE SHELTON TEXOMA SHORE WARNER BROS /WMN 1 CHRIS YOUNG LOSING SLEEP RCA NASHVILLE /SMN 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 5876/SMN 1 1 SALES DATA COMPILED BY COUNTRY STREAMING SONGS WKS ON CHART TITLE ARTIST MEANT TO BE BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE MARRY ME THOMAS RHETT HEAVEN KANE BROWN YOU MAKE IT EASY JASON ALDEAN WHAT IFS KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD SAM HUNT FIVE MORE MINUTES SCOTTY MCCREERY YOU BROKE UP WITH ME WALKER HAYES GREATEST LOVE STORY LANCO IN CASE YOU DIDN T KNOW BRETT YOUNG WRITTEN IN THE SAND OLD DOMINION WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS LUKE COMBS HURRICANE LUKE COMBS SMALL TOWN BOY DUSTIN LYNCH YOURS RUSSELL DICKERSON BROKEN HALOS CHRIS STAPLETON BLUE AIN T YOUR COLOR KEITH URBAN H.O.L.Y. FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE LIKE I LOVED YOU BRETT YOUNG LOSING SLEEP CHRIS YOUNG DIE A HAPPY MAN THOMAS RHETT ALL ON ME DEVIN DAWSON SINGLES YOU UP JORDAN DAVIS UNFORGETTABLE THOMAS RHETT COUNTRY DIGITAL SONG SALES The week s top-streamed and top-selling paid download country songs, respectively, from sales reports collected and provided by Nielsen Music. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at charts. Copyright 218, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. WKS ON CHART TITLE ARTIST MEANT TO BE BEBE REXHA & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE YOU MAKE IT EASY JASON ALDEAN MARRY ME THOMAS RHETT HEAVEN KANE BROWN BROKEN HALOS CHRIS STAPLETON MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD LUKE BRYAN FIVE MORE MINUTES SCOTTY MCCREERY YOU BROKE UP WITH ME WALKER HAYES WRITTEN IN THE SAND OLD DOMINION TENNESSEE WHISKEY CHRIS STAPLETON EVERYTHING S GONNA BE ALRIGHT DAVID LEE MURPHY & KENNY CHESNEY BOY LEE BRICE SINGLES YOU UP JORDAN DAVIS WHAT IFS KANE BROWN FEAT. LAUREN ALAINA UP DOWN MORGAN WALLEN FEAT. FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ONE NUMBER AWAY LUKE COMBS YOURS RUSSELL DICKERSON THE LONG WAY BRETT ELDREDGE ALL ON ME DEVIN DAWSON GREATEST LOVE STORY LANCO BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD SAM HUNT LEGENDS 22 RE-ENTRY KELSEA BALLERINI FEMALE KEITH URBAN TEQUILA 24 RE-ENTRY DAN + SHAY THE REST OF OUR LIFE TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL 2 S AGO S ON CHT ARTIST TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER / DISTRIBUTING LABEL 1 NEW BRANDI CARLILE BY THE WAY I FORGIVE YOU 1 1 LOW COUNTRY SOUND/ELEKTRA */AG NEW CERT. PEAK POS. CHRIS STAPLETON TRAVELLER MERCURY NASHVILLE 1945*/UMGN 2 1 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1 MERCURY NASHVILLE 26379*/UMGN 1 CHRIS STAPLETON FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 MERCURY NASHVILLE 2748*/UMGN 1 I M WITH HER SEE YOU AROUND ROUNDER 6131*/CONCORD 5 THE LUMINEERS CLEOPATRA DUALTONE 1738* 1 ED SHEERAN + ELEKTRA 53433*/AG 2 1 HOZIER HOZIER RUBYWORKS 39996*/COLUMBIA 2 1 SIMON & GARFUNKEL COLUMBIA 3135/LEGACY SIMON AND GARFUNKEL S GREATEST HITS 4 ZACH WILLIAMS ESSENTIAL 1153/PLG CHAIN BREAKER 4 Americana/Folk Albums ranks the most popular Americana/folk albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Copyright 218, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. 13 JORDAN DAVIS Singles You Up In its sixth week on Country Digital Song Sales, Davis freshman single climbs 21-13, hitting a new peak (7, sold, up 17 percent). The move helps push the track on Hot Country Songs, also a new high for the song. GETTY IMAGES

15 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 15 OF 2 MAKIN TRACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com Trent Harmon Longs For Better Days With Powerful You Got Em All When Trent Harmon faced 1, music and broadcast executives at a Country Radio Seminar (CRS) showcase on Feb. 7, he was under pressure. He hadn t appeared on a Billboard country singles chart in 1 months since There s a Girl ended its run on the charts dated April 16, 217. He was about to introduce an extremely personal new single in front of an influential audience, and the electronic keyboard wouldn t make a sound. He stood there in the awkwardness, offered a bit of patter to fill time, then delivered a hair-raising performance that earned an instant standing ovation. How do you act in that situation? says Harmon rhetorically. Just be cool, but it s hard to be cool in those moments. It s really hard. Especially given the weight of the song. The gutripping You Got Em All came straight out of a horrendously difficult year. Harmon s former label, Dot, folded, and Core Media Group, the company that owns 19 Entertainment and American Idol, filed a Chapter 11 restructuring plan that left Harmon in limbo. Just as the fog over his business began to lift, girlfriend Kathleen Couch announced in a phone call on June 4 as Harmon was about to go onstage in Portland, Ore. that she was heading to Thailand for a work opportunity. The only thing that I hear is, I m moving to Thailand to teach forever, recalls Harmon. I think I just let her go. I said, Well, great. Have a great time. HARMON Two mornings later, Harmon found himself back in Nashville, emotionally fragile, drained from the travel back to town, apparently single and ready to cancel a songwriting session at the Word Entertainment office of Justin Ebach ( Sleep Without You, Singles You Up ). Ebach talked him into keeping the appointment, suggesting that songwriters are often their most productive when they re uncomfortable. Those are usually the days where the devil is trying to get you not to write, says Ebach. Because something s on that day. Harmon spilled his guts to Ebach and co-writer Jordan Minton, and after pursuing several other ideas, Ebach pulled out You Got Em All, a song he had started about six weeks before. He had the opening line to the chorus Girl, I m still waiting on life to begin again and he knew where the key twists to the title belonged. The opening verse would address the woman s dreams, ending with the wish I hope you got em all. The chorus would close with the guy s shattered dreams: I feel like all my better days are gone/and I think you got em all. And the bridge would cinch it with a reflection on all the memories they had built when they were together: I hope you got em all. We had some of the melody stuff and those kind of things, then we went into Trent s story, and he was like, This is me, this is how I feel right now, remembers Ebach. Then it became Trent s song. We really just plugged his story in. The trio finished the song in about 45 minutes, breaking periodically for an emotional respite. We would stop writing for five minutes and just kind of talk and hang out, says Minton. When you re writing a song that s that heavy, you ve just got to breathe for a few minutes. Once it was completed, Ebach produced three different demos for it, ranging from a stripped-down piano/vocal approach to a full arrangement with a string section. He eventually turned in all three versions to his publisher, though he felt the bare-bones rendition was best. What needs to be focused on is the vocal and the lyric, says Ebach. When you capture that right, honestly, you don t need to add a lot of elements. That was the setup when Harmon sang You Got Em All live for the first time on Oct. 19 at his alma mater, the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. With the piano mostly plunking out the spare chords, the performance was posted online, and Crouch the woman who had inspired the song spotted it over in Thailand. She may have sent me an , notes Harmon, that just said, New song tonight. Wow. Before the year was up, Harmon s label issues were resolved, and he resigned to Big Machine Label Group. President/CEO Scott Borchetta pegged You Got Em All as the single that would reintroduce Harmon. The song just killed me, says Borchetta. That lyric in the chorus you know, All my better days are gone/and I think you got em all if that doesn t connect and if that s not a hit, I ll never produce another record. Borchetta did, in fact, co-produce the song with Jimmy Robbins (Canaan Smith, RaeLynn) on Dec. 2 at Ocean Way Studios. They booked the date for just the one song, which like Harmon s CRS performance meant working under the gun. There s some pressure with Scott being in the room, admits Robbins, but at the same time, there s a lot of good that goes along with that. If he likes it, there s none of that Well, I hope they like it feeling when you turn in a record. David Dorn slipped the single-note piano motif into several parts of the arrangement, and the band created an instrumental arc that built slowly without stealing attention from Harmon s lead. Drummer Nir Z flicked a shaker in the background of the intro, but never hit the toms until verse two. Derek Wells wedged in a pivotal four-bar guitar solo before the break, temporarily taking the spotlight from Harmon. There wasn t any exhale in the song between the second chorus and the bridge, so I really pushed to get that proper guitar solo in there, says Borchetta. His history as a mentor to Harmon on the 216 season of American Idol helped, too. Crouch and Harmon had reunited, and she was actually in the control room as he took on the final vocal. The first attempt was passable, but Borchetta knew he had a better take in him. Borchetta asked him to take a couple minutes, return to the emotional state he was in when he wrote You Got Em All and try again. With the lights turned low and Crouch in the background, Harmon nailed it on that second pass. You can hear a switch flip between take one and take two, says Robbins. He just went there. Harmon did it again at the CRS performance, finding the song s emotional hot spot despite the disruptive piano malfunction and the pressure of an industry audience. I felt like I had never heard the song before, even as someone that wrote it, says Minton. I was just blown away. Big Machine officially released it to radio that afternoon, and it topped the New & Active chart dated Feb. 25, hinting at the possibilities for You Got Em All. Harmon hopes it cements a bigger place in the genre. And he similarly hopes it s a stepping stone for him and Crouch in whatever future they might have. I didn t want her to go have a great time and me be here blue and miserable, says Harmon of her experiences in Thailand. But she had a great time, enough that she s going back. She s going to do her thing, and I m going to tour and do music. We don t really want to be with anybody else, but we re not going to hold each other back, either. It s a good place, just uncharted territory. Meanwhile, expect You Got Em All to be charting soon.

16 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 16 OF 2 WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist PLAYS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) +/ MARRY ME Valory HH No. 1 (1 week) HH Thomas Rhett FIVE MORE MINUTES Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery BROKEN HALOS Mercury Chris Stapleton ALL ON ME Atlantic/WEA Devin Dawson MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD Capitol Nashville Luke Bryan THE LONG WAY Atlantic/WMN Brett Eldredge SINGLES YOU UP MCA Nashville Jordan Davis WRITTEN IN THE SAND RCA Nashville Old Dominion LEGENDS Black River Kelsea Ballerini FOR THE FIRST TIME Capitol Nashville Darius Rucker SHE'S WITH ME Atlantic/WEA High Valley FEMALE Capitol Nashville Keith Urban HAPPENS LIKE THAT Wheelhouse Granger Smith YOU MAKE IT EASY Macon/Broken Bow HH Most Increased Plays HH Jason Aldean Country Indicator THE ONES THAT LIKE ME Valory Brantley Gilbert BOY Curb Lee Brice EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Blue Chair/Reviver David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney WOMAN, AMEN Capitol Nashville Dierks Bentley I LIVED IT Warner Bros./WMN Blake Shelton MEANT TO BE Warner Bros/BMLG Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line SHE AIN'T IN IT Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi HEAVEN Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown UP DOWN Big Loud/BMLG Morgan Wallen Feat. Florida Georgia Line TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Big Loud Chris Lane Feat. Tori Kelly GET TO YOU Atlantic/WEA Michael Ray ONE NUMBER AWAY River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs HEART BREAK Capitol Nashville Lady Antebellum DOIN' FINE 19/Interscope/Mercury Lauren Alaina CRIMINAL Stoney Creek Lindsay Ell KINDA DON'T CARE Valory Justin Moore BILLBOARD COUNTRY INDICATOR PANEL 16 STATIONS Abilene, Texas Alexandria, La. Amarillo, Texas Asheville, N.C. Atlantic City, N.J. Beaumont, Texas Beckley, W. Va. Biloxi, Miss. Bloomington, Ill. Bluefield, W. Va. Burlington, Vt. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Charleston, W. Va College Station, Texas Columbia, Mo. Columbus, Ga. Cookeville, Tenn. Dothan, Ala. Duluth, Minn. Eau Claire, Wis. Elizabeth City, N.C. Erie, Pa. Eugene, Ore. Evansville, Ind. Fargo, N.D. KEAN KRRV KGNC WKSF WPUR KYKR WJLS WZKX WIBL WHKX WOKO KEZS WKWS WQBE KAGG KCLR WKCN WSTH WGSQ WTVY KKCB WAXX WRSF WTWF KKNU WKDQ KBVB WSTH Fayetteville, N.C. Flagstaff, Ariz. Flint, Mich. Florence, Ala. Florence, S.C. Ft. Collins, Colo. Ft. Smith, Ark. Frederick, Md. Fredericksburg, Va. Green Bay, Wis. Hagerstown, Md. Hot Springs, Ark. Huntington, Ky. Huntington, W. Va. Idaho Falls, Idaho Jackson, Miss. Janesville, Wis. Jonesboro, Ark. Joplin, Mo. Kalamazoo, Mich. Kalispell, Mont. Kingmah, Ariz. Lafayette, Ind. Laredo, Texas Lansing, Mich. Laurel, Miss. 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 WBBN Lebanon, N.H. Lincoln, Neb Longview, Texas Lubbock, Texas Lufkin, Texas Mason City, Iowa Medford, Ore. Meridian, Miss. Montgomery, Ala. Morgantown, W. Va. Muskegon, Mich. New London, Conn. Odessa, Texas Palm Springs, Calif. Pensacola, Fla. Peoria, Ill. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Rapid City, S.D. Rockford, Ill. Rocky Mount, N.C. Saginaw, Mich. St. Cloud, Minn. Salina, Kan. Salisbury, Md. San Angelo, Texas San Luis Obispo, Calif. WXXK KFGE KYKX KLLL KYKS KIAI KRWQ WOKK WLWI WKKW WMUS WCTY KHKX KPLM WXBM WXCL WRWD KOUT WXXQ WDWG WCEN KZPK KYEZ WKTT KGKL KKJG Santa Barbara, Calif. KRAZ Santa Maria, Calif. KSNI Sheboygan, Wis. WBFM Savannah, Ga. WJCL WUBB Shreveport, La. KXKS Sioux Cty, Iowa KSUX South Bend, Ind. WBYT Springfield, Ill. WFMB Springfield, Mo. KTTS Terre Haute, Ind. WTHI Topeka, Kan. WIBW Traverse City, Mich. WTCM Tupelo, Miss. WWZD Utica, N.Y. WFRG Victor Valley, CA. KATJ Waco, Texas WACO Wausau, Wis. WDEZ Wheeling, W. Va. WOVK Williamsport, Pa. WILQ Yakima, Wash. KXDD Youngstown, Ohio WQXK WWGY Westwood One HOT COUNTRY MAINSTREAM COUNTRY Music Choice TODAY S COUNTRY Sirius XM THE HIGHWAY

17 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 17 OF 2 WKS ON CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist PLAYS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) +/ l DRUNK GIRL Warner Bros./WAR Chris Janson TEQUILA Warner Bros./WAR Dan + Shay SELFISH Rebel Engine Stephanie Quayle SHOOT ME STRAIGHT EMI Nashville Brothers Osborne KISS SOMEBODY Warner Bros./WEA HH Most Added HH Morgan Evans HIDE THE WINE Big Machine Carly Pearce THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Dack Janiels/Broken Bow Chase Rice HOOKED Curb Dylan Scott A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA Atlantic/WAR Ashley McBryde SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS EMI Nashville Brandon Lay RUN WILD HORSES BIG Label Aaron Watson AIRPLANE Sea Gayle CJ Solar STILL THE SAME Big Machine Sugarland SHOT MCA Nashville Kip Moore NEW MERCY BMLG HH Hot Shot Debut HH Brett Young DIANE Arista Nashville Cam RICH Columbia Nashville Maren Morris I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Broken Bow Dustin Lynch SUPERMAN (FOR A DAY) Dream Walkin' Smith & Wesley BOOTS OFF MV2 Terry McBride NEW BREAK UP IN THE END Warner Bros./WMN Cole Swindell I GOT Curb Jerrod Niemann Country Indicator DON'T GET BETTER THAN THAT Reviver LOCASH AMERICAN BEAUTY Bison Creek James Robert Webb WILD WEST Wheelhouse Runaway June YES BigBig Eric Chesser NEW BORN TO LOVE YOU Arista Nashville LANCO FIREWATER Keith Walker Keith Walker NEW HANGIN' ON RCA Nashville Chris Young l6 NEW NOISE BMG Shenandoah RANKINGS Country Airplay is ranked by total audience impressions for the week ending Sunday based on monitored airplay of 148 stations by Nielsen BDS. Audience totals on the chart are derived, in part, using certain Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons 12+ audience estimates (under license 218, Arbitron Inc.) Country Indicator is tabulated using reported playlists and Nielsen BDS-monitored airplay at 16 stations, ranked by total plays. BULLETS l Awarded on Country Airplay to titles gaining audience or remaining flat from the previous week. A song will also receive a bullet if its percentage loss in audience does not exceed the percentage of monitored station downtime for the format. Titles that decline in audience but increase in detections will also receive a bullet if the total audience erosion for the week does not exceed 3%. Bullets are awarded on Country Indicator to titles gaining plays or remaining flat from the previous week. TIES On Country Airplay, if two songs are tied in total audience, the song with the larger increase in audience is placed first. On Country Indicator, if two songs are tied in total plays, the song with the larger increase in plays is placed first. RECURRENTS On Country Airplay, descending titles below No. 1 in either audience or detections are moved to recurrent after 2 weeks, provided that they are not still CHARTS LEGEND gaining enough audience points to bullet or if they rank below No. 1 and post a third consecutive week of (non-bulleted) audience decline, regardless of total chart weeks. On Country Indicator, descending, non-bulleted titles below No. 1 are moved to recurrent after 2 weeks or if they post a third consecutive week of decline in plays after 1 weeks. HOT SHOT DEBUT Awarded to the highest-ranking new entry on Country Airplay and Country Indicator, respectively. MOST ADDED The total number of new adds officially reported to Billboard by each reporting station, or by an automatic-add threshold (seven plays for the first time in a chart tracking week, according to Nielsen BDS) for stations that do not report adds. MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE/ PLAYS Most Increased Audience on Country Airplay and Most Increased Plays on Country Indicator list the songs with the greatest week-to-week increases in total audience or plays, respectively. AIRPOWER Awarded on Country Airplay to titles ranking inside top 2 in plays and audience rankings for the first time, with increases in both plays and audience. BREAKER Awarded on Country Airplay to titles achieving airplay (at least one detection) at 6% of reporting stations for the first time. 218 Prometheus Global Media, LLC

18 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 18 OF 2 Country Airplay Index TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position A ALL ON ME Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/JJ Music Inc., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Two Sixteen Publishing, ASCAP (D.Dawson, J.Durrett, A.Smith) 5 AMERICAN ROCK 'N ROLL RJR Music Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Prince Of Minnesota Publishing, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Cooper Cavalier, ASCAP (R.J.Ritchie, J.Hyde, N.A.Medley, A.Eshuis) 56 B BEST SHOT Red Lining Music, SESAC/Amplified Hour Songs, SESAC/Castle Bound Music, Inc., SESAC/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Blonde Leading Blind, BMI (J.Allen, J.London, J.P.Williams) 52 BORN TO LOVE YOU Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/ Neon Cross Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/ Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Lancaster, R.Copperman, A.Gorley, J.Osborne) 51 BOY EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (J.M.Nite, N.Galyon) 18 BREAK UP IN THE END EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Plum Nelly, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI/ Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI (J.M.Nite, C.McGill, J.J.Dillon) 28 BROKEN HALOS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 3 C CHILLS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Meant Well, ASCAP/ole Publishing, SOCAN (D.Woods, T.Wood, G.Slate, J.Barker) 58 COUNTRY SONG Almost Country Publishig, ASCAP (C.Donahew, A.Copeland, J.Newsome) 59 CRIMINAL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lindsay Ell Music, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/Float Music, BMI/Meaux Mercy, BMI (L.Ell, C.Stevens, F.Wilhelm) 27 DIANE Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI/One Year Yesterday Publishing, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/These Are Pulse Songs, BMI/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Way Above Music, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI (C.Ochs, T.Johnson, J.Bhasker) 45 D DOIN' FINE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Better Boat Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Jam Writers Group, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (Lauren Alaina, E.Shackelton, busbee) 36 DON'T GET BETTER THAN THAT Mars Marley Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Yeah Baby Songs Global, BMI/Better Boat Music, BMI (P. Brust, C.Lucas, L.Rimes, P.Barton) 49 DRUNK GIRL ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Tomdouglasmusic, BMI (C.Janson, Scooter Carusoe, T.Douglas) 37 E EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Meaux Mercy, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/ EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Great Day At This Music, BMI/Beattyville Music, BMI (D.L.Murphy, C.Stevens, J.Yeary) 2 F FEMALE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, N.Galyon, S.McAnally) 12 FIVE MORE MINUTES Dagum Music, BMI/ Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixey Bar Music, BMI (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, M.Criswell) 1 FOR THE FIRST TIME Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ GrowingMusic, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP (D.Rucker, D.George, Scooter Carusoe) 14 GET TO YOU Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/ole Green Vinyl Music, ASCAP (A.Stoklasa, P.Dovgalyuk) 24 G GUNS & ROSES Goes Something Like Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI (D.Baldridge, T.Nichols, C.Stevens) 53 H HAPPENS LIKE THAT Climbing Windmills Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/ Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (G.Smith, J.M.Schmidt, A.Albert, T.Hubbard, J.Wilson) 16 HEART BREAK WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/The Best I Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESCA/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, J.Frasure, N.Galyon) 32 HEAVEN BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (S.Carter, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 17 HIDE THE WINE WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Universal Music Works, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Jake & Mack Music, GMR/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP (A.Gorley, L.Laird, H.Lindsey) 44 HOOKED WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Koala T Tunes, BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Rimes, S.Ennis, M.Evans) 33 I I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plane Jane Songs, BMI/ Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (D.Lynch, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 4 I GOT Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Little Louder Songs, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/Round Hill Compositions, BMI/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (L.Dick, R.Clawson, J.Osborne) 38 I LIVED IT Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI (A.Gorley, B.Hayslip, R.Akins, R.Copperman) 19 KINDA DON'T CARE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Songs By Red Room, BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, R.Copperman, B.Hayslip) 34 K KISS SOMEBODY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Morgan Evans Publishing Designee, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP/ Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. DeStefano, J.Osborne) 3 L SHOT WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Point Break Publishing, ASCAP/Music Of The Corn, ASCAP/Songs From The Couch, BMI/Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Carol Vincent And Associates, LLC., ASCAP (K.Moore, D.Couch, D.L.Murphy) 47 LEGENDS Songs Of Black River, ASCAP/KNB Music, ASCAP/Write Me Like You Mean It, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/Rezonant Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (K. Ballerini, F.G.Whitehead, H.Lindsey) 9 A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA Songs Of Song Factroy, BMI/Veranda Music, SESAC/Little Falcor Music, BMI (A.McBryde, N.Hayford, J.Rice) 35 THE LONG WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/ole Canalco Publishing, ASCAP (B. Eldredge, M.Rogers) 8 M MARRY ME EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 2 MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/ Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Jack 1 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 15 MERCY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Beluga Music, BMI (B.Young, S.McConnell) 42 MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD SB 21 Music Publishing, BMI/Purdy Beard Music, BMI/Songs Of Amylase Music, BMI/Five Hills Music, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (D.Frasier, E.M.Hill, J.Kear) 7 O ONE NUMBER AWAY Works For RHA Music, BMI/ Mall B. Publishing, ASCAP/Razor & Tie Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/The Bicycle Music Company, ASCAP/Tunes of R And T Direct, SESAC/Self Shrevident Music, SESAC/ Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Combs, S.A.Battey, S.Mitchell, R.Williford) 25 ONES THAT LIKE ME Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/ Parallel Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Bobby's Lyrics, Land And Livestock, BMI (B.Gilbert, B.Chaffin, B.Pinson) 22 R REASONS Archer And Arrow Publishing, ASCAP/ Razor And Tie Music Publishing, BMI/Tofer The Musical, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/Big Loud Proud Crowd, BMI/ Bux Tone Music, BMI (J.Jacqueline, T.Brown, S.Buxton) 54 RICH International Dog Music, BMI/Nettwerk One B Music, BMI/Unlimited, BMI/Revelry Music, BMI/Jay Gatsby Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Oh Denise Publishing, BMI/Big Music Machine, BMI (M.Morris, J.J.Dillon, L.Veltz) 5 RUN WILD HORSES Not Listed (Not Listed) 6 S SHE AIN'T IN IT Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Mater Pie Music, BMI (C. Daniels, W.Varble) 29 SHE'S WITH ME Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/ Capitol CMG Zenith, GMR/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/Centricity Tunes, GMR/CentricSongs, SESAC/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Capitol CMG Amplifier, SESAC (B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.M.Stennis) 11 SHOOT ME STRAIGHT Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/The Country And Western Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, L.T.Miller) 43 SINGLES YOU UP Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Word Music, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/ W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (J.Davis, S.D.Jones, J.Ebach) 1 SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Siva Moon Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/VB Rising Publishing, ASCAP/Jose A. Velazquez Music, ASCAP/Gilde Flores Publishing Designee, ASCAP (Z.Brown, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, T.V.Mosley, J.A.Velazquez, G.Flores) 57 SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS Mid South Mood Maker Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music Works, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Jake & Mack Music, GMR/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (B. Lay, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 48 STILL THE SAME Jennifer Nettles Publishing, ASCAP/Magic Music Publishing, ASCAP/More And More Magic Publishing, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (J. Nettles, K.Bush) 46 TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ Rezonant Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Jack 1 Publishing, BMI/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (D.A.Garcia, H.Lindsey, J.Miller) 26 T TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 39 THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel's Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (C.Rice, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 31 U UP DOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Mandy's Favorite Songs, BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/Harding Road Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (B.Clawson, M.Hardy, C.J. Solar) 23 W WILD WEST Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Duchess Music, BMI/Songwriters of Platinum Pen Publishing, BMI/This Is Magic Mustang Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Mike Curb Music, BMI/Rain Town Music, BMI (J.Wayne, J.Lantz, B.Montana) 41 WOMAN, AMEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/DudeTunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R. Copperman, J.Kear, D.Bentley) 21 WORTH IT Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/One Voice Global Publishing, BMI/Canal Music Publishing BV, BUMA/Meaux Jeaux Music, SESAC/Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Music, SESAC/Capitol CMG Amplifier, SESAC/ Dayspring Music, LLC, BMI/Goes Something Like Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (D. Bradbery, J.Pardo, M.E.Reed) 55 WRITTEN IN THE SAND ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/Big Deal Notes, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/ Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 4 Y YOU MAKE IT EASY Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, M.Wallen, J.M.Schmidt) 13 YOURS Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Kailey's Dream, BMI (P.Welling, C.Brown, R.Dickerson) 6

19 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 19 OF 2 Hot Country Songs Index TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org. (Songwriter) Chart Position A ALL ON ME Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/JJ Music Inc., BMI/Neon Cross Music, BMI/Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Two Sixteen Publishing, ASCAP (D.Dawson, J.Durrett, A.Smith) 11 B BORN TO LOVE YOU Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Concession 114 Music, BMI/ Neon Cross Music, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/ Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (B.Lancaster, R.Copperman, A.Gorley, J.Osborne) 4 BOY EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Nite Writer Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (J.M.Nite, N.Galyon) 16 BROKEN HALOS WB Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/Straight Six Music, BMI (C.Stapleton, M.Henderson) 5 C CRIMINAL Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Lindsay Ell Music, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/Capitol CMG Paragon, BMI/Float Music, BMI/Meaux Mercy, BMI (L.Ell, C.Stevens, F.Wilhelm) 38 D DOIN' FINE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Lylas Music, BMI/Better Boat Music, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Jam Writers Group, BMI/Hello I Love You Music, BMI (Lauren Alaina, E.Shackelton, busbee) 45 DRUNK GIRL ole Red Vinyl Music, BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/ Tomdouglasmusic, BMI (C.Janson, Scooter Carusoe, T.Douglas) 36 E EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Old Desperados, LLC, ASCAP/N2D Publishing Company, Inc., ASCAP/Meaux Mercy, BMI/Moody Producer Music, BMI/ EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Great Day At This Music, BMI/Beattyville Music, BMI (D.L.Murphy, C.Stevens, J.Yeary) 25 F FEMALE EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (R.Copperman, N.Galyon, S.McAnally) 14 FIVE MORE MINUTES Dagum Music, BMI/ Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Two Nashville, ASCAP/House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, BMI/Dixey Bar Music, BMI (S.McCreery, F.Rogers, M.Criswell) 4 FOR THE FIRST TIME Sony/ATV Accent, ASCAP/ GrowingMusic, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Funky Friar Music, ASCAP/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP (D.Rucker, D.George, Scooter Carusoe) 19 GET TO YOU Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/ole Green Vinyl Music, ASCAP (A.Stoklasa, P.Dovgalyuk) 31 G H HAPPENS LIKE THAT Climbing Windmills Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/ Legends Of Magic Mustang Music, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (G.Smith, J.M.Schmidt, A.Albert, T.Hubbard, J.Wilson) 2 HEART BREAK WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Haywoodja Cut That Song, ASCAP/The Best I Could Do Publishing, ASCAP/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/EKT Publishing, SESCA/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Haywood, C.Kelley, H.Scott, J.Frasure, N.Galyon) 37 HEAVEN BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, PRS/Smackworks Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Smack Blue, LLC, SESAC/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Sony/ ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Koala T Tunes, BMI (S.Carter, M.McGinn, L.Rimes) 6 HOOKED WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Koala T Tunes, BMI/SongsbyME, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Rimes, S.Ennis, M.Evans) 32 I I'D BE JEALOUS TOO Magic Mustang Music Inc., BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Plane Jane Songs, BMI/ Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (D.Lynch, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 35 I LIVED IT Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/Ritten by Rhettro, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI (A.Gorley, B.Hayslip, R.Akins, R.Copperman) 28 I'LL NAME THE DOGS Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs, ASCAP/Matt Drag Music, ASCAP/Pinetucky Road Publishing, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/Two Laine Collections, BMI (M.Dragstrem, B.Hayslip, J.Thompson) 21 KINDA DON'T CARE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Songs By Red Room, BMI/Thankful For This Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP (R.Akins, R.Copperman, B.Hayslip) 44 K KISS SOMEBODY Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Morgan Evans Publishing Designee, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP/ Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (M.Evans, C. DeStefano, J.Osborne) 33 L A LITTLE DIVE BAR IN DAHLONEGA Songs Of Song Factroy, BMI/Veranda Music, SESAC/Little Falcor Music, BMI (A.McBryde, N.Hayford, J.Rice) 5 THE LONG WAY Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Paris Not France Music, BMI/ole Canalco Publishing, ASCAP (B. Eldredge, M.Rogers) 13 M MAKE A LITTLE WB Music Corp., ASCAP/TipTop Music, ASCAP/Tropical Cowboy Publishing, ASCAP/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Kitt Cass Publishing Corporation, BMI/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR/Anderson Fork In The Road Music, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP (J.Carson, C.Duddy, M.Wystrach, S.McAnally, J.Osborne) 26 MARRY ME EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Rio Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Telemitry Productions, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Combustion Engine Music, ASCAP/Sadie's Favorite Songs, ASCAP/ Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (Thomas Rhett, J.Frasure, A.Gorley, S.McAnally) 2 MEANT TO BE BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/ Big Loud Mountain, BMI/Kiss Me If You Can Music, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Round Hill Works, BMI/ Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Jack 1 Publishing, BMI/Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (B.Rexha, T.Hubbard, J.Miller, D.A.Garcia) 1 MERCY Super Big Music, ASCAP/Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Little Beluga Music, BMI (B.Young, S.McConnell) 41 MILLIONAIRE Universal Tunes, SESAC/Spur 66 Music, SESAC (K.Welch) 47 MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD SB 21 Music Publishing, BMI/Purdy Beard Music, BMI/Songs Of Amylase Music, BMI/Five Hills Music, BMI/Do Write Music, LLC/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP (D.Frasier, E.M.Hill, J.Kear) 8 O ONE NUMBER AWAY Works For RHA Music, BMI/ Mall B. Publishing, ASCAP/Razor & Tie Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/The Bicycle Music Company, ASCAP/Tunes of R And T Direct, SESAC/Self Shrevident Music, SESAC/ Rowdy Rob Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (L.Combs, S.A.Battey, S.Mitchell, R.Williford) 18 ONES THAT LIKE ME Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Indiana Angel Music, BMI/ Parallel Music Publishing, LLC, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Bobby's Lyrics, Land And Livestock, BMI (B.Gilbert, B.Chaffin, B.Pinson) 22 P PARALLEL LINE Ed Sheeran Limited, GMR/Sony/ ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/Please Don't Forget To Pay Me Music, GMR/Universal Music Works, GMR/Spirit B-Unique Polar Patrol, PRS/Kobalt Music Publishing, PRS/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Thanks For The Songs Richard, BMI/BDi Music Limited, PRS (E.C.Sheeran, B.J.Levin, J.McDaid, J.Michaels, A.Wadge) 34 R THE REST OF OUR LIFE Sony/ATV Songs LLC, BMI/Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/Cookie Jar, BMI/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Spirit B-Unique Polar Patrol Songs, BMI/Universal PolyGram Int. Publishing Inc., ASCAP/Rokstone Music Ltd, PRS (E.C.Sheeran, A.Wadge, J.McDaid, S.McCutcheon) 29 S SHE AIN'T IN IT Writers Of Sea Gayle Music, BMI/ Spirit Cataloge Holdings, S.A.R.L./Spirit Of Nashville One, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Mater Pie Music, BMI (C. Daniels, W.Varble) 3 SHE'S WITH ME Spruce Road Publishing, GMR/ Capitol CMG Zenith, GMR/Sony/ATV Story Music Publishing, GMR/Centricity Tunes, GMR/CentricSongs, SESAC/The Stennis Mightier Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing, LLC, BMI/Dead Aim Music, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Capitol CMG Amplifier, SESAC (B.Rempel, S.Mosley, B.M.Stennis) 15 SHOOT ME STRAIGHT Trampy McCauley, ASCAP/All The Kings Pens, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/The Country And Western Music, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI (J. Osborne, T.J. Osborne, L.T.Miller) 46 SINGLES YOU UP Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/ Word Music, LLC, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/ Wordspring Music, LLC, SESAC/Memory Days, SESAC/ W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC (J.Davis, S.D.Jones, J.Ebach) 12 SOMETHING 'BOUT YOU Day For The Dead Publishing, SESAC/Reach Music Tunes, SESAC/Siva Moon Publishing, SESAC/W.B.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Simonetti Music Publishing, SESAC/Kobalt Group Music Publishing, SESAC/Ole Red Cape Songs, ASCAP/VB Rising Publishing, ASCAP/Jose A. Velazquez Music, ASCAP/Gilde Flores Publishing Designee, ASCAP (Z.Brown, N.Moon, B.Simonetti, T.V.Mosley, J.A.Velazquez, G.Flores) 42 SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS Mid South Mood Maker Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Universal Music Works, GMR/We Are Creative Nation, GMR/Jake & Mack Music, GMR/Smack Hits, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (B. Lay, L.Laird, S.McAnally) 49 STUPID Deston Song Slayer, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Scrambler Music, ASCAP/Abbotts Creek Music Two, ASCAP/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/CDS Words And Music, ASACP (L.Hummon, Scooter Carusoe, C. DeStefano) 48 TAKE BACK HOME GIRL Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing, ASCAP/D Soul Music, ASCAP/BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/BIRB Music, ASCAP/ Rezonant Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Songs Of The Corn, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Jack 1 Publishing, BMI/Capitol CMG Genesis, ASCAP (D.A.Garcia, H.Lindsey, J.Miller) 23 T TEQUILA WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Beats And Banjos, ASCAP/Buckeye26, ASCAP/Jreynmusic, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/A Girl Named Charlie, BMI (D.Smyers, J.Reynolds, N.Galyon) 27 THREE CHORDS & THE TRUTH Sony/ATV Countryside, BMI/Dack Janiel's Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP (C.Rice, R.Copperman, J.M.Nite) 39 U UP DOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/ Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Five Miles West Songs, BMI/Mandy's Favorite Songs, BMI/Watsky Music, LLC, BMI/Harding Road Music, BMI/New House Of Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP (B.Clawson, M.Hardy, C.J. Solar) 17 W WHAT'S MINE IS YOURS Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Kane Brown Music, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/Happy Rock Publishing, ASCAP/EMI Foray Music, SESAC/Write 2 Be Free Music, SESAC (K.Brown, S.Ellis, J.Hoge) 43 WOMAN, AMEN EMI Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/ Plain Jane Songs, BMI/Rezolant Music, BMI/Year Of The Dog Music, ASCAP/Champagne Whiskey Publishing, ASCAP/Downtown DLJ Songs, ASCAP/DudeTunes, ASCAP/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP (R. Copperman, J.Kear, D.Bentley) 24 WRITTEN IN THE SAND ReHits Music, Inc., ASCAP/MeGusta Music, ASCAP/Smacktown Music, ASCAP/Unfair Entertainment, ASCAP/Big Deal Notes, ASCAP/Wooden Ships, ASCAP/Smackville Music, ASCAP/ Smack Songs LLC, ASCAP/Carrot Seed Songs, ASCAP/ Kobalt Songs Music Publishing LLC, ASCAP/Smack Hits, GMR/Smack Songs LLC, GMR/Kobalt Music Group Ltd., GMR (M.Ramsey, T. Rosen, B.Tursi, S.McAnally) 7 Y YOU BROKE UP WITH ME Songs Of Smack, BMI/Spark In Your Pocket, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Razor And Tie, APRA/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI (W.Hayes, K.Sackley, T.Archer) 9 YOU MAKE IT EASY Big Loud Mountain, BMI/ Round Hill Works, BMI/T Hubb Publishing, BMI/Pranch Ringle Music, BMI/We-Volve Music, ASCAP/WB Music Corp., ASCAP/Freshy Music, ASCAP (T.Hubbard, B.Kelley, M.Wallen, J.M.Schmidt) 3 YOURS Hillbilly Science And Research Publishing, SESAC/Trailerlily Music, SESAC/So Essential Tunes, SESAC/Not Just Another Song Publishing, SESAC/BMG Platinum Songs, BMI/Kailey's Dream, BMI (P.Welling, C.Brown, R.Dickerson) 1

20 BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 218 PAGE 2 OF 2 CODA REWINDING THE COUNTRY CHARTS 4 Years Ago Waylon & Willie s Iconic Hit Moved Up To No. 1 In 1978, the established solo stars scored their biggest collaborative song On March 4, 1978, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson s Mammas Don t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys began a four-week command on Hot Country Songs. The smash, written by Ed Bruce and his wife, Patsy, was released from Waylon & Willie, which ruled Top Country Albums for 11 weeks. (Bruce's solo version of the song hit No. 15 in 1976.) The song became Jennings and Nelson s second of three No. 1s as a duo, between Good Hearted Woman (three weeks in 1976) and Just to Satisfy You (two, 1982). The icons boast 16 and 22 total trips to No. 1, respectively. Cowboys won the pair the 1979 Grammy Award for best country performance by a duo or group. The biggest of their collaborations, it ranked at No. 36 on Billboard s Greatest of All Time Country Songs chart in 215. Jennings died at age 64 in 22, a year after being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Nelson, who was inducted in 1993, remains a dominant chart and touring force. His latest album, Last Man Standing, is due April 27, two days before he turns 85. JIM ASKER Nelson (left) and Jennings onstage together in New York in MICHAEL PUTLAND/GETTY IMAGES