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Under My Bump-Brella: Capitol’s Carrie Underwood at WNSH/New York’s Cry Pretty Release Party. Pictured (l-r) are the station’s John Foxx, the label’s Chris Schuler and Annie Sandor, the station’s Mike Allen, Underwood, Cumulus’ Charlie Cook, WNSH’s Katie Neal and Capitol’s Bobby Young.

Real Talk: Fantasy Label Draft ‘18 Six years ago, the Fantasy Label Draft was created as a lighthearted way for radio pros to chat about artists and label execs. This year, things got a lot. more. serious. From an almost

unhealthy obsession with beer and possible expansion of the David Friedman Rule, to data-heavy analysis from erstwhile co-commis-sioner Gregg Swedberg, 2018 is high-stakes and no-holds-barred. Read on. First, the team owners in their (randomly assigned) draft order: WNCY/Green Bay’s Charli McKenzie, KMLE/Phoenix’s Alana Lynn, WEBG/Chicago’s Lance Houston, WNSH/New York’s John Foxx, KFRG/River-

side’s Scott Ward and KWJJ/Portland’s Toni Marie. Until now, scoring has come down to the highly scientific and proprietary CET process, which stands for “Chuck’s Eyeball Test.” Last year however, noted iHeart/Minneapolis station exec and radio quant/guru Swedberg began questioning the methodology. Despite his heresy, the proposed refinements (more on that later) contributed to and confirmed the decision regarding 2017’s win-ner: WIL/St. Louis’ Danny Montana with Taylor Swift, Sam Hunt, Old Dominion, Kane Brown, Scott Borchetta and Steve Hodges. As Swedberg noted, even Montana’s long shot pick of Swift semi-panned out. No, she didn’t jump back over the fence into country as he hoped, but she did win a CMA award for Song of the Year (“Better Man”). See that draft here. And now, on with 2018.

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Anthony Olympia and Brent Rupard from Broken Bow’s Everette discuss their most influential music:1. Keith Urban: At the time I saw him, I wasn’t listening to much modern Country ... but three chords into Keith’s set, I was converted! I’m a guitar player, and Keith is great guitar player. He was

speaking the same language, just a different vocabulary. (AO)2. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: I heard “Crawling Back To You” off Petty’s Wildflowers and it sent me into an obsession. I dug into all of the Heartbreakers and Petty solo stuff like an insane person. (BR)3. Alison Krauss and Union Station: They are perfection. Their live album moved parts of my soul I didn’t even know existed. I went to see them with my dad and he had his hands up in the air, crying. Their music is a spiritual experience. (BR)4. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats: Understated production and great singing and playing. The crowd stood, danced and sang along the whole time. (AO)5. Brad Paisley: His live show is electric. His albums are a blast and musically top shelf. He sets the bar, especially with Mud On The Tires. I’ll never get enough. (AO)• Highly regarded music you’ve actually never heard: Bruce Springsteen. I know that is sacrilegious as an American. I will at some point. (BR)• “Important” music you just don’t get: Folk music. The vocals sounded weird and the lyrics were just too abstract for a young guy. When I got older I fell in love with John Prine. It suddenly clicked with me and I wore out his records. (BR)• An album you listened to incessantly: Alan Jackson’s Good Time. At the time I’d been diving into a lot of Brent Mason guitar stuff, and he’s all over Alan’s recordings. His songs always warm my soul back up when it feels like there’s been nothing but cold rain. (AO)• An obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: “Friends” by Francis and the Lights w/Bon Iver and Kanye West. For inspiration, I listened to it in producer Zach Crowell’s studio with him and Sam Hunt before I played guitar on “Downtown’s Dead.” The lyrics contain a message we all need today! (AO)• Music you’d rather not admit to enjoying: I’m a sucker for a good love song, from Phil Collins’ “Groovy Kind Of Love” to Boyz II Men’s “On Bended Knee.” (BR)

MY TUNES: MUSIC THAT SHAPED MY LIFE

Everette

I had the right songs. It was during the Urban Cowboy era and we had a ton of places to play. I landed the house band gig in this place called Duke’s Country. We had a great crowd and were opening for everybody who was coming through – Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, George Jones. I remember the day I realized, “I have to stop talking about being a songwriter, sit down and actually write. How do I do this?” I studied the radio. I realized it’s a four-line verse, four-line chorus, verse, chorus, lead ride, chorus out. That’s the formula I learned to write by. I also knew from playing clubs on a steady basis that it has to have a good beat and you need to be able to dance to it. It was pretty primal. That’s where “Boot Scootin’” came from. It wasn’t written as a line dance at all. It was written as a straight up two-step song. We’d sneak original songs in with the cover songs. One time, right after I played it, someone came up and asked if we would play it again later in the night. I thought, “I may be onto something.” Little things like that helped prod me on. Once I shut down for 10 days. Didn’t come out of the house. I wrote, wrote, wrote. Out of that 10-day session I had several songs that later became No. 1 songs for Brooks & Dunn. It was a good indicator that writing was going to be an integral part of what I was going to do. I won the Marlboro Talent Roundup in 1988 with some Tulsa buddies who later became the band The Tractors. They’d ac-tually entered my name [in the contest] with some songs I’d writ-ten. A year later, I got a call from [former Arista Nashville head] Tim DuBois. He was just starting the label and had heard “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” and “Neon Moon.” He came to Oklahoma and said, “I’ve never told anybody to do this before, but I’m serious – I would urge you strongly to move to Nashville.” When it came time to do the first Brooks & Dunn record, I of course pushed to get “Boot Scootin’” on there. “Neon Moon,” too. There was a little bit of pushback. Some of the guys involved wanted us to do newer songs – songs that hadn’t already been written. There was a little bit of competition all of a sudden right off the bat. The other guys were trying to get their songs on the record, too. But I was able to get those two songs on there. Bada boom, off we go. I have a favorite guitar that I’ve written most of the songs on. I keep that laying around in a chair. It’s always handy. It’s a Gibson Dreadnought. I don’t know the model. I should. It’s been abused and rebuilt. I keep it handy all the time. Not in a case, so I can just reach over and grab it. It sings to me for some reason. It’s about the action on it, how it works and how it feels. I think su-

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(continued from page 1)Real Talk: Fantasy Label Draft ‘18

Skip this if you know the drill: Each team owner selects six players: Male, Female, Duo/Group, Rookie, Label President and VP/Promotion. The six-round draft snakes like a fantasy football draft and owners can fill their slots in any order they choose when their pick comes up. Rookie is defined as any artist who has never had a No. 1; label execs can be anyone the team owner chooses. Recap: Team owners had different draft prep approaches. For McKenzie, it was pre-gaming with beer ... two days ahead of the draft. Lynn sought emotional support: “My therapist just asked why I’m checking my phone so much.” Houston was on the McK-enzie diet: “My only compliant is that the draft went so fast I didn’t have an opportunity to finish my first beer. I was promised there would be more drinking!” This year’s ownership group wasn’t playing around, as when one owner took too long to make their pick. “Dead air!” Marie yelled. “Someone push a damn button already!” When Houston lost track of who was on the clock, Ward chimed, “Houston, you have a problem?” Last year’s assertion that any owner who picks a label exec previously taken will instead receive David Fried-man by default was almost extended to artist picks. More than a few owners made the dreaded off-the-board selection. Houston proposed an alternate consequence: “You could just have him call you four times a week.”

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perstition plays a part in it, too. “I wrote so-and-so on this guitar; let’s see if it’ll cough up another one.” My favorite memory of getting a song cut was when Reba was doing a duets record, singing with Don Henley, Justin Tim-berlake. She said, “I want you to do a duet with me, but the kicker is you have to write the song.” I wrote “Does The Wind Still Blow In Oklahoma.” It was a song about her; the Oklahoma cowgirl moving to Hollywood. It was personal and we could both relate to what I was saying, coming from Oklahoma at the same time. That was an all-time favorite for me. George Strait never called to ask me to write him a song (laughs). But he did pitch me one a few weeks ago. He called and said his son Bubba had written this really good song. Not every-body gets a call from George Strait saying, “Hey, I want you to cut a song.” I’ll hang my hat on that one. Going into the Hall of Fame means the world to me. I got all the kudos I think you could get from those other two jobs, performing and singing. This takes care of the songwriting end of it. My three-dimensional career is covered.

–Wendy Newcomer

Chart Chat Congrats again to Luke Bryan, Royce Risser, Bobby Young, David Friedman and the Capitol promotion staff on notching a second week at No. 1 with “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset.” The song is the third consecutive chart-topper from What Makes You Country. Songwriters are Zach Crowell, Ryan Hurd and Chase McGill. And kudos to Young and the crew on landing 52 adds on Carrie Underwood’s “Love Wins,” topping this week’s board.

News & Notes Nashville-based Muzology, founded by Bob Doyle and Dr. Lana Israel, was awarded a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant to conduct research and development work on optimizing music for learning. More on the company here. Capitol’s Carrie Underwood will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame Thursday (9/20) at 11:30am PT. Stream here. Arista’s Faith Hill and her design team will participate in a

panel at the 29th annual Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville at the Music City Center Feb. 1. More here. Musicians On Call will honor Bobby Bones with the Leadership in Music Golden Ukulele Award and Charles Esten with the Music Heals Golden Ukulele Award during A Night to Celebrate the Healing Power of Music Oct. 10 at Nashville’s CMA Theater. Thomas Rhett and Chris Janson will perform. Tickets and more info here.

The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage at countryaircheck.com.• Nathan Fast joined KPLX/Dallas for mornings. (9/14)• Zac Brown Band and WQDR/Raleigh got creative. (9/13)• KWOF/Denver is directing listeners to KWBL. (9/12)• iHeartCountry’s Rod Phillips was promoted to EVP/Country Programming Strategy. (9/10)

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Foxx: “I spoke to Friedman this morning.” Ward, minutes later: “I kid you not, he just left me a voicemail.”

Now, the full rosters:

Team McKenzie• Male: Eric Church• Female: Reba McEntire• Duo/Group: Bros. Osborne• Rookie: Mitchell Tenpenny• President: Clay Hunnicutt• VP/Promotion: Chris Schuler

Team Lynn• Male: Garth Brooks• Female: Lindsay Ell• Duo/Group: Old Dominion• Rookie: Ashley McBryde• President: Norbert Nix• VP/Promotion: Katie Dean

Team Houston• Male: Luke Combs• Female: Kelsea Ballerini• Duo/Group: Lanco• Rookie: Cody Johnson• President: Mike Dungan• VP/Promotion: Tom Martens

Team Foxx• Male: Kane Brown• Female: Maren Morris• Duo/Group: Dan + Shay• Rookie: Danielle Bradbery• President: Jimmy Harnen• VP/Promotion: Michelle Kammerer

Team Ward• Male: Thomas Rhett• Female: Carrie Underwood• Duo/Group: FGL• Rookie: Tyler Rich• President: Scott Borchetta• VP/Promotion: Royce Risser

Team Marie• Male: Jon Pardi• Female: Miranda• Duo/Group: Midland• Rookie: Riley Green• President: John Esposito• VP/Promotion: Kris Lamb

Even during the draft, owners agreed Luke Combs was worthy of his first round pick. “I have been listening to his deluxe album over and over and I’m hooked,” Houston said. “Can’t wait to see what goodies he has in store for us on the next one!” Discussion veered into style after McKenzie chose UMGN’s Schuler as her VP/Promotion. “If he wasn’t gay, we’d have a romance, I know it,” she said. Add-ed Houston, “Ha! I don’t know if you could deal with his fashion sense.” McKenzie replied, “Even dressed like a wannabe cowboy from Toy Story, he is adorable.” Lynn interjected, “While y’all were grabbing fashion advice from Schuler, I was picking Group of the Year Old Dominion!”

Lynn also had thoughts on the team owner from Oregon. “I was happy to see Toni Marie settling in quite well to her new surroundings in Portland,” she said. “Shocked she didn’t pick Cheech & Chong for Duo/Group, but she chose Midland, so close enough.” Marie was more focused on the ones that got away. “I did pretty well considering I got robbed on Luke Combs and Ashley Mc-Bryde,” she says. “I thought Alana and I were cool, but losing Ashley hurt.” Foxx cheered his “well rounded leadership team and roster,” seeing “no real ceiling” on the opportu-nities ahead for his artists. “Inter-esting that Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean were left on the table,” he noted. “I almost grabbed Aldean. And such a tough decision between Kane Brown and Cole Swindell. Cole’s album is ridiculous!” Other than his own, Houston liked Ward’s team. “Scott definitely has a solid lineup. Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood are going to have explosive 2019s with new albums and tours.” Lynn agreed. “Scott Ward seemed to pull out a decent label,” she said. “I mean, between driving to-and-from soccer practices in his minivan and doing long walks around the mall to break in his New Balance, he had some time to plan. Ward wins the day for #DadJokes.” Also agreeing? Ward. “Far and away, I have the strongest label,” he said. “You can tell that the other owners were picking their favorite artists or sentimental favorites and not really drafting for strength of roster. Weak!” He then made another curious point: “My only complaint is all these league initiatives, like the ridiculous ‘On The Bench’ program. How am I supposed to draft all these players the league mandates and run my own team? I only have so many roster spots!” Wait, what are we talking about here? Finally, Houston had a suggestion. “A points system would be cool,” he said. “See how the teams stack up at the end of the year.” Enter Swedberg with data points including “total chart positions, number of CMA and ACM awards (x5), single sales (/100,000), 40 points for a No. 1, 39 for a No. 2, etc. down to position No. 40 (/5).” His formula for label executives requires calculus, but he does have recommendations for future team owners: “Try to pick record people who oversee multiple labels, and pick actual label heads for both slots unless Chuck is paying close attention (he nods off during the draft). And if you don’t get off at least five cheap shots at your competitors, you aren’t trying hard enough. All this advice is free to you from someone who didn’t win.”

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•James AnthonyFormer KRMD/Shreveport PD/on-airafternoondj@gmail.com816-232-7915

•Rosey FitchpatrickPromotion/Marketing industry vet (MCA, Decca, Indie promo, WME)roseyfitch99@gmail.com615-944-7033

•Tommy & Joe JohnsonFormer KUBL/Salt Lake City morningco-hoststommyjohnsonmail@gmail.com

•Pam RussellFormer UMG/Nashville VP/National SalesPamwrussell@icloud.com

•Shane CollinsFormer Summit Media/Louisville OMShaneC1234@gmail.com

•Natalie KilgoreFormer SouthComm VP/MarketingNatalieKilgore@outlook.com

•Ron “Keyes” StevensFormer KEKB/Grand Junction, CO morning hostronstvns@yahoo.com

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AVAILABLE JOBSHere’s a list of job seekers and open gigs. Not listed? Send info here and we’ll include you in a future update.

MIDWESTMarshalltown Broadcasting KXIA/

Marshalltown, IA is searching for a morning co-host. Airchecks and résumés to PD JD Justice here.

Cumulus WNNF (Nash FM)/Cincinnati is searching for a middayer who would also be the local producer for Ty, Kelly & Chuck. Apply here; PD/APD Chris Clare is also accepting materials here.

Entercom KMNB/Minneapolis has an opening in middays. Five years on-air experience in a medium or large market and strong production skills are required. Apply here.

Townsquare/Grand Rapids, MI is searching for an OM. Airchecks and résumés to Rick Sarata here.

Townsquare WXXQ/Rockford, IL has an opening for a Dir./Production/afternoon drive personality. Materials to OM/Brand Mgr. «Sweet Lenny» Barber here.

Midwest Communications/Evansville, IN is seeking an OM for the four-station cluster, which includes Classic Country WLFW. Airchecks and résumés to VP/MM Tim Huelsing here.

Mid-West Family WRTB/Rockford, IL is seeking a morning show co-host. Send airchecks and résumés to PD/morning host Steve Summers here.

Rubber City WQMX/Akron has an opening for an OM and PD. Materials here.

Bliss WJVL/Janesville, WI has an opening for a part-time weekender. At least one year on-air experience is required. Airchecks and résumés to PD Justin Brown here.

Scripps continues its search for a WKTI/Milwaukee morning personality. At least two years on-air experience is required. Apply here.

KSE Radio Ventures/Denver is searching for an engineer. Apply here.

Midwest KVOX/Fargo has an unspecified on-air opening. Send airchecks and résumés here.

NORTHEAST

Adirondack WFFG/Glens Falls, NY has an opening for a morning host. Airchecks and résumés to PD Chris O’Neil here.

iHeartMedia/Washington-Baltimore has an opening for a Marketing Dir., which includes responsibilities for 10 stations in the region including Country WMZQ. Materials to Regional SVP/Programming Jeff Kapugi here.

Townsquare WYRK/Buffalo is searching for a Brand Mgr. Resumes and demo to OM Bob Richards here.

iHeartMedia/Washington-Baltimore has an opening for a Digital PD. Materials to Regional SVP/Programming Jeff Kapugi here.

Seven Mountains WNBT/Mansfield, PA has

an opening for an afternoon personality. Airchecks and résumés to VP/Programming JC Burton here.

Binnie/Portland, ME has an opening for an on-air Promotions Asssistant. The cluster includes Country WTHT. Send airchecks and résumés to OM Stan Bennett here.

Binnie Media/Maine is searching for a Dir./Traffic and a part-time Sales Assistant in Portland, for its stations which include Country WTHT and WBQQ. Send materials here.

SOUTHEASTWarner Bros. Nashville is searching for a

Mgr./Streaming. Materials to VP/Streaming Tim Foisset here.

Ocala WOGK/Gainesville, FL has an opening for an evening personality. Must be proficient in AudioVault, VoxPro and Adobe Audition. Airchecks and résumés to PD Mr. Bob here.

iHeartMedia WKKT/Charlotte is searching for a morning co-host. Airchecks and résumés to Region SVP/Programming Meg Stevens here.

Average Joes Entertainment is seeking entry/intermediate level graphic design and video production applicants for full-time employment. More info here; submit résumé and portfolio here.

Cumulus WKDF/Nashville is seeking part-time air talent for weekends and fill-ins. Three years of on-air experience and residing in the Nashville area are required. Airchecks and résumés to PD John Shomby here.

Entercom WKIS/Miami is searching for a morning host Apply here.

Monticello Media has an opening for middays on WCYK/Charlottesville, VA as well as afternoons on WZGN and the cluster’s production point person. Airchecks and résumés to PD Uncle Pauly here.

Curtis WQDR/Raleigh is searching for a Dir./Promotions. Apply here.

Bristol WXBQ/Johnson City, TN is still searching for a PD to succeed Bill Hagy. The right candidate will also have on-air responsibilities. A minimum of five years as a Country PD is required. Airchecks and resumes here.

Big Loud is seeking a National Dir./Promotion. Send résumés and portfolios here.

Entercom WPAW/Greensboro, NC has a newly created opening for a morning co-host. At least three years on-air experience is required. Apply here.

CMA is seeking applicants for a newly created Strategist/Integrated Marketing & Sales position. See more here; cover letter and résumé here.

Dick WRNS/Greenville, NC is looking for a morning host. Send airchecks and résumés here.

Vallie Richards Donovan Consulting has an immediate PM drive opening at a legendary east coast Country station. Send airchecks and résumés to “Country Jobs” here.

Entercom WKIS/Miami is searching for an evening host. Apply here.

Summit WQNU/Louisville is looking for an APD/MD/on-air host. Submit materials here.

SOUTHWESTLCKM KTFW/Dallas has an unspecified full-

time on-air opening for an experienced talent. Contact PD Mike Crow here.

Ranch Radio Group KFXE/Ingram, TX has an opening for a PD/morning host. Airchecks and résumés here.

Owens One KRJK/Bakersfield is searching for a MD/afternooner. Materials to PD Brent Michaels here.

Noalmark KBIM/Roswell, NM has an opening for a morning host. Materials to GM Darryl Burkfield here.

Entercom KILT/Houston has immediate openings for part-timers. Only applicants living in the Houston area are being considered at present. Send airchecks here; apply here.

Cumulus KLUR/Wichita Falls, TX has an opening for a PD. Materials to VP/Country Charlie Cook here.

Riverbend KTHK/Idaho Falls, ID has an opening for an afternoon personality. Airchecks and résumés here.

Scripps KVOO/Tulsa has an opening for an APD/on-air personality. Apply here.

WEST COASTBuck Owens Productions is looking for a

Sales Assistant for the Radio Sales and Camera Ads departments. Résumés here.

Buck Owens Productions KUZZ/Bakersfield has an opening for a midday personality. Two years on-air experience is required, and knowledge of NexGen, GSelector and VoxPro is a plus. Airchecks and résumés to PD Brent Michaels here.

Owens One KRJK/Bakersfield is searching for a MD/afternooner. Materials to PD Brent Michaels here.

ACM Lifting Lives is searching for an Executive Director. The position will be based in Encino, CA, and successful nonprofit development experience is required. Apply here.

Redwood Empire KBBL/Santa Rosa, CA has an opening for a morning host. Materials to VP/Programming Brent Farris here.

Entercom KWJJ/Portland is adding an on-air personality to its Mike & Amy In The Morning show. Apply here.

iHeartMedia KNIX/Phoenix has an opening for a PD. Apply here.

OTHERConsultant Joel Raab has two client stations

looking for a PD and an APD/MD in two different Top 100 markets. Send materials here.

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1 LUKE BRYANSunrise, Sunburn, Sunset (Capitol)

27707 -1272 8539 -415 54.225 -1.819 158 0

4 2 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) ✔ 26572 2625 8172 875 49.834 5.122 157 0

2 3 OLD DOMINION/Hotel Key (RCA) 26246 412 8119 135 50.801 0.796 158 0

5 4 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) ✔ 22969 883 7049 251 42.452 1.215 158 0

7 5 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Simple (BMLGR) 22587 864 7035 210 42.092 2.057 157 0

3 6 THOMAS RHETT/Life Changes (Valory) 20803 -3739 6622 -1115 41.609 -7.263 158 0

8 7 COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 17949 248 5588 151 34.002 0.702 157 1

10 8 CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) ✔ 17170 1300 5358 411 30.845 1.394 156 0

9 9 CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) 16369 394 4955 156 31.636 0.67 155 2

13 10 LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House/Columbia) ✔ 14378 893 4333 304 28.389 3.05 157 1

12 11 MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 14112 502 4323 154 25.615 1.197 153 1

11 12 GARTH BROOKS/All Day Long (Pearl) 13927 164 4358 39 26.386 0.055 158 0

14 13 ERIC CHURCH/Desperate Man (EMI Nashville) 13453 16 4295 34 24.328 -1.012 157 0

15 14 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 13139 119 4168 89 22.583 0.147 158 0

16 15 KANE BROWN/Lose It (RCA) 13003 870 4011 260 23.293 1.269 157 1

18 16 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Drunk Me (Riser House/Columbia) 12451 601 3839 209 23.413 1.22 154 0

17 17 SUGARLAND f/T. SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine) 11913 14 3714 -20 21.526 0.264 156 0

19 18 LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) 11691 97 3573 45 19.597 0.165 158 0

20 19 JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) 10307 381 3202 104 18.507 0.362 151 0

22 20 BLAKE SHELTON/Turnin' Me On (Warner Bros./WMN) 9512 630 2712 187 17.752 1.844 143 2

21 21 KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA) 9506 142 2950 16 15.466 0.435 152 1

23 22 DIERKS BENTLEY f/BROS. OSBORNE/Burning Man (Capitol) 8687 673 2704 263 15.509 1.346 148 5

25 23 MIDLAND/Burn Out (Big Machine) 7799 296 2258 135 12.349 -0.212 152 1

24 24 KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 7617 -52 2410 2 11.305 -0.263 152 1

26 25 CHRIS STAPLETON/Millionaire (Mercury) 6717 806 2041 264 10.715 1.178 145 2

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27 26 JORDAN DAVIS/Take It From Me (MCA) 5894 226 1903 125 7.858 0.429 140 1

29 27 DUSTIN LYNCH/Good Girl (Broken Bow) 5640 315 1607 103 8.224 0.448 136 6

28 28 RILEY GREEN/There Was This Girl (BMLGR) 5527 192 1572 75 8.066 0.204 129 5

32 29 DAN + SHAY/Speechless (Warner Bros./WAR) 4883 751 1414 205 9.517 1.587 122 18

31 30 TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory) 4359 19 1344 -11 4.979 -0.118 125 2

34 31 SCOTTY MCCREERY/This Is It (Triple Tigers) 4008 307 1261 70 5.073 0.451 123 3

36 32 JAKE OWEN/Down To The Honkytonk (Big Loud) 3971 515 1239 130 5.301 0.692 114 7

33 33 TRAVIS DENNING/David Ashley Parker From... (Mercury) 3862 -5 1272 13 6.385 -0.517 126 3

39 34 MICHAEL RAY/One That Got Away (Atlantic/WEA) 3490 436 1058 123 6.473 2.37 104 6

35 35 CRAIG CAMPBELL/See You Try (Red Bow) 3469 -62 1200 -11 4.084 -0.263 116 1

K. CHESNEY f/M. SMITH/Better... (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA) 3394 666 1008 196 4.912 1.146 102 9

38 37 AARON WATSON/Run Wild Horses (Big Label) 3197 40 949 1 4.308 0.042 87 1

37 38 GRANGER SMITH/You're In It (Wheelhouse) 3093 -114 984 -24 3.536 -0.243 102 0

40 39 RODNEY ATKINS/Caught Up In The Country (Curb) 2921 136 918 28 3.476 0.257 102 3

42 40 JON PARDI/Night Shift (Capitol) 2769 127 822 60 4.099 0.073 85 3

41 KEITH URBAN/Never Comin Down (Capitol) 2724 652 755 147 4.358 1.157 83 6

43 42 BRETT ELDREDGE/Love Someone (Atlantic/WMN) 2652 19 772 10 3.365 0.007 90 4

47 43 CODY JOHNSON/On My Way To You (CoJo/WMN) 2542 338 625 124 4.26 0.25 67 10

44 44 ELI YOUNG BAND/Love Ain't (Valory) 2495 27 702 17 2.856 -0.167 91 2

45 45 D. BRADBERY & T. RHETT/Goodbye Summer (Valory/BMLGR) 2434 7 836 2 2.692 -0.141 73 2

46 46 CARLTON ANDERSON/Drop Everything (Arista) 2199 -18 632 -24 1.793 -0.01 90 2

48 47 BRANDON LAY/Yada Yada Yada (EMI Nashville) 2185 56 665 10 2.005 0.069 91 4

49 48 CHASE RICE/Eyes On You (Broken Bow) 2183 62 611 31 2.265 -0.239 77 4

50 49 D. RUCKER f/ALDEAN/BRYAN/KELLEY/Straight To Hell (Capitol) 2092 -17 617 -33 3.087 -0.044 66 1

50 MADDIE & TAE/Friends Don't (Mercury) 1888 30 657 27 2.19 0.041 85 2

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Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersDYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 875

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Love Wins (Capitol) 446

CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 411

LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House/Columbia) 304

JASON ALDEAN/Girl Like You (Broken Bow) 298

CHRIS STAPLETON/Millionaire (Mercury) 264

DIERKS BENTLEY f/BROS. OSBORNE/Burning Man (Capitol) 263

KANE BROWN/Lose It (RCA) 260

RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) 251

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Simple (BMLGR) 210

Country Aircheck Top Point GainersDYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 2625 ✔CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Love Wins (Capitol) 1687 ✔CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 1300 ✔JASON ALDEAN/Girl Like You (Broken Bow) 985 ✔LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House/Columbia) 893 ✔RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) 883

KANE BROWN/Lose It (RCA) 870

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Simple (BMLGR) 864

CHRIS STAPLETON/Millionaire (Mercury) 806

DAN + SHAY/Speechless (Warner Bros./WAR) 751

Activator Top Spin GainersCARRIE UNDERWOOD/Love Wins (Capitol) 196

COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 172

CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 158

LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House/Columbia) 152

JASON ALDEAN/Girl Like You (Broken Bow) 142

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 138

CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) 134

KANE BROWN/Lose It (RCA) 131

K. CHESNEY f/M. SMITH/Better... (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA) 113

MITCHELL TENPENNY/Drunk Me (Riser House/Columbia) 95

Activator Top Point GainersCHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) 876 ✔

COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) 873 ✔

LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House/Columbia) 815 ✔

CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) 760 ✔

JASON ALDEAN/Girl Like You (Broken Bow) 749 ✔

KANE BROWN/Lose It (RCA) 702

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Love Wins (Capitol) 698

DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 608

K. CHESNEY f/M. SMITH/Better... (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA) 602

BLAKE SHELTON/Turnin' Me On (Warner Bros./WMN) 585

Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points

J. ALDEAN f/M. LAMBERT/Drowns The Whiskey (Broken Bow) 18511

DAN + SHAY/Tequila (Warner Bros./WAR) 14790

KANE BROWN/Heaven (RCA) 14107

KENNY CHESNEY/Get Along (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA) 13999

LUKE COMBS/One Number Away (River House/Columbia) 12789

BRETT YOUNG/Mercy (BMLGR) 10662

JORDAN DAVIS/Singles You Up (MCA) 9563

MORGAN EVANS/Kiss Somebody (Warner Bros./WEA) 8329

D. L. MURPHY f/K. CHESNEY/Everything's... (Blue Chair/Reviver) 7971

JASON ALDEAN/You Make It Easy (Broken Bow) 7883

Country Aircheck Add Leaders Adds

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Love Wins (Capitol) 52

LINDSAY ELL/Champagne (Stoney Creek) 35

DAN + SHAY/Speechless (Warner Bros./WAR) 18

JASON ALDEAN/Girl Like You (Broken Bow) 17

BRETT YOUNG/Here Tonight (BMLGR) 12

CODY JOHNSON/On My Way To You (CoJo/WMN) 10

JON LANGSTON/When It Comes To Loving You (32 Bridge/EMI) 10

LOCASH/Feels Like A Party (Wheelhouse) 10

K. CHESNEY F/M. SMITH/Better... (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA) 9

JAKE OWEN/Down To The Honkytonk (Big Loud) 7

THOMAS RHETT/Sixteen (Valory) 7

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D. BRADBERY & T. RHETT/Goodbye Summer (Valory/BMLGR) Remains at 45 2,434 points, 836 spins 2 adds: WAVW, WTHT

CARLTON ANDERSON/Drop Everything (Arista) Remains at 46 2,199 points, 632 spins 2 adds: WWYZ, WZZK

BRANDON LAY/Yada Yada Yada (EMI Nashville) Moves 48-47* 2,185 points, 665 spins 4 adds: KMDL, KRYS, WGH, WOKQ

CHASE RICE/Eyes On You (Broken Bow) Moves 49-48* 2,183 points, 611 spins 4 adds: WGNA, WOGK, WTGE, WYCD

D. RUCKER f/ALDEAN, BRYAN, KELLEY/Straight To Hell (Capitol) Moves 50-49 2,092 points, 617 spins 1 add: WUSN

MADDIE & TAE/Friends Don’t (Mercury) Debuts at 50* 1,888 points, 657 spins 2 adds: KHEY, WCTK

RANDY HOUSER f/H. LINDSEY/What Whiskey Does (Stoney Creek) 1,877 points, 639 spins 2 adds: KHEY, WKMK

CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Love Wins (Capitol) 1,718 points, 460 spins 52 adds including: KATC*, KATM*, KBEQ, KBQI, KFDI, KHGE, KHKI*, KIIM*, KIZN*, KKGO

JAMES BARKER BAND/Chills (UMGC/New Revolution) 1,601 points, 605 spins; No adds

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September 24TENILLE TOWNES/Somebody’s Daughter (Columbia)MORGAN EVANS/Day Drunk (Warner Bros./WEA)BRETT YOUNG/ Here Tonight (BMLGR)JAMES ROBERT WEBB/Now We’re Gettin’ Somewhere (Bison Creek)BILLY CURRINGTON/Bring It On Over (Mercury)

October 1SUNDANCE HEAD/Leave Her Wild (DD Wildcatter)THOMAS RHETT/Sixteen (Valory)

October 8CHRIS LANE/I Don’t Know About You (Big Loud)

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Tyler Rich Tyler Rich (Valory)Recorded in Nashville, Michael Knox produced three of the tracks on Rich’s debut EP (“Adrenaline,” “11:11” and “Take It Or Leave It”) and BMLG Pres./CEO Scott Borchetta, along with Julian Raymond and Lindsay Rimes, is

credited for producing the lead single “The Difference.”

Thomas Rhett Life Changes Deluxe (Valory)Leading up to its one-year anniversary, the deluxe version of Life Changes will feature three new tracks (“Country Gold,” “Cardboard Heart” and “When We’re 80”), with three remixes of “Leave Right Now” and a track with updated

lyrics for “Life Changes” available on the digital version.

Mandy Barnett Strange Conversation (Dame Productions/Thirty Tigers)Barnett’s first new album in five years was recorded in Muscle Shoals and produced by Marco Giovino and Doug Lancio. The 10-track project features a duet with John Hiatt on Sonny &

Cher’s “A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done” and covers of Andre Williams’ “Put A Chain On It,” Neil Sedaka’s “My World Keeps Slipping Away” and Kathleen Brennan’s “Puttin’ On The Dog.”

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations ADDS

1 1 LUKE BRYANSunrise, Sunburn, Sunset (Capitol)

11817 -710 2585 -141 53 0

2 2 OLD DOMINION/Hotel Key (RCA) 11742 81 2523 3 54 0

4 3 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Simple (BMLGR) 10661 300 2298 48 54 0

5 4 DYLAN SCOTT/Hooked (Curb) 9926 608 2183 138 50 0

3 5 THOMAS RHETT/Life Changes (Valory) 9741 -1233 2153 -219 51 0

6 6 RUSSELL DICKERSON/Blue Tacoma (Triple Tigers) 9560 384 2063 73 54 0

7 7 COLE SWINDELL/Break Up In The End (Warner Bros./WMN) ✔ 8582 873 1805 172 53 0

10 8 CHRIS JANSON/Drunk Girl (Warner Bros./WAR) ✔ 8111 876 1743 158 51 0

11 9 CHRIS YOUNG/Hangin' On (RCA) ✔ 7852 760 1656 134 53 0

8 10 GARTH BROOKS/All Day Long (Pearl) 7518 190 1558 15 53 0

9 11 ERIC CHURCH/Desperate Man (EMI Nashville) 7314 9 1527 -1 54 0

12 12 KANE BROWN/Lose It (RCA) 6967 702 1443 131 54 0

13 13 MAREN MORRIS/Rich (Columbia) 6703 479 1442 79 54 0

14 14 CARLY PEARCE/Hide The Wine (Big Machine) 6556 521 1399 87 53 0

16 15 LUKE COMBS/She Got The Best Of Me (River House/Columbia) ✔ 6384 815 1376 152 53 0

15 16 MITCHELL TENPENNY/Drunk Me (Riser House/Columbia) 6181 530 1284 95 51 1

17 17 SUGARLAND f/T. SWIFT/Babe (UMGN/Big Machine) 5633 154 1173 8 51 0

18 18 LANCO/Born To Love You (Arista) 5464 290 1193 51 53 0

19 19 DIERKS BENTLEY f/BROS. OSBORNE/Burning Man (Capitol) 4643 338 881 70 49 2

20 20 BLAKE SHELTON/Turnin' Me On (Warner Bros./WMN) 4483 585 905 92 51 1

21 21 JIMMIE ALLEN/Best Shot (Stoney Creek) 4080 229 900 35 50 0

22 22 KIP MOORE/Last Shot (MCA) 3818 194 822 30 49 1

23 23 KELSEA BALLERINI/I Hate Love Songs (Black River) 3773 190 790 22 51 0

26 24 JORDAN DAVIS/Take It From Me (MCA) 2978 385 582 75 44 4

24 25 JAKE OWEN/Down To The Honkytonk (Big Loud) 2857 177 564 47 48 0

25 26 MIDLAND/Burn Out (Big Machine) 2816 139 583 40 50 2

27 27 CHRIS STAPLETON/Millionaire (Mercury) 2643 432 541 88 42 3

30 28 KENNY CHESNEY f/M. SMITH/Better Boat (Blue Chair/Warner Bros./WEA) 2444 602 468 113 33 7

29 29 DUSTIN LYNCH/Good Girl (Broken Bow) 2241 243 431 38 45 1

31 30 KEITH URBAN/Never Comin Down (Capitol) 2169 344 429 66 32 5

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LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Points +/- Points Plays +/- Plays Stations Adds

28 31 AARON WATSON/Run Wild Horses (Big Label) 2131 25 452 0 42 0

33 32 DAN + SHAY/Speechless (Warner Bros./WAR) 2009 453 374 92 45 10

32 33 RILEY GREEN/There Was This Girl (BMLGR) 1860 213 384 47 44 0

34 34 ELI YOUNG BAND/Love Ain't (Valory) 1373 6 206 0 23 1

38 35 MICHAEL RAY/One That Got Away (Atlantic/WEA) 1246 139 274 60 17 5

37 36 BRETT ELDREDGE/Love Someone (Atlantic/WMN) 1243 96 174 11 11 1

58 37 JASON ALDEAN/Girl Like You (Broken Bow) ✔ 1211 749 214 142 16 6

35 38 D. BRADBERY & T. RHETT/Goodbye Summer (Valory/BMLGR) 1201 -50 231 -17 21 0

40 39 TYLER RICH/The Difference (Valory) 1169 90 258 15 38 1

36 40 TRAVIS DENNING/David Ashley Parker From... (Mercury) 1095 -74 242 -19 35 0

42 41 SCOTTY MCCREERY/This Is It (Triple Tigers) 945 46 199 6 30 0

41 42 JON PARDI/Night Shift (Capitol) 937 -15 179 -3 16 0

39 43 BRANDON LAY/Yada Yada Yada (EMI Nashville) 869 -232 166 -16 15 0

47 44 CODY JOHNSON/On My Way To You (CoJo Music/WMN) 858 156 161 22 18 3

45 45 CRAIG CAMPBELL/See You Try (Red Bow) 820 38 193 6 30 0

44 46 LUKE COMBS/Beautiful Crazy (River House/Columbia) 800 13 80 1 1 0

43 47 GRANGER SMITH/You're In It (Wheelhouse) 784 -17 191 -8 29 1

48 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Love Wins (Capitol) 712 698 200 196 22 14

46 49 RODNEY ATKINS/Caught Up In The Country (Curb) 686 -54 169 -11 25 0

49 50 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE/Sittin' Pretty (BMLGR) 660 40 66 4 1 0

50 51 BROTHERS OSBORNE/I Don't Remember Me (Before..) (EMI Nashville) 640 20 64 2 1 0

48 52 COLE SWINDELL/Dad's Old Number (Warner Bros./WMN) 620 -40 62 -4 1 0

51 53 CASEY DONAHEW/That Got The Girl (Alm.Country/Thirty Tigers) 578 -9 106 -2 13 0

54 LOCASH/Feels Like A Party (Wheelhouse) 577 313 103 61 17 3

53 55 RANDY HOUSER f/H. LINDSEY/What Whiskey Does (Stoney Creek) 546 -7 95 -3 10 0

52 56 D. RUCKER f/ALDEAN/BRYAN/KELLEY/Straight To Hell (Capitol) 520 -37 96 -8 19 0

55 57 ROSS ELLIS/Ghosts (Big Deal) 500 10 50 1 1 0

58 MORGAN EVANS/Day Drunk (Warner Bros./WEA) 494 98 51 11 4 0

56 59 RAELYNN/Tailgate (Warner Bros./WMN) 490 10 49 1 1 0

60 CJ SOLAR/American Girls (Sea Gayle) 471 124 91 26 11 0

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