MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Awards  

In  Case  You  Missed  Our  2016  CountryBreakout  Awards,  catch  up  on  all  the  fun  with  Florida  Georgia  Line,  Kelsea  Ballerini,  Shane  McAnally,  Ashley  Gorley,  Josh  Osborne,  Jason  Aldean,  Erica  Nicole,  LOCASH,  UMG  Nashville's  Capitol  Records  Nashville,  and  100.3  KRRV's  Melissa  Frost.  To  watch  the  highlight  video,  click  here.  !Mickey  Guyton  Con6irmed  For  Special  Performance  

At  Rising  Women  On  The  Row  !Mickey  Guyton  is  conSirmed  for  a  special  performance  at  MusicRow’s  Sifth  annual  Rising  Women  on  the  Row  event.  Presented  by  City  National  Bank,  the  ceremony  will  salute  Sive  music  businesswomen  on  Friday,  April  8  at  8:30  a.m.  at  Omni  Nashville  Hotel.  As  previously  announced,  Ali  Harnell,  Senior  Vice  President  at  AEG  Live,  will  be  the  featured  speaker.  In  addition,  the  2016  Rising  Women  honorees  are:  Abbey  Adams,  Senior  Creative  Director,  A&R  –  Sony/ATV  Music  Publishing;  Amanda  Cates,  Head  of  Marketing  and  Digital  Strategy  –  Maverick  Nashville;  Cris  Lacy,  VP,  A&R  –  Warner  Music  Nashville;  Leslie  Roberts,  Executive  Director,  Writer/Publisher  Relations  –  BMI;  and  Risha  Rodgers,  Partner  –  WME.  !

New  On  The  Chart  —Debuting  This  Week  Artist/song/label—chart  pos.  Jake  Owen/American  Country  Love  Song/RCA  Nashville—53  Luke  Bryan/Huntin’,  Fishin’,  And  Lovin’  Every  Day/Capitol  Nashville—57  Blake  Shelton/Came  Here  To  Forget/Warner  Bros.—63  Sam  Hunt/Make  You  Miss  Me/MCA  Nashville—69  !Greatest  Spin  Increase  Artist/song/label—Spin  Increase  Luke  Bryan/Huntin’,  Fishin’,  And  Lovin’  Every  Day/Capitol  Nashville—419  Jake  Owen/American  Country  Love  Song/RCA  Nashville—416  Blake  Shelton/Came  Here  To  Forget/Warner  Bros.—370  Eric  Church/Record  Year/EMI  Nashville—290  Dierks  Bentley/Somewhere  On  A  Beach/Capitol  Nashville—282  Tim  McGraw/Humble  And  Kind/Big  Machine—232  !Most  Added  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Adds  Luke  Bryan/Huntin’,  Fishin’,  And  Lovin’  Every  Day/Capitol  Nashville—29  Jake  Owen/American  Country  Love  Song/RCA  Nashville—29  Blake  Shelton/Came  Here  To  Forget/Warner  Bros.—25  Brothers  Osborne/21  Summer/EMI  Nashville—15  Sam  Hunt/Make  You  Miss  Me/MCA  Nashville—13  A  Thousand  Horses/Southernality/Republic  Nashville—8  Eric  Church/Record  Year/EMI  Nashville—8  Kip  Moore/Running  For  You/MCA  Nashville—6  Cam/Mayday/Arista  Nashville—6  Billy  Currington/It  Don’t  Hurt  Like  It  Used  To/Mercury  Nashville—5  !On  Deck—Soon  To  Be  Charting  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Spins  Granger  Smith/If  The  Boot  Fits/Wheelhouse  Records—178  Kane  Brown/Used  To  Love  You  Sober/RCA  Nashville—176  Mary  Fletcher/I  Called  Him  Dad/Red  And  Black  Entertainment—170  J  Michael  Harter/Playing  With  Fire/Anozira  Records—166  James  Robert  Webb/How  That  Feels/Bison  Creek  Records—151

Thursday,  March  10,  2016

CHART  ACTIONNEWS

J  Brooks  (L)  of  KSMA/Mason  City,  IA  receives  the  Northern  Iowa  Reader’s  Choice  for  favorite  Radio  Personality  for  the  third  year  in  a  row.

Songwriter  Jamie  Floyd  (center)  poses  with  MusicRow  staff  after  her  visit.  Read  more  here.

Mike  Preston  (R)  of  KKWF/Seattle  with  Warner  Bros.’  Brandy  Clark  (L)

Pictured  (L-­‐R):  Dan  Cheney,  Vice  President  &  COO  Houston  Livestock  Show  &  Rodeo,    Joel  Cowley,  President  &  CEO  Houston  Livestock  Show  &  Rodeo,  Chris  Young,  Jack  Lyons,  Chairman  of  the  Board  Houston  Livestock  

Show  &  Rodeo,  Rob  Beckham,  WME  

Eileen  Carey  Sponsored  by:  Rolley  Cstr  Music  !Current  Single:  “Bring  On  The  Big”  !Written  By:    Anglea  Kaset  &  Amy  Dalley  !Hometown:    Pasadena,  CA  !Career  Accomplishments:  -­‐New  single  “Bring  on  the  Big”    just  released  to  radio—it’s  a  track  from  her  current  and  critically  acclaimed  fourth  album  Let  it  Go.    -­‐Produced  by  Travis  Childress.  -­‐She’s  won  three  Los  Angeles  awards:    #2009  Americana  Album  of  the  year  for  Move  On    #2010  Producers  Choice  Award    for  Dance  Single  of  the  Year  #  2016  New  Music  Weekly’s  Country  Breakout  Artist  Award  !Artist  Facts:  *Born  &  raised  in  Ohio—  lives  in  Los  Angeles.  *She  writes  most  of  her  music,  but  has  recorded  cover  tunes  that  she’s  a  fan  of.    *Her  music  and  mothering  skills  have  been  showcased  to  a  national  audience  via  guest  spots  on  the  popular  TV  network-­‐  Nick  Jr.  docu-­‐comedy  series,  Take  Me  To  Your  Mother.  Hosted  by  actress-­‐comedian  Andrea  Rosen.  *Eileen  works  diligently  securing  homes  for  rescued  stray  animals  in  southern  California  in  her  time  off  from  music.  *Eileen  is  an  Ambassador  for  the  beauty  salon  SuperCuts  chain.  !Connect:  www.EileenCarey.com  !!

Thursday,  March  10,  2016

ARTIST  SPOTLIGHT

SMG’s  Brody  Caster  (L)  with  Dr.  Dave  (R)  of  KDKD/Clinton,  MO

MusicRow’s  Troy  Stephenson  with  Southern  Halo  during  their  recent  visit  to  MR’s  ofSice

Big  Loud  Records’  Chris  Lane  plays  for  WIRK/West  Palm  Beach,  Florida.  Pictured  (L-­‐R):  WIRK’s  Sammy  

Cruise,  Lane,  Big  Loud’s  Dave  Clapper.

Singles  !March  14  Granger  Smith/If  The  Boot  Fits/Wheelhouse  Records  Luke  Bryan/Huntin’,  Fishin’  And  Lovin’  Every  Day/Capitol  Nashville  Brian  Collins/Healing  Highway/Blue  Light  Courtney  Dickinson/Young  Forever/GrafSiti  Peace  Records  Kayla  Calabrese/Happily  Never  After/Burning  Ground  Entertainment  Farewell  Angelina/Hillbilly  401K/in2une  Nashville  Steve  Moakler/Suitcase/Creative  Nation  !March  21  Kelsea  Ballerini/Peter  Pan/Black  River  Entertainment  Jana  Kramer/Said  No  One  Ever/Warner  Bros.  Josh  Abbott  Band/Wasn’t  That  Drunk/Sixteen-­‐08  Matt  Stillwell/Hey  Dad/723  Entertainment  Lauren  Lizabeth/To  Be  Young/Nine  North  Records  !March  28  Randy  Houser/Song  Number  7/Stoney  Creek  Records  Zach  Perkins/Don’t  Leave  Me/NVM  Records  !April  4  Casey  Donahew/Feels  This  Right/Almost  Country  Entertainment  Cyndi  Lauper/Funnel  of  Love/Sire  Records  !Albums  !March  11  Randy  Houser/Fired  Up/Stoney  Creek  Records  Waterloo  Revival/Front  Row  Shooter  Jennings/Countach  (for  Giorgio)  [on  vinyl].  Jamie  Floyd/Sunshine  &  Rainbows  [EP].  Steve  Moakler/Steve  Moakler  [EP]/Creative  Nation  Records  !March  15  James  Robert  Webb/Pictures/Bison  Creek  Records

Rascal  Flatts  have  reached  the  top  of  the  MusicRow  CountryBreakout  chart  this  week  with  “I  Like  The  Sound  Of  That.”  It  is  the  fourth  single  from  their  Big  Machine  Album,  Rewind.  And  it  is  the  second  No.  1  song  from  the  album  along  with  the  title  track.  !“I  Like  The  Sound  Of  That”  was  written  by  Jesse  Frasure,  pop  star  Meghan  Trainor,  and  Shay  Mooney  of  the  duo  Dan  +  Shay.  !Rascal  Flatts  recently  announced  their  Rhythm  and  Roots  Tour  with  special  guests  Kelsea  Ballerini  (“Peter  Pan”)  and  Chris  Lane  (“Fix”).  The  itinerary  begins  June  17  in  Charlotte,  North  Carolina.    !They  trio  will  also  perform  at  CMA  Music  Fest  in  Nashville  on  Thursday,  June  9  at  Nissan  Stadium.  !At  the  51st  annual  ACM  Awards  in  Las  Vegas,  Rascal  Flatts  is  nominated  for  Vocal  Group  of  the  Year.  The  ACM  Awards  will  air  live  from  the  MGM  Grand  Garden  Arena  on  April  3  at  8  p.m.  EST  on  CBS.

Click  here  to  view  a  full  list  of  MusicRow’s  Challenge  Coin  recipients.

WHMA  Anniston  AL  WXFL  Florence  AL  KCJC  Russellville  AR  KCNY  Conway  AR  KDXY  Jonesboro  AR  KQUS  Hot  Springs  AR  KWCK  Searcy  AR  KTTI  Yuma  AZ  KVAY  Lamar  CO  WHWY  Destin  FL  WTRS  Ocala  FL  WPHR  Ft  Pierce  FL  WBYZ  Baxley  GA  WTHO  Thomson  GA  WUBB  Savannah  GA  KBOE  Oskaloosa  IA  KIAI  Mason  City  IA  KLMJ  Hampton  IA  KSMA  Mason  City  IA    !

KBKB  Burlington  IA    KXIA  Marshalltown  IA  KICR  Sandpoint  ID  KTHK  Idaho  Falls  ID  WAAG  Galesburg  IL  WIBL  Normal  IL  WOOZ  Carterville  IL  WDZQ  Decatur  IL  WMCI  Mattoon  IL  WRTB  Rockford,  IL  WIFE  Connersville  IN  WYGB  Franklin  IN  KAIR  Atchison  KS  KKOW  Pittsburg  KS  KYEZ  Salina  KS  WBKR  Owensboro  KY    WDHR  Pikeville  KY  WKFC  London  KY    WGGC  Bowling  Green  KY  WKDZ  Cadiz  KY

WLVK  Elizabethtown  KY  KRRV  Alexandria  LA  WKPE  Hyannis,  MA  WKTT  Salisbury  MD  WVMD  Cumberland  MD  WATZ  Alpena  MI    WTCM  Traverse  City  MI  WJNR  Iron  Mountain  MI  WUPY  Ontonagon  MI  KZPK  St.  Cloud  MN  KYSM  Mankato  MN  KBXB  Sikeston  MO  KDKD  Clinton  MO  KFAV  Warrenton  MO  KWWR  Mexico  MO  WQNZ  Natchez  MS  KZZY  Devils  Lake  ND  KYCK  Grand  Forks  ND  KQBA  Santa  Fe,  NM  

KRVN  Lexington  NE  KRGI  Grand  Island  NE  WFRY  Watertown  NY  WDNB  Liberty  NY  WOLF  Syracuse  NY  KWHW  Altus  OK  KITX  Hugo  OK  KKAJ  Ardmore  OK  KWOX  Woodward  OK  KWEY  Weatherford  OK  KRKT  Albany  OR  WFGE  State  College  PA  WWBE  Selinsgrove  PA  KYTN  Union  City  TN  WDKN  Dickson  TN  WEIO  Huntingdon  TN  WLLX  Lawrenceburg  TN  WOWF  Crossville  TN  WMYL  Clinton,  TN  WUCZ  Carthage  TN  

Renegade  Radio  Nashville  TN  KFTX  Corpus  Christi  TX  KGKL  San  Angelo  TX  KMKS  Bay  City  TX  KXOX  Sweetwater  TX  KYYK  Palestine  TX  KMRK  Odessa,  TX  WAKG  Danville  VA  WMEV  Marion  VA  WAXX  Altoona,  WI  WCOW  Sparta,  WI  WGLR  Platteville  WI  WJMQ  Shawano  WI    WJVL  Janesville  WI  WQPC  Prairie  du  Chien  WI  WDGG  Huntington  WV  WKKW  Morgantown  WV  WTNJ  Mount  Hope  WV  WKWS  Charleston  WV  WTCR  Huntington  WV  

MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart  Reporting  Stations  

Thursday,  March  10,  2016

CALENDAR NO.  1  SONG

Weeks % SpinOn Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/-

24 2 1 Rascal Flatts / I Like The Sound of That / Big Machine 3332/91 6 18122 3 2 Zac Brown Band / Beautiful Drug / Southern Ground-John Varvatos-Dot 3108/84 3 8130 4 3 Tyler Farr / Better In Boots / Columbia Nashville 3048/94 2 6123 5 4 Jon Pardi / Head Over Boots / Capitol Nashville 2997/97 4 12711 7 5 Old Dominion / Snapback / RCA Nashville 2956/95 7 20111 9 6 Cole Swindell / You Should Be Here / Warner Bros. 2884/83 6 16817 10 7 Brett Eldredge / Drunk On Your Love / Warner Bros. 2865/82 7 18526 6 8 Brantley Gilbert / Stone Cold Sober / Valory Music 2824/97 1 2423 8 9 Michael Ray / Real Men Love Jesus / Warner Bros- WEA 2751/95 1 259 11 10 Maren Morris / My Church / Columbia Nashville 2707/96 7 18632 12 11 David Nail / Night’s On Fire / MCA Nashville 2553/92 2 458 15 12 Dierks Bentley / Somewhere On A Beach / Capitol Nashville 2464/95 13 28220 13 13 Dustin Lynch / Mind Reader / Broken Bow 2447/91 2 4618 14 14 Maddie & Tae / Shut Up & Fish / Dot Records 2367/94 2 3827 16 15 Canaan Smith / Hole In A Bottle / Mercury Nashville 2234/91 3 679 17 16 Chris Young / Think of You / RCA 2225/90 3 707 19 17 Tim McGraw / Humble and Kind / Big Machine 2214/92 12 23216 20 18 Justin Moore / You Look Like I Need A Drink / Valory 1968/91 3 6212 21 19 Chris Lane / Fix / Big Loud Records 1891/89 3 5620 22 20 Eric Paslay / High Class / EMI 1879/84 4 6619 23 21 Kip Moore / Running For You / MCA Nashville 1852/86 5 8021 24 22 Rachael Turner / I Don’t Love You / Rustic Records 1742/68 7 1166 27 23 Thomas Rhett / T-Shirt / Valory Music Co. 1626/90 13 19319 25 24 Charles Kelley / The Driver / Capitol Nashville 1612/73 4 554 29 25 Eric Church / Record Year / EMI Nashville 1566/94 23 29014 26 26 Frankie Ballard / It All Started With A Beer / Warner Bros. 1512/74 4 5214 28 27 Dylan Scott / Crazy Over Me / Curb 1399/77 2 3338 1 28 Lee Brice / That Don’t Sound Like You / Curb 1344/44 -58 -18239 31 29 Big & Rich / Lovin’ Lately / New Revolution 1156/70 6 6718 32 30 Lauren Alaina / Next Boyfriend / Mercury Nashville 1111/58 2 276 35 31 CAM / Mayday / Arista Nashville 1064/72 19 17117 30 32 Toby Keith / Beautiful Stranger / Show Dog Nashville 1062/52 -16 -20020 33 33 William Michael Morgan / I Met A Girl / Warner Bros. 1023/56 4 416 37 34 Billy Currington / It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To / Mercury Nashville 940/64 14 1159 34 35 Jennifer Nettles / Unlove You / Big Machine Records 932/62 1 515 36 36 Presley & Taylor / While You Were Gone / SMG Nashville 926/46 7 616 42 37 LoCash / I Know Somebody / Reviver Records 869/63 14 10915 38 38 SaraBeth / Runnin’ Outta Lipstick / Circle S Records 866/44 8 6614 39 39 Callie Twisselman / Hung Me On The Line / Sugar Cube Records 833/40 5 3618 40 40 Chris Janson / Power Of Positive Drinkin’ / Warner Bros. 809/51 3 25

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Weeks % SpinOn Chart Last Week This Week Artist / Song / Label Spins / Reports Power Spins +/-

10 41 41 Drake White / Livin’ The Dream / Dot 797/52 3 2313 43 42 Robby Johnson / Hate Me Tonight / CMR Nashville 769/40 1 99 44 43 Trace Adkins / Jesus and Jones / Wheelhouse Records 753/57 3 224 45 44 Dan + Shay / From The Ground Up / Warner Bros. 743/51 11 7512 47 45 The Stickers / Countrified / Wodarek Music LLC 636/36 9 512 56 46 Brothers Osborne / 21 Summer / EMI Nashville 623/52 50 2096 50 47 Vince Gill / Take Me Down / MCA Nashville 617/41 11 618 48 48 Olivia Lane / Make My Own Sunshine / Big Spark Music Group 616/43 7 4011 49 49 Chris Chitsey / Just Don’t Know It Yet / Premier Nashville Records 599/36 5 3111 51 50 Macy Martin / Baby What Ya Doing / Go Time Records 533/31 4 2210 52 51 Pete Scobell / Walkin’ A Wire / FrogBonz Entertainment 520/29 5 2514 53 52 Jake McVey / Ya’ll Girls / 505/29 6 271 97 53 Jake Owen / American Country Love Song / RCA Nashville 498/32 507 41614 54 54 Homegrown Band / She Loves to Ride / 464/31 4 166 58 55 Tony Jackson / Drink By Drink / DDS Entertainment 425/30 16 5911 55 56 Sammy Sadler / No Place To Land / S Records 424/20 2 91 0 57 Luke Bryan / Huntin’, Fishin’, and Lovin’ Every Day / Capitol 419/29 0 4197 63 58 Eric Chesser / I Can’t Read Your Mind / Big Big Records Nashville 410/23 20 6910 57 59 Dave And Whitney / Alibi / Chelsea Creek Entertainment 410/27 5 2110 60 60 Sarah Dunn Band / Backwoods Party / Audacity Records 398/28 12 4310 59 61 Sammy Hakim / Kiss Some Boys / EXT Records 382/27 4 165 61 62 Broseph E Lee / Right Where She Wants Me / Broseph Music 370/26 7 231 0 63 Blake Shelton / Came Here To Forget / Warner Bros. 370/25 0 37010 65 64 Southern Halo / Little White Dress / 359/26 9 307 62 65 Spencer’s Own / Livin’ in the Moment / Electric House 359/29 4 1410 64 66 Dianna Corcoran / God Did Good / Krian Music Group 343/20 2 68 67 67 Makenna & Brock / Burnin’ The Night Down / Soundbyte Records 306/19 7 207 66 68 Chelsea Bain / The Power Of A Woman / Turn 3 302/18 4 111 82 69 Sam Hunt / Make You Miss Me / MCA Nashville 293/26 89 1382 73 70 Clare Dunn / Tuxedo / MCA Nashville 288/23 29 643 68 71 Jason Pritchett / Already A Dead Man / BDMG 288/25 17 413 69 72 Diana Upton-Hill / Southern Gentlemen / Third Floor Records 284/26 15 383 75 73 Jordan Rager / Southern Boy / Broken Bow 283/21 32 695 71 74 Shane Owens / Where I’m Comin’ From / Ameritome Records 257/19 6 145 72 75 Jake Worthington / Just Keep Falling In Love / 251/20 8 192 80 76 A Thousand Horses / Southernality / Republic Nashville 247/23 54 872 77 77 Smith & Wesley / Sweet Life / Garage Door Records 245/22 33 617 70 78 Lindsay Ell / By The Way / Stoney Creek Records 243/19 0 -14 74 79 The Cains / Knock Knock / GMV Music 226/23 5 112 78 80 Frank Ortega / Tell Me / Villa One Records 196/16 13 23

No. 1 Song Greatest Spin Increase Highest Debut