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Country Update BILLBOARD.COM/NEWSLETTERS ADVERTISEMENT OCTOBER 11, 2021 | PAGE 1 OF 24
Country Update
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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE Tom.Roland@billboard.com
INSIDE
THIS Turner, Carter, Travis: Classic Reissues Benefit
ISSUE From Fresh Marketing And Fresh Ears
Lee Brice Randy Travis’ 1986 album Storms of Life, Deana Carter’s 1996 “That was on a cassette,” recalls Turner. “Now, of course, I
Has One release Did I Shave My Legs for This? and Josh Turner’s 2006 own it on vinyl, I own it on CD, and now that it’s rereleased, I’ve
Hot ‘Mess’ project Your Man all went multiplatinum when the recording already ordered my two copies of the deluxe edition. I’m not
>page 5 industry’s business model centered on the sales of albums. the only one out there that does that kind of thing.”
Now in 2021, they But the reissues also
each have a new sheen provide an educational
t h ro u g h delu xe re - option for younger fans
Country Is issues, released at a and/or newcomers to
TRAVIS: ROBERT TRACTENBERG. CARTER: RANDEE ST. NICHOLAS. TURNER: DAVID McCLISTER.
Stocking Up On time when the music the genre, whose current
Christmas busi ness is foc used interest in Luke Combs,
>page 13 on streaming single Carly Pearce or Scotty
tracks. A new edition McCreery may create
of Your Man arrived some curiosity about
June 25 with three live TURNER CARTER TRAVIS the roots of their sound.
Makin’ Tracks: 2012 versions of the “Reissues and new
Pearce, McBryde original album’s singles that were first included in a package collections are critical,” says Warner Music Nashville execu-
With ‘Girl’ Talk for Cracker Barrel, Josh Turner: Live Across America. Travis’ re- tive vp/GM Ben Kline. “It awakens people and gives them a
mastered Storms of Life appeared Sept. 24 with three previously reason to go down the rabbit hole of those artists.”
>page 21 unreleased tracks, believed to have been recorded during the The reissue of Travis’ Storms has created a bump in
Storms era. Carter’s Shave will be upgraded Nov. 5 with multiple consumption of the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s
guests reimagining bonus versions of the title track and “Straw- music overall, says Kline, noting that the connective tissue
Country Coda: berry Wine”: Ashley McBryde, Sara Evans, Lauren Alaina, between current music and previous releases is vital to
Martina McBride, Kylie Morgan and Terri Clark, plus guitar- enhancing consumers’ bond with the genre.
‘Just Another’
ist Vince Gill. The digital reissue provides an additional alter- “Catalog is always near and dear to me ’cause, you know, The
Tucker Hit nate version of “Did I Shave My Legs for This?” and nine tracks Rolling Stones made me want to know who Chuck Berry is,”
>page 24 that were featured on the original U.K. issue of Carter’s album. observes Kline. “It’s through today’s music, or whatever that
The packages — marking the 35th, 25th and 15th anniver- time is, that we tend to go back historically and look.”
saries, respectively, of the original releases — have value for Some albums that are worthy of reissue get recycled often.
ardent fans, including Turner, who counts Travis’ Storms of Carter’s Shave was released on vinyl for the first time in conjunc-
Life as the first album he ever owned. tion with its 20th anniversary, and she was already thinking at
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 11, 2021 | PAGE 3 OF 24
that point about how to take advantage of the 25th. She approached Universal
Music Group Nashville with a proposal to rerecord the entire project with guest
artists on every track, though when they crunched the numbers, the total bud-
get — somewhere around $275,000 — was cost-prohibitive.
Still, enlisting a few key guests and enlarging the bundle signals that the
original deserves new consideration. Carter was surprised at how well the music
holds up after 25 years.
“It was timeless to me,” she says. “I don’t know what it is. I wasn’t follow-
ing a trend or anything. We were just letting the songs speak for themselves,
and the message is universal and honest, and they just ring true today like
they did then, to me.”
The album benefits, too, from how music was marketed in the ’90s. It launched Singer-songwriter Jacob Bryant (center) signed with Thirty Tigers
five singles onto radio playlists over a two-year period, including three No. 1s and American Roots Records, setting up the Jan. 14, 2022, release of
and an additional top five. Physical singles were rare, so fans were conditioned his album Bar Stool Preacher. He’s flanked by Thirty Tigers president
to purchase the entire album, a stark contrast from the 2021 landscape. David Macias (left) and American Roots CEO Jeff Catton.
“The way we do music now, it’s just so different,” says Carter. “I feel like
it’s the era that warrants these collections.”
But the music from those eras also gets a boost from today’s conditions.
The presence of current artists on Carter’s reissue easily serves as an en-
dorsement for the project. Travis, whom younger performers widely cite as
an influence,has been welcomed publicly at numerous concerts in recent years,
including a July 26 Ryman Auditorium show that featured over 20 acts singing
“Forever and Ever, Amen.” And Turner’s “Your Man” marked the first time
Chris Stapleton enjoyed a hit as a songwriter; it subsequently became a key
piece of material in McCreery’s introduction on American Idol.
“All that kind of gave that song, that album, you know, a rebirth and intro-
duced it to a whole new set of fans,” says Turner. “This record has experienced
a renaissance more than once.” Tenille Arts spent time with WKHX Atlanta PD Mike Moore when
A renaissance is usually accompanied by at least a tinge of nostalgia, and she opened for Lady A on Oct. 2 at AmerisBank Amphitheatre in
that’s appropriate for all three of these reissues. Turner and his wife, Jenni- Alpharetta, Ga.
fer, re-created parts of the “Your Man” video in Nashville’s Hermitage Hotel,
folding their married-with-children status against that original time period.
Carter’s “Strawberry Wine” and Travis’ “1982” — the first hits from Shave
and Storms — both revolve around memories of early romantic experiences.
But while reissues invite nostalgia from older generations of music fans, they
also bring a fresh understanding to younger fans who may be hearing them for
the first time. And these albums are much more likely to get an audition from
KATIE KAUSS
a teen or 20-something in 2021 than a Hank Williams or Ernest Tubb reissue
might have received from that same age group in an earlier era. The streaming
model simply makes it easier for the modern consumer to explore the past.
“There’s no barrier,” says Kline, comparing the digital era to the age of the Cody Johnson celebrated the release of Human: The Double Album
physical album. “Not only did you have to save enough, you had to hope your during an Oct. 5 party at Nashville’s Urban Cowboy. From left: Warner
record store had it in stock or you had to special order all that. You see some- Music Nashville senior director of artist development Missy Iredell, vp
thing now — whether it’s an article, a post, whatever it is — you can be in that radio and streaming Tom Martens and executive vp artist development
song, in that moment, in 10 seconds. So it’s taking advantage of the barriers Shane Tarleton; Johnson; WMN executive VP/GM Ben Kline; and
being broken down.” Durango manager Howie Edelman.
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 11, 2021 | PAGE 5 OF 24
ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER jim.asker@billboard.com
Lee Brice Makes A New ‘Memory’ Atop
Country Airplay Chart; Elvie Shane,
Zac Brown Band Notch Top 10s
Lee Brice nets his eighth leader on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as Nashville/WAR) sails 13-9 (18.5 million, up 12%).
“Memory I Don’t Mess With” (Curb) rises 2-1 on the Oct. 16-dated list, in its The song, which Brown penned with Ben Simonetti and Jonathan
49th week on the survey. It increased by 15% to 30.4 million impressions in Singleton, is the lead single from the group’s seventh studio album, The
the week ending Oct. 10, according to MRC Data. Comeback, due Oct. 15.
“Wow. Every single one is hard, every single one is so special, and I am so Zac Brown Band last appeared in the Country Airplay top 10 with
thankful for this No. 1,” says Brice, who co-wrote “Beautiful Drug,” its 13th No. 1, in April 2016.
the song with Brian Davis and Billy Montana. “Mo- It arrived with “Chicken Fried,” which led for two
mentum is hard to get, hard to keep, and we are all weeks in December 2008. In between the act’s
so pumped to still be trucking along, playing and two most recent top 10s, it logged four top 40
making the music we love. Thank you to my co- entries in 2016-19.
writers; our fans, who are the best in the world; and
country radio.” LEGENDS RETURN Reba McEntire and Dolly
“Memory” is Brice’s fourth consecutive proper Parton’s “Does He Love You” (MCA Nashville)
single to top Country Airplay. It follows “One of debuts at No. 49 on Country Airplay with 1.1 mil-
Them Girls,” which reigned for a career-best three lion impressions through Oct. 10, after being sent
weeks in October 2020; “I Hope You’re Happy to radio on Oct. 8. The label tells Billboard that it
Now,” with Carly Pearce (one week, June 2020); is not presently planning to promote the song as
and “Rumor” (one week, July 2019). Brice notched a long-term radio single.
his first No. 1, among 12 top 10s, in April 2012 The original version of the ballad by McEntire
when “A Woman Like You” led for one week. and Linda Davis ruled Country Airplay for one
On Billboard’s airplay-, sales- and streaming- week in November 1993, becoming McEntire’s
based Hot Country Songs chart, “Memory” pushes fifth of 11 No. 1s. It’s the lone leader for Davis, the
6-5 for a new high. In the week ending Oct. 7, it in- mother of Lady A’s Hillary Scott. (That trio’s “Like
creased by 6% to 4.8 million U.S. streams and 2% a Lady,” released by Big Machine Label Group,
to 2,000 downloads sold. bullets at its No. 14 best — with 15.2 million, up
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2% — on the latest list. ) McEntire and Parton’s
YOU GO, ‘BOY’ Elvie Shane achieves his first Hot new take on “Love,” which was produced by Dave
BRICE
Country Songs top 10 as his debut single, “My Boy” Cobb, is from McEntire’s triple-album Revived
(Wheelhouse), jumps 13-7. It rises 6-5 on Country Remixed Revisited, released Oct. 8.
Airplay, up 16% to 24 million in audience, and also collected 5 million streams McEntire and Parton add their 72nd and 27th respective Country Airplay
(up 18%) and sold 2,000 (up 22%) in the tracking week. “Boy,” which Shane entries, dating to the chart’s January 1990 inception, and each have now ap-
co-wrote, is from his debut album, Backslider, due Oct. 29. peared on the ranking in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. McEntire boasts
the most visits among women and the seventh-most overall. Next up among
‘BOAT’ FLOATS Zac Brown Band earns its 17th Country Airplay top 10, female artists are Martina McBride (56), Trisha Yearwood (51), Faith Hill
and first in over five years, as “Same Boat” (Home Grown/Warner Music (48) and Carrie Underwood (46).
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Country Airplay
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS
THIS LAST ON
WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK
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1 2 49 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH C urb HH No. 1 (1 Week) HH Lee Brice 30.385 +3.869 7910 1149 1
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2 3 12 IF I DIDN’T LOVE YOU M
acon/Capitol Nashville/Broken Bow Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood 27.866 +2.871 7118 639 2
3 1 44 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME R iver House/Columbia Nashville Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs 26.044 -5.070 6305 -1406 5
l4 4 14 FANCY LIKE M
onument Walker Hayes 25.716 +2.942 6662 831 3
l5 6 53 MY BOY W
heelhouse Elvie Shane 23.986 +3.246 6586 764 4
l6 5 45 FAMOUS FRIENDS R CA Nashville Chris Young + Kane Brown 21.722 +0.217 5070 236 9
l7 9 32 CHASING AFTER YOU A
rista Nashville Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris 20.355 +1.681 5587 342 6
l8 10 14 COLD AS YOU R iver House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 18.698 +1.695 4804 491 10
l9 13 18 SAME BOAT H
ome Grown/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Zac Brown Band 18.488 +2.012 4675 526 11
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1 11 21 I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY A
rista Nashville Old Dominion 18.413 +1.761 5227 762 7
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11 12 31 KNOWING YOU B lue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 17.689 +1.157 5127 336 8
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1 15 23 THINKING ‘BOUT YOU B roken Bow Dustin Lynch Featuring MacKenzie Porter 16.216 +2.362 4292 534 12
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13 16 38 TEQUILA LITTLE TIME C apitol Nashville Jon Pardi 15.282 +1.617 4163 254 14
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14 14 31 LIKE A LADY B MLG Lady A 15.230 +0.271 4227 146 13
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15 17 37 FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY S toney Creek Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley 13.171 +0.276 3873 112 15
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1 18 51 WHISKEY AND RAIN W
arner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray 12.376 +0.207 3631 156 16
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17 21 13 BUY DIRT M
CA Nashville HH Airpower HH Jordan Davis Featuring Luke Bryan 11.487 +2.233 3309 530 18
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1 19 55 JUST ABOUT OVER YOU inDent/Mercury Nashville Priscilla Block 11.465 +0.793 3354 213 17
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19 20 21 YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE M
ercury Nashville Chris Stapleton 11.120 +1.166 3214 236 19
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20 22 8 ONE MISSISSIPPI R CA Nashville HH Airpower HH Kane Brown 9.853 +1.131 2852 323 20
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21 23 15 SAND IN MY BOOTS R epublic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 8.898 +0.526 2649 243 24
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2 25 38 HOME SWEET T riple Tigers Russell Dickerson 8.497 +0.914 2696 299 22
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23 24 25 HALF OF MY HOMETOWN B lack River Kelsea Ballerini Featuring Kenny Chesney 8.458 +0.541 2800 197 21
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2 26 34 TO BE LOVED BY YOU M
CA Nashville Parker McCollum 8.250 +0.798 2565 152 25
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25 27 29 IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM B ig Machine Callista Clark 7.217 +0.032 2662 39 23
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26 29 20 DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) R CA/Columbia Nashville Elle King & Miranda Lambert 6.543 +0.655 1913 226 29
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27 31 5 23 M
CA Nashville Sam Hunt 6.226 +1.146 1951 360 27
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2 30 13 HEART ON FIRE E MI Nashville Eric Church 5.774 +0.274 2197 96 26
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29 32 14 THAT’S WHAT COWBOYS DO P earl Garth Brooks 4.649 +0.244 1541 143 30
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30 33 32 GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL B ig LoudHARDY 4.459 +0.312 1951 223 28
COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND
RANKINGS audience does not exceed are not still gaining enough MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE
Country Airplay is ranked by the percentage of monitored audience points to bullet or if Most Increased Audience on
total audience impressions station downtime for the they rank below No. 10 and Country Airplay lists the songs
for the week ending Sunday format. Titles that decline post a third consecutive week with the greatest week-to-week
based on monitored airplay in audience but increase in of (non-bulleted) audience increases in total audience.
of 148 stations by MRC detections will also receive decline, regardless of total
Data. Audience totals on the a bullet if the total audience chart weeks. AIRPOWER
chart are derived, in part, erosion for the week does not Awarded on Country Airplay to
using certain Nielsen Audio- exceed 3%. HOT SHOT DEBUT titles ranking inside top 20 in
copyrighted Persons 12+ Awarded to the highest-ranking plays and audience rankings for
audience estimates (under TIES new entry on Country Airplay. the first time, with increases in
license © 2021, Nielsen Audio). On Country Airplay, if two both plays and audience.
The list of all Country Airplay songs are tied in total MOST ADDED
chart reporters can be viewed audience, the song with the The total number of new adds BREAKER
on MRC Data’s platforms. larger increase in audience is officially reported to Billboard Awarded on Country Airplay
placed first. by each reporting station, or to titles achieving airplay (at
BULLETS by an automatic-add threshold least one detection) at 60% of
l Awarded on Country Airplay RECURRENTS (seven plays for the first time reporting stations for the first
to titles gaining audience On Country Airplay, descending in a chart tracking week, time.
or remaining flat from the titles below No. 10 in either according to MRC Data) for
previous week. A song audience or detections are stations that do not report © 2021 Billboard Media, LLC
will also receive a bullet moved to recurrent after 20 adds.
if its percentage loss in weeks, provided that they
BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 11, 2021 | PAGE 8 OF 24
Country Airplay
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
WKS AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS
THIS LAST ON
WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK
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31 34 8 WILD HEARTS H
it Red/Capitol Nashville Keith Urban 3.676 +0.303 1246 125 33
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32 35 11 BEERS ON ME C apitol Nashville Dierks Bentley, Breland & HARDY 2.875 -0.086 1138 129 36
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3 36 10 BEST THING SINCE BACKROADS B ig Loud Jake Owen 2.849 +0.087 1335 76 32
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34 39 4 NEVER WANTED TO BE THAT GIRL A tlantic/Warner Music Nashville/Big Machine/WMN Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde 2.748 +0.361 981 176 39
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35 37 32 THAT AIN’T ME NO MORE R ECORDS/Arista Nashville Matt Stell 2.688 +0.207 1372 44 31
36 28 2 COME BACK AS A COUNTRY BOY W
arner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton 2.350 -4.089 779 -475 45
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37 40 9 STEAL MY LOVE W
arner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 2.274 +0.045 878 30 42
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38 41 32 GETTING OVER HIM 1 9/Mercury Nashville Lauren Alaina Duet With Jon Pardi 2.267 +0.074 1230 85 34
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3 42 34 I CAN’T M
onument Caitlyn Smith Featuring Old Dominion 2.164 +0.062 1159 54 35
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40 43 10 7500 OBO M
cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 2.163 +0.099 924 86 41
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41 44 18 MY MASTERPIECE C apitol Nashville Darius Rucker 1.862 +0.042 1018 37 38
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4 45 23 I’M NOT FOR EVERYONE E MI Nashville Brothers Osborne 1.665 +0.037 933 23 40
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43 46 16 OLD SCHOOL S how Dog Nashville Toby Keith 1.574 +0.110 1123 20 37
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4 48 19 BACK THEN, RIGHT NOW 1 9th & Grand Tenille Arts 1.531 +0.173 869 39 43
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45 47 7 COUNTRY’D LOOK GOOD ON YOU S toney Creek Frank Ray 1.520 +0.063 707 23 46
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4 49 19 WHILE YOU’RE GONE W
arner Music Nashville/WMN Drew Parker 1.336 +0.036 505 23 52
47 50 19 YOU AIN’T PRETTY Q
uartz Hill Nate Barnes 1.169 -0.099 812 16 44
48 51 25 FILL THEM BOOTS B ig Loud Chris Lane 1.146 -0.109 590 9 50
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49 NEW CA Nashville HHHot Shot Debut/Breaker/Most Added HH Reba McEntire Duet With Dolly Parton
DOES HE LOVE YOU M 1.136 +1.136 619 619 49
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50 54 10 TILL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT R CA/Triple TigersCam 1.111 +0.241 634 40 48
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51 NEW 1 UP C apitol Nashville Luke Bryan 1.037 +0.938 259 247 -
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52 52 4 AT THE END OF A BAR R CA Nashville Chris Young & Mitchell Tenpenny 0.992 +0.053 454 46 55
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53 53 11 FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON W
arner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 0.980 +0.088 473 -10 54
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54 RE-ENTRY ‘TIL YOU CAN’T C oJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 0.935 +0.520 154 89 -
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55 55 6 NEW TRUCK C urb Dylan Scott 0.916 +0.094 545 8 51
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5 58 10 ABBY M
ercury Nashville Travis Denning 0.842 +0.150 477 16 53
57 38 2 BYE MOM W
arner Music Nashville/WAR Chris Janson 0.802 -1.688 371 -322 56
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58 57 5 AM I THE ONLY ONE V alory Aaron Lewis 0.758 +0.060 225 12 -
59 56 11 COME IN (BUT DON’T MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE) T rue To The Song/Mailboat/New Revolution Caroline Jones 0.715 -0.059 656 50 47
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60 60 3 PARADISE TO ME R CA Nashville Niko Moon 0.685 +0.208 369 103 57
GOING FOR ADDS
10/18 JUSTIN MOORE 10/25
With A Woman
CHASE RICE You Love DONNY LEE
If I Were Rock & Valory Hangin’
Roll Donny Lee
Dack Janiels/Broken Bow NORTH TO
NASHVILLE ONE BY ONE
CODY JOHNSON Whisperin’ The Puppet Song
Til You Can’t Game Changer (Dancing Like A
CoJo/Warner Music Fool)
Nashville/WMN PAIGE KING One By One
JOHNSON
JASON BYRD Baby Don’t
FEAT. GEORGE 11/1
51
PCG Artist Development
JONES DILLON
Better Life SCOTTY CARMICHAEL
Jason Byrd MCCREERY
The song follows “Waves,” which became Damn Strait
Son Of A
Bryan’s 25th Country Airplay leader in JD HARDY Riser House
Triple Tigers
September. “Up” arrives at No. 51 with It’s That Time TIFFANY WOYS
Again
LUKE BRYAN 1.4 million impressions. Meanwhile, Jordan About Love
Kern River
Up Davis’ “Buy Dirt,” on which Bryan is featured, Tiffany Woys
ascends to No. 17 (11.5 million, up 24%).
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BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 11, 2021 | PAGE 10 OF 24
Country Airplay
AIRPLAY
MONITORED BY
MOST ADDED® NEW AND ACTIVE
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist ADDS TOTAL TOTAL
DOES HE LOVE YOU M CA Nashville Reba McEntire Duet With Dolly Parton 48 TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist AUDIENCE STATIONS ADDS
COME BACK AS A COUNTRY BOY W arner Music Nashville/WMN Blake Shelton 29 HAWAII A
rista Nashville Old Dominion 0.449 1 0
UP C apitol Nashville uke Bryan
L 19 LOVE IS REAL W
arner Music Nashville/WEA Morgan Evans 0.447 27 3
BEERS ON ME A tlantic/Big Loud/Capitol Dierks Bentley, Breland & HARDY 14 SHUFFLE 1 9 Recordings/BMLG Laci Kaye Booth 0.381 18 3
23 M
CA Nashville am Hunt
S 8
MY MASTERPIECE C apitol Nashville Darius Rucker 7 TRUTH ABOUT YOU Riser House/Columbia Nashville Mitchell Tenpenny 0.342 19 2
7500 OBO M cGraw/Big Machine Tim McGraw 7 GIVING YOU UP R
CA Nashville Kameron Marlowe 0.323 0 0
WILDER DAYS A rista Nashville Morgan Wade 7 WILDER DAYS A
rista Nashville Morgan Wade 0.290 14 7
NEVER WANTED TO BE THAT GIRL B ig Machine Records /Warner Music Nashville Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde 6
AT THE END OF A BAR R CA Nashville Chris Young With Mitchell Tenpenny 6
RECURRENTS
MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE THIS
WEEK TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist
TOTAL AUD.
(IN MILLIONS)
GAIN 1 DRINKIN’ BEER. TALKIN’ GOD. AMEN. D ack Janiels/BMLG/Broken BowChase Rice Featuring Florida Georgia Line 18.277
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist (IN MIILIONS)
2 FOREVER AFTER ALL River House/Columbia NashvilleLuke Combs 17.776
MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH C urb Lee Brice +3.869
MY BOY W heelhouse Elvie Shane +3.246 3 WAVES C
apitol NashvilleLuke Bryan 16.232
FANCY LIKE M onument Walker Hayes +2.942 4 YOU TIME T riple TigersScotty McCreery 14.382
IF I DIDN’T LOVE YOU M acon/Capitol Nashville/Broken Bow Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood +2.871 5 SINGLE SATURDAY NIGHT W
arner Music Nashville/WMNCole Swindell 14.284
THINKING ‘BOUT YOU Broken Bow Dustin Lynch Featuring Lauren Alaina Or MacKenzie Porter +2.362 6 GLAD YOU EXIST W
arner Music Nashville/WARDan + Shay 12.665
BUY DIRT M CA Nashville Jordan Davis Featuring Luke Bryan +2.233 7 THINGS A MAN OUGHTA KNOW B
roken BowLainey Wilson 12.228
SAME BOAT H ome Grown/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Zac Brown Band +2.012
8 JUST THE WAY Stoney CreekParmalee x Blanco Brown 10.714
I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY A rista Nashville Old Dominion +1.761
9 ONE OF THEM GIRLS C
urb
Lee Brice 10.096
COLD AS YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +1.695
CHASING AFTER YOU Arista Nashville yan Hurd With Maren Morris
R +1.681 10 WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY SONG V
alory
Thomas Rhett 9.934
MOST INCREASED PLAYS
TITLE Imprint/LabelArtist GAIN
MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH C urb Lee Brice +1149
FANCY LIKE M onument Walker Hayes +831
MY BOY W heelhouse Elvie Shane +764
I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY A rista Nashville Old Dominion +762
IF I DIDN’T LOVE YOU M acon/Capitol Nashville/Broken Bow Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood +639
DOES HE LOVE YOU M CA Nashville Reba McEntire Duet With Dolly Parton +619
THINKING ‘BOUT YOU Broken Bow Dustin Lynch Featuring Lauren Alaina Or MacKenzie Porter +534
BUY DIRT M CA Nashville Jordan Davis Featuring Luke Bryan +530
SAME BOAT H ome Grown/Warner Music Nashville/WAR Zac Brown Band +526
COLD AS YOU River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +491 SHANE FISH
TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT
WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 10, 2021
THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS THIS LAST WKS ON TW SPINS
WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST SPINS +/– WEEK WEEK CHART TITLE (Label)ARTIST SPINS +/–
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1 2 25 ONE BEER AT A TIME ( Smith) HH 1 Week at 1 HH Drew Fish Band 1774 139 l
11 11 12 NOAH BUILT A BOAT (Curtis Grimes Music) Curtis Grimes 1297 45
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2 3 15 REAL DAMN GOOD ( Pretty Damn Tough) Josh Abbott Band 1597 40 12 7 30 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE (Independent) Prophets and Outlaws ft/ Pat Green 1254 -79
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3 5 11 HEROES ( Independent) Bri Bagwell 1543 195 l
13 18 6 LOVIN’ WHERE IT’S GOIN’ (Independent) Josh Ward 1134 194
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4 4 12 TEQUILA SUNDOWN (Fool Hearted) Jon Wolfe 1542 46 l
14 14 22 LOST INSIDE THE GROOVE (No Big Deal) Reckless Kelly 1133 22
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5 6 13 ALCOHOL ABUSE (Independent) Case Hardin 1459 113 l
15 15 16 YOU LOOK LIKE I COULD USE A DRINK (Independent) Mark Powell 1110 73
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6 9 13 LIKE YOU DO ( Independent) George Navarro 1348 88 l
16 16 15 INTO OUTLAW (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd 1046 46
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7 13 6 ALL IT COST ME WAS EVERYTHING (Independent) Cody Jinks 1337 153 l
17 17 18 HEAVEN’S JUKEBOX (Sony Dist) Jaden Hamilton 1005 63
8 1 16 SENORITA SKY (King Hall Music) Chad Cooke Band 1329 -464 l
18 20 21 SHE’S A RIVER ( Independent) Junior Gordon 938 75
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9 12 10 RHINESTONED ( Lil Buddy Toons) Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen 1319 132 l
19 19 15 THIS TOWN (Independent) Saints Eleven 883 9
10 8 13 RECORD HIGH (Warner Music Nashville) Randall King 1302 -25 20 10 23 REWIND ( Independent) Kyle Park 876 -378
Texas Regional Radio Report Top 100 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 www.texasregionalradio.com, or
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to an alternate frequency. The Bobby Bones Show occupies the morning-drive
slot, with Tara Madison in middays, J.T. handling afternoon drive and Rick
Logan hosting nights … WDRQ Detroit morning co-host Roxanne Steele
parted company with the station, according to RadioInsight.com, after refus-
ing to comply with parent company Cumulus’ vaccine policy. She explained
the decision in a Facebook post … Quu signed a multiyear deal with Cox Media
Group to provide visual messaging, including artist information and adver-
tising, on vehicle dashboards when listeners tune into the chain’s outlets.
’ROUND THE ROW
Opry Entertainment Group made a pair of changes to its artist and label strategy
team. Jenn Tressler was promoted to senior manager from manager. Her
previous position was filled by Anna Lemme, who shifts from Opry-associated
Ole Red, where she served as marketing partnership coordinator … Why&How
hired two senior-level executives, bringing the music firm’s payroll to
Caitlyn Smith greeted Audacy/Detroit vp programming Tim Roberts 26 employees. Nashville-based Halie Hampton Mosley joined as vp roster
when she performed Oct. 7 at the Fox Theatre. operations after serving as Florida Georgia Line’s day-to-day manager and as an
artist manager/executive assistant at Maverick. London-based Chris Koegen
STOCKING UP ON CHRISTMAS SONGS arrives as Why&How vp artist development and marketing after working in
When COVID-19 tanked country artists’ touring schedules, it gave them artist relations for Amazon Music. Additionally, Why&How promoted Austin-
plenty of time to hone in on projects that they might have previously delayed. based Evan Kaufmann to vp creative direction from creative director. The
One likely result is a plethora of new Christmas albums. Mitchell Tenpenny’s company’s roster includes Chase Rice, A Thousand Horses and BRELAND.
Naughty List, announced Oct. 8, is the latest addition to this year’s salvo, with Reach Hampton Mosley here, Koegen here and Kaufmann here … SMACK
Tenpenny offering five original holiday titles in an 11-song package, includ- established a social media marketing wing, SMACKTok, with Marissa Turk
ing a duet with girlfriend Meghan Patrick, “I Hope It Snows.” managing the division. She previously served as a day-to-day manager for the
The edgy nature of Tenpenny’s album title makes it a sort of companion to company’s management group. Reach Turk here … Concord Music expanded its
Pistol Annies’ Hell of a Holiday, due Oct. 22. Trio members Miranda Lam- Nashville publishing presence by hiring five new employees. Melissa Spillman
bert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley fashioned 10 new songs for the joins as vp A&R after operating her own Freetown Music Group for three years.
season, and they inhabit the album alongside covers of the traditional “Sleigh Matt Turner onboards as senior director of A&R, following a run as Downtown
Ride” and “Auld Lang Syne,” as well as a remake of Merle Haggard’s “If We Music senior director of creative services. Director of A&R Courtney Allen
Make It Through December.” is a former BMG creative director, manager of A&R Ashley Nite segues from
Brett Eldredge will deliver his second yuletide project, Mr. Christmas, on JRM Publishing creative manager, and A&R coordinator Garrett Stephenson
Oct. 22, providing a sequel to his 2016 release Glow. Eldredge has mimicked picks up the job after serving as Downtown Music office coordinator … The
Frank Sinatra in his classy Christmas tour productions, but the new album’s New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human
title is ironic, given that Steve Wariner really is Mr. Christmas. Born on Dec. 25, Development tapped Rosanne Cash as an artist-in-residence for the 2021-22
Wariner unwraps Feels Like Christmas Time on Oct. 15, with six new holiday school year … The 55th annual Country Music Association Awards will take
titles among the familiar “Silent Night,” “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” place at Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 10. Ticket holders are required to show
and “The First Noel.” The latter song is fitting in its own way: Noel is Wariner’s proof of COVID-19 vaccination and follow masking protocols … Twenty late
middle name. female trailblazers in the Nashville music industry were recognized during
Brett Young has begun promotion for his eight-track album Brett Young & the 2021 SOURCE Hall of Fame Awards, held virtually from the Musicians
Friends Sing the Christmas Classics, with Colbie Caillat, Darius Rucker and Hall of Fame. The inductees included honorary Nashville Songwriters Hall
Maddie & Tae forming a caroling lineup on the project, which contributes to of Fame member Sue Brewer and Fan Clubhouse founder Sharon Eaves. Go
a forthcoming CMT Crossroads Christmas. here for the full list of recipients … Music Health Alliance begins processing
Josh Turner rolled out King Size Manger on Oct. 8 and plans to support it with open enrollment for Medicare on Oct. 15 and insurance on Nov. 1. Go here
a Christmas tour that launches Nov. 18. He’ll also host the annual Christmas for more info … The Academy of Country Music launched a webinar series as
at Belmont special, airing Dec. 20 on PBS. an additional attraction for prospective members. Enrollment in the ACM is
Additionally, Lucas Hoge ranges from the spiritual “O Holy Night” to the open here through Oct. 15.
lighthearted “Wonderful Christmastime” with his holiday outing, aptly ti-
tled 12.25.
CHESNEY: ALLISTER ANN. BRELAND: GARRET TRIZAN.
RADIO & RECORDS®
Black River senior director of national promotion and strategy Bill Macky is
temporarily serving as senior vp promotion while Mike Wilson undergoes and
recovers from heart bypass surgery … Bluegrass label Turnberry signed singer-
songwriter-fiddler Mike Mitchell to a two-album deal … Cumulus promoted
Conrad Trautmann to chief technology officer from senior vp technology and
operations … WSM-AM Nashville appointed J.P. Tinnell GM for the station,
adding to his existing role as director of content and programming … Mike
Kasper started Oct. 11 as WPGB Pittsburgh PD/afternoon-drive host, Radio-
Ink.com reported. During the previous 14 months, he operated as a freelance
voicetracking host, most frequently in middays at WRTB Rockford, Ill., where
the station still has him listed as a member of the on-air lineup … Nikki Darling
joined the morning team at KRRV Wenatchee, Wash., according to RadioInk. Kenny Chesney (left) and BRELAND held notable recent club dates.
com, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Alpha Media/Wenatchee Chesney delivered a surprise show for 200 at the Key West Theater
market manager Gary Patrick. Darling arrives from crosstown top 40 station in Florida on Sept. 30 for the SiriusXM Small Stage Series, while
KWWW … WCPV Essex, N.Y.-Burlington, Vt., adopted a country format on BRELAND sold out an Oct. 5 appearance at the 250-person capacity
Oct. 11, RadioInsight.com reported, following the sports format’s departure High Watt in Nashville.BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 11, 2021 | PAGE 17 OF 24
Hot Country Songs
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STREAMING DATA
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THIS LAST WEEKS WKS ON TITLE Artist AIRPLAY PEAK
WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION
17 FANCY LIKE HH No. 1 (13 Weeks)/Airplay Gainer HH
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1 1 1 W.HAYES,J.THIBODEAU,S.MCANALLY (W.HAYES,J.JENKINS,S.STEVENS,C.BARTOLINI)
Walker Hayes
M
ONUMENT
4 1
IF I DIDN’T LOVE YOU
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2 2 2 11 M.KNOX (J.MORGAN,T.KENNEDY,K.M.ALLISON,L.VAUGHAN)
Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood
ACON/CAPITOL NASHVILLE/BROKEN BOW
M
2 2
CHASING AFTER YOU
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3 4 4 34 A.ESHUIS,T.REIMER (B.ADDINGTON,J.FLOWERS)
Ryan Hurd With Maren Morris
RISTA NASHVILLE
A
7 3
4 3 3 25 COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME Jameson Rodgers Featuring Luke Combs
3 3
C.FARREN,J.D.MITCHELL (J.RODGERS,H.PHELPS,BRETT TYLER,A.VANDERHEYM) R
IVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH
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5 6 11 36 B.GLOVER,K.JACOBS,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,B.MONTANA,B.DAVIS)
Lee Brice
URB
C
1 5
6 5 6 50 FOREVER AFTER ALL Luke Combs
RC 1
CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,D.PARKER,R.WILLIFORD) IVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
R
MY BOY HH Streaming Gainer HH
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7 13 14 31 O.CHARLES (E.S.PAYTON,R.SUTTON,N.COLUMBIA,L.STARR)
Elvie Shane
W
HEELHOUSE
5 7
BUY DIRT
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8 9 12 20 P.DIGIOVANNI (J.DAVIS,J.DAVIS,M.JENKINS,J.JENKINS)
Jordan Davis Featuring Luke Bryan
M
CA NASHVILLE
17 8
I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY
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9 8 10 20 S.MCANALLY,OLD DOMINION (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,W.SELLERS,G.SPRUNG,B.F.TURSI,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE)
Old Dominion
A
RISTA NASHVILLE
10 8
10 10 8 35 FAMOUS FRIENDS Chris Young + Kane Brown
6 2
C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER (C.YOUNG,C.R.BARLOWE,C.CROWDER) CA NASHVILLE
R
YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE
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11 19 19 28 D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,A.GORLEY,C.DUBOIS)
Chris Stapleton
ERCURY NASHVILLE
M
19 11
COLD AS YOU
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12 12 15 14 CHIP MATTHEWS,J.D.SINGLETON,L.COMBS (L.COMBS,S.MINOR,R.MONTANA,J.D.SINGLETON) R
Luke Combs
IVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
8 12
13 11 7 23 YOU TIME Scotty McCreery
RC 7
F.ROGERS,D.WELLS,A.ESHUIS (S.C.MCCREERY,F.ROGERS,A.ESHUIS) T RIPLE TIGERS
DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME)
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14 14 16 32 M.JOHNSON,B.PADDOCK (ELLE KING,M.JOHNSON)
Elle King & Miranda Lambert
CA/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
R
26 11
THINKING ‘BOUT YOU
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15 17 18 16 Z.CROWELL (D.LYNCH,A.ALBERT,H.PHELPS,W.WEATHERLY)
Dustin Lynch Featuring Lauren Alaina Or MacKenzie Porter
B
ROKEN BOW
12 15
KNOWING YOU
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16 20 20 26 B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (BRETT JAMES,A.JAMES,K.HIGGINS)
Kenny Chesney
LUE CHAIR/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA
B
11 16
17 18 17 13 MEMORY Kane Brown X blackbear
- 9
A.M.GOLDSTEIN,BLACKBEAR (M.T.MUSTO,A.M.GOLDSTEIN,J.KIRKLAND,K.BROWN,E.K.SMITH) R
CA NASHVILLE
SAME BOAT
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18 21 21 17 Z.BROWN,B.SIMONETTI (B.SIMONETTI,Z.BROWN,J.D.SINGLETON)
Zac Brown Band
OME GROWN/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR
H
9 18
19 15 13 26 WAVES Luke Bryan
RC 2
J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (Z.CROWELL,R.J.HURD,R.C.MCGILL) APITOL NASHVILLE
C
ONE MISSISSIPPI
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20 22 23 7 D.HUFF (K.BROWN,J.FRASURE,L.GRAY,E.K.SMITH)
Kane Brown
R
CA NASHVILLE
20 16
SAND IN MY BOOTS
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21 23 24 34 J.MOI (A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY,J.OSBORNE)
Morgan Wallen
EPUBLIC/BIG LOUD
R
21 5
WHISKEY AND RAIN
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22 24 25 24 R.COPPERMAN (J.FRASURE,J.THOMPSON)
Michael Ray
ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WEA
W
16 22
23 16 9 25 COUNTRY AGAIN Thomas Rhett
RC 5
D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (THOMAS RHETT,Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY) V
ALORY
FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY
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24 26 28 18 A.BOWERS,J.ALLEN (J.ALLEN,A.BOWERS,M.ROGERS)
Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley
TONEY CREEK
S
15 24
TEQUILA LITTLE TIME
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25 27 27 19 B.BUTLER,R.GORE,J.PARDI (J.PARDI,R.AKINS,L.LAIRD)
Jon Pardi
APITOL NASHVILLE
C
13 25
COUNTRY SONGWRITERSTM COUNTRY PRODUCERSTM
1 #1 JOSH JENKINS 1 #1 SHANE MCANALLY
4 WKS 2 WKS
2 ASHLEY GORLEY 2 MICHAEL KNOX
TIE 3 CAMERON BARTOLINI 3 DANN HUFF
TIE 3 SHANE STEVENS TIE 4 JOE THIBODEAU
TIE 3 WALKER HAYES TIE 4 WALKER HAYES
TIE 6 BRINLEY ADDINGTON 6 OSCAR CHARLES
TIE 6 JERRY FLOWERS 7 PAUL DIGIOVANNI
HOLYGRAFFITTIMUSIC
8 HUNTER PHELPS 8 AARON ESHUIS
9 LUKE COMBS 9 ROSS COPPERMAN
10 MARTIN JOHNSON STEVENS 10 ZACH CROWELL
The weekly Country Songwriters and Country Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the
Hot Country Songs chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 11, 2021 | PAGE 18 OF 24
Hot Country Songs
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STREAMING DATA
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WEEK WEEK AGO CHART PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL RANK POSITION
26 25 26 18 LIKE A LADY
D.HUFF (H.SCOTT,D.M.BARNES,M.BUZZ,M.JOHNSON,B.PADDOCK)
Lady A
MLG
B
14 25
COME BACK AS A COUNTRY BOY HH Hot Shot Debut HH
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27 NEW 1 S.HENDRICKS (M.W.HARDY,J.THOMPSON,J.M.SCHMIDT)
Blake Shelton
ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN
W
36 27
23
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28 31 38 4 C.LA CORTE (S.L.HUNT,C.LA CORTE,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE)
Sam Hunt
CA NASHVILLE
M
27 28
JUST ABOUT OVER YOU
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29 29 30 34 J.JOHNSON (P.BLOCK,S.JONES,E.K.KROLL)
Priscilla Block
INDENT/MERCURY NASHVILLE
18 29
30 28 29 25 HALF OF MY HOMETOWN Kelsea Ballerini Featuring Kenny Chesney
23 28
K.BALLERINI,R.COPPERMAN,J.ROBBINS (K.BALLERINI,S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,J.ROBBINS,N.GALYON) LACK RIVER
B
TO BE LOVED BY YOU
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31 30 32 16 JON RANDALL (P.MCCOLLUM,R.AKINS)
Parker McCollum
CA NASHVILLE
M
24 28
JUSTIFIED HH Digital Gainer HH
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32 39 33 6 D.TASHIAN,I.FITCHUK,K.MUSGRAVES (K.MUSGRAVES,I.FITCHUK,I.JUBER,B.J.BURTON)
Kacey Musgraves
INTERSCOPE/MCA NASHVILLE
- 22
THAT’S WHAT COWBOYS DO
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33 33 35 13 G.BROOKS (J.MARTIN,M.ROSSELL,T.G.BROOKS)
Garth Brooks
P
EARL
29 33
HOME SWEET
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34 34 36 19 C.BROWN,D.HUFF,R.DICKRESON (R.DICKERSON,C.BROWN,C.KELLEY)
Russell Dickerson
T RIPLE TIGERS
22 32
GIVE HEAVEN SOME HELL
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35 35 37 29 J.MOI,D.WELLS (M.W.HARDY,A.GORLEY,B.JOHNSON,H.PHELPS)
HARDY
IG LOUD
B
30 29
BLESSED AND FREE
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36 NEW 1 TAKE A DAYTRIP,R.CHELL (K.BROWN,I.JUBER,H.E.R.,D.M.A.BAPTISTE,D.BIRAL,R.J.CHELL, JR.)
Kane Brown & H.E.R.
R
CA NASHVILLE
- 36
NEVER WANTED TO BE THAT GIRL
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37 46 34 3 S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE (C.PEARCE,S.MCANALLY,A.MCBRYDE) A
Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde
TLANTIC/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/BIG MACHINE/WMN
34 34
AM I THE ONLY ONE
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38 47 48 14 A.LEWIS,I.DEAN (A.LEWIS,I.DEAN,JEFFREY STEELE)
Aaron Lewis
V
ALORY
58 1
IT’S ‘CAUSE I AM
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39 36 41 9 N.CHAPMAN (C.CLARK,C.JAYMES,L.J.VELTZ)
Callista Clark
IG MACHINE
B
25 36
40 32 31 14 DICKED DOWN IN DALLAS Trey Lewis
- 12
A.MAXWELL,G.SAXMAN (B.M.GAFFORD,M.C.MCKINNEY,A.J.TROSCLAIR) T REY LEWIS
STEAL MY LOVE
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41 41 43 8 D.SMYERS (D.SMYERS,A.ALBERT,A.GORLEY,J.REYNOLDS)
Dan + Shay
ARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WAR
W
37 26
42 37 44 5 HEART ON FIRE Eric Church
28 37
J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH) E MI NASHVILLE
RIDE THE LIGHTNING (717 TAPES)
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43 40 42 13 W.ZEIDERS (W.ZEIDERS,E.PASLAY,R.CROSBY)
Warren Zeiders
W ARREN ZEIDERS
- 30
THROW IT BACK
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44 42 46 10 S.SUMSER,S.SMALL (D.BRELAND,K.URBAN,S.SUMSER,S.SMALL)
Breland Featuring Keith Urban
AD REALM/ATLANTIC
B
- 38
‘TIL YOU CAN’T
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45 RE-ENTRY 3 T.W.WILLMON (B.M.STENNIS,M.ROGERS) C
Cody Johnson
OJO/WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE/WMN
54 42
46 38 39 12 TRUTH ABOUT YOU Mitchell Tenpenny
- 33
J.M.SCHMIDT,M.TENPENNY (M.TENPENNY,M.ALDERMAN,T.ARCHER) RISER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
BEERS ON ME
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47 44 45 10 R.COPPERMAN,D.BENTLEY (D.BENTLEY,D.BRELAND,R.COPPERMAN,L.DICK,A.GORLEY,M.W.HARDY)
Dierks Bentley, Breland & HARDY
C
APITOL NASHVILLE
32 36
48 45 40 4 BREADWINNER Kacey Musgraves
- 36
D.TASHIAN,I.FITCHUK,K.MUSGRAVES (K.MUSGRAVES,I.FITCHUK,I.JUBER,B.J.BURTON) INTERSCOPE/MCA NASHVILLE
I QUIT DRINKING
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49 49 — 15 J.ROBBINS,N.CONRAD (K.BALLERINI,N.GALYON,P.J.KLEIN)
Kelsea Ballerini & LANY
LACK RIVER
B
- 30
50 48 — 12 COUNTY LINE Chase Matthew
- 29
CHASE MATTHEW,B.MANLEY,A.SHAWN (CHASE MATTHEW) OLLER BOY
H
The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by MRC Data, sales data as compiled by MRC Data and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by MRC
Data. Descending titles below No. 25 are moved to recurrent after 20 weeks.
COUNTRY MARKET WATCH
A Weekly National Music Sales Report
WEEKLY UNIT COUNT YEAR-TO-DATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR
ALBUM AUDIO VIDEO
CONSUMPTION ON-DEMAND ON-DEMAND 2020 2021 CHANGE
ALBUM CONSUMPTION
This Week 1,437,000 1,492,227,000 128,055,000 Album ’20 47.44 million
Consumption 47,436,000 53,756,000 13.3%
’21 53.76 million
Last Week 1,320,000 1,519,766,000 128,396,000
Album Sales 6,523,000 6,468,000 -0.8%
Change 8.9% -1.8% -0.3% TOTAL ON-DEMAND STREAMS
Audio On-Demand 51,363,926,000 60,084,819,000 17.0% ’20 58.80 billion
This Week Last Year 1,157,000 1,302,463,000 126,518,000
’21 65.52 billion
Change 24.2% 14.6% 1.2% Video On-Demand 5,438,306,000 5,433,739,000 -0.1%
All data measures U.S. activity as of the week ending October 7, 2021. All units counts are rounded to the nearest thousand. Album consumption units — also known as albums plus TEA plus SEA — consists of album sales;
track-equivalent album (TEA) sales whereby 10 tracks equal one consumption unit; and stream equivalent albums (SEA) whereby 1,250 paid and/or 3,750 ad-supported audio on-demand streams (OAD) equal one consumption unit.
For inquiries about any MRC Data, please contact Robin Giesbrecht at 917-930-9441 or rgiesbrecht@mrcentertainment.comBILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 11, 2021 | PAGE 20 OF 24
SALES, DATA STREAMING & SALES
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1 14 15 26 TAYLOR SWIFT
REPUBLIC 033578*
FEARLESS (TAYLOR’S VERSION)
1 1 1
ALKER HAYES
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IF I DIDN’T LOVE YOU
1 1
ALKER HAYES
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MORGAN WALLEN DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM l l 11 IF I DIDN’T LOVE YOU
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2 1 1 39 BIG LOUD 033180*/REPUBLIC 1 1 2 2 11 JASON ALDEAN & CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CHASING AFTER YOU
2 3
J ASON ALDEAN & CARRIE UNDERWOOD
3 100 LUKE COMBS WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
l3 3 24 RYAN HURD WITH MAREN MORRIS 3 4 19 BUY DIRT
3 2 RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 595687*/SMN 2 1 J ORDAN DAVIS FEAT. LUKE BRYAN
TENNESSEE WHISKEY 14 AM I THE ONLY ONE
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4 4 5 227 LUKE COMBS
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 538883*/SMN
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU
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4 11 ARON LEWIS
A
FOREVER AFTER ALL 5 NEON MOON
5 3 2 4 KACEY MUSGRAVES
INTERSCOPE/MCA NASHVILLE 033560*/IGA/UMGN
STAR-CROSSED
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5 8 ROOKS & DUNN
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COUNTRY STUFF (EP)
4 l6 6 9 JORDAN DAVIS FEAT. LUKE BRYAN 6
E LLE KING & MIRANDA LAMBERT
LIL BIT 16 YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE
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BIG LOUD 783*
IF I KNOW ME
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7 12 HRIS STAPLETON
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COLD BEER CALLING MY NAME 7 29 CHASING AFTER YOU
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8 7 7 336 CHRIS STAPLETON
MERCURY NASHVILLE 019405*/UMGN
TRAVELLER
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YAN HURD WITH MAREN MORRIS
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MERCURY NASHVILLE 032689*/UMGN
STARTING OVER
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9 NEW
KACEY MUSGRAVES
I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY COME BACK AS A COUNTRY BOY
10 10 11 8 DAN + SHAY
WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 488033/WMN
GOOD THINGS
0 2 l
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10 NEW
LAKE SHELTON
B
DRUNK (AND I DON’T WANNA GO HOME) 11 10 289 TENNESSEE WHISKEY
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11 12 14 249 BROOKS & DUNN THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION
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YOU TIME BLESSED AND FREE
12 11 12 305 TAYLOR SWIFT
BIG MACHINE 310400A*/BMLG (18.98)
RED
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12 NEW
ANE BROWN & H.E.R.
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WASTED ON YOU 8 MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH
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13 13 19 46 LEE BRICE
CURB 79537*
HEY WORLD
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13 17 39 MORGAN WALLEN 13 14
L EE BRICE
WHISKEY GLASSES 17 MY BOY
14 15 16 20 JORDAN DAVIS
MCA NASHVILLE DIGITAL EX/UMGN (033776)
BUY DIRT (EP)
11 l
14 16 134 MORGAN WALLEN l
14 22 E LVIE SHANE
STARTING OVER 15 9 46 LIL BIT
15 17 17 68 GABBY BARRETT
WARNER MUSIC NASHVILLE 629930/WMN
GOLDMINE
0 4 l
15 14 56 CHRIS STAPLETON ELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
N
MY BOY 9 COLD AS YOU
16 18 22 142 GEORGE STRAIT
MCA NASHVILLE 111263/UMGN (39.98/49.98)
STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX
8 9 l
16 NEW ELVIE SHANE 16 15
L UKE COMBS
BEAUTIFUL CRAZY SAND IN MY BOOTS
17 16 24 117 TYLER CHILDERS
HICKMAN HOLLER 001*/THIRTY TIGERS
PURGATORY
0 11 l
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17 RE-ENTRY
ORGAN WALLEN
M
THE GOOD ONES 11 RIDE THE LIGHTNING (717 TAPES)
18 21 21 195 EAGLES
ASYLUM/ELEKTRA 103*/RHINO (18.98)
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
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18 23 ARREN ZEIDERS
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22 25 279 TIM MCGRAW NUMBER ONE HITS 19 13 13 MEMORY 19 16 20 I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY
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19 CURB 79205 (13.98) 1 6 KANE BROWN X BLACKBEAR LD DOMINION
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20 HOME GROWN 546369*/BMG
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22 24 27 148 TOBY KEITH
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MEMORY I DON’T MESS WITH
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22 RE-ENTRY
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23 26 28 311 BLAKE SHELTON
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I HOPE
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WHERE THE COUNTRY GIRLS AT
T RACE ADKINS, LUKE BRYAN & PITBULL
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24 28 29 253 KANE BROWN
ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE 530947*/SMN
KANE BROWN
2 1 24 22 21 FAMOUS FRIENDS
HRIS YOUNG + KANE BROWN
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24 21 6 ONE MISSISSIPPI
ANE BROWN
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25 20 20 61 LUKE BRYAN
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25 23 63 ONE OF THEM GIRLS 25 20 8 KNOWING YOU
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on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming reports collected and provided by MRC Data. Charts update weekly on Tuesdays at www.Billboard.Biz/
equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved. charts. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved.
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based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming sales. Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved.
equivalent albums). Copyright 2021, Billboard Media, LLC and MRC Data. All rights reserved.BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE OCTOBER 11, 2021 | PAGE 21 OF 24
MAKIN’ TR ACKS TOM ROLAND tom.roland@billboard.com
Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde Create
A New Spin For An Old Issue
It’s a tad ironic that Reba McEntire’s Revived Remixed Revisited arrived Oct. 8. “A phone holds a lot of truths about somebody,” says Pearce, “and I think if
The 30-track collection features reimaginations of some of her trademark you’re looking at it, you’re not just scrolling through. You’re looking because
singles, including two versions of the epic relationship battle “Does He Love you know something’s wrong.”
You,” a dance remix of the original Linda Davis ballad and a new rendering The bridge cemented the women’s similar viewpoints, presenting both sing-
at the original tempo with Dolly Parton. ers side by side on alternating lines of plaintive humiliation: “I feel stupid/I
The irony lies in the timing: the new Carly Pearce duet with Ashley Mc- feel cheap/I feel used/I feel weak.”
Bryde, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” features It’s that section, as much as any, that sep-
the two singers portraying the wife and the other arates “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” from
woman in a love triangle. Thus, the comparisons “Does He Love You.” In the McEntire/Davis
are inevitable. duet, the women seem focused on defeating
But the configuration is pretty much where each other to hang on to the guy, who — one
the comparisons end. The original “Does could argue — is not much of a prize. In the
He Love You” was a dramatic, big-voiced Pearce/McBryde collaboration, there’s more
compet it ion as t he characters v ie for t he self-examination, and one assumes that if they
romantic affections of the guy in the middle. never wanted to be this person, they will take
“Never Wanted to Be That Girl” takes a different steps to change the picture, though the song
tack: The women aren’t singing at each other, leaves the outcome undecided.
instead analyzing the situation with more “I guess we’re going to have to have a sequel,”
restraint as both happen to recognize the muses McAnally. “The presumption was, and
conundrum at about the same time. hope was, that now that it was exposed, that they
“We didn’t want anybody to think we were try- would both end it, but I don’t know. I guess it’s
ing to copy ‘Does He Love You,’ ” says Pearce. “We choose your own adventure.”
PEARCE (left) and McBRYDE
took a different spin on it, which really just deals McBryde played acoustic guitar on the work
with the fact that both of these women are having tape, in which they developed alternating har-
the same realization and are both innocent.” monies. Pearce sang a high harmony when McBryde took the lead, McBryde
Pearce and McBryde hadn’t planned on addressing a three-way love affair sang low harmony underneath when Pearce delivered the melody, and the
when they met up at SMACKSongs in Nashville on March 23 for a writing ap- final verse — in which they trade off on the primary part — has them con-
pointment with Shane McAnally (“I Was on a Boat That Day,” “One Night stantly flipping.
Standards”). They hadn’t even planned on writing for more than one voice. McAnally and Josh Osborne (Midland, Lucie Silvas) produced a tracking
“I didn’t know we were going to write a duet that day,” says McBryde. “I session at Sound Stage on Music Row, and they found the instrumental parts
knew I wanted to. And then when I got in the room, she and Shane had al- to be just as tricky a proposition as the lyrical twists and harmonic changes.
ready discussed it. And I was like, ‘Hot shit, dude. That’s what I was thinking “Ashley was playing the guitar on their work tape, and she has a very dis-
on the way in.’ ” tinct, really cool style,” notes Osborne. “She plays very rhythmically, and we
They had neither a hook nor a direction for the song when they started. started talking as we were playing the song for the band in the studio that we
They just launched into it with an appropriately mysterious pace and progres- needed a pulse going through it because the melody is really pretty.”
sion, working line by line as a woman gets an assist with a flat tire. The plot They used the feel of the Tim McGraw/Taylor Swift collaboration “High-
soon developed into a relationship, though it wasn’t until they reached the way Don’t Care” as an example and developed a crisp musical bed that never
pre-chorus — with a lyric about a text message from a woman at home — that completely uncoils.
they fully realized they were creating a cheatin’ scenario. “It feels like it’s a constant churning wheel,” says Osborne. “It just keeps
“For the love of God, if you’re going to cheat on people, turn the preview off moving and moving, and [puts] you in a trance. You get sort of pulled into the
on your text,” McBryde sarcastically recommends. “If your phone is a blank movement of it, and it doesn’t let you go.”
screen and it pops up, ‘Hey, babe, what time you coming home’ as the preview Pearce laid down a scratch vocal for it, though both singers came back later
of the text, you’re caught and you’re screwed.” and worked individually on the final vocal, each of them providing feedback
The start of the chorus underscored the ache: “I never wanted to be that and support for the other as they worked through the song’s difficult emo-
girl/I never wanted to hate myself.” tions. The smoke in their voices makes them highly compatible.
“ ‘I never wanted to hate myself’ — I just think that’s the most powerful line Big Machine and Warner Music Nashville released it to AM/FM stations
in the song,” says McAnally. via PlayMPE on Sept. 14, and it moves to No. 34 on the Country Airplay chart
As they realized that both singers would be playing a role — McBryde as dated Oct. 16, filling a space that, with rare exceptions, usually goes unoc-
the other woman, Pearce the wife at home — they specifically determined cupied in the genre.
the chorus lyrics should remain the same, creating a word puzzle in which “Female collaboration is something that we don’t have, that we need, es-
every line needed to fit both women. Adding to the depth of that puzzle, they pecially on a song that has so much substance like this,” says Pearce. “And I
introduced an internal rhyme scheme with a strong, classic country vibe: “I think that this is a message that people need to hear.”
thought this kind of lonely only happens to somebody else/And being the other Part of what makes it significant is that it never fully wails like McEntire
one when there’s another one.” and Davis’ pairing. It simmers; it’s calculated and introspective as the women
“I do remember me kind of phrasing it differently to get it in the right pocket,” recognize their responsibility to rectify a scenario they didn’t create.
LLISTER ANN
says Pearce. “There was some fine tuning going on, for sure.” “If you’re in one of these situations, whether you’re one of these two women
The second verse introduced Pearce’s character, and she, too, searches or you’re this guy, this is not a judgment on your character,” says McBryde.
the guy’s communications while he’s in the shower, looking for answers to a “It happens, and it’s not always your fault. And it doesn’t mean that you’re a
desperately uncomfortable question. shitty person, but it does happen and you will get through it.”You can also read
