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Wayne Walks On Country Aircheck talked to Jimmy Wayne Friday (1/8) as he walked outside Jackson, TN on mile 120 of his 1,600-mile Meet Me Halfway walk to Phoenix. So far, he’s astounded at the ways people have reached out with food, clothing and shelter. A good
Country Sales In Decline Mainstream news coverage and trade publication breakdowns over Nielsen SoundScan year-end music sales numbers have been all of the map. One news item had 2009 music purchases up 2.1%. Elsewhere, reports of a 10.7% all-genre album sales decline butted up against a 12.5% drop, depending on the inclusion or exclusion of a 53rd week. For country, that balance tipped between a 1.5% and 3.1% slip, resulting in greater market share for the format. But as far as we can tell, any way you slice it, it still comes up nuts. Overall revenue is down. Country revenue is down. And less is, well, less. Don’t just take our word for it. Country Aircheck reached out to top label sales execs for help sorting it all out. And so, here’s everything you need to know about the 2009 market for recorded country music, and where the positives are for 2010: “The 2.1% increase is purely spin,” says UMG/Nashville EVP/GM Ken Robold. “Notice it says music purchases are up, not music sales. We don’t know what country digital track sales are because they don’t break those out, and we’re hoping they’ll have a genre-based digital track chart sometime this year. But looking strictly at albums, we’re down 3.2%. Excluding the Hannah Montana soundtrack, we’re down 7%. It’s tough to be optimistic.” (continued on page 4)
Chart Note; holiday SChedule Chart Note: As you look at the Mediabase Country chart information in this week’s Country Aircheck, it’s important to note that Mediabase’s “chart week” for the Country Top 50 (Sunday, Jan. 3-Saturday, Jan. 9) was affected by a change in syndicated programming. Most notably, many of the nationally syndicated Country countdown shows aired 2009 retrospectives on Jan. 3 instead of the normal Top 30 or Top 40 countdowns. The loss of countdown show current-song airplay on more than 100 reporting stations affected the internal statistics of points, plays and audience on all the songs in the Top 40, resulting in an unusual number of songs without bullets. Please keep this in mind when doing your music this week. Holiday Schedule: Country Aircheck will be closed Monday, Jan. 18 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. All Country Aircheck/Mediabase monitored reporters can submit station adds any time from this Thursday (1/14) until 3pm ET/Noon PT on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Country Aircheck non-monitored Activator reporters may submit their full reports any time during that same time frame. The Country Aircheck Weekly will be delivered Tuesday evening, Jan. 19.
Ken Robold
January 11, 2010 Issue 174
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Syndication News CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan can now be heard on KWOF/Denver, WUSH/Norfolk, WLFV/Richmond, WOLF-FM/Syracuse and WKOT/Oglesby, IL.
Industry News Josh Gracin has signed with Buddy Lee Attractions for booking and Full Scope Entertainment for management. He has also joined the Average Joes Entertainment artist roster with a single expected this spring.
My tuNeS: MuSiC that Shaped My life KSON/San Diego PD John Marks discusses his most important songs, artists or concerts: 1. Eric Burdon, War, The Faces at Dayton, OH’s Hara Arena: My first concert ever, and my dad had to drive me. Rod Stewart was new to The Faces, and he pranced on the stage in a red velvet suit. Burdon closed. He played so long they cut off the sound and turned on the lights. They still wouldn’t leave the stage! It was a righteous show.
2. The Lovin’ Spoonful, Greatest Hits: The first album I ever bought. I loved their jug band/country sound. They, and others like Poco, New Riders of the Purple Sage, the Byrds and many more, turned me on to country music.3. George Strait, Strait Country: Back in 1981, I met some new artist named George Strait when he came to WSAI/Cincinnati and I interviewed him on the air. I still have that autographed album. Little did I know...4. Alabama’s 40 Number Ones in Concert, Las Vegas Hilton: A marathon concert where they performed every number one song in order. What an experience!5. Brad Paisley Who Needs Pictures: He came to visit at KWNR as a brand-new artist and we didn’t have a place to put him, so he sang to Brooks O’Brian and me in a bleak corner of the station. While I probably will never go to his house for Thanksgiving or babysit his kids, I consider Brad Paisley a dear and loyal friend. I love you, man!6. The Future Of Country Music: It is bright! Look at the talent our format is producing right now: Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, Love And Theft and so many more. The next five years belong to country.• A highly regarded song or album you’ve never heard: I’ll listen to anything once.•An“important”pieceofmusicyoujustdon’tget: Celine Dion. If I die and go to Hell, that’s what I’ll be consigned to listen to for all eternity.•Analbumyouplayedorlistenedtoincessantly: Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is by Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears. He takes me back to the classic soul/R&B of James Brown and Wilson Pickett, while not being retro. He simply kicks ass.• One obscure or non-country song everyone should listen to right now: “Love Train” by Bunny Sigler. I only recently found this version. It’s a bluesier, more stripped-down version of the O’Jays classic.
John Marks
Samaritan provided a pair of goggles to protect his eyes. An Iraq war veteran has given Wayne his government-issue cold weather uniform. And strangers have put him up overnight in their homes to save him from sleeping in a frigid tent. He’s also been handed more hot cups of coffee than he can count. “It’s definitely an experience I’ll never forget,” Wayne tells us. “I’m eight days into it, and I’m not surprised. I’m just reminded of how great people are. You always hear about the bad stuff, and people can get real down on the world, like the world sucks. It doesn’t suck. If they think the world sucks, they should get out here and walk and be part of this and see the kindness of people. It [really] brings out the good.” Follow Wayne on his journey west, make a donation and watch today’s (1/11) broadcast from the road here. Radio stations who link up with Wayne on his journey are invited to send their stories and photos to [email protected].
Josh Gracin
I Get By: Jimmy Wayne (c) with new friends Lynn and Christi White.
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Sony/ATV songwriter Dale Dodson (“Twenty Years And Two Husbands Ago”) has joined the Carnival Music staff as a creative services source. He remains a Sony/ATV writer.
Gig Alerts• Stroudavarious President Bill Catino is looking for a Northeast rep for the label and tells CA that he will soon be staffing up the BamaJam imprint’s promo department. Resumes to VP/Promotion Bill Macky here.• Citadel’s WTNR/Grand Rapids PD Steve Stewart is seeking a APD/PM driver. Send airchecks and resumes here.
Artist News Warner/Nashville and BAM Racing have partnered to offer a VIP Fan Experience at NASCAR races nationwide. Fans can enter to win a chance to meet Warner Bros.’ artists Blake
Shelton, Whitney Duncan, Gloriana, Jessica Harp, newcomer Jason Jones and James Otto. Learn more here. Brooks & Dunn have partnered with Sparkart Group, Inc. to develop, design and manage the duo’s website for their Last Rodeo Tour. Log on here. Clay Walker will host the Chords of Hope:
The Clay Walker MS benefit concert Feb. 23 at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon. Presented by WSIX/Nashville and Walker’s Band Against MS charity, the concert proceeds will go toward multiple sclerosis research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Details here. The 2010 Grammy Nominees album features Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band on the 20-track collection. A portion of sales revenue will benefit MusiCares and the Grammy Foundation, and the compilation will hit stores Jan. 19. More here. Phil Vassar will launch his first European tour Jan. 26 with a five-date run in the UK and Germany. Complete list of dates here.
Tuesday (1/12) - William Lee Golden, Ray Price, the late Tex Ritter; Keith Anderson; Ricky Van Shelton; Ron Baird; Traci Todd ([email protected])
Wednesday (1/13) - Trace Adkins, John Burns ([email protected])
Thursday (1/14) - Billie Jo Spears, the late Billy Walker; Martin Fischer; Susan Levy ([email protected]); Tim Murphy ([email protected]); Chuck Thagard ([email protected]); Anne Weaver ([email protected]); Renee White Friday (1/15) - Kurt Howell, Lee Adams ([email protected]), Mike Borchetta ([email protected]), David Lynn Jones, Tracey Myers, Jay Roberts ([email protected])
Saturday (1/16) - Ronnie Milsap, Sandy Pinkard, Bill Macky ([email protected])
Sunday (1/17) - Steve Earle, Amanda Wilkinson, Ryan Barnstead ([email protected]), Kim Markovchick ([email protected])
Monday (1/18) - Mark Collie, Bobby Goldsboro, Travis Hensley, the late Dene Hallam; Bob Mitchell ([email protected]), Bill Moore
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Crib Note Congratulations to John Rich and wife Joan on the birth of their son Cash Rich. The couple welcomed Cash Sunday (1/10) at a Nashville hospital.
The Week’s Top Stories Full coverage of the week’s news is available in the archives at www.countryaircheck.com. • Former Clear Channel/San Antonio OM and Country KAJA PD George King was named to the newly created position of Station/Operations Manager for Citadel’s Country-AC combo WCTO & WLEV/Allentown. He is also programming WCTO. (CAT 1/5)• Riviera’s Rock KEDJ & Rhythmic KKFR/Phoenix PD Bruce St. James was named to the same post for CBS Radio/
Blake Shelton
Phil Vassar
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“Frogman” Ward was named MD, picking up the role previously handled by PD Lee Douglas. Ward can be reached at 909-433-3022 or here. (CAT 1/5)• Regent Communications was delisted from the Nasdaq exchange (as RGCI) and moved over to the OTC market (as RGCI.PK). Meanwhile, the contracts for CEO Bill Stakelin and CFO Tony Vasconcellos were renewed. (CAT 1/8)
Country Sales (continued from page 1) Sony Nashville SVP/Sales & Operations Paul Barnabee agrees. “Total purchases can be misleading,” he says. “That’s just the number of things through the system. The overall business lost 50 million album sales this year. A couple of years ago we were gaining a couple hundred million track sales a year. This year, it’s 70 million. And they’re not one-for-one, so we are down even in equivalents. Losing 50 million albums is half a billion dollars in value. Beyond that, you have the margin effect of albums versus singles within each company. Country may not be down as much, but it’s still a decline.” Taylor Swift, of course, had the top selling album overall (3.2 million copies) and has sold more digital tracks (24.3 million)
Phoenix’s KMLE and Rhythmic KZON. Kris Abrams, who added KMLE PD duties in February 2008, is now focusing on programming Classic Hits KOOL. (CAT 1/6)• Oasis/Ft. Wayne, IN Dir./Programming Phil Becker has assumed OM duties for the three-station cluster, which includes Country WBTU. He will also handle programming of ‘BTU following Dave Steele’s exit (1/4). Hear Steele’s work at steeleimaging.com; reach him here. (CAT 1/5) • Citadel’s WTNR/Grand Rapids APD/PM driver Nick Alan was named PD for sister KATC/Colorado Springs. (CAT 1/5)• Former Wilks’ KWOF/Denver PD/MD/morning co-host Randy “Shotgun” Shannon and co-host Jesse James were hired for mornings on Cox’s KCYY/San Antonio. Shannon will also serve as APD/MD. (CAT 1/6) • KSOP Inc.’s KSOP/Salt Lake City middayer “Gentleman” Jim Mickelson was upped to APD. Contact him here. (CAT 1/6) • CBS Radio’s KFRG/Riverside morning co-host Scott
January 14, 2010 - 28th Annual Colgate Country Showdown - Nashville, TN - www.countryshowdown.com
January 15-17, 2010 - Country Crossing Grand Opening - Dothan, AL - www.countrycrossingalabama.com
January 31, 2010 - 52nd Annual Grammy Awards - Los Angeles, CA - www.grammy.com
February 24-26, 2010 - CRS 2010 - Nashville, TN - www.crb.org
March 22-23, 2010 - Leadership Music Digital Summit - Nashville, TN - www.digitalsummit.org
March 30-April 3, 2010 - 18th Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival - Nashville, TN - www.tinpansouth.com
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Paul Barnabee
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Tuesday 1/12 – Joe Nichols, My Military Diary (re-air) (GAC); Rosanne Cash, Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien (NBC).
Wednesday 1/13 – Gloriana, Ellen DeGeneres (syndicated); Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC).
Thursday 1/14 – Rosanne Cash, Tavis Smiley (PBS).
Friday 1/15 – Reba, The Singing Bee (CMT).
Saturday 1/16 – Various Artists, CMT Music Awards 2009 (re-air).
Sunday 1/17 – Lady Antebellum, Introducing (GAC).
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50/50 cassette to CD. As late as the early 2000s we still had cassettes on P&Ls. “We’re not seeing track sales like in the pop world right now,” he says. “On the other hand, if the digital music companies want to grow their business they’re going to have to embrace country. We’re hitting the plateau for digital music. The explosion has happened. We have to hope we can sustain the physical business and, as retailers condense floor space, that we take up the digital side at faster rate. “If 50% of Country listeners don’t have internet access at home, especially if they live in places where they can’t get access, it may be a little slower. But if the cable companies want to grow their business, that’s an area they have to look at.” For labels, the task is to focus on what they can control. “It’s incumbent on us to put out great music,” Robold says. “Country is the last bastion of the CD business and people are still buying into artists they love, thankfully. There is still hope. “Every several years a big artist pops out of this format. Look at Taylor. Gretchen Wilson exploded a few years back. When they break, they break big. There’s still room for a lot of sales. All a label can do is get the best talent, bring it to market and let the revenue model take care of itself. And Country radio remains vital. I’m looking at a summary of the decade’s most played artists and eight of the 10 are country.” Rich points to a broadening fan base. “The market was down,
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than any other artist. But that relative bright spot is the exception, not the rule. Big Machine VP/Sales & Marketing Kelly Rich admits that album launches aren’t what they used to be. “Once upon a time we wouldn’t dream of coming out with less than 100,000 units. Now we’re seeing 40,000 to 60,000. It’s getting harder and harder.” “The accounts are taking down their weeks of supply,” Barnabee says. “What they’re willing to carry has been tough to manage. We’re into single digit weeks of supply in some cases. They might stock three weeks on an artist knowing it’s thin and accept that they may miss some sales. They’d rather miss a sale than carry excess inventory. They’re not going to do that on the things that have momentum, but that middle group of artists is taking a hit.” Robold says there are no simple answers. “Broadband penetration, specifically in country, is an issue,” he says. “We’re seeing less and less retail space. But even internet sales of physical product – buying a CD from Amazon – is down 8%. And subscription models just aren’t taking hold yet. “Anderson (Wal-Mart), Target and Best Buy are the lion’s share of physical revenue, but it’s harder to get records into the circulars. Anderson is cutting space this year. It is kind of a perfect storm when you combine that with the lack of broadband penetration. That’s pretty scary.” The recent CMA market study found that 50% of country fans don’t have internet at home. Broadband availability in rural areas may prove to be another hurdle. Combined with shrinking retail space, country may get pinched from both sides. “Every week I break out the country tracks in the top 200,” Rich says. “Last week 29 of the top 200 tracks were country, and Taylor had seven of those. We’re going to have to force the issue. With the accounts cutting back on space it’s going to force the country consumer to convert quicker than they might have otherwise.” “We were the last genre to get out of the cassette configuration,” Barnabee says. “When I started here in 1995 I was doing [profit and loss statements] that were
January 19 Gretchen Wilson Greatest Hits (Columbia)
January 26 Lady Antebellum Need You Now (Capitol)
February 9 Josh Turner Haywire (MCA)
February 23 Sarah Buxton Sarah Buxton (Lyric Street) Josh Thompson Way Out Here (Columbia)
March 9 Gary Allan Get Off On The Pain (MCA) Album release info to [email protected].
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Kelly Rich
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but artists including Taylor and Carrie Underwood have brought significant attention to the genre and we’re getting listeners we haven’t had before,” she says. “The new acts coming up now and some of the current artists have the ability to garner a slew of new fans.” And as reaching those fans gets more difficult, labels are looking for creative solutions. “We have to figure out what the consumer wants and deal with the fact that it will continue to shrink,” Rich continues. “We have to find other ways and third party marketing is happening every day. We’ve got Taylor Swift product in Justice stores. That might not work for Justin
Moore, but Bass Pro Shops might. It’s up to us to figure out the consumer’s lifestyle and take music to them.” And that’s working, Barnabee says, even if the arrows aren’t pointed up. “Things are getting through the system,” he says. “We look at Chris Young, Kellie Pickler, Miranda Lambert, Lady A, Zac Brown Band and others and have reason to be optimistic. The value is definitely down. It’s a tough market but there is optimism with the right music getting through and the prospect of country fans still needing to make the conversion to digital.” CAC
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San Francisco Treats: Bay area residents can sleep peacefully after an unnamed police officer, who looks suspiciously like Republic Nashville’s Lois Lewis, apprehended two Alcatraz escapees resembling Republic Nashville’s Jimmy Harnen (l) and KBWF/San Francisco’s Mike Krinik. Also in town over the weekend (above) were The Band Perry’s (l-r) Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry, who found escapee Krinik on acable car.
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Fall No. 1s: WCTO, WBWN, WYZB, WBCT, WIOV, WITL, WALS, WXBM, WLLR, KKJG, WILQ,The Fall 2009 diary-based Arbitrons began to roll-out last week and here’s a look at how Country fared. We re-cap the markets as they come in each day in Country Aircheck Today, and provide this weekly overview of how Country stations have fared. As part of our weekly market-by-market offerings, with a few exceptions, only stations achieving at least a 1.0 share are included. Legend: A “+” indicates a Classic Country outlet, a “^” designates Country stations in the same market owned by a single operator and a “t” indicates a tie. A “NA” indicates a subscriber-only market, where rankings are not available.
WCTO/Allentown 11.0 10.9 1 1WPUR/Atlantic City 3.6 5.5 7t 3tKUZZ/Bakersfield^ 7.1 7.6 2 2KCWR/Bakersfield^+ 1.9 1.7 16 17tKCNQ/Santa Rosa, CA 1.3 0.7 19 22t (Bakersfield, CA Arbitron)WBWN/Bloomington, IL 9.7 9.9 2 1WYST/Bloomington, IL 4.5 5.3 7 5tWGLR-FM/Dubuque, IA 6.7 8.7 4 2WVRE/Dubuque, IA 6.3 4.9 5 7KDST/Dubuque, IA 2.9 2.9 10 9tWJOD/Dubuque, IA 7.7 8.3 3 3tWQPC/Dubuque, IA 1.4 1.5 16 16WRCO/Dubuque, IA 1.0 0.5 17t 20tWFBE/Flint, MI 4.4 6.4 8 4WKCQ/Saginaw, MI 3.3 3.4 10t 10(Flint, MI Arbitron)WYZB/Ft. Walton Beach, FL 8.1 8.5 1 1tWAAZ/Ft. Walton Beach, FL 2.9 2.8 10t 10tWXBM/Pensacola, FL 1.7 1.7 14t 15tWDJR/Dothan, AL 1.2 1.1 16t 17t (Listings for WXBM and WDJR are for the Ft. Walton Beach Arbitron)WBCT/Grand Rapids^ 6.7 8.2 4 1WTNR/Grand Rapids 3.5 3.3 8 10WMUS/Muskegon^ 1.3 1.0 17 17t (Grand Rapids Arbitron)WRBT/Harrisburg, PA 7.9 7.5 3 3WCAT/Harrisburg, PA 1.5 2.6 15 9WGTY/York, PA 0.8 1.1 21 18 (Harrisburg, PA Arbitron)WIOV/Lancaster, PA 8.1 8.9 1 1WRBT/Harrisburg 0.9 1.0 17t 14t (Lancaster Arbitron)WITL/Lansing, MI 10.5 11.2 1 1WBCT/Grand Rapids 1.7 1.4 12t 13t (Lansing, MI Arbitron)
WALS/LaSalle, IL 8.9 9.7 1 1WGLC/LaSalle, IL 3.4 4.0 10t 6tWLLR/Quad Cities, IA-IL 1.1 1.7 18t 14t (LaSalle, IL Arbitron)WCCQ/Chicago 0.6 1.1 21t 18t (LaSalle, IL Arbitron)
WMIL/Milwaukee^ 6.9 7.1 na naWOKY-AM/Milwaukee^+ 1.3 1.5 na naWKMK/Monmouth-Ocean 3.7 1.5 5 19tKTOM/Monterey 1.9 2.2 16 15KKHK/Monterey 0.9 1.5 28t 21tWGTR/Myrtle Beach, SC^ 5.4 6.0 4 4WLFF/Myrtle Beach, SC 3.4 2.6 11 13tWEGX/Florence, SC^ 2.0 1.7 15 16t (Myrtle Beach Arbitron)KHAY/Oxnard, CA 4.0 4.6 4 3tKPLM/Palm Springs, CA 4.0 6.5 7t 4tWXBM/Pensacola, FL 8.2 9.0 2 1WYCT/Pensacola, FL 6.4 6.9 5 4WKSJ/Mobile, AL 1.2 1.1 16t 19t (Pensacola, FL Arbitron)WXCL/Peoria, IL 7.8 5.2 2 7WFYR/Peoria, IL 6.1 3.8 6 8WBWN/Bloomington, IL 0.6 1.2 20t 17t (Peoria Arbitron)WRWD/Poughkeepsie, NY 5.3 6.3 4 3WKXP/Poughkeepsie, NY 2.4 2.4 11t 12tWLLR/Quad Cities, IL-IA 18.7 17.5 1 1WIOV/Lancaster, PA 6.4 6.2 3 3WXTU/Philadelphia 1.5 2.5 14t 6WCTO/Allentown 1.1 1.3 20t 17t (WIOV, WXTU and WCTO listings above are for Reading, PA Arbitron)WXXQ/Rockford, IL 11.5 12.6 2 2WJVL/Janesville, WI 0.8 2.0 17t 12t (Rockford Arbitron)WKCQ/Saginaw, MI 7.2 8.8 na naKKJG/San Luis Obispo, CA 7.5 6.2 1 1
KSLY/San Luis Obispo, CA^ 3.9 3.5 8t 8tKSNI/Santa Maria, CA^ 1.8 1.4 17t 17t (San Luis Obispo, CA Arbitron)KRAZ/Santa Barbara, CA 2.4 1.9 10 11tKHAY/Oxnard, CA 1.9 1.4 11t 15t (Santa Barbara Arbitron)KSNI/Santa Maria, CA 5.6 5.0 3t 4tKRAZ/Santa Barbara, CA 2.1 1.7 14t 17t (Santa Maria, CA Arbitron)WBFM/Sheboygan, WI 8.3 8.6 3 2WMIL/Milwaukee 2.8 2.9 10t 9t (Sheboygan, WI Arbitron)KATJ/Victor Valley, CA 3.6 4.2 5 3tKVFG/Victor Valley, CA^ 1.1 2.3 17t 9tKFRG/Riverside, CA^ 0.9 1.5 19t 15t (Victor Valley Arbitron)WGGY/Wilkes Barre 7.8 7.8 4 2WSJR/Wilkes Barre 1.6 2.8 14 8WILQ/Williamsport, PA 0.6 1.5 26t 14tWCTO/Allentown 2.5 1.4 8 18 (Ratings for WILQ and WCTO are for WB Arbitron)WILQ/Williamsport, PA 18.3 18.8 1 1WBYL/Williamsport, PA 3.1 3.0 7 7WQBR/Williamsport, PA .8 1.5 11t 8tWXCY/Wilmington, DE 5.9 3.7 3 5WDSD/Wilmington, DE 2.1 1.9 13t 12tWXTU/Philadelphia 2.2 1.9 12 12t (Wilmington, DE Arbitron)WWQQ/Wilmington, NC 9.4 7.5 3 2WGTY/York, PA 9.3 11.9 1 1WIOV/Lancaster, PA 1.7 1.7 15t 14tWAYZ/Hagerstown, MD 2.2 1.5 11t 17tWRBT/Harrisburg, PA^ 1.2 1.5 21t 17tWFRE/Frederick, MD 1.2 1.2 21t 20tWHVR/Hanover, PA 1.0 1.2 23t 20tWPOC/Baltimore^ 1.5 1.0 18t 22t (The ratings for the six stations above are for the York, PA Arbitron)
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1 1 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 14970 -374 4843 -192 38.306 -1.235 124 0
2 2 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 14180 336 4724 119 36.079 0.849 124 0
3 3 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 14054 635 4658 226 35.68 1.719 124 0
6 4 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 4 13434 1103 4516 357 33.522 2.827 124 0
7 5 JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 4 13430 1344 4567 494 33.566 3.318 124 0
8 6 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 11141 458 3694 136 29.618 1.206 123 0
10 7 BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 4 10792 995 3545 351 28.274 2.533 124 0
9 8 JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 10658 677 3628 287 27.853 1.826 123 0
12 9 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 9041 125 3126 79 22.025 0.183 124 0
13 10 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 8914 447 3016 172 22.341 1.46 124 0
14 11 TOBY KEITH/Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song) (Show Dog-Universal) 8376 226 2861 85 20.505 0.313 124 1
15 12 GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 8014 -128 2611 -17 20.055 -0.76 121 0
16 13 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 7974 236 2630 124 19.788 0.292 123 3
17 14 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 7652 355 2602 104 17.961 0.659 119 1
18 15 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 7210 582 2279 198 18.838 0.921 119 6
19 16 EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 6570 201 2224 53 17.18 1.014 117 3
20 17 BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 6548 460 2303 186 17.086 1.521 118 0
21 18 JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 5313 14 1817 18 11.403 -0.113 112 5
22 19 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 5097 62 1793 22 10.906 -0.122 114 1
23 20 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You (19/BNA) 4678 -21 1526 -6 11.514 -0.036 116 3
25 21 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 4601 594 1593 222 12.255 1.494 104 16
24 22 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 4466 3 1472 2 10.065 -0.09 110 2
26 23 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 3671 -168 1286 -33 8.343 -1.111 109 0
27 24 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 3546 82 1319 43 8.347 0.14 104 3
29 25 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 3066 272 1101 67 7.951 0.775 88 4
2nd Week at No. 1
LW TW Artist/Title (Label) Total Points +/- Points Total Plays +/- Plays Audience +/- Aud Stations ADDS
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33 26 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 4 2967 1089 979 347 7.274 2.523 89 36
28 27 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 2887 60 1028 18 7.027 -0.025 82 3
40 28 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 4 2676 1318 902 464 6.876 3.103 96 42
30 29 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 2491 -102 935 -33 5.428 -0.501 94 4
38 30 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 2116 465 642 166 5.302 0.9 62 16
31 31 BOMSHEL/19 And Crazy (Curb) 1788 -161 668 -52 3.305 -0.685 68 1
34 32 BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 1739 -115 595 -42 3.744 -0.409 63 3
32 33 RANDY HOUSER/Whistlin' Dixie (Show Dog-Universal) 1703 -177 662 -50 3.568 -0.539 70 1
35 34 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 1681 -125 668 -40 3.311 -0.566 73 0
36 35 GLORIANA/How Far Do You... (Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture) 1642 -160 586 -50 4.061 -0.681 66 0
39 36 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 1615 97 586 35 2.966 -0.003 71 4
37 37 LEE ANN WOMACK/There Is A God (MCA) 1508 -225 572 -95 2.658 -0.91 66 3
41 38 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Oughta Be More Songs... (Columbia) 1379 52 444 18 2.809 -0.081 51 1
47 39 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 1352 564 494 202 3.728 1.237 68 39
43 40 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 1153 176 402 60 2.434 0.363 35 5
44 41 MATT KENNON/The Call (Bama Jam) 1014 37 374 18 2.076 -0.122 42 4
45 42 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play... (Redneck/CO5) 991 115 316 30 1.589 0.153 32 0
42 43 MALLARY HOPE/Love Lives On (MCA) 986 -171 416 -71 1.821 -0.602 69 0
46 44 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 903 71 314 31 1.407 0.095 39 5
49 45 RODNEY ATKINS/Chasin' Girls (Curb) 702 22 303 9 1.126 -0.06 41 0
50 46 WILLIAMS RILEY/Country Livin' (Golden) 697 64 318 25 1.292 0.091 42 0
48 47 HOUSTON COUNTY/I Can't Make It Rain (Stroudavarious) 692 2 275 0 1.068 0.006 46 2
48 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) 377 95 167 31 0.477 0.114 23 4
49 JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Look .. (Show Dog-Universal) 341 3 162 3 0.471 0.023 21 1
50 JARON & THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE/Pray... (Jaronwood/Quarterback) 323 -38 98 -8 1.393 -0.087 8 0
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Country Aircheck Top Point GainersJASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 1344 4TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 1318 4MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 1103 4LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 1089 4BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 995 4JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 677TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 635ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 594CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 582RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 564
Country Aircheck Top Spin GainersJASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 494TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 464MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 357BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 351LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 347JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 287TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 226ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 222RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 202CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 198
Activator Top Point GainersLADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 421 4BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 354 4JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 337 4JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 331 4MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 285 4RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 283TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 273DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 271CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 248ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 247
Activator Top Spin GainersLADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 286BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 252JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 215JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 202TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 199RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 190MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 186CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 183ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 165DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 149
Country Aircheck Add LeadersTAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 42RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 39LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 36ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 16ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/HomeGrown/BPP) 16CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 6CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 6CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 5DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 5JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 5STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 5
CMTGRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5)KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol)SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street)
CMT PUREBOMSHEL/19 And Crazy (Curb)COLLIN RAYE/She’s With Me (Time Life) CONNOR CHRISTIAN & SOUTHERN GOTHIC/Sunday Suit (Vintage Earth)JARON & THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Quarterback)KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol)RYAN BINGHAM/The Weary Kind (New West/Fox Searchlight) TYLER DEAN/Taylor Swift (Curb)
GACBOMSHEL/19 And Crazy (Curb)KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol)ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride(Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP)
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January 19JESSICA HARP/A Woman Needs (Warner Bros.)JEWEL/Stay Here Forever (Valory)TODD JONES/Sitting In Atlanta Station (Rhythm House)
January 25COLDWATER JANE/Bring On The Love (Mercury)CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain’t Nothin’ (BNA)DARRYL WORLEY/Best Of Both Worlds (Stroudavarious)DAVID NAIL/ Turning Home (MCA)JACK INGRAM/Free (Big Machine)JO DEE MESSINA/That’s God (Curb)LUKE BRYAN/Rain Is A Good Thing (Capitol)MARTY RAYBON/Daddy Phone (Grand Vista/Nine North/GrassRoots)BRIDGETTE TATUM/(I Like My) Cowboys Dirty (Root 49/Nine North/Grassroots)
February 1BURNS & POE/Don’t Get No Better Than That (Blue Steel) KATIE ARMIGER/Kiss Me Now (Cold River) MARTINA MCBRIDE/Wrong Baby Wrong (RCA)SAMMY KERSHAW/Better Than I Used To Be (Big Hit)
Country Aircheck Activity
RODNEY ATKINS/Chasin’ Girls (Curb) Moves 49*-45*; 702 points, 303 spins 0 ADDS
WILLIAMS RILEY/Country Livin’ (Golden) Moves 50*-46*; 697 points, 318 spin 0 ADDS
HOUSTON COUNTY/I Can’t Make It Rain (Stroudavarious) Moves 48*-47*; 692 points, 275 spins 2 ADDS: WGNE, WKSJ
JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) Debuts at 48*; 377 points, 167 spins 4 ADDS: KCYY*, KJUG, WGGY, WYCD*
JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Look Who’s Back In Love (Show Dog-Universal) Debuts at 49*; 341 points, 162 spins 1 ADD: KXKT
JARON & THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Quarterback) Debuts at 50; 323 points, 98 spins 0 ADDS
TRACE ADKINS/Ala-Freakin-Bama (Capitol) 305 points, 133 spins 0 ADDS
Aircheck Activity includes the top 15 songs that rank 45-50 on this week’s chart or are those that are not charted and have a minimum of 300 airplay points and have shown growth in two of the past three weeks. (* indicates auto adds)
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Country Aircheck Top Recurrents Points
LADY ANTEBELLUM/Need You Now (Capitol) 12408
LUKE BRYAN/Do I (Capitol) 11587
DAVID NAIL/Red Light (MCA) 8292
CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Cowboy Casanova (19/Arista) 7365
ZAC BROWN BAND/Toes (Atlantic/HomeGrown/Bigger Picture) 6309
CHRIS YOUNG/Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song) (RCA) 6124
CRAIG MORGAN/Bonfire (BNA) 5839
BILLY CURRINGTON/People Are Crazy (Mercury) 5462
JASON ALDEAN/Big Green Tractor (BBR) 4986
DARIUS RUCKER/Alright (Capitol) 4984
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2 1 DIERKS BENTLEY/I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes (Capitol) 4234 62 2614 6
3 2 TIM MCGRAW/Southern Voice (Curb) 4209 114 2619 80
4 3 MIRANDA LAMBERT/White Liar (Columbia) 4 4126 285 2579 186
1 4 REBA/Consider Me Gone (Starstruck/Valory) 4093 -79 2522 -116
5 5 JASON ALDEAN/The Truth (BBR) 4 4088 337 2549 215
7 6 DARIUS RUCKER/History In The Making (Capitol) 3569 271 2199 149
10 7 JOSH TURNER/Why Don't We Just Dance (MCA) 4 3366 331 2096 202
12 8 BRAD PAISLEY/American Saturday Night (Arista) 4 3261 354 2051 252
11 9 JAKE OWEN/Eight Second Ride (RCA) 3126 188 1890 112
14 10 BILLY CURRINGTON/That's How Country Boys Roll (Mercury) 2878 202 1774 125
13 11 GEORGE STRAIT/Twang (MCA) 2768 66 1750 46
15 12 TOBY KEITH/Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song) (Show Dog-Universal) 2703 124 1702 89
16 13 KEITH URBAN/Til Summer Comes Around (Capitol) 2538 120 1576 91
17 14 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL/Hurry Home (Arista) 2367 112 1449 64
18 15 BLAKE SHELTON f/TRACE ADKINS/Hillbilly Bone (Warner Bros.) 2313 185 1432 138
19 16 EASTON CORBIN/Little More Country Than That (Mercury) 2308 180 1399 99
20 17 CARRIE UNDERWOOD/Temporary Home (19/Arista) 1994 248 1243 183
23 18 ZAC BROWN BAND/Highway 20 Ride (Atlantic/Home Grown/BPP) 1890 247 1174 165
22 19 GARY ALLAN/Today (MCA) 1804 111 1131 84
21 20 JOSH THOMPSON/Beer On The Table (Columbia) 1765 71 1124 65
26 21 KELLIE PICKLER/Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You (19/BNA) 1351 52 806 31
25 22 ERIC CHURCH/Hell On The Heart (Capitol) 1344 41 822 24
27 23 JOE NICHOLS/Gimmie That Girl (Show Dog-Universal) 1325 119 814 97
24 24 SARAH BUXTON/Outside My Window (Lyric Street) 1322 -1 795 13
28 25 JUSTIN MOORE/Backwoods (Valory) 1191 101 752 62
32 26 LADY ANTEBELLUM/American Honey (Capitol) 4 1095 421 727 286
29 27 STEEL MAGNOLIA/Keep On Lovin' You (Big Machine) 1029 9 667 10
30 28 CHRIS YOUNG/The Man I Want To Be (RCA) 793 78 503 51
35 29 TAYLOR SWIFT/Fearless (Big Machine) 775 273 524 199
31 30 RANDY HOUSER/Whistlin' Dixie (Show Dog-Universal) 728 18 463 6
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34 31 ALAN JACKSON/It's Just That Way (Arista) 661 117 448 88
42 32 RASCAL FLATTS/Unstoppable (Lyric Street) 646 283 418 190
33 33 LEE ANN WOMACK/There Is A God (MCA) 608 22 386 20
41 34 LOVE AND THEFT/Dancing In Circles (Carolwood/Lyric Street) 555 170 347 110
39 35 BAND PERRY/Hip To My Heart (Republic Nashville) 493 50 271 39
38 36 GLORIANA/How Far Do... (Emblem/Warner Bros./Bigger Picture) 463 -1 291 -2
37 37 LEE BRICE/Love Like Crazy (Curb) 452 -22 270 -8
36 38 BOMSHEL/19 And Crazy (Curb) 443 -45 236 -27
40 39 MONTGOMERY GENTRY/Oughta Be More Songs About... (Columbia) 431 22 264 19
43 40 HOUSTON COUNTY/I Can't Make It Rain (Stroudavarious) 290 27 194 14
45 41 CLAY WALKER/She Won't Be Lonely Long (Curb) 280 38 188 28
48 42 TELLURIDE/Stay (American Roots/Quarterback) 252 87 184 56
46 43 MATT KENNON/The Call (Bama Jam) 248 30 167 15
44 44 WILLIAMS RILEY/Country Livin' (Golden) 245 0 180 2
49 45 GRETCHEN WILSON/Work Hard, Play Harder (Redneck/CO5) 187 34 104 14
47 46 RODNEY ATKINS/Chasin' Girls (Curb) 187 -27 131 -33
51 47 JARON & THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE/Pray For You (Jaronwood/Quarterback) 183 41 137 27
52 48 TRACE ADKINS/Ala-Freakin-Bama (Capitol) 156 51 96 23
53 49 JONATHAN SINGLETON & THE GROVE/Look Who's... (Show Dog-Universal) 129 32 87 25
50 50 MALLARY HOPE/Love Lives On (MCA) 121 -27 70 -14
51 CRAIG MORGAN/This Ain't Nothin' (BNA) 101 100 67 66
55 52 MICA ROBERTS/Days You Live For (Show Dog-Universal) 89 3 65 1
54 53 JACK INGRAM f/PATTY GRIFFIN/Seeing Stars (Big Machine) 87 -7 64 -4
56 54 DARREN KOZELSKY/Real Superman (Spinville/Major 7th/Nine North) 82 6 58 5
57 55 COLT FORD f/JAMEY JOHNSON/Cold Beer (Average Joes) 72 3 60 1
59 56 DANNY GOKEY/My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me (19/RCA) 69 7 51 9
58 57 JAMES WESLEY/Jackson Hole (BBR) 67 3 38 5
58 BROOKS & DUNN & MAC POWELL/Over The Next Hill (Sony Music) 53 2 28 1
60 59 ASHLEY RAY/Dirt Cheap (Show Dog-Universal) 44 0 28 0
60 STEVE AZAR/Sunshine (Ride) 44 44 32 32Debut
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