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The TRACtion Positive Country weekly newsletter is published on Wed. mornings by CDX Nashville LLC — Connecting the music industry with Positive Country radio. For more information call 615-292-0123 or email Joe Kelly-joe@cdxnashville.com

Jake Owen holds the #1 spot!

Vol 2. #10 March 11th, 2020

Dear Readers;

JAKE OWEN and Big Loud Records continue to hold the #1 position this week with "Homemade." KANE & KELLY's "Written In Red," which is currently positioned at #90 on the full chart, is this week's Greatest Spin Gainer! Celebrations all around as we continue forward!

The following stations have been frozen for this week. KWHW-FM (Altus, OK) WJJT-AM (Jellico, TN) The following stations have been frozen for two or more weeks. Heartland Radio Network (Anoka, MN) KRXT-FM (Rockdale, TX) WPYB-AM (Benson, NC) We are actively seeking stations for this chart to monitor to actively expose this music. If you are a station that programs or is interested in programming Southern Gospel & Positive Country music, please contact us!

We continue to look high and low for all of the Southern Gospel & Positive Country music currently released. If you have a Southern Gospel & Positive Country single, please make sure it is sent in for fingerprinting. TRACtion only recognizes detections on songs that have been “fingerprinted.” We do our best to obtain and fingerprint all new releases; songs serviced through CDX are encoded automatically.Go to https://www.cdxcd.com/fingerprinting-upload-center/ for fingerprinting.

Looking Forward,Mark Piland

Positive Country Chart Editor

Jake Owen"Homemade"

Big Loud Records

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Artist / Song Title / Label

Spins +- Stations Adds Wks On Chart

1 1 JAKE OWEN/Homemade/Big Loud Records 318 2 18 1 33

3 2 ERIC CHURCH/Monsters/EMI Records Nashville (UMGN) 150 -23 15 0 2

4 3 JOSEPH HABEDANK/Sometimes It's The Radio/Joseph Habedank Music 150 -1 10 1 5

2 4 BLAKE SHELTON/God's Country/Warner Bros. Records (WMN) 148 -50 19 0 33

5 5 JIM & MELISSA BRADY/Follow Me To The Cross/Jim & Melissa Brady Music 138 -10 8 0 5

6 6 LORE FAMILY, THE/Ready To Know/The Lore Family Music 133 -13 9 0 5

7 7 11TH HOUR, THE/A Lot With A Little/11th Hour Music 114 -25 8 0 6

9 8 LAUREN TALLEY/Glorious God/Lauren Talley Music 91 -16 7 0 5

12 9 LEFEVRE QUARTET, THE/A Rugged Old Cross/The LeFevre Quartet Music 81 -3 7 0 5

17 10 MICHAEL BOOTH/What Only God Can Do/Michael Booth Music 81 2 6 0 5

11 11 BROWDERS, THE/When God Says Wait/The Browders Music 79 -15 9 0 5

13 12 DOWN EAST BOYS/I'd Like To Tell It Again/Down East Boys Music 79 -4 8 0 5

14 13 BRIAN FREE & ASSURANCE/This Storm/Brian Free Music 79 -2 8 0 6

21 14 LEGACY FIVE/What Kind of Man/Legacy Five Music 77 2 6 0 5

16 15 OLD PATHS, THE/Come Sunday Morning/The Old Paths Music 75 -6 6 0 5

10 16 KINGSMEN, THE/I've Ever Been Glad/The Kingsmen Music 72 -29 8 0 5

19 17 KAREN PECK & NEW RIVER/The River/Karen Peck Music 71 -6 5 0 5

15 18 HYSSONGS, THE/God Says You Can/The Hyssongs Music 65 -16 6 0 5

23 19 GREATER VISION/You've Arrived/Greater Vision Music 64 -7 5 0 5

8 20 TRIUMPHANT QUARTET/Going There/Triumphant Quartet Music 61 -62 7 0 5

22 21 COLLINGSWORTH FAMILY, THE/Live Like Jesus/The Collinsworth Family Music 60 -13 6 0 5

24 22 PARDONED/Down at the Altar/Pardoned Music 59 -10 3 0 12

20 23 ERWINS, THE/The Power of an Empty Tomb/The Erwins Music 57 -18 7 0 5

26 24 JASON CRABB/Day One/Jason Crabb Music 55 -6 7 0 5

33 25 WISECARVERS, THE/Jesus to Me/The Wisecarvers Music 54 5 4 0 5

35 26 HEART 2 HEART/Hallelujah March/Heart 2 Heart Music 51 4 4 0 5

37 27 GAITHER VOCAL BAND/This Is The Place/Gaither Vocal Band Music 49 5 5 0 5

28 28 BROWNS, THE/Brave/The Browns Music 48 -9 6 0 5

27 29 GOLD CITY/Alabama Mud/Gold City Music 48 -10 5 0 6

31 30 ANDREW MARSHALL/Pray For An Angel/Serenity Records 48 -5 5 0 5

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Chart

29 31 MARK BISHOP/I'm In Good Hands/Mark Bishop Music 48 -7 4 0 5

40 32 GORDON MOTE/Set Your House In Order/New Haven 46 4 5 0 12

36 33 REBA MCENTIRE/I Got The Lord On My Side/Nash Icon / Big Machine Records 45 -1 3 0 29

32 34 GUARDIANS, THE/Uncommon Praise/The Guardians Music 42 -9 5 0 5

43 35 MCKAMEYS/From Dust To Glory/McKameys Music 42 2 5 0 5

39 36 MARTINS, THE/Days Like THis/The Martins Music 42 -1 4 1 5

42 37 KELBY COSTNER/Holy Ghost Town/Kelby Costner Music 42 1 2 0 12

41 38 ERNIE HAASE & QUICKSILVER/Heaven Is/Ernie Haase Music 40 -2 3 0 5

45 39 HUNTER HAYES/Madness/Warner Music Nashville/WEA 39 -1 1 0 11

46 40 STEVE BRIDGMON/Patiently Waiting/Bow Tie Country 38 3 4 1 5

Number 1 = Spin Gainer =

TRACtion only recognizes detections on songs that have been “fingerprinted.” We do our best to obtain and fingerprint all new releases; songs serviced through CDX are encoded automatically. Go to https://www.cdxcd.com/fingerprinting-upload-center/ for fingerprinting.

Greatest Spin Gainers IncreaseKANE & KELLY/Written In Red/Kane & Kelly Music 9GERALD CRABB/Deeper/Gerald Crabb Music 7ARENOS, THE/Little Prayers/The Arenos Music 6WISECARVERS, THE/Jesus to Me/The Wisecarvers Music 5GAITHER VOCAL BAND/This Is The Place/Gaither Vocal Band Music 5BRANDED/Must Be In The Water/Sliced Bread Music 5HEART 2 HEART/Hallelujah March/Heart 2 Heart Music 4GORDON MOTE/Set Your House In Order/New Haven 4JOSH & ASHLEY FRANKS/No Other Name Like Jesus/Josh & Ashley Franks Music 4COREY FARLOW/Why Not Me/Corey Farlow Music 4

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Monitored Stations Christian Beats Searcy, ARGospel Hour Radio Eldon, MOHeartland Radio Network Anoka, MNHeaven's Country Colorado Springs, COHLE Radio Jennings, LAKAAY-AM Little Rock, ARKABF-FM Little Rock, ARKATI-FM Jefferson City, MOKBEF-FM Gibsland, LAKBIE-FM Auburn, NEKBON-FM Mamou, LAKBUB-FM Brownwood, TXKBUF-AM Garden City, KSKBUK-FM La Grange, TXKCMH-FM Mountain Home, ARKDHL-AM Fairbault, MNKEYE-AM Perryton, TXKEYE-FM Perryton, TXKFNF-FM Oberlin, KSKFYN-AM Bonham, TXKGVE-FM Grove, OKKHBR-AM Hillsboro, TXKHII-FM Cloudcroft, NMKHYI-FM Howe, TX

KIKT-FM Cooper, TXKJIC-FM Sante Fe, TXKJIR-FM Hannibal, MOKKUS-FM Tyler, TXKMIL-FM Cameron, TXKMOO-FM Mineola, TXKNEO-FM Neosho, MOKNES-FM Fairfield,TXKNMO-FM Nevada, MOKOGT-AM Oragne, TXKPSM-FM Brownwood, TXKRIG-FM Nowata, OKKRXT-FM Rockdale, TXKSTV-FM Dublin, TXKTJJ-FM Farmington, MOKTTK-FM Lebanon, MOKTXJ-FM Jasper, TXKVIP-FM Redding, CAKVLG-AM La Grange, TXKWHW-FM Altus, OKKWLS-FM Winfield,KSKYMS-FM Rathdrum, IDPraise Radio Spruce Grove, AlbertaRKP Radio Washington, PA

SOGR Radio Powell, TNSpirit Country Radio South Bend, INWANT-FM Lebanon, TNWBBN-FM Taylorsville, MSWCYN-AM Cynthiana, KYWGGY-FM Scranton, PAWGOL-AM Russellville, ALWHQA-FM Honea Path, SCWJBZ-FM Seymour, TNWJEC-FM Vernon, ALWJJT-AM Jellico, TNWKGA-FM Goodwater, ALWKLF-AM Clanton, ALWKWX-FM Savannah, TNWKYK-AM Burnsville, NCWMTC-FM Jackson, KYWNLB (New Life Broadcasting) Hillsville, VAWPIL-FM Heflin,ALWPYB-AM Benson, NCWQSU-FM Selinsgrove, PAWRGS-AM Rogersville, TNWSGM-FM Coalmont, TNWXHB-FM Richton, MSWZYX-AM Cowan, TN

Underlined = Frozen this Week Double Underlined = Frozen 2(+) WeeksBold = Newly AddedStrikethrough = Removed

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Chart Recurrent Methodology

When does a song move to recurrent on the chart? It is one of the more challenging issues we encountered in creating the CDX TRACtion Positive Country chart system. Rather than relying on subjective editorial decisions, we’ve chosen to automate this process using the weekly chart data as a marker.

We strive to avoid having singles past their prime create a logjam on the chart, because that stifles upward momentum for up-and-coming singles. But we also try to ensure that singles “on the bubble” are not removed prematurely. As long-time chart watchers know, singles often take a while to establish a solid base among early believers at radio before they truly find their legs. Due to any number of reasons, the path to peak chart position rarely includes straight-line, week-over-week spin and/or chart position growth.

On a monitored airplay chart like CDX Positive Country, the reality is that new singles bounce around a bit spin-wise and position-wise, particularly in the lower half of the chart. Even small spin increases and decreases can be magnified as fairly significant up-or-down chart position moves.

With this in mind, the CDX Positive Country recurrent policy grades each chart position on a curve, using an algorithm that considers the chart position and spin history for that song. Newly serviced singles are allowed 20 weeks to chart before being removed from chart consideration. Once a status change is actively being considered by the algorithm, the cumulative amount of spin loss from the single’s previous peak spin count is the trigger. The allowable spin loss varies as a percentage, depending on the chart position.

In addition to making sure that only singles with significant downward movement become recurrent, this methodology also benefits slow-developing singles in several ways. For instance, the allowable spin loss (as a percentage) is very generous at the lower reaches of the chart to accommodate the lower spin counts. Additionally, if a single is at risk of being moved to recurrent status with two consecutive weeks of minor spin loss, it can still return to positive spin growth the following week, which will reset the clock.