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Country Update

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE

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INSIDE

THIS

ISSUE

Cody Johnson’s

Latest Brush With

The Top 10

>page 4

Hillary Lindsey,

Hall Of Famer

>page 8

Country Coda:

Tracy Lawrence’s

First No. 1

>page 11

At least  artists will celebrate a milestone during the first

half of : the release of their first album or EP.

In a music paradigm that’s increasingly focused on in-

dividual tracks, artists still have a chance to make a bigger

statement about the world, and themselves, through larger

collections that can ex-

plore a variety of styles

and emotions. This

group of acts includes

a dozen solo males,

five solo females, one

duo and two groups all

looking to connect with

audiences by revealing

their own talents and

personalities.

“Up to now, I’ve just

released singles, so I’ve

gotten to kind of show people this tiny bit of my heart and this

little side of me,” Curb’s Hannah Ellis says of her first album,

released Jan. . “I feel like this is a fully formed thought. It’s

something that people can hit ‘play’ on the first song and they

can listen to the songs, and by the end of the record, they’re

going to really know who Hannah Ellis is.”

Following is an overview of  artists whose first albums

or EPs are due during the first six months of :

• Ashley Anne Ashley Anne: The -year-old singer-song-

writer from Virginia Beach, Va., released her debut EP, dear

dolly, on Dolly Parton’s birthday, Jan. . It’s dominated by

acoustic ballads and an unabashedly Southern accent.

• Austin AUSTIN: Handled by Morris Higham Manage-

ment, the independent vocalist applies an engaging tenor to

tuneful songs that bring a touch of sweetness to adult tales.

Pulsing first single “Way Too Much” arrived in December.

Chayce Beckham

Wheelhouse: The

American Idol win-

ner’s voice is smoke, but

there’s fire underneath,

exemplified in his cur-

rent top  single,

“.” His first album

is expected in the first

quarter.

• The Castellows

Warner Music Nash-

ville: Three Georgia-

bred sisters create a harmonic thicket that manages to slip a

subtle cheer into songs with a melancholy thread. Their debut

EP, A Little Goes a Long Way, arrives Feb. .

• Steven Champion Average Joes: The blue-collar Ala-

baman is an edgy vocalist focused primarily on barroom sto-

ries and small-town tales, but he takes a glassy tone on the

sensitive “Always,” hinting at his versatility.

• Naomi Cooke Johnson Stoney Creek: The former Run-

away June lead singer is at work on her first EP. Two tracks in

circulation, “Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet” and “Girls of Sum-

mer,” suggest a high-energy focus.

• Hannah Ellis Curb: That Girl balances the bitter and the

Coming Up: 20 Country Acts Releasing Their

First Album Or EP By The End Of June

ELLIS: HANNAH BURTON. SMITH: LUKE HUTCHERSON.

SMITH ELLIS BECKHAM

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sweet with a lucky  tracks that showcase Ellis’ vocal strengths and sensi-

tivities applied to stories about navigating the hurdles of young womanhood.

• Charles Esten Charles Esten: Eleven years after he joined the cast of

ABC’s Nashville, Esten has assembled a load of husky mini-dramas for first

album Love Ain’t Pretty — loose, rough-cut country out Jan. .

• Colby T. Helms Photo Finish: Helms’ debut album, Tales of Misfortune,

released Jan. , captures a raw mountain vocalist framed by old-timey banjo

and fiddle akin to O Brother, Where Art Thou?

• Holler Choir Holler Choir: A seven-piece outfit from Asheville, N.C., Hol-

ler Choir slips bluegrass, folk and Americana fundamentals into songs about

the grit of daily life on Songs Before They Write Themselves, released Jan. .

• David J Sony Music Nashville: Championed by OneRepublic’s Ryan

Tedder, the upstate New York artist puts a modern pop sheen think Justin

Bieber or Shawn Mendes on classic relationship themes.

• Ryan Larkins Red Street: A co-writer of Cody Johnson’s “The Painter,”

Larkins has a classic male voice, exemplified in current single “King of Coun-

try Music.” His first album is expected in early June.

• Chase McDaniel Big Machine Records: The title track to his Blame It All

on Country Music EP, due Jan. , lays out obvious in-genre influences, but the

phrasing elsewhere suggests hip-hop also played in his old Kentucky home.

• MacKenzie Porter Big Loud: Dustin Lynch’s “Thinking ’Bout You”

partner stands nicely on her own with a sound that mixes strength and vul-

nerability. Of particular interest: the crafty relationship-crossroads piece

“Pay Me Back in Change.”

• Redferrin Warner Music Nashville: Blake Redferrin has the same gnarly

snarl as Morgan Wallen and has used it to earn over  million career Spotify

streams thus far, paced by the earworm “Jack and Diet Coke.”

• Matt Schuster Warner Music Nashville: A Southern Illinois boy, Schus-

ter possesses a tone that hints at Keith Urban, while the songs capture an

energetic kid in the midst of a transition to thoughtful adult.

• Conner Smith Valory: His first album, Smoky Mountains, arrives Jan. .

His top  single, “Creek Will Rise,” exemplifies the youthful swagger that

informs his energetic brand of country.

• Brittney Spencer Elektra: The Baltimore native boasts a pliable voice

that allows her to veer between sensitive singer-songwriter material and soulful

songs. Her Daniel Tashian-produced album, My Stupid Life, arrived Jan. .

• Tigirlily Gold Monument: Following two EPs, Krista and Kendra Slau-

baugh release their debut album in June, when the bittersweet drama in their

resilient single “I Tried a Ring On” will likely raise their profile another notch.

• Zach Top Leo: Top’s “Sounds Like the Radio” recalls the s tonk

of Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn and Doug Stone and presages the album

Cold Beer & Country Music, expected April .

AUSTIN: TREA ALLEN. CASTELLOWS: BEN HUMPHREY. DAVID J: MATTHEW BERINATO. ESTEN: KIRSTEN BALANI. SCHUSTER: ROBBY KLEIN. REDFERRIN:

SEAN HAGWELL. PORTER: BREE MARIE FISH. SPENCER: JIMMY FONTAINE. TIGIRLILY GOLD: JARED OLSON. TOP: CITIZEN KANE WAYNE.

ESTENAUSTIN

SPENCER

REDFERRIN

TIGIRLILY GOLD

TOP

LARKINS

CASTELLOWS

PORTER

DAVID J SCHUSTER

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CONTACTS

East Coast/Midwest: Joe Maimone | [email protected]

Southeast: Lee Ann Photoglo | laphotoglo@gmail.com

Latin: Marcia Olival | marciaolival29@gmail.com

Touring & West Coast: Cynthia Mellow | [email protected]

International: Ryan O’Donnell | [email protected]

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MOST INCREASED PLAYS

TITLE Imprint/Label Artist GAIN

THE PAINTER CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson +555

WHITE HORSE Sound/Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton +506

PRETTY LITTLE POISON 717/Warner/WEA Warren Zeiders +446

MAMAW’S HOUSE Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Morgan Wallen +436

DIFFERENT ‘ROUND HERE BMLG Riley Green Featuring Luke Combs +380

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +308

MAN MADE A BAR Mercury/Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen Featuring Eric Church

+285

WILDFLOWERS AND WILD HORSES Broken Bow Lainey Wilson +258

TRUCK BED Big Loud HARDY +256

SOUNDS LIKE THE RADIO Leo33 Zach Top +228

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE

TITLE Imprint/Label Artist

GAIN

(IN MIILIONS)

WHITE HORSE Sound/Mercury Nashville Chris Stapleton +2.299

MAMAW’S HOUSE Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Morgan Wallen +2.114

THE PAINTER CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson +1.802

PRETTY LITTLE POISON 717/Warner/WEA Warren Zeiders +1.606

DIFFERENT ‘ROUND HERE BMLG Riley Green Featuring Luke Combs +1.374

TRUCK BED Big Loud HARDY +1.268

MAN MADE A BAR Mercury/Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen Featuring Eric Church

+1.251

WILDFLOWERS AND WILD HORSES Broken Bow Lainey Wilson +1.046

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs +0.955

CAB IN A SOLO Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery +0.936

TEXAS REGIONAL RADIO REPORT

WEEK ENDING JANUARY 18, 2024

THIS

WEEK

LAST

WEEK

WKS ON

CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST

SPINS

+/–

2 19

IF I WAS YOUR COWBOY (Independent) HH 1 Week at 1 HH David Adam Byrnes

1 7 11 52

4 20 HELL OF A STORM (Independent) Cory Morrow 1627 88

3 20 BEEN THERE (Independent) Case Hardin 1621 55

4 1 16 LOVIN’ NOT LEAVIN’ (Independent) Wade Bowen 1548 -181

5 15

SAME PLACE TWICE (Independent) Chad Cooke Band (Ft. Amanda Kate Ferris)

1516 11 5

6 11 OUTLAWS AND MUSTANGS (Late August Records) Cody Jinks 1477 11 8

8 10 OKLAHOMA (Independent) Casey Donahew 1461 179

7 22 SITTIN’ ON A PORCH (Independent) Jesse Raub Jr. 1440 85

9 13 IF I HAD A BAR (Independent) Jon Wolfe 1224 22

12 22 SONGS OF THE FAMILY (Little Red Truck) Deryl Dodd 11 3 3 63

THIS

WEEK

LAST

WEEK

WKS ON

CHART TITLE (Label) ARTIST

SPINS

+/–

11 22

STICKS AND STONES (Independent) Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

11 2 7 40

12 10 24 NOTHINS CHANGED (Independent) Bart Crow Band 111 6 -32

15 24 LEGEND (Independent) Mark Powell 1083 109

16 19 SET IT ALL DOWN (Independent) The Great Divide 10 03 66

17 13 THE GREYS BETWEEN (Independent) Shane Smith & The Saints 982 55

21 10 A BROKEN HEART LIKE THAT (Independent) Kyle Park 882 93

20 18 ASK ME TO DANCE (Independent) Catie Offerman f/ Hayes Carll 821 18

23 10 PROMISE YOU ME (Independent) Grant Gilbert 801 47

25 10 RIGHT AT HOME (Independent) Jamie Richards 788 56

20 13 22 CHIPPING MILL (Independent) Turnpike Troubadours 779 -256

RECURRENTS

THIS

WEEK TITLE Imprint/Label Artist

TOTAL AUD.

(IN MILLIONS)

MIND ON YOU RECORDS Nashville George Birge

19.875

FAST CAR River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs

19.052

LAST NIGHT Mercury/Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen

18.430

NEED A FAVOR Bailee & Buddy/Broken Bow/BMG/Stoney Creek Jelly Roll

14.961

DANCIN’ IN THE COUNTRY Hubbard House/EMI Nashville Tyler Hubbard

13.650

STARS LIKE CONFETTI Broken Bow Dustin Lynch

12.619

ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Elektra/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Bailey Zimmerman

11.738

TRY THAT IN A SMALL TOWN Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean

10.724

SHE HAD ME AT HEADS CAROLINA Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cole Swindell

10.581

CAN’T HAVE MINE Curb Dylan Scott

10.524

Country Airplay

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

AIRPLAY

MONITORED BY

Cody Johnson rolls up his third top  on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart

as “The Painter” Cojo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN climbs - on the

list dated Jan. .

In the Jan. - tracking week, “The

Painter” increased by  to  mil-

lion audience impressions, according to

Luminate.

Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins and Ryan

Larkins co-wrote the song, which Trent

Willmon produced. It’s the lead single

from Johnson’s Leather, which arrived on

Top Country Albums at its No.  peak in

November, becoming his fifth top . On

the Jan.  list, Leather placed at No. 

 equivalent album units, up .

Johnson, from Sebastopol, Texas, scores

his third Country Airplay top  in succes-

sion. It follows “Human,” which hit No. 

last June, and “ ’Til You Can’t,” which ruled for two weeks starting in March

. He charted his first of  entries with “With You I Am,” which reached

No.  in May .

Johnson has two additional tracks on Country Airplay: His duet with Ian

Munsick, “Long Live Cowgirls,” ranks at No. , and “Dirt Cheap” enters at

No.  , up .

SIX-ALARM ‘FIRE’ Nate Smith’s “World on Fire” RCA Nashville leads Coun-

try Airplay for a sixth total and consecutive week  million, down .

It became his second straight career-opening No.  following “Whiskey on

You,” which dominated for two weeks last February.

“World on Fire” marks the first title to top Country Airplay for at least six

weeks since Morgan Wallen’s crossover smash “Last Night” reigned for eight

weeks beginning last May. The latter went on to lead the  Country Air-

play Songs recap, as well as the year-end all-genre, multimetric Billboard Hot

 Songs survey.

Brush With Fame: Cody Johnson’s ‘The

Painter’ Hits Country Airplay Top10

JOHNSON

ON THE CHARTS JIM ASKER [email protected]

CHRIS DOUGLAS

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THIS

WEEK

LAST

WEEK

WKS

CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist

AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS

THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK

1 32

WORLD ON FIRE Arista Nashville/RCA Nashville HH No. 1 (6 Weeks) HH Nate Smith

35.502 -0.422 8631 -71 1

2 2 34 SAVE ME Bailee & Buddy/Broken Bow/BMG/Stoney Creek Jelly Roll With Lainey Wilson 26.902 -0.903 6553 -188 3

5 26

WHITE HORSE Sound/Mercury Nashville HH Most Increased Audience HH Chris Stapleton

26.576 +2.299 7045 506 2

4 6 37 THINKIN’ BOUT ME Mercury/Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen 23.365 -0.317 5226 -65 9

7 37 DIFFERENT ‘ROUND HERE BMLG Riley Green Featuring Luke Combs 22.778 +1.374 6275 380 4

6 3 27 SAVE ME THE TROUBLE Warner Music Nashville/WAR Dan + Shay 22.450 -5.156 5 0 11 -1656 10

8 15 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE River House/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs 21.647 +0.954 5807 308 5

11 23 THE PAINTER CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 20.653 +1.802 5257 555 8

10 28 PRETTY LITTLE POISON 717/Warner/WEA Warren Zeiders 20.591 +1.606 5793 446 6

9 48 ALL I NEED IS YOU BMLG Chris Janson 19.815 +0.699 5452 109 7

12 18 I CAN FEEL IT Zone 4/RCA Nashville Kane Brown 18.580 +0.505 4929 172 12

13 36 TRUCK BED Big Loud HARDY 18.382 +1.268 4982 256 11

14 50 23 19/BMG/Wheelhouse Chayce Beckham 13.856 +0.728 4060 134 13

15 33 BURN IT DOWN MCA Nashville Parker McCollum 13.673 +0.821 3821 179 15

16 41 CREEK WILL RISE Valory Conner Smith 13.214 +0.416 3949 -47 14

17 16 MAMAW’S HOUSE Valory Thomas Rhett Featuring Morgan Wallen 11.861 +2.114 3149 436 16

20 12 MAN MADE A BAR Mercury/Republic/Big Loud Morgan Wallen Featuring Eric Church 9.278 +1.251 2422 285 23

18 22 CAB IN A SOLO Triple Tigers Scotty McCreery 9.036 +0.936 2938 172 18

23 10

WILDFLOWERS AND WILD HORSES Broken Bow HH Airpower HH Lainey Wilson

8.751 +1.046 2687 258 20

22 22 TUCSON TOO LATE MCA Nashville Jordan Davis 8.310 +0.467 2677 186 21

21 31 WE DON’T FIGHT ANYMORE Big Machine Carly Pearce Featuring Chris Stapleton 8.204 +0.308 2606 96 22

19 51 FEARLESS (THE ECHO) Big Machine Jackson Dean 8.124 +0.030 2989 9 17

24 32 GLORY DAYS Warner Music Nashville/WAR Gabby Barrett 7.644 +0.444 2739 153 19

25 19 BACK THEN RIGHT NOW Hubbard House/EMI Nashville Tyler Hubbard 6.673 +0.658 2269 82 24

27 10 TAKE HER HOME Blue Chair/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Kenny Chesney 6.316 +0.577 2086 19 2 25

28 20

I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Interscope/Belting Bronco/Warner/MCA Nashville/WAR Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves

6.019 +0.509 1855 184 27

30 5 YOUR PLACE Back Blocks/Big Loud Ashley Cooke 5.722 +0.361 1547 134 30

29 33 OUT OF THAT TRUCK Capitol Nashville Carrie Underwood 5.523 +0.030 1957 25 26

32 8 LET YOUR BOYS BE COUNTRY Macon/Broken Bow Jason Aldean 4.921 +0.281 1255 66 33

31 24 I’M NOT PRETTY Megan Moroney/Columbia/Arista Nashville Megan Moroney 4.829 +0.136 1714 14 28

Country Airplay

AIRPLAY

MONITORED BY

RANKINGS

Country Airplay is ranked by

total audience impressions

for the week ending Sunday

based on monitored airplay

by Mediabase of 145 stations

by Luminate. Audience totals

on the chart are derived, in

part, using certain Nielsen

Audio-copyrighted Persons

12+ audience estimates (under

The list of all Country Airplay

chart reporters can be viewed

in Luminate’s online platform.

TIES

On Country Airplay, if two

songs are tied in audience, the

song with the larger increase in

audience is placed first.

BULLETS

Awarded on Country Airplay

to titles gaining audience

or remaining flat from the

previous week. A song

will also receive a bullet

if its percentage loss in

audience does not exceed

the percentage of monitored

station downtime for the

format. Titles that decline

in audience but increase in

detections will also receive

a bullet if the total audience

erosion for the week does not

exceed 3%.

RECURRENTS

On Country Airplay, descending

titles below No. 10 in either

audience or detections are

moved to recurrent after 20

weeks, provided that they

are not still gaining enough

audience points to bullet or if

they rank below No. 10 and

post a third consecutive week

of (non-bulleted) audience

decline, regardless of total

chart weeks. Plus, songs that

ascend to a peak between Nos.

1 and 5 will remain on the

chart for one additional week

even if dropping below No. 10.

HOT SHOT DEBUT

Awarded to the highest-ranking

new entry on Country Airplay.

MOST INCREASED AUDIENCE

Most Increased Audience on

Country Airplay lists the songs

with the greatest week-to-week

increases in total audience.

AIRPOWER

Awarded on Country Airplay to

titles ranking inside top 20 in

plays and audience rankings for

the first time, with increases in

both plays and audience.

BREAKER

Awarded on Country Airplay

to titles achieving airplay (at

least one detection) at 60% of

reporting stations for the first

time.

COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART LEGEND

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THIS

WEEK

LAST

WEEK

WKS

CHART TITLE Imprint/Label Artist

AUDIENCE (IN MILLIONS) PLAYS

THIS WEEK +/– THIS WEEK +/– RANK

35 26 OUTSKIRTS MCA Nashville Sam Hunt 4.395 +0.388 1498 -16 32

32 33 17 CAN’T BREAK UP NOW Columbia Nashville Old Dominion & Megan Moroney 4.142 -0.163 1629 15 29

33 34 34 LOVE YOU AGAIN Chase Matthew/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Chase Matthew 3.683 -0.369 1505 -141 31

37 16 WHERE IT ENDS Elektra/Warner Music Nashville/WEA Bailey Zimmerman 3.486 +0.362 11 0 6 53 35

36 19

YOUNG LOVE & SATURDAY NIGHTS RCA Nashville HH Breaker HH Chris Young

3.335 +0.113 997 47 37

38 16 WE RIDE Average Joes Bryan Martin 3.222 +0.213 986 41 38

37 39 28 DRINKIN’ PROBLEMS Riser House Dillon Carmichael 2.481 -0.184 119 5 -26 34

41 14 COWBOYS AND PLOWBOYS Capitol Nashville Jon Pardi & Luke Bryan 2.467 +0.090 915 64 40

44 18 SPIRITS AND DEMONS Warner Music Nashville/WEA Michael Ray Featuring Meghan Patrick 2.346 +0.261 956 -29 39

40 40 25 SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME Combustion Masters/RCA Nashville Corey Kent 2.312 -0.163 834 -14 42

41 42 11 GONNA LOVE YOU Stoney Creek Parmalee 2.116 -0.073 855 -23 41

43 11 RODEO MAN Pearl/Big Machine Garth Brooks & Ronnie Dunn 2.102 -0.048 1053 28 36

45 22 DANCE WITH YOU BMLG Brett Young 1.737 +0.104 802 29 43

44 46 11 PICKUP MAN Mercury/Republic/Big Loud Joe Diffie Featuring Post Malone 1.314 -0.039 333 -53 55

47 10 THIS IS MY DIRT Valory Justin Moore 1.311 +0.140 681 20 44

56 2 SOUNDS LIKE THE RADIO Leo33 Zach Top 1.311 +0.596 503 228 50

50 8 LOVE YOU BACK BMLG Lady A 1.158 +0.116 615 15 45

49 12 FIND ANOTHER BAR Voyager/Red Street Chris Lane 1.149 +0.061 567 2 47

48 6 CHEVROLET Broken Bow Dustin Lynch Featuring Jelly Roll 1.148 +0.057 532 23 49

52 17 IN YOUR LOVE Hickman Holler/RCA Tyler Childers 1.078 +0.122 576 1 46

NEW

HALFWAY TO HELL Bailee & Buddy/Broken Bow/BMG/Stoney Creek HH Hot Shot Debut HH Jelly Roll

0.900 +0.433 268 146 -

52 53 14 I’M IN LOVE Songs & Daughters/Pigasus/Big Loud Hailey Whitters 0.873 -0.011 425 -6 53

53 51 16 BROKENHEARTED Brown Sellers Brown/Quartz Hill Joe Nichols 0.852 -0.125 558 -21 48

54 54 12 SHE’S SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER (REIMAGINED) Patoka Sounds/Lyric Ridge Drew Baldridge 0.715 -0.082 467 -26 51

58 5 AIN’T ABOUT YOU 19/Wheelhouse HunterGirl 0.655 +0.105 462 22 52

56 55 10 LONG LIVE COWGIRLS Warner Music Nashville/WEA Ian Munsick & Cody Johnson 0.635 -0.111 305 -5 59

NEW

BREAKIN’ IN BOOTS RECORDS/Columbia/RECORDS Nashville Matt Stell 0.633 +0.177 416 63 54

NEW

DIRT CHEAP CoJo/Warner Music Nashville/WMN Cody Johnson 0.600 +0.178 81 38 -

60 2 BOYS BACK HOME PIA/Curb/Columbia Nashville Dylan Marlowe & Dylan Scott 0.571 +0.096 332 67 56

60 57 3 KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC Red Street Ryan Larkins 0.478 -0.125 300 -19 60

Country Airplay

AIRPLAY

MONITORED BY

Hillary Lindsey’s Concord Music co-venture, Hang Your Hat Music,

announced the signing of Chase McDaniel to a publishing deal on

Jan.8. Standing, from left: Hang Your Hat creative manager Emily

Baldridge and Concord vp of A&R Melissa Spillman and senior

directors of A&R Matt Turner and Courtney Allen. Seated, from left:

Hang Your Hat GM/executive vp Jake Gear, McDaniel and Concord

Nashville senior vp of A&R Brad Kennard.

Songwriter Brian White (“Watching You,” “Blame It on You”) joined the

roster at Red Street Publishing in a deal announced Jan.3. Standing,

from left: Red Street CFO Mike Craft, manager of publishing and

promotion administration Madison Policastri, COO Kelly Rich and

Red Street Country GM Alex Valentine. Seated, from left: Red Street

Christian vp of A&R and publishing Don Koch, White and Red Street

owner/CEO Jay DeMarcus.

SAM SHELTON

On March 2nd, Billboard

Billboard’s

will publish its highly anticipated Women in Music special issue, featuring top

women in the music industry who are creating excitement and making their mark across labels, publishing

and touring.

Coinciding with the issue, Women in Music awards ceremony

This event will bring together music’s most prominent female artists and the industry’s top female

business executives to recognize and celebrate their achieve

ments.

will be held March 6th.

Take this opportunity to congratulate the most powerful and talented women in music and wish

them continued success.

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Southeast: Lee Ann Photoglo | laphotoglo@gmail.com

Latin: Marcia Olival | marciaolival29@gmail.com

Touring & West Coast: Cynthia Mellow | [email protected]

International: Ryan O’Donnell | [email protected]

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LINDSEY JOINS SONGWRITERS HALL

Hillary Lindsey “Girl Crush,” “Blue Ain’t Your Color” was named a Song-

writers Hall of Fame inductee for  on Jan. , setting her up for an induc-

tion in New York on June .

The announcement comes  months after she was added to the Nashville

Songwriters Hall of Fame.

With this latest honor, Lindsey becomes the second member of the Love

Junkies to join the New York-based hall of fame. A year ago, Liz Rose “You

Belong With Me,” “Crazy Girl” became the first of the trio to be inducted.

They frequently write under the informal Love Junkies banner with singer-

songwriter Lori McKenna “Humble and Kind,” “Cry Pretty”.

Lindsey is part of a  class that includes Timbaland “SexyBack,”

“Pony”, Dean Pitchford “Footloose,” “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” and mem-

bers of Steely Dan and R.E.M.

RADIO & RECORDS

Deluge Music expanded with the launch of two labels: East Music Row and

Deluge Records Nashville DRN. East Music Row was founded by Deluge man-

aging member David Robkin with artists Johnny Gates and Austin Luther,

with Felicity signed as the imprint’s first act. DRN was launched by Robkin

with artist-writer Sam Grow and Forward Music Management founder Brad

Austin. The first two DRN artists are Alexandria Corn and Blake Wood…

Big Machine announced the signing of singer-songwriter Chase McDaniel

on Jan. , with his first EP, Blame It All on Country Music, due Jan. … Big

Loud established a joint venture with Severance Records and signed its first

artist, Dexter and the Moonrocks. Meanwhile, Big Loud Rock appointed

David Barbis as its head of promotion. He previously was vp of promotion at

C Management… Chris Mack joined WDSY Pittsburgh in afternoon drive,

transferring from the morning shift at sports sister KDKA-FM… “The Kind

of Love We Make” songwriters Dan and Reid Isbell launched a weekly pod-

cast, God’s Country, on Jan.  with iHeartPodcasts and MeatEater featuring

insider conversations with country artists and songwriters… The 

iHeart-

Country Festival is set for May  at the Moody Center in Austin, with Jason

Aldean, Jelly Roll, Old Dominion and others set to perform… Tim Goodrich

aka Skeeter Nash returned to KDXY Jonesboro, Ark., as PD/afternoon drive

personality, The Jonesboro Sun reported. He arrives from Elk River Media/

Fayetteville, Tenn., where he was operations manager/PD for classic country

WYTM and classic rock WEKR… KUPL Portland, Ore., named Tim Richards

as its content director, according to RadioInk.com. He was already affiliated

with the station through his consultancy, Tim Richards Media… Country Radio

Seminar unveiled a large portion of the agenda for this year’s event, includ-

ing panels on artificial intelligence, diversity and mentoring. Westwood One

personality Elaina Smith and Audacy host Katie Neal were named co-hosts

of the New Faces Show. And the five recipients of the Rusty Walker and Lisa

McKay Women in Radio scholarships were announced: Audacy personality

Gabe Mercer; WJEN Rutland, Vt., host Erin Bourne; WNGC Athens, Ga., tal-

ent Haley Mason; WPAW Winston-Salem, N.C., co-host Annie Owens; and

KBAY San Francisco personality Emily Harlan.

’ROUND THE ROW

Western swing band The Time Jumpers returned from the holiday break with

some turnover in the lineup for their regular Monday night show on Jan.  at

Nashville’s Third & Lindsley. Steel guitarist Paul Franklin, pianist Jeff Taylor

and fiddler Larry Franklin all announced their departures. Replacing them

are steel guitarist Eddy Dunlap, fiddler Justin Branum and pianist Chris

Walters… The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band plans to retire from the road following

All the Good Times: The Farewell Tour, announced Jan. . The run begins

March , though the end date is not yet decided… Singer-songwriter Ash-

ley Anne signed with WME for representation… Brittney Spencer entered

into a publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Nashville… Boom Music

Group added Zach John King to its publishing roster. He released a single,

“Anything but What It Was,” on Jan. … Nathan Barlowe, who plays guitar

in Keith Urban’s band, renewed his publishing deal with Spirit Music Group/

Fluid Music Revolution. Barlowe is also frontman for pop/rock band Luna

Halo… PLA Media signed High Mountain Breezes for PR. The band includes

studio and touring musicians Bruce Tarletsky, Chris Leuzinger, Bob Bullock

and Jimmy Mattingly… The Mechanical Licensing Collective sent notices

of intent to nearly  digital service providers indicating their plans to audit

records and verify royalty payments for music used on the platforms. Among

the companies in the MLC’s sights are Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora

and Music Choice… Reba McEntire will sing the national anthem prior to the

Super Bowl on Feb. … Sam Hunt, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Lionel Richie

and Little Big Town are among the artists that will participate in CMT Giants:

Alabama, a two-hour special that airs later this year… America Salutes You,

a concert special honoring the U.S. military, will air on TV Jan. -Feb. .

Participants include Clint Black, Dustin Lynch, Jelly Roll and Lee Green-

wood, among others… The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens

its annual “American Currents: State of the Music” exhibit on Feb. . The

display includes memorabilia associated with Lainey Wilson, Taylor Swift

and Oliver Anthony Music, among others… Blake Shelton hosts an All for the

Hall benefit to raise money for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., on March . The initial lineup includes

Ronnie Dunn, Kristin Chenoweth, Wade Hayes and The Swon Brothers…

The Grammy Museum Foundation will rename the museum’s rooftop the

Ray Charles Terrace following a  million donation from the Ray Charles

Foundation to support music education. The renaming ceremony takes place

Jan. … Jo-El Sonnier, , died Jan.  following a performance in Llano,

Texas. Blending country and Cajun, he had two top  singles, “No More

One More Time” and “Tear-Stained Letter,” on Hot Country Songs in .

Sonnier suffered a heart attack following his concert. His final song was an

appropriate one: a cover of Hank Williams’ “Jambalaya On the Bayou.”

NASHVILLE & NATIONAL TOM ROLAND [email protected]

Nate Smith performed Jan.11 at The Sinclair in Cambridge, Mass.,

where he visited with two Boston radio staffers, WBWL music

director/assistant PD Amanda Jo Parker (left) and WKLB Boston PD

Dawn Santalucito.

Cody Canada (left) joined Randy Rogers onstage as The Randy Rogers

Band played its 20-year-old Rollercoaster album in sequence on Jan.9

during The MusicFest in Steamboat, Colo.

I S SUE DA TE 3/9 | AD CLOSE 2/26 | M ATERIALS DUE 2/28

2 0 2 4

SPOTLIGHT: SPAIN

In the issue of March 9, Billboard will celebrate the

explosion of “música latina” in Spain, where music in

Spanish from around the world is finding new and fertile

ground for touring, airplay and cross pollination. We look

at Spain’s booming music scene and how increasingly

labels, promoters and artists are working together

across international borders to further promote music in

Spanish.

Advertise in this issue to position your business in front of

key decision makers who are driving Spain’s music

industry.

CONTACTS

Latin: Marcia Olival | marciaolival29@gmail.com

East Coast/Midwest: Joe Maimone | [email protected]

Southeast: Lee Ann Photoglo | laphotoglo@gmail.com

Touring & West Coast: Cynthia Mellow | [email protected]

International: Ryan O’Donnell | [email protected]

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2024 | PAGE 10 OF 11

Country Airplay Index

23 Chayce Beckham Publishing Designee, BMI

(C.

Beckham)

AIN’T ABOUT YOU BMG Gold Songs, ASCAP/19

Tunes, ASCAP/Huntergirlmusic, BMI

(T.H.Wolkonowski)

ALL I NEED IS YOU Anthem Red Vinyl Music,

BMI/Buckkilla Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/Murphy The Wolf Music, BMI/Mandy’s

Favorite Songs, BMI/Round Hill Songs II, ASCAP/Sony

Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Master Of My Domain

Music, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Mitchell Marlow

Music, ASCAP/KJM Music Publishing, ASCAP/Five Miles

West Songs, BMI

(C.Janson, B.Clawson, A.G.Gorley, Mitch

Oglesby)

BACK THEN RIGHT NOW T Tree Music, BMI/

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Music

Machine, BMI/Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI/Works

by Range Music Partners, BMI/Warbanger Publishing,

BMI/Songs of Spirit II Nashville, ASCAP/Spirit Vault

Songs, ASCAP/4Ever Songs, ASCAP

(T.R.Hubbard, J.J.Dillon,

G.Warburton, D.A.Garcia)

BOYS BACK HOME Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/Songs of PIA Entertainment, BMI/WC Music

Corp., ASCAP/Songs From The Rose Hotel, ASCAP/W.C.M.

Music Corp., SESAC/Situation Songs, SESAC

(D.Marlowe,

S.Ennis, J.A.Fox)

BREAKIN’ IN BOOTS Endurance Alpha,

ASCAP/124 Records, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI/BRRCOFFEE, BMI/W.C.M. Music

Corp., SESAC/Situation Songs, SESAC/Dead Aim Music,

BMI/Lil Sebastian Music, BMI/Young Guns Publishing,

LLC, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.,

BMI

(M.Stell, N.Cyphert, J.A.Fox, B.M.Stennis)

BROKENHEARTED Ritten By Rhettro, BMI/

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/All Night Linda

Music, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Sony Cross Keys

Publishing, ASCAP/Detroit Records And Tapes, ASCAP/

WC Music Corp., ASCAP

(R.Akins, M.Green, J.T.Harding)

BURN IT DOWN Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/Parkermac Publishing, BMI/Concord Sounds,

ASCAP/410 Music, ASCAP/Concord Copyrights, BMI/

BMCMD Songs, BMI/Creative Pulse Music, BMI/Songs

From The Sendero Music, BMI

(P.McCollum, H.Lindsey,

L.McKenna, L.Rose)

CAB IN A SOLO Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/

Dagum Music, BMI/Songs of Spirit II Nashville, ASCAP/

Fluid Tunes, ASCAP/Beats By Baby Brent, ASCAP/Spirit

Nashville Two Crescendo, ASCAP/Spirit Vault Songs,

ASCAP

(S.C.McCreery, B.Anderson, F.Rogers)

CAN’T BREAK UP NOW WC Music Corp.,

ASCAP/Bird And Bean Music, ASCAP/Razor And Tie Music

Publishing, BMI/Concord Copyrights, BMI/Tofer The

Musical, BMI/Weistribe Publishing, ASCAP/Sony Cross

Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Trevor’s Advocate Publishing,

ASCAP/Twelve6 Dogwood, ASCAP

(M.Ramsey, T. Rosen,

T.Brown, E.L.Weisband)

CHEVROLET Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI/Family

Farm Songs, BMI/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Where I

Started Music Publishing, ASCAP/Who Wants To Buy My

Publishing, ASCAP/Nontypical Music, ASCAP/Almo Music

Corp., ASCAP

(C.McGill, J.L.Alexander, H.Phelps, M.Williams)

COWBOYS AND PLOWBOYS Warner-

Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Ritten By Rhettro,

BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Southern Boy Songs

Worldwide, BMI/Jacob Rice Publishing, BMI/Universal

Music Corp., ASCAP/No Bridge Publishing, ASCAP

(R.

Akins, J.Rice, C.Taylor)

CREEK WILL RISE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/Home Team Harmonies, BMI/South Lick

Creek Songs, BMI/Songs Of Miller Crow, BMI/Tunes By

Tralierparker, BMI/Concord Tunes, SESAC/Card Tables

Music, SESAC/Hang Your Hat Hits, SESAC/Songs Of

Universal, Inc., BMI/Family Farm Songs, BMI

(C.McGill,

C.Smith, C.La Corte, P.Welling)

DANCE WITH YOU Super Big Music, ASCAP/

Caliville Publishing, ASCAP/Here Comes The Boom

Music, BMI/First Cut Is The Deepest Inc, BMI/Round Hill

Songs II, ASCAP/JRM3, ASCAP/Muse Magic, ASCAP/Songs

Of Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Sony Tree

Publishing, BMI

(B.Young, J.T.Minton, J.Robbins)

TITLE Publishing-Licensing Org.

(Songwriter)

Chart Position

DIFFERENT ‘ROUND HERE Warner-

Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Back 40 Publishing

International, BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/Jett Music,

ASCAP

(R.Green, R.Montana, J.D.Singleton)

DIRT CHEAP Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,

BMI/Write Or Die Music, BMI/Write The Lightning

Publishing, BMI

(J.Phillips)

DRINKIN’ PROBLEMS Big Music Machine,

BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Townes

Van Hawke Publishing, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/

Larkin Hill Publishing, BMI/MV2 Music, BMI

(L.Combs, Erik

Dylan, R.Fulcher, T.Archer)

FEARLESS (THE ECHO) Little Louder

Songs, BMI/Emileon Songs, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt

Music Publishing America, Inc., BMI

(J.Dean, C.L.Dick,

J.S.Sherwood)

FIND ANOTHER BAR Big Big Plans Publishing,

BMI/Big Loud Mountain LLC, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI/Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/

MV2 Music, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Phat Racoon,

SESAC/Universal Tunes, SESAC

(C.Lane, J.Thompson,

J.Ebach)

GLORY DAYS Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/GBF Music

Global, BMI/Young Man Publishing, BMI/Sony Cross

Keys Publishing, ASCAP/WeisOwl, ASCAP/Sony Timber

Publishing, SESAC/M&M College Fund, SESAC

(G.Barrett,

J.McNair, E.L.Weisband, S.Mosley)

GONNA LOVE YOU Sony Countryside, BMI/Songs

By Slip Joint, BMI/Reservoir 416, BMI/33 Creative, BMI/

Concord Copyrights, BMI/Camp James Music, BMI/Rio

Bravo Music, Inc., BMI/Major Bob Productions, BMI

(M.

Thomas, D.Fanning, A.Dean, A.Sheridan)

HALFWAY TO HELL Bailee’s Ballads, BMI/BMG

Platinum Songs US, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/Songs Of Influence, BMI/Songs For The

Munch Music, BMI/Songs Of Madfun, ASCAP/WC Music

Corp., ASCAP/Jenktown, ASCAP/Big Music Machine, BMI/

Big Ass Pile Of Dimes Music, BMI

(J.B.DeFord, J.Frasure,

M.Jenkins, J.J.Dillon)

I CAN FEEL IT Concord Sounds, ASCAP/Phil Collins

LTD, PRS/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Songs Of Family

Publishing, BMI/Sony Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/

Chorus 3 Music Publishing, ASCAP/Goat Island Palms,

LLC, BMI/Songs By 10K HRS Publishing, BMI

(P.D.C.Collins,

K.Brown, G.Foust, J.Free)

I’M IN LOVE Mr. Canoe Music, BMI/Better Boat Music,

BMI/James Edward Allen BMI Publishing Designee,

BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Songs

Of Influence, BMI/A Town Called Winner, BMI/Songs Of

Universal, Inc., BMI/Songs With Words That Rhyme With

Truck, BMI

(C.Bedell, N.Galyon, L.T.Miller)

I’M NOT PRETTY Georgiamo Music, SESAC/

Sony Timber Publishing, SESAC/Major Bob Music, Inc.,

ASCAP/Tack Mack Tunes, BMI/Speakers Go Boom Songs,

BMI/Redneck Resume Music, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI

(M.Moroney, B.Williams, M.E.Carpenter,

M.Carpenter)

IN YOUR LOVE Hickman Holler Songs, BMI/

Hares And Haints Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI

(T.Childers, G.A.Seale, Jr.)

I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Zach Lane Bryan

Publishing Designee, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/351 Music, BMI

(Z.L.Bryan, K.Musgraves)

KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC William Hill

Publishing, ASCAP/Curb Songs, ASCAP/Town Of Twang,

ASCAP/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI/Nashblonde Music, BMI/Ryan

Larkins Songs, BMI

(R.Larkins, W.Duvall, J.R.McCoy)

LET YOUR BOYS BE COUNTRY Peertunes,

Ltd., SESAC/Marlowe Sinclair Songs, SESAC/Hipgnosis

Tunes, SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Allison

Veltz Sensations, SESAC/Peermusic III, Ltd., BMI/Sounds

Epic Music, BMI

(J.Boyer, A.Veltz-Cruz, M.Wilshire)

LONG LIVE COWGIRLS Songs Of Universal,

Inc., BMI/Crawbaby Music, BMI/Pambilly Music, BMI/

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI

(I.Munsick,

A.Gutierrez, P.O’Donnell)

LOVE YOU AGAIN Hits From The Tape Room,

BMI/TDP Publishing, BMI/Tape Room Tunes, SESAC/Track

& Feels Publishing Desingee, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp.,

SESAC/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/The Big

One, BMI

(C.Brown, Chase Matthew, T.Phillips)

LOVE YOU BACK Sony Songs LLC, BMI/Young

Man Publishing, BMI/Rudy Rocks The USA, BMI/

WeisOwl, ASCAP/Sony Tunes, ASCAP

(J.McNair, L.Rimes,

E.L.Weisband)

MAMAW’S HOUSE Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/Cricket On The Line, BMI/Bo Wallace

Publishing, BMI/Big Loud Mountain LLC, BMI/EMI

Blackwood Music Inc., BMI/Super Big Music, ASCAP/

Round Hill Songs BLS JV, ASCAP/Big Loud Proud Songs,

ASCAP/Songs Of Universal, Inc., BMI

(Thomas Rhett,

M.Dragstrem, C.McGill, M.C.Wallen)

MAN MADE A BAR Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/Big Loud Mountain LLC, BMI/Songs Of

Combustion Five, BMI/Hell Write Songs, BMI/Stellar Way

With Words Publishing, BMI

(R.H.Block, J.Dozzi, L.Fleet,

Brett Tyler)

OUT OF THAT TRUCK Carrie-Okie Music, BMI/

Spirit Nashville Two Crescendo, ASCAP/4TheKidz Music,

ASCAP/Spirit Vault Songs, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI/WritersonthecornPublishing, BMI

(C.Underwood, D.A.Garcia, L.Vaughan)

OUTSKIRTS Universal Music Works, GMR/Pearl

Hunt Music, GMR/Sony Accent, ASCAP/Smackborne

Music, ASCAP/JFlow Records & Tapes, ASCAP/Twelve6

Dogwood, ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Round Hill

Songs III, ASCAP/Foxwood Entertainment Group Music

Division, ASCAP/Big Blue Nation Music, ASCAP

(S.L.Hunt,

J.Osborne, J.Flowers, Z.Crowell)

THE PAINTER BMG Platinum Songs US, BMI/

Pompano Run Music, BMI/Songs For Ellie May, BMI/

Big Music Machine, BMI/Well That Was Awkward Music,

BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI/Nashblonde Music, BMI

(K.Higgins,

B.Davis, R.Larkins)

PICKUP MAN EMI Full Keel Music, ASCAP/Reservoir

Media Music, ASCAP/EMI Longitude Music, BMI/Reservoir

416, BMI

(K.K.Phillips, H.Perdew)

PRETTY LITTLE POISON Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI/PA Cowboy Music, BMI/Twelve6

Sequoia, SESAC/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/Songs Of

Smack, BMI/Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing America,

Inc., BMI

(W.Zeiders, J.Keim, R.Beaver)

RODEO MAN LWR, LLC, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI/Pambilly Music, BMI

(R.Dunn,

P.O’Donnell)

SAVE ME Bailee’s Ballads, BMI/BMG Platinum Songs

US, BMI/Songs Of 78, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI

(J.B.DeFord, D.R.Stevens)

SAVE ME THE TROUBLE Beats And Banjos,

ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/First Cut Is The Deepest

Inc, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/

Shay Mooney Music, BMI/Sony Cross Keys Publishing,

ASCAP/Master Of My Domain Music, ASCAP/Poppy’s

Picks, ASCAP/Speakers Go Boom Songs, BMI/SugarPlum

Songs, ASCAP

(A.G.Gorley, D.Smyers, J.T.Minton, J.Reynolds,

S.Mooney)

SHE’S SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER

(REIMAGINED) Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/EMI Blackwood

Music Inc., BMI/Beattyville Music, BMI/Hipgnosis Beats,

BMI/Smells Of Rich Mahogany, BMI

(D.Baldridge, J.Yeary,

C.Jaymes)

SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME Songs

Of Combustion Five, BMI/Anthem Publishing,

BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Bridge 1 Music,

BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/

WritersonthecornPublishing, BMI

(Corey Kent, A.Goodloe,

J.Taylor, L.Vaughan)

SOUNDS LIKE THE RADIO Rio Bravo Music,

Inc., BMI/Zach Top Music, BMI/Too Broke To Quit Music,

BMI/Little Acre Music, BMI/50 Egg Music, BMI/Hits From

The Tape Room, BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI

(Z.Top, C.Chamberlain, W.McCubbin)

SPIRITS AND DEMONS Hipgnosis Tunes,

SESAC/Songs Of Porterfied Music, SESAC/Allison Veltz

Sensations, SESAC/Alexander Palmer Songs, BMI/

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Peertunes,

Ltd., SESAC/MTNoize, SESAC

(A.Palmer, A.Veltz-Cruz,

M.Tyler)

TAKE HER HOME Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/

Relative Music Group, BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Bigger

Bendable Music, BMI/Nontypical Music, ASCAP/Who

Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/WC Music Corp.,

ASCAP

(H.Phelps, M.W.Hardy, Z.Abend)

THINKIN’ BOUT ME John Byran Music, BMI/

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Big Loud

Mountain LLC, BMI/Sony Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP/

Michael Scott Paper Company Publishing Company,

ASCAP/Hits From The Tape Room, BMI/TDP Publishing,

BMI/Sony Songs LLC, BMI

(J.Byron, A.G.Gorley, T.Phillips,

Charlie Handsome)

THIS IS MY DIRT Double Barrel Ace Music, BMI/

Big Music Machine, BMI/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP/

Paulywood Music, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing

Corp., BMI/EMI April Music, Inc., ASCAP/Anthem Songs

Of Countrywood, ASCAP

(J.Moore, P.DiGiovanni, R.Montana,

J.S.Stover)

TRUCK BED Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Relative

Music Group, BMI/Rednecker Music, BMI/Sony Cross

Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Michael Scott Paper Company

Publishing Company, ASCAP/Ben There Wrote That

Publishing, BMI/Artist 101 Publishing Group, BMI/Who

Wants To Buy My Publishing, ASCAP/Nontypical Music,

ASCAP/WC Music Corp., ASCAP/Songs Of Kobalt Music

Publishing America, Inc., BMI/Tape Room Hits, BMI

(M.W.Hardy, A.G.Gorley, B.J.Johnson, H.Phelps)

TUCSON TOO LATE Anthem Music Publishing II,

ASCAP/Jordan Davis Music, ASCAP/Universal Music Corp.,

ASCAP/Bent Prop Publishing, ASCAP/Smackworks Music,

SESAC/Follow Me Where I Go, SESAC/Kobalt Group

Publishing, SESAC/Songs Of Madfun, ASCAP/WC Music

Corp., ASCAP/Jenktown, ASCAP

(J.Davis, J.Davis, J.Jenkins,

M.Jenkins)

WE DON’T FIGHT ANYMORE BMG Gold

Songs, ASCAP/For The Kids Gold, ASCAP/Smackwood

Music, SESAC/Kobalt Group Publishing, SESAC/Smack

Songs LLC, GMR/W.C.M. Music Corp., SESAC/King Pen

Songs, SESAC/Warner Geo Met Ric Music, GMR/Tempo

Investments, GMR

(C.Pearce, P.Good, S.McAnally)

WE RIDE Average ZJS Music Publishing, BMI/Vernon

Dianglo Brown Jr. Publishing Designee, BMI

(B.Martin,

V.D.Brown Jr.)

WHERE IT ENDS Bailey Zimmerman Publishing,

BMI/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Gold

Room Special Music, BMI/Hipgnosis Beats, BMI/Holy Hell

Music, BMI/London Electric Music, BMI/London Margate

Songs, BMI

(B.Zimmerman, G.Averill, J.Spargur)

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Warner-

Tamerlane Publishing Corp., BMI/Sullivan S Guns Music,

BMI/Sea Gayle Pub House Publishing, ASCAP/10 &

2 Bullfish Music, ASCAP/Spark Ark Songs, ASCAP

(R.

Montana, D.Turnbull)

WHITE HORSE WC Music Corp., ASCAP/House Of

Sea Gayle Music, ASCAP/Spirit Nashville Two Crescendo,

ASCAP/Songs From The Alcove, ASCAP/BMG Gold

Songs, ASCAP/Son Of A Miner Songs, ASCAP

(C.Stapleton,

D.D.Wilson)

WILDFLOWERS AND WILD HORSES

Sony Accent, ASCAP/Sony Countryside, BMI/Songs

Of Wild Cat Well Music, BMI/Pedal Down Music,

ASCAP/27Musicpub, ASCAP

(L.Wilson, T.Anderson, P.Sikes)

WORLD ON FIRE Sony Cross Keys Publishing,

ASCAP/Coreent Music, ASCAP/Master Of My Domain

Music, ASCAP/Poppy’s Picks, ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane

Publishing Corp., BMI/TDP Publishing, BMI/Hits From The

Tape Room, BMI/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/Rudy Rocks

The USA, BMI/Nate Smith Music Publishing Company,

ASCAP

(N.Smith, A.G.Gorley, T.Phillips, L.Rimes)

YOUNG LOVE & SATURDAY NIGHTS WC

Music Corp., ASCAP/EMI Music Publishing Ltd., PRS/Sony

Music Publishing UK Ltd, PRS/BMG Rights Management

(UK) Ltd., PRS/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,

BMI/Telemitry Rhythm House Music, BMI/Sony Cross

Keys Publishing, ASCAP/Michael Scott Paper Company

Publishing Company, ASCAP/Sony Tree Publishing, BMI/

MV2 Music, BMI/Red Bandana Publishing, BMI/Jones

Music America, ASCAP/Songs Of Roc Nation Music, BMI

(David Bowie, J.Frasure, A.G.Gorley, J.Thompson)

YOUR PLACE Not Listed

(A.Cooke, J.T.Minton,

M.Trussell)

BILLBOARD COUNTRY UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2024 | PAGE 11 OF 11

On Jan. , , Tracy Lawrence’s

rookie single, “Sticks and Stones,” hit

No.  on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs

chart, marking his first of eight career

leaders.

The song — co-written by Roger Dillon

and Elbert West and produced by James

Stroud — ushered in Lawrence’s like-titled

LP, which became his first of  top s on

the Top Country Albums chart.

Lawrence was born Jan. , , in

Atlanta, Texas, and was drawn to music

by age . He arrived in Nashville in a

beat-up Toyota in  and signed to

Atlantic Records the next year. Notably,

“Sticks and Stones” became his first of

 straight career-opening Hot Coun-

try Songs top s through , a record

run until Carrie Underwood notched 

career-starting top  promoted singles

in a row in -.

Lawrence, now , logged his most re-

cent Hot Country Songs leader in June

 with “Find Out Who Your Friends

Are.” In November, he hosted his th

annual Mission:Possible Turkey Fry and

Benefit Concert at the Nashville Fair-

grounds. To date, the event has raised

over  million to support the Nashville

Rescue Mission. —JIM ASKER

32 Years Ago

Tracy Lawrence’s ‘Stones’ Skipped To No. 1

In 1992, the crooner’s debut single became his first of eight Hot Country Songs leaders

REWINDING

THE

COUNTRY

CHARTS

Lawrence backstage

at San Francisco’s

Country in the City

Festival in 1992.

TIM MOSENFELDER/GETTY IMAGES