!Kenny  Chesney  Moves  Album  Release  To  October  

Kenny’s  Chesney’s  upcoming  album,  Some  Town  Somewhere,  will  now  be  released  on  Oct.  28.  Following  the  lead  single,  “Noise,”  the  album  was  originally  scheduled  to  be  available  on  Friday  (July  8)  via  Blue  Chair  Records/Columbia  Nashville.  Chesney  said  that  he  heard  a  song  called  “Setting  the  World  on  Fire”  and  called  P!nk  to  make  it  a  duet.  As  a  result,  the  album  release  was  postponed  in  order  to  include  the  song.  Read  the  full  story  by  clicking  here.  !!

Chely  Wright  To  Release  New  Album  Chely  Wright  is  set  to  release  her  Oirst  album  in  Oive  years,  and  eighth  studio  album  overall,  I  Am  The  Rain,  on  MRI/Sony.  The  project  will  release  to  stores  and  online  retailers  on  Sept.  9.  The  Kickstarter-­‐funded  project  includes  her  newest  single,  “What  About  Your  Heart,”  and  was  recorded  at  Los  Angeles’  Sunset  Sound  studio  with  producer/artist  Joe  Henry.  I  Am  The  Rain  follows  2010’s  Lifted  Off  The  Ground.  To  read  more,  click  here.  !

Garth  Brooks  Will  Launch  SiriusXM    Channel  In  September  

Garth  Brooks  will  launch  his  own  SiriusXM  channel  on  Sept.  8.  This  is  the  Oirst  time  his  music  will  be  presented  24/7  in  one  place,  on  radio  or  online.  The  Garth  Channel,  the  new  exclusive  channel,  will  be  curated  and  presented  by  Brooks.  The  channel  will  feature  music  from  Brooks  spanning  four  decades,  along  with  songs  from  the  artists  that  inOluenced  his  iconic  career.  Read  the  story  here.  

 

!New  On  The  Chart  —Debuting  This  Week  Artist/song/label—chart  pos.  Dustin  Lynch/Seein’  Red/Broken  Bow—79  Darius  Rucker/If  I  Told  You/Capitol  Nashville—80  !Greatest  Spin  Increase  Artist/song/label—Spin  Increase  Tim  McGraw/How  I’ll  Always  Be/Big  Machine—  312  Dierks  Bentley  w/  Elle  King/Different  For  Girls/Capitol  Nashville—219  Maren  Morris/80s  Mercedes/Columbia  Nashville—  205  Blake  Shelton/She’s  Got  A  Way  With  Words/Warner  Bros—  173  Darius  Rucker/If  I  Told  You/Capitol  Nashville—  169  !Most  Added  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Adds  Tim  McGraw/How  I’ll  Always  Be/Big  Machine—26  Darius  Rucker/If  I  Told  You/Capitol  Nashville—15  Sarah  Dunn  Band/Dirty/Reznam  Records—12  Maren  Morris/80s  Mercedes/Columbia  Nashville—10  Dustin  Lynch/Seein’  Red/Broken  Bow—7  Chris  Young/Sober  Saturday  Night/RCA  Nashville—4  Eli  Young  Band/Saltwater  Gospel/Valory  Music  Co—4  Brett  Young/Sleep  Without  You/Republic  Nashville—4  !On  Deck—Soon  To  Be  Charting  Artist/song/label—No.  of  Spins  Bobby  Wills/Down  By  The  River/MDM—198  Thompson  Square/You  Make  It  Look  So  Good/Stoney  Creek—191  Jessie  G/Drop  A  Line/Hook  &  Line—186  Mickey  Guyton/Heartbreak  Song/Capitol  Nashville—181  Shane  Owens/Country  Never  Goes  Out  Of  Style/AmeriMonte  Records—181  Tyler  Hammond/Drunk  Over  A  Girl—  179  Matt  Farris/Me  Or  The  Whiskey/Skytone  Entertainment—157  Steve  Dorian/Edge  Of  18/VIMH  Music—  154

Thursday,  July  7,  2016

CHART  ACTIONNEWS

Mike  Betten  (L)  of  KLMJ/Hampton,  IA  receives  a  visit  and  a  gift  bag  from  Go  Time  Records’  Macy  Martin  (R).

MTS  Records’  Donica  Knight  (R)  and  Shelly  Woods  (L)  of  WCFT/Selinsgrove,  PA

Highway  South's  David  Shelby  (L)  and  George  Davis  (R)  of  KBXB/Sikeston,  MO

The  Sarah  Dunn  Band  visits  with  Ken  Folkes  (L)  and  Kelly  Green  (R)  of  WEIO/Huntingdon,  TN

Ricky  Wesley  (L)  of  WIHE/Liberty,  KY  with  Amerimonte  Records’  Shane  Owens  (R)

Pictured  L-­‐R  WMAD/Madison,  WI’s    Matt  Gapske,  Big  Loud’s  Chris  Lane,  WMAD’s  Katie  Kruz,  and  Chelsey  Stonehauer.

Thursday,  July  7,  2016

ARTIST  SPOTLIGHTCherie  Brennan  Sponsored  by:  Stanley  Music  Group  !Current  Single:    “Life  Is  Fun”  !Hometown:    Jacksonville,  FL  !Mini  Bio:    Singer/songwriter  Cherie  Brennan  brings  a  fresh  new  sound  to  country  music.  She  started  out  as  a  pop  singer  but  gradually  her  beautiful  voice,  inspirational  lyrics  and  her  love  of  storytelling  found  her  true  home  in  country  music.  When  not  performing  around  the  country,  Cherie  loves  to  spend  lots  of  time  in  the  studio  working  on  new  music.  “There  is  nothing  like  being  inspired  to  write  a  song,  have  it  come  together,  say  the  things  you  hoped  it  would  say,  have  a  wonderful  engineer,  musician  and  co-­‐producer  like  I  have  in  Daryl  Phenneger,  to  bring  it  all  together,  and  then  just  stand  back,  and  give  God  the  glory.  It  doesn't  get  any  better  than  that.”  !  Interesting  Facts:  Cherie  is  an  accomplished  pianist  and  performs  her  own  music  on  keyboard  in  her  shows  and  on  Sundays  in  her  church  in  Jacksonville.  Cherie  has  had  great  success  in  Inspirational  Country  Radio,  having  Oive  consecutive  charting  singles  on  the  Power  Source  Inspirational  Country  Charts,  including  “You  Be  The  Light,”  “The  Present,”  “911,”  “Precious  One”(her  Oirst  No.  1  single  in  December  2015)  and  her  new  single,  “Life  Is  Fun,”  which  charted  on  country  as  well.  Cherie  is  also  the  proud  mama  of  Nick  Brennan,  a  talented  new  country  artist  who  just  released  his  debut  single,“Buck  Naked.” !!Connect:    www.cheriebrennan.com  !Facebook:  www.facebook.com/cheriebrennanmusic.com  !!!

Singles  July  11  Dustin  Lynch/Seein’  Red/Broken  Bow  LANco/Long  Live  Tonight/Arista  Nashville  Presley  &  Taylor/My  Hometown/SMG-­‐Nashville  Tim  McGraw/How  I’ll  Always  Be/Big  Machine  Jake  McVey/Back  Seat/Purple  Cow  Records  Dylan  Scott/My  Girl/Curb  Records  Lucas  Hoge/Boom  Boom/Rebel  Engine-­‐Star  Farm  Lauren  Alaina/Road  Less  Traveled/Mercury  Nashville  !July  18  Mike  Smith/Green  Eyed  Girl/EMS  Records  Chase  Rice/Everybody  We  Know  Does  /Columbia  Nashville  Randy  Houser/Chasing  Down  A  Good  Time/Stoney  Creek  Steven  Tyler/We’re  All  Somebody  From  Somewhere/Dot  Records  Trent  Harmon/There’s  A  Girl/Big  Machine  Jana  Kramer/Circles/Warner  Bros.  Eric  Paslay/Angels  In  This  Town/EMI  Nashville  !July  25  Kelsey  Hickman/Gone/GTR  Trace  Adkins/Lit/Wheelhouse  Records  !Albums  July  8  Kenny  Chesney/Some  Town  Somewhere/Columbia  Nashville-­‐Blue  Chair  Records  Sean  McConnell/Sean  McConnell/Rounder  Records  Mark  Chesnutt/Tradition  Lives/Row  Entertainment-­‐BFD-­‐RED  James  Dupré/Stoned  To  Death/Purfectt  Pitch  !July  15  David  Nail/Fighter/MCA  Nashville  Steven  Tyler/We’re  All  Somebody  From  Somewhere/Dot  Records  Confederate  Railroad/Lucky  To  Be  Alive  Vince  Gill/Down  To  My  Last  Bad  Habit  [limited  edition  vinyl]/MCA  Nashville  

In  only  10  weeks,  Florida  Georgia  Line’s  “H.O.L.Y.”  has  moved  into  the  No.  1  spot  on  the  MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart.  !“H.O.L.Y.”  was  written  by  busbee,  Nate  Cyphert,  and  William  Wiik  Larsen.  !It  is  the  lead  single  from  FGL’s  upcoming  third  studio  album,  Dig  Your  Roots,  scheduled  for  release  on  Aug.  26.    The  duo  will  also  debut  their  brand  of  whiskey  next  month  called  Old  Camp  Whiskey.  !Florida  Georgia  Line  continues  the  Dig  Your  Roots  Tour  through  most  of  2016.    

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

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

KXIA  Marshalltown  IAKTHK  Idaho  Falls  ID  WAAG  Galesburg  IL  WIBL  Normal  IL  WOOZ  Carterville  IL  WDZQ  Decatur  IL  WMCI  Mattoon  IL  WRTB  Rockford,  IL  WIFE  Connersville  IN  WYGB  Franklin  IN  KAIR  Atchison  KS  KKOW  Pittsburg  KS  KYEZ  Salina  KS  WBKR  Owensboro  KY    WDHR  Pikeville  KY  WKFC  London  KY    WGGC  Bowling  Green  KY  WKDZ  Cadiz  KY  KRRV  Alexandria  LA  WKPE  Hyannis,  MA

WKTT  Salisbury  MD  WVMD  Cumberland  MD  WATZ  Alpena  MI    WTCM  Traverse  City  MI  WJNR  Iron  Mountain  MI  WUPY  Ontonagon  MI  KZPK  St.  Cloud  MN  KYSM  Mankato  MN  KBXB  Sikeston  MO  KDKD  Clinton  MO  KFAV  Warrenton  MO  KWWR  Mexico  MO  WQNZ  Natchez  MS  KZZY  Devils  Lake  ND  KYCK  Grand  Forks  ND  KQBA  Santa  Fe,  NM  KRVN  Lexington  NE  KRGI  Grand  Island  NE  WFRY  Watertown  NY  

WDNB  Liberty  NY  WOLF  Syracuse  NY  WCJW  Warsaw  NY  KWHW  Altus  OK  KITX  Hugo  OK  KWOX  Woodward  OK  KWEY  Weatherford  OK  KRKT  Albany  OR  WFGE  State  College  PA  WCFT  Selinsgrove  PA  KYTN  Union  City  TN  WDKN  Dickson  TN  WEIO  Huntingdon  TN  WLLX  Lawrenceburg  TN  WMYL  Clinton,  TN  WUCZ  Carthage  TN  Renegade  Radio  Nashville    KFTX  Corpus  Christi  TX  KGKL  San  Angelo  TX  

KMKS  Bay  City  TX  KXOX  Sweetwater  TX  KYYK  Palestine  TX  KMRK  Odessa,  TX  WAKG  Danville  VA  WMEV  Marion  VA  KICR  Spokane  WA  WAXX  Altoona,  WI  WCOW  Sparta,  WI  WGLR  Platteville  WI  WJMQ  Shawano  WI    WJVL  Janesville  WI  WQPC  Prairie  du  Chien  WI  WPCK  Green  Bay  WI  WDGG  Huntington  WV  WKKW  Morgantown  WV  WTNJ  Mount  Hope  WV  WKWS  Charleston  WV  WTCR  Huntington  WV  !!

MusicRow  CountryBreakout  Chart  Reporting  Stations  

Thursday,  July  7,  2016

CALENDAR NO.  1  SONG

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

Thursday, July 7, 2016

10 2 1 Florida Georgia Line / H.O.L.Y. / Republic Nashville 3571/92 4 12418 3 2 Jake Owen / American Country Love Song / RCA Nashville 3194/91 4 11129 4 3 Chris Lane / Fix / Big Loud Records 3015/85 1 3816 5 4 Kelsea Ballerini / Peter Pan / Black River 2924/94 3 8618 6 5 Sam Hunt / Make You Miss Me / MCA Nashville 2711/84 2 4823 7 6 Billy Currington / It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To / Mercury Nashville 2660/93 2 548 9 7 Brad Paisley w/Demi Lovato / Without A Fight / Arista Nashville 2544/94 6 13421 10 8 Dan + Shay / From The Ground Up / Warner Bros. 2415/77 3 7012 11 9 Zac Brown Band / Castaway / Southern Ground-John Varvatos-Dot 2338/85 6 12919 13 10 Brothers Osborne / 21 Summer / EMI Nashville 2243/93 3 6623 12 11 LoCash / I Know Somebody / Reviver Records 2230/91 2 416 15 12 Dierks Bentley w/ Elle King / Different For Girls / Capitol Nashville 2131/93 11 21914 1 13 Jason Aldean / Lights Come On / Broken Bow 2060/51 -41 -141713 14 14 Tucker Beathard / Rock On / Dot Records 2030/85 4 715 19 15 Blake Shelton / She’s Got A Way With Words / Warner Bros. 1824/79 10 17311 16 16 Chris Stapleton / Parachute / Mercury 1786/82 2 3826 17 17 Jennifer Nettles / Unlove You / Big Machine Records 1745/77 3 4612 18 18 Aaron Watson / Bluebonnets / Thirty Tigers 1725/83 3 4727 20 19 Drake White / Livin’ The Dream / Dot 1592/70 1 1617 21 20 Brian Collins / Healing Highway / Blue Light Entertainment 1536/74 3 419 23 21 Cole Swindell / Middle Of A Memory / Warner Bros. 1494/73 3 4225 24 22 Olivia Lane / Make My Own Sunshine / Big Spark Music Group 1454/57 1 1812 27 23 Brett Young / Sleep Without You / Republic 1416/70 11 13810 26 24 Alan Jackson / The One You’re Waiting On / EMI Nashville 1394/72 6 7917 25 25 Granger Smith / If The Boot Fits / Wheelhouse Records 1327/70 0 224 22 26 Spencer’s Own / Livin’ in the Moment / Electric House 1294/57 -12 -17020 28 27 Jason Pritchett / Already A Dead Man / BDMG 1292/58 5 579 29 28 Jerrod Niemann w/ Lee Brice / A Little More Love / Curb 1220/68 5 5720 31 29 Diana Upton-Hill / Southern Gentlemen / Third Floor Records 1104/54 8 8419 30 30 Clare Dunn / Tuxedo / MCA Nashville 1074/53 -1 -65 34 31 Chris Young / Sober Saturday Night / RCA Nashville 997/64 15 12711 32 32 Rachael Turner / Aftershock / Rustic Records 988/58 8 764 39 33 Old Dominion / Song For Another Time / RCA Nashville 946/64 15 1228 33 34 Brett Eldredge / Wanna Be That Song / Warner Bros. 932/58 5 424 38 35 Thomas Rhett / Vacation / Valory 913/57 12 9811 36 36 Casey Donahew / Feels This Right / Almost Country Entertainment 888/51 4 3613 37 37 Lonestar / Never Enders / Shanachie Entertainment 878/52 5 4212 35 38 Keith Walker / Friends With Boats / Keith Walker Music 872/49 2 177 40 39 Post Monroe / Red Hot American Summer / KCH 858/60 5 4016 41 40 James Robert Webb / How That Feels / Bison Creek Records 811/41 1 7

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

No. 1 Song Greatest Spin Increase Highest Debut

3 49 41 Maren Morris / 80s Mercedes / Columbia Nashville 768/56 36 2057 43 42 Easton Corbin / Are You With Me / Mercury 735/46 6 407 45 43 Craig Morgan / I’ll Be Home Soon / Black River 700/44 12 748 44 44 Maddie & Tae / Sierra / Dot Records 693/44 1 410 46 45 Chris Janson / Holdin’ Her / Warner Bros 651/45 5 312 68 46 Tim McGraw / How I’ll Always Be / Big Machine 611/44 104 3125 50 47 Josh Turner / Hometown Girl / MCA Nashville 609/44 12 6713 47 48 Craig Campbell / Outskirts Of Heaven / Red Bow Records 604/40 1 510 48 49 Michael Ray / Think A Little Less / Warner Bros. 574/40 -1 -85 53 50 Homegrown Band / Summer Song / Homegrown Entertainment 538/42 11 5213 51 51 Corey Smith / Blow Me Away / Concord/Sugarhill 531/29 4 1913 52 52 Kayla Calabrese / Happily Never After / Burning Ground Entertainment 521/25 3 175 54 53 Darryl Worley / Rainmaker / Worleybird Records 493/37 4 1911 55 54 Josh Kelley / It’s Your Move / 472/25 2 87 56 55 Donica Knight / Love Ain’t A Prize / MTS Records 465/33 2 811 61 56 High Valley / Make You Mine / Warner Bros. 441/24 7 289 58 57 Parmalee / Roots / Stoney Creek Records 435/31 2 1020 57 58 Jordan Rager / Southern Boy / Broken Bow 435/24 -4 -166 59 59 Hillary Scott & The Scott Family / Thy Will / 434/26 3 1414 60 60 Camille Rae / Shadows Dance Tonight / Break The Cycle Entertainment 431/25 4 1613 62 61 Ryan Broshear / Spin Me / Painted Horse Records 398/26 3 127 65 62 Sam Austin / Savin’ It Up For Saturday Night / Plateau 391/25 21 6811 63 63 Ashland Belle / Fastest Car / Overtone Music Group 370/18 3 113 66 64 Cassadee Pope / Summer / Republic Nashville 357/28 12 397 64 65 Alabama / Come Find Me / BMG 351/24 7 248 67 66 Alexandra Demetree / You Still Think I’m Beautiful / SSM Nashville 328/25 5 1511 42 67 Charles Kelley / Lonely Girl / Capitol Nashville 300/18 -61 -4702 72 68 Gary Allan / Do You Wish It Was Me? / EMI Records Nashville 282/22 11 297 70 69 Brian Pharaoh / Sorry / Spunkem Music 279/18 4 123 71 70 Southern Halo / Rewind / Southern Halo Records 274/22 8 202 79 71 Eli Young Band / Saltwater Gospel / Valory Music Co. 270/23 29 608 74 72 Kristen Kelly / Fire / 253/15 4 94 73 73 Joe Nichols / Undone / Red Bow 248/19 -1 -22 78 74 Allie Louise / Stilettos / Sixth Beat Promotions 243/14 13 272 77 75 Josh Goodlett / I Don’t Usually Do This / 243/16 8 183 75 76 Cody Joe Hodges / Hellbent on Loving You / Lamon Records 233/16 0 02 80 77 The Stickers / Ain’t Nothin’ Better / Wodarek Music 220/18 6 137 76 78 Tara Thompson / Someone To Take Your Place / Valory 212/14 -6 -141 99 79 Dustin Lynch / Seein’ Red / Broken Bow 211/14 105 1081 134 80 Darius Rucker / If I Told You / Capitol Nashville 209/18 423 169