Frankie Ballard (R) called KEEY/Minneapolis MD JD Greene to help play during Travis Tritt's "Modern Day Bonnie & Clyde" at his June 25 album release party at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill Minneapolis.
SPIN ZONE
At least No. 1 isn’t so far away, Justin Moore. After a two week run at the top by Blake Shelton’s “Honey Bee,” Moore’s “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” takes over the CountryBreakout Chart’s No. 1 spot to give the young Valory Music Co. artist his second No. 1 single. Positions 3-5 are all Capitol Records, with Dierks Bentley’s “Am I The Only One” leading the pack, followed by Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” and Lady Antebellum’s “Just A Kiss.”
It’s also a week of big debuts. Fresh from his performance at the CMT Music Awards, Toby Keith’s “Made In America” makes a huge leap to debut at No. 35 and gains 785 spins in the process. In doing so, he slightly overshadows other really big debuts from Alan Jackson (“Long Way To Go,” No. 63), Dolly Parton (“Together You And I,” No. 70) and Ronnie Dunn (“Cost Of Livin’,” No. 73)
Thompson Square’s followup to No. 1 single “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” is “I Got You” and it’s looking very healthy at No. 18 after a gain of 242 spins. At the lower end of the chart making its debut at No. 75 is LoCash Cowboys’ “You Got Me.” Someone really needs to do a mashup of these two. And poised for big debuts in the coming weeks are Kellie Pickler’s “Tough” and J.T. Hodges’ “Hunt You Down.”
Frozen Playlists: WBYZ, WCMS, WHWK, WJMQ, WJVL, WMEV, WYVY
Upcoming Singles
June 20
Sara Evans/My Heart Can’t Tell You No/RCA
JT Hodges/Hunt You Down/Show Dog-Universal
Colt Ford/She Likes To Ride In Trucks/Average Joe’s
Shania Twain/Today Is Your Day/Mercury
DJ Miller/Between Sundays/Evergreen/Nine North/Spinville
June 27
Christian Kane/Let Me Go/Bigger Picture
Brett Eldredge/It Ain’t Gotta Be Love/Atlantic/WMN
Marlee Scott/Beautiful Maybe/bigride/CO5
Ronnie Dunn/Cost of Livin’/Arista
Alan Jackson/Long Way To Go/ACR/EMI
Rascal Flatts feat. Natasha Bedingfield/Easy/Big Machine
Brian Robinson/Without God, Where Does That Leave America/Lamon
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New On The Chart—Debuting This Week
Artist/song/label — chart pos.
Toby Keith/Made In America/Show Dog-Universal — 34
Alan Jackson/Long Way To Go/EMI — 63
Ronnie Dunn/Cost Of Livin’/Arista —73
Craig Campbell/Fish/Bigger Picture — 74
LoCash Cowboys/You Got Me/R&J Records — 75
Sara Evans/My Heart Can’t Tell You No/RCA — 80
Greatest Spin Increase
Artist/song/label — spin+
Toby Keith/Made In America/Show Dog-Universal — 785
George Strait/Here For A Good Time/MCA — 504
Brad Paisley feat. Carrie Underwood/Remind Me/Arista — 408
Scotty McCreery/I Love You This Big/19 Ent./Mercury — 399
Alan Jackson/Long Way To Go/EMI — 368
Most Added
Artist/song/label — New Adds
Toby Keith/Made In America/Show Dog-Universal — 55
George Strait/Here For A Good Time/MCA — 36
Alan Jackson/Long Way To Go/EMI — 35
Dolly Parton/Together You And I/Dolly Records/Warner Music Nashville — 27
Ronnie Dunn/Cost Of Livin’/Arista — 21
Scotty McCreery/I Love You This Big/19 Ent./Mercury — 15
Jerrod Niemann/One More Drinkin’ Song/Arista — 14
Brad Paisley feat. Carrie Underwood/Remind Me/Arista — 11
Joe Nichols/Take It Off/Show Dog-Universal — 11
Darius Rucker/I Got Nothin’/Capitol — 10
On Deck—Soon To Be Charting
Artist/song/label — spins
Shawna Russell/Get Right or Get Left/Way Out West Records — 218
Jody Booth/Golddigger/Vigilante Music — 205
Brother Trouble/Summer’s Little Angel/Blaster Records — 201
J. T. Hodges/Hunt You Down — 199
Alison Krauss & Union Station/Paper Airplanes/Rounder — 193
