Welch On Top; Gorley and McAnally Follow On MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart

How many ways can you say that Kevin Welch is No. 1 on the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart? For nine weeks Welch has remained, as the 59 beneath him shift.

Ashley Gorley and Shane McAnally follow at No. 2 and No. 3. Luke Combs appears after them. The top 10 remain the same as last week.

Laura Veltz, the first woman featured on the MusicRow chart, moves from No. 42 to No. 40. It was announced last week that Veltz, along with songwriter Sarah Buxton, had been elected as new members of the Nashville Songwriters Association International’s (NSAI) Board of Directors.

The weekly MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart, published every week, uses algorithms based upon song activity according to airplay, digital downloaded track sales and streams. This unique and exclusive addition to the MusicRow portfolio is the only songwriter chart of its kind.

Click here to view the full MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart.

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LB Cantrell

LB Cantrell is Editor/Director of Operations at MusicRow magazine, where she oversees, manages and executes all company operations. LB oversees all MusicRow-related content, including the publication’s six annual print issues and online news. She is a Georgia native and a graduate of the Recording Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University.

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