Weekly Register: Eric Church Crowns Country Albums Chart With ‘Desperate Man’ Debut

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Eric Church‘s latest album, Desperate Man, as debuted atop the country albums chart, with 116K in total consumption (103K album only), according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Luke Combs‘ This One’s For You is at No. 2 with 21K (3.8K album only), followed by Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty at No. 3 (16K, 11K album only). Dan+Shay‘s self-titled album moves 13K this week (1.5K album only) to land at No. 4, while Chris Stapleton‘s Traveller rounds out the Top 5 with 12K (3.2K album only).

On the overall albums chart, the soundtrack for A Star is Born debuts at No. 1 with 231K, followed by Twenty One Pilots at No. 2 (Trench, 175K). Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter V is at No. 3 with 135K, followed by Lil Baby & Gunna at No. 4 with Drip Harder (129.8K). Church debuts at No. 5 on the overall albums chart this week, followed by Steve Perry‘s Traces at No. 6 with 73K. CCM duo For King & Country debut at No. 7 with their new title Burn The Ships (62K).

On the To 5 Country Digital Sales chart, Dan+Shay’s “Speechless” is at No. 1 with 10K, followed by Combs’ “She Got The Best Of Me” at No. 2 with 8K. Florida Georgia Line‘s “Simple” is at No. 3 with 7.8K, followed by Mitchell Tenpenny‘s “Drunk Me” at No. 4 with 6.3K. Tim McGraw‘s new track “Neon Church” enters at No. 5 with 6K. Also debuting in the Top 10 this week is Old Dominion‘s “Make It Sweet” at No. 9 with 5.3K.

Weekly Register: Rascal Flatts, Luke Combs Top Country Sales Charts

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Rascal Flatts debuts atop the country song sales chart this week, with “Back To Life” moving 12K, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Dan+Shay‘s “Speechless” comes in at No. 2, with 9.5K (118K RTD), while Florida Georgia Line‘s “Simple” is at No. 3 with 8.7K (306K RTD). Luke Combs‘ “She Got The Best Of Me” is at No. 4 with 8.6K (215 RTD), with Travis Tritt‘s classic “Help Me Hold On” re-entering at No. 5, with 7.7K. The track was covered by Dave Fenley on a recent episode of The Voice.

Combs has the top country album this week, with This One’s For You moving 23K in total consumption. Carrie Underwood‘s Cry Pretty is at No. 2 with 21K, followed by Dan+Shay‘s self-titled project at No. 3 with 13K. Kane Brown‘s self-titled project is at No. 4 with 12K, followed by Chris Stapleton‘s Traveller at No. 5 with 12K.

 

Weekly Register: Luke Combs, Kane Brown Top Country Sales Charts

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Luke Combs’ This One’s For You continues atop the country albums chart with 24K in total consumption (4.8K album only/22 million song streams), according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Kane Brown‘s self-titled album is at No. 2 with 13K (3.1K album only/12 million streams). Dan+Shay‘s self-titled album is at No. 3 with 12K total consumption (1.7K album only/12.5 million streams).

Chris Stapleton‘s Traveller is at No. 4 with 12K in total consumption (3.3K album only/10 million streaming).

Jason Aldean‘s Rearview Town wraps up the Top 5 with 11K in total consumption (2.9K album only/9.4 million streams).

This week’s top country album debut is Upchurch‘s Supernatural (Redneck Nation Records). The album ranks at No. 6, with 9.7K in total consumption (9.1K album only/247K song streams).

Top 5 Country Streaming Songs:

Kane Brown, “Heaven”: 8.6 million/388 million RTD
Dan + Shay, “Tequila”: 7 million/243 million RTD
Chris Stapleton, “Tennessee Whiskey”: 6.2 million/526 million RTD
Brett Young, “Mercy”: 6.1 million/176 million RTD
Luke Combs, “Beautiful Crazy”: 5.7 million/112 million RTD

Top 5 Country Sales songs:

Kane Brown, “Homesick”: 18K Debut
Florida Georgia Line, “Simple”: 9.9K/278K RTD
Carrie Underwood, “End Up With You”: 8.4K Debut
Luke Combs, “She Got the Best of Me”: 8.4K/189K RTD
Kane Brown, “Lose It”: 7.6K/109K RTD

Weekly Register: Carrie Underwood Debuts, Luke Combs And Kane Brown Hold Tight

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Clockwise from top L: Kane Brown, Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs

For the first week of September, there were no country debuts in the top 10 of the album sales charts, according to Nielsen Soundscan. However, the Roger Miller tribute album, King Of The Road, moved 2.7K to land at No. 75 from BMG, featuring the likes of Kacey Musgraves, Brad Paisley, Ronnie Dunn, Loretta Lynn, Eric Church, Ringo Starr, Dolly Parton and many more.

For the top five country albums charts this week, the top two slots stay steady. Luke Combs‘ This One’s For You holds tight at No. 1, with 24K in total consumption (4.6K album only) while Jason Aldean‘s Rearview Town claims the No. 2 spot with 14K in total consumption (5K album only). Dan +Shay move up one slot to No. 3 with their self-titled debut effort at 13K in total consumption (1.7K album only). Kane Brown also moves up a slot to No. 4 with his self-titled effort moving 12.5K in total consumption (2.7K in album only). Rounding out the top 5 is Chris Stapleton‘s Traveller, with 12K in total consumption (3.1K in album only).

For on-demand single streams this week, Kane Brown again holds tight at No. 1 with “Heaven” with 8.7 million streams (379 million YTD). No. 2 again this week is Dan + Shay‘s “Tequila” with 7.2 million streams (236 million YTD), followed again by Brett Young‘s “Mercy” with 6.5 million streams (170 YTD). Chris Stapleton‘s “Tennessee Whiskey” holds tight at No. 4 with 6.5 million (520YTD), followed this week by Luke Combs‘ “Beautiful Crazy” at 5.8 million streams (106 million YTD).

For single sales, Carrie Underwood comes in at No. 1 country (No. 16 overall) with “Love Wins” moving 12.5K. Florida Georgia Line slides to No. 2 this week with “Sittin’ Pretty” having moved 12K (268K YTD). Again at No. 3 is Jason Aldean ft. Miranda Lambert‘s single “Drowns The Whiskey,” moving 9.4K units (192K YTD). Dan + Shay swap spots with Brett Young this week at No. 4 and No. 5, with 8.5K (393K YTD) and 8.1K (393K), respectively.

Spotify To Integrate Nielsen Brand Effect For Marketer Advertising

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Spotify and Nielsen have announced an expansion of their relationship to include the adoption of Nielsen Brand Effect across Spotify in the U.S., Germany, Canada, Mexico, U.K., Spain, France, Netherlands, Japan and Australia. The move will allow marketers to measure and optimize their national advertising on Spotify and gain a deeper understanding of how their ads resonate and affect brand lift with their target audience.

With the integration of Nielsen Brand Effect on Spotify, advertisers will be able to delve more closely into how their messages connect with audiences and examine the effectiveness of campaigns in raising brand awareness, perception and purchase intent. The integration captures exposure to audio, video, and display formats heard or seen across desktop, mobile and connected devices. These insights will help marketers make more informed media investment decisions across their mix and drive increased campaign performance on Spotify.

“Advertisers of all sizes come to Spotify to connect with consumers in an environment that millions worldwide love and trust,” said Brian Benedik, Global Head of Advertising at Spotify. “As our advertising platform matures, we’ve set out to prove that Spotify is so much more than the cool kid on the block; it’s a valuable platform that delivers major impact for brand advertisers. With Nielsen’s industry leading measurement tools in our arsenal, we’re able to prove just how big that impact is.”

“Modern marketers are increasingly faced with questions across every facet of their advertising execution and we’re excited to collaborate with Spotify to help provide greater clarity into the campaign optimization process,” said Jessica Hogue, Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at Nielsen. “Whether an advertiser is looking to make decisions on creative format, length or placement, Nielsen Brand Effect will be able to help bring real insights based on real people to better inform those choices on maximizing the value of their investments.”

Spotify’s adoption of Nielsen Brand Effect marks the latest expansion in the two companies’ collaboration. The company currently provides clients with the ability to use Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings to measure audience reach across campaigns on Spotify. In addition, Spotify uses Nielsen Catalina Solutions to demonstrate offline sales lift and works with Nielsen Media Lab and Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience to capture audience engagement.

Weekly Register: Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Florida Georgia Line Nab No. 1s

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Kane Brown strolling along at No. 1. Photo: Joseph Llanes

Kane Brown keeps his hold on the No. 1 Country Streaming song spot this week with “Heaven” getting 9 million streams (335 million YTD), according to Nielsen Soundscan. Following up on that chart are Dan + Shay‘s “Tequila” with 7.6 million, Brett Young‘s “Mercy” with 7 million, Chris Stapleton‘s “Tennessee Whiskey” with 6.5 million, and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Simple” with 5.8 million.

FGL comes in at the top of the Digital Core Genre Country sales list with “Sittin’ Pretty” at No. 1 (No. 11 overall) in its debut week, scoring 15K downloads. The duo’s single “Simple” floats along at No. 2 with 12K, Jason Aldean ft. Miranda Lambert are drinking at No. 3 with “Drowns The Whiskey” (10K), Brett Young sings “Mercy” at No. 4 with 9.9K and Dan + Shay are shooting straight at No. 5 with “Tequila” (8.9K).

On the overall chart, BTS, a Korean-pop boy band, debuts at No. 1 with the album, Love Yourself: Answer. The project yielded activity of 185K (141K album only and 39 million streams), driven by single “Idol,” featuring Nicki Minaj which also debuts at No. 1 with 43K.

Top 5 Country albums TW (total consumption/album only/total song streams)

Luke Combs, This One’s For You 24K/4.4K/23 million
Jason Aldean, Rearview Town 16K/7K/9.8 million
Cole Swindell, All of It 13K/7K/6.6 million
Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay 13K/1.8K/13 million
Kane Brown, Kane Brown 13K/2.6K/12 million

Additionally, FGL’s self titled EP debuts at No. 10 Country and No. 73 overall with 9.1K (1.3K album only/6.6 million song streams).

Florida Georgia Line. Photo: Delaney Royer

Weekly Register: Cole Swindell Notches No. 1 Country Album

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Cole Swindell

Cole Swindell has the No. 1 album this week, with the debut of All Of It. The Warner Music Nashville (Warner Bros. Records) project moved 50K in total consumption according to Nielsen Soundscan.

The Top 5 Country albums:
Cole Swindell, All Of It:  50K/39K/10M
Luke Combs, This One’s For You:  25K/5K/25M
Jason Aldean, Rearview Town: 14K/5.1K/10M
Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay: 14K/2.1K/14M
Kane Brown, Kane Brown: 13K/2.5K/12.5M
Meanwhile, Florida Georgia Line‘s “Simple” tops the best-selling digital country songs this week, with 14K. The song’s total digital sales are now at 244K to date. Swindell also makes a showing on the chart, as “Dad’s Old Number” debuts at No. 5 on the country digital sales chart, with 9.6K.
The Top 5 Country Digital Song sales:
Florida Georgia Line, “Simple”: 14K
Brett Young, “Mercy”: 12K
Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert, “Drowns the Whiskey”: 10K
Dan + Shay, “Tequila”: 9.6K
Cole Swindell, “Dad’s Old Number”: 9.6K

Amazon Music Features Kane Brown In Latest Campaign

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Kane Brown. Photo: Joseph Llanes

Amazon Music is spotlighting Kane Brown during the launch of a new advertising campaign: A Voice is All You Need. The campaign highlights the powerful vocals on notable songs, while demonstrating the simplicity of voice with Alexa. Brown’s current single “Lose it” is featured an animated video released Friday (Aug. 24). Other artists to be featured in the campaign include Ariana Grande, Queen, SZA and Kendrick Lamar.

“I’m excited to have my new single ‘Lose It’ be part of the new Amazon Music campaign,” Brown said. “I really admire the other artists included and know my fans will love this. I’m really proud to be a part of it.”

The ad creative, developed with global independent agency Wieden+Kennedy, celebrates the growth of Amazon Music, while playing off of powerful, isolated vocals from the participating, notable artists in a journey through the voice experience with Alexa on Amazon Music.

The animated video for Kane Brown’s “Lose It” will begin appearing today across digital and social channels as well as terrestrial radio nationally in the U.S.

Weekly Register: Cody Johnson Debuts Atop Country Digital Sales Chart With “On My Way To You”

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Cody Johnson

New Warner Music Nashville artist Cody Johnson tops the Country Digital Sales Songs Chart this week, as “On My Way To You” moves 18K in its debut week, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

That feat breaks Florida Georgia Line‘s stronghold on the chart, as their song “Simple” is at No. 2 with 16K. Brett Young‘s “Mercy” lands at No. 3 with 15K, followed by Dan+Shay‘s “Tequila” at No. 4 with 11K. Kane Brown‘s “Weekend” rounds out the Top 5 with 11K.

Meanwhile, Brown holds the top spot on the country streaming songs chart this week, as another track, “Heaven,” brings in 9.5 million streams. Dan+Shay’s “Tequila” is at No. 2 with 8.4 million streams, followed by Young’s “Mercy” with 7.1 million. FGL’s “Simple” is at No. 4 with 6.3 million streams, while Chris Stapleton‘s “Tennessee Whiskey” is at No. 5 with 5.9 million streams.

On the albums sales chart, Luke Combs reigns at No. 1 with his album This One’s For You moving 25K. Jason Aldean‘s Rearview Town is at No. 2 with 16K, followed by Kenny Chesney‘s Songs For The Saints at No. 3 with 16K. Dan+Shay’s self-titled album is at No. 4 with 15K, while Kane Brown’s self-titled album is at No. 5 with 14K.

Signings & Hirings: Spotify Nashville, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Stephanie Taylor Law

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Mary Catherine Kinney Joins Spotify Nashville

Mary Catherine Kinney

Spotify confirmed today (Aug. 21) that Mary Catherine Kinney has been named Manager, Artist & Label Marketing, on Spotify’s Nashville team. In this role, she’ll serve as one of the primary points of contact for Nashville-based artists, labels, and managers, and will help to develop and execute artist campaigns. Kinney joins from Sony Music Nashville, where she served as Associate Director, Media.

 

Beth Nielsen Chapman Signs With Silverleaf Booking

Beth Nielsen Chapman

On the heels of the release of her critically acclaimed Americana record release, Hearts of Glass, Beth Nielsen Chapman has signed an exclusive booking agreement with Silverleaf Booking to represent her in the US and Canada.

 

Stephanie Taylor Law Adds To Staff

Rachel Guttmann

Rachel Guttmann has joined Stephanie Taylor Law as an associate attorney. Guttmann joins attorney Stephanie Taylor at their new office in East Nashville at 1100 Douglas Avenue.

Before joining Stephanie Taylor Law, Guttmann worked as an attorney in New Orleans at mid-size litigation defense firms, where she developed her own entertainment practice. She has significant trial and appellate experience and served as a judicial law clerk in Louisiana federal court. In 2018, Guttmann taught as an adjunct professor in the Department of Film and Music Industry Studies at Loyola University New Orleans. Guttmann has a J.D. from Tulane University Law School and a B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University. She is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and is practicing in Tennessee pending admission to the bar.

“Rachel is the right counterpart to my practice,” said Taylor. “She brings a unique perspective from the New Orleans music scene, along with her experiences defending corporations, public bodies, and insurance companies in lawsuits.”

Guttman can be reached at [email protected] or in the Stephanie Taylor Law office at 615-891-4044.