Playlist week of March 12, 2016

Playlist week of March 12, 2016 – BBC Playlist

Taking a took at the artists appearing on both the Main & Pop Up Stages at the weekends Country2Country Festival 2016

Classics from Gene Watson & Charley Pride

Phil Vassar - Carlene

Jessi Alexander - Honeysuckle Sweet

Gene Watson - Pick The Wildwood Flower

Charles Kelley & Miranda Lambert - Wish You Were Here What a great result it is as well

Ashley Campbell - Remembering "a real talent...quality music"

Malcolm Holcombe - Leaving Anna | Album: Another Black Hole www.malcolmholcombe.com

Crash n Recovery - Minefield

The Great Western Tears - The Late Great Man In Black

Ashley Monroe - Bombshell

Darius Rucker - Half Full Dixie Cup

Jan Howard - To Love A Rolling Stone (March 13, 1930) BIRTHDAY

Michael Martin Murphey - The Cosmic Cowboy (March 13, 1945) BIRTHDAY

Valerie Smith - Sweeter Fields of Clover

Sam Hunt - Leave The Light On

Jann Browne - Love's Gonna Live Here

Vince Gill - I'll Be Waiting For You

Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material

Jerry Jeff Walker - What I Like About Texas

Carrie Underwood - What I Never Knew I Always Wanted

Glenn Williams - The Things That I've Done

The Evie Ladin Band - Drinkin' Bout You

Paul Overstreet - Seein' My Father In Me

Leslie Satcher - Love Letters From Old Mexico

Ron Pope & The Night Hawks - Southern Cross

Maddie & Tae - Fly

Charley Pride - In The Middle Of Nowhere

Bobbie Cryner & Dwight Yoakam - I Don't Care

Clinton Gregory - Chase Away The Lonely

Locust Honey String Band - McMichen's Breakdown

New on The Show

Sam Hunt

Hailing from rural Cedartown, Georgia, Sam Hunt quickly establishing a name for himself and became one of Nashville’s most talked about young talents.

Hunt had been writing songs and playing music since his days as quarterback at the University of Alabama Birmingham.  

Following graduation, Hunt made the move to Music City to pursue songwriting full-time.

Shortly after settling into the Nashville scene, Hunt was signed to a publishing deal and started working with some of the top writers in the business.  Hunt began to develop his craft and quickly gained recognition as a gifted singer-songwriter.

Since moving to Nashville, Hunt has garnered cuts with some of country music’s biggest stars including Kenny Chesney’s No. 1 smash “Come Over,” Billy Currington’s latest “We Are Tonight,” and Keith Urban’s “Cop Car.”

Hunt’s own eclectic style owes its roots to country music with influences in pop, folk and R&B music.  Sam has been winning audiences over throughout the southeast in recent years with his soulful sound, touring with David Nail and joined Little Big Town's summer tour.

Between tour dates, Hunt continued to write and record songs for his upcoming debut album.

HUNT’S ‘PARTY’

• Sam Hunt’s introductory album, MONTEVALLO (MCA Nashville/UMGN), was the No.1 on Top Country Albums for 2015 (Based on multi-metric album consumption). 
• It led the Top Country Album chart for 8 non-consecutive weeks

Released in late 2014, the set has produced three No.1s on both Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay: “Leave the Night On,” “Take Your Time” and “House Party.” Hunt, who won the multi-genre favourite new artist award at the American Music Awards on Nov. 22, is the top artist for 2015 on Hot Country Songs, Country Digital Songs and Country Streaming Songs, and was No.2 on the overall Top Country Artists tally. Plus, “Take Your Time” is No.1 on both the 2015 Hot Country Songs tally and Country Streaming Songs. “House Party” is No.3 on Hot Country Songs for the year.

• In the 2015 Year-End Charts Sam Hunt was ranked #2 Top Country Artist (behind Luke Bryan)

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2015 IN U.S. (Based on Total Equivalent Album Units)

** NOTE ** A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks.

Track equivalent albums (TEA) is a term used to describe a method of converting the sale of individual songs (singles) into whole album numbers. In other words, every time ten units of a single are sold, those ten units are counted as one album sale.

Rank, Artist, Title, Total Units

#9 Sam Hunt, MONTEVALLO 1,378,000

TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS OF 2015 IN U.S.

Based on multi-metric album consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).  >> Top 75 Chart <<

#1 MONTEVALLO/Sam Hunt/MCA Nashville/UMGN

TOP COUNTRY ARTISTS YEAR END 2015 in US See >> TOP 50 CHART <<

#1 Luke Bryan/Capitol Nashville/UMGN

#2 Sam Hunt/MCA Nashville/UMGN

Top-Selling Country Albums, 2015

Country Rank, Artist, Title, Total Pure Sales (release date)

 #1 Luke Bryan, KILL THE LIGHTS 851,000 (released; Aug 7, 2015)

 #2 Sam Hunt, MONTEVALLO 757,000 (released; Oct 27, 2014)

BIG HIT

On Country Digital Songs:

Sam Hunt’s “Take Your Time” finished at No. 2 behind champion Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (Capitol Nashville) based on sales.

#1 Little Big Town, “Girl Crush” 1,925,000 sales | #2 Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time” 1,759,000 sales

Top 10 Country Digital Songs Artists of 2015 in U.S. see >> CHART <<

#1 Sam Hunt

Top-Selling Country Digital Songs, 2015

#1 Little Big Town, “Girl Crush” 1,925,000 (released; Dec 15, 2014)

#2 Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time” 1,759,000

#5 Sam Hunt, “House Party” 957,000

Top New Country Streaming Songs Year-End 2015 >> Top 25 Chart <<

#1 “Take Your Time”/Sam Hunt/MCA Nashville

#2 “Girl Crush”/Little Big Town/Capitol Nashville

#3 “House Party”/Sam Hunt/Mca Nashville

TOP 10 HOT COUNTRY SONGS Year-End of 2015 in U.S. See >> Top 100 Chart <<

Based on:

a) All-format airplay, as monitored by BDS b) Sales, as tracked by Nielsen SoundScan and c) Streaming

#1 Take Your Time/Sam Hunt/MCA Nashville

#2 Girl Crush/Little Big Town/Capitol Nashville

#3 House Party/Sam Hunt/MCA Nashville

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