This week's chart is different than normal as it's based on the Top 30 digital songs within the Top 50 of the airplay chart. We hope you find this interesting as we feature quite a few songs that haven't been inside the standard Top 30 in quite a few weeks (if ever). Jason Aldean's "Burnin' It Down" is at #1 with 78k scanned. Florida Georgia Line is at #2 with 54k scanned for "Dirt while Kenny Chesney's "American Kids" is at #3. At #4 is the new single from Sam Hunt, "Leave The Night On." It is newly Gold. Rounding out the Top 5 is Blake Shelton's "Neon Light."
Top 10 Notes
Lady Antebellum's "Bartender" is at #6 with Luke Bryan's "Roller Coaster" at #7. Maddie & Tae's "Girl In A Country Song" single is one of only three female-driven tracks in the Top 10 (joining "Bartender" and #10 "Somethin' Bad" from Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. Chase Rice is up to #9 with "Ready Set Roll."
Notable Track Notes
Some of the notable songs this week include the #1 song in all of country radio, Dustin Lynch's "Where It's At" at #11. Tim McGraw's new single "Shotgun Rider" debuts at #14 with 16k tracks downloaded while Keith Urban's "Somewhere In My Car" sits at #14. Big & Rich have rarely entered our rundowns so the fact that we're able to highlight their single "Look At You" (which has quietly sold 190k downloads) is one of the bonuses to this intriguing report.
Scotty McCreery actually breaks the Top 30 with his fast-rising radio hit "Feelin' It" while Parmalee and RaeLynn make appearances as well. Finally, Jake Owen's "What We Ain't Got" rounds out our notable list this week, his traditional ballad has sold 71k downloads to date and it's barely in the Top 40 at radio after just a few weeks on the radio chart.
Outside The Top 30 Notes
- Chase Bryant's at 39 with "Take It On Back." The single has sold 18k tracks to date
- Thomas Rhett's "Make Me Wanna" is at #34 with 108k sold
- Dan + Shay are at #31 with "Show You Off." They've sold 103k tracks to date
- David Nail's "Kiss You Tonight" is at #32 with sales at 121k to date
- Hunter Hayes is at #35 with sales at 74k to date
Songs falling out of the Top 30 This Week
- No Info Provided this week.
New singles that may debut next week
- Tracks from Florida Georgia Line and Jason Aldean
The Top 30 Digital Country Singles (09/24/2014)*
*Chart features only songs within Mediabase Top 50 singles. Numbers rounded to nearest thousandth. k=1,000
| Place | Artist | Track | Sales | Total |
| 1 | Jason Aldean | Burnin' It Down | 78,000 | 893,000 |
| 2 | Florida Georgia Line | Dirt | 54,000 | 881,000 |
| 3 | Kenny Chesney | American Kids | 39,000 | 885,000 |
| 4 | Sam Hunt | Leave The Night On | 36,000 | 534,000 |
| 5 | Blake Shelton | Neon Light | 34,000 | 143,000 |
Brian Cole
I am sorry to write back so quickly again, and in no way am I trying to be critical. I can see not wanting to rank "Cruise" or other over the top remixes anymore. However, I and many others I know personally liked seeing how many total downloads the chart'years biggest hits had received (like Luke Bryan's "Play It Again" Brantley Gilbert's "Bottoms Up") . As of last Saturday, when putting currents and re-currents together (with the process described in my previous comment), Luke Bryan's "Play It Again" ranked at #26, while Brantley Gilbert's "Bottoms Up" ranked #37, both well within the Top 50. Also, both of Florida-Georgia Line's remixes/mash-ups have fallen out of the Top 50. This is just a suggestion, and thank you for your time.
Brian Cole
Currents and Recurrents or just Currents? Are you counting currents and re-currents together for the Top 50? Due to most publications aggressive recurrency policy put in place to please the labels, an large majority of listeners feel these songs are recategorized as a recurrent way too fast. As a person who does a blog including all of the Rock and Country Formats, I used All Access/Mediabase data, rank currents and recurrents together, use all stations monitored by Mediabase (published or not), and rank by impressions. The overly-strict recurrency rules are why I started my blog. Mediabase and Billboard should at least try to meet in the middle to compromise between fans and labels, and leave the Top 15 alone.
Matt Bjorke
This week, it's just current's next week will return to a regular format. It was a way of having a chart this week.
Andrejkur
Hey Matt Thanks for your weekly updates. By chance, do you have the up-to-date numbers of Cassadee Pope's Wasting All These Tears, I Wish I Could Break Your Heart and Frame By Frame ? I appreciate it, thanks! Adrejkur
Matt Bjorke
Not this week, sorry.