At #1 on Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of April 29, 2015 chart report is Little Big Town's "Girl Crush," the song has weathered 'controversy' to have a high profile feature on the ACM Awards from Dallas. The song had the best one week sale for any country single and more than any single outside of the song "See You Again" from the Furious7 Soundtrack. Sam Hunt's "Take Your Time," a song which has now sold over 1 million downloads to date, is at #2. Blake Shelton jumps to #3 with "Sangria" which sold 39k last week while Zac Brown Band's "Homegrown" is at #4 with sales now over 538k, making it eligible for a Gold certification. Rounding out the Top 5 is Florida Georgia Line's "Sippin' On Fire." The single has now scanned 275k.
Top 10 Notes
Miranda Lambert's "Little Red Wagon" is at #6 this week with sales now at 331k while Christina Aguilera's "Shotgun" from ABC's "Nashville" debuts at #7 (but was taken down from iTunes or else it could've been higher). Eric Church's "Like A Wrecking Ball" sits at #8 this week while Reba's "Ain't Goin' Out Like That" sits at #9 thanks to the ACM Awards and other major media apperances. Finally, Cole Swindell's third single from his self-titled debut, "Ain't Worth The Whiskey" is at #6 with sales now at 605k while .
Notable Track Notes
Brett Eldredge debuts at #13 with "Lose My Mind" selling 21k downloads, Jason Aldean's "Tonight Looks Good On You" rises again while Canaan Smith's "Love You Like That," Tyler Farr's "A Guy Walks Into A Bar" march toward Gold certifications (both aren't there yet). Rascal Flatts "Riot" debuts at#23 thanks to the ACM Performance while Thomas Rhett closes out the Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of April 29, 2015 chart with "Crash and Burn" and "Make Me Wanna" both sitting inside of the chart.
Outside The Top 30 Notes
- Brantley Gilbert "One Hell Of An Amen" at #32 with 128k downloaded to date
- Jana Kramer "I Got The Boy" at #33 with 90k downloaded to date
- Michael Ray "Kiss You In The Morning" at #41 with 46k downloaded to date
- Zac Brown Band "Loving You Easy" debuts at #42 with 8k tracks downloaded
- Kacey Musgraves "Biscuits" at #50 69k downloads to date
- Wille & Merle's "It's All Going To Pot" debuts at #53 with 6,500 tracks downloaded
- Sam Hunt "House Party" at #54 with 136k downloaded to date
- Cadillac Three Debut at #58 with "White Lightning" with 6k tracks downloaded
- Corey Kent White "Unwound" debuts at #60 with 6k tracks downloaded
- Sam Hunt "Break Up In A Small Town" at #66 with 325k downloaded to date
- Dierks Bentley "Riser" at #70 with 45k downloads to date
- Old Dominion "Break Up With Him" at #75 with 110k downloads to date
Songs falling out of the Top 30 This Week
Note: Songs falling out of the Top 30 chart can be viewed in new 'falling off" tally section linked below.
- Chase Rice "Ride"
- Brad Paisley "Crushing It"
- Meghan Linsey "Girl Crush"
- Chris Young "Lonely Eyes"
New single(s) that may debut next week
- Songs from Sawyer Fredericks, Meghan Linsey and Corey Kent White.
The Top 30 Digital Country Singles (4/29/2015)*
*Chart Numbers rounded to nearest thousandth.
| Place | Artist | Track | Sales | Total |
| 1 | Little Big Town | Girl Crush | 110,000 | 632,000 |
| 2 | Sam Hunt | Take Your Time | 58,000 | 1,003,000 |
| 3 | Blake Shelton | Sangria | 39,000 | 98,000 |
| 4 | Zac Brown Band | Homegrown | 36,000 | 538,000 |
| 5 | Florida Georgia Line | Sippin' On Fire | 36,000 | 275,000 |
Brian Cole
I see "Girl Crush" won the Streaming Gainer award from Billboard on the Hot Country Songs Chart, but the person I know that tries to come up with the totals says the song only received around 2.3 million streams, which seems so low for a song selling six figures. "Take Your Time" accumulated 3.2 million streams, but that total was still short of the total needed for the 50 position Billboard Hot Streaming Chart. The new Spotify version only goes down 50 positions (down from 200!). Neither song is in the Top 50, though I feel sure at least "Take Your Time" is within the Top 100.
Matt Bjorke
This doesn't follow streams at all though.