Little Big Town once again holds fort at #1 with "Girl Crush," a song which is Top 10 on country radio and Top 30 on the Adult Pop (Hot AC) radio chart, with sales now at 1.33 million. Not bad for a song that initially struggled with country radio despite massive sales. Luke Bryan's "Kick The Dust Up" is only days away from hitting Gold, something that'll happen in the 7th or 8th week of release. Given the divisive nature of the song, it's certainly living up to the power of stardom to drive sales. Speaking of star power, Sam Hunt has the #3 and #4 songs on this chart with "Take Your Time" at #3 with sales now at 1.42 million and rising hit "House Party" at 333k. "Time" is now making inroads at Pop, Hot AC and the AC charts where it's either Top 20 or Top 30 (or soon to chart). That means it'll likely stay on this chart for the foreseeable future. Rounding out the Top 5 of Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of July 1, 2015 is the Gold-eligible "Sangria" from Blake Shelton. His albums may sell less than Luke Bryan and some other top tier stars but his singles sure are selling quite well. It'll be interesting to see if "Bringing Back The Sunshine" or something else are released as the fourth single from Bringing Back The Sunshine.
Top 10 Notes
Sitting at #6 is Eric Church's "Like A Wrecking Ball." The song has sold 562k to date. Thomas Rhett's "Crash And Burn" is at #7 with sales of 298k to date while Chris Janson's "Buy Me A Boat" is at #8 with 268k and it's just entering the Top 20 of radio (actually, both songs are bit Janson's is doing it with only 9 weeks of radio exposure and 12 weeks total of time from unsigned to Top 20). Kelsea Ballerini as at #9 with her recent smash radio hit "Love Me Like You Mean It." It has now scanned nearly 400k and it's fair to say it'll eventually be a Gold-certified single by the end of summer, if not sooner. Rounding out the Top 10 is "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16."
Notable Track Notes
Zac Brown Band's "Loving You Easy," Brett Eldredge's "Lose My Mind" and Jake Owen's "Real Life" all sit in the notable section (songs #11-30) of Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of July 1, 2015 chart rundown. Also notable are Chris Young's "I'm Comin' Over," Old Dominion's "Break Up With Him" (it has sold 200k), Dustin Lynch's "Hell Of A Night" and Jana Kramer's "I Got The Boy," a song which has re-entered the Top 30 this week and while radio is slow to play it, fans are still enjoying purchasing the single (it has scanned 179k to date). The other new song in the Top 30 is Florida Georgia Line's "Anything Goes," which sits at 28 this week.
Outside The Top 30 Notes
- Cole Swindell "Let Me See Ya Girl" at #31 with 133k to date
- Brothers Osborne "Stay A Little Longer" at #32 67k to date
- Frankie Ballard "Young And Crazy" at #33 with 116k to date
- Maddie & Tae "Fly" at #39 with 128k sold to date
- Reba "Going Out Like That" at #46 with sales at 195k to date
- Hunter Hayes "21" at #52 with sales of 41k
- Cam "Burning House" at #54 with sales of 29k
- RaeLynn "For A Boy" at #59 with 77k and a gain of 38% over last week
- Kip Moore "I'm To Blame" at #61 with 108k
- LOCASH at #73 with "I Love This Life" it has moved 48k to date
- Old Dominion at #90 with "Nowhere Fast," their current SiriusXM rising hit. Sales at 22k to date
- The Band Perry "If I Die Young" at 4.987 million scanned. Song is or will be certified 5x Platinum soon
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.
- Rascal Flatts "Riot"
- Luke Combs "Hurricane"
The Top 30 Digital Country Singles (7/1/2015)*
*Chart Numbers rounded to nearest thousandth.
Place | Artist | Track | Sales | Total |
1 | Little Big Town | Girl Crush | 68,000 | 1,332,000 |
2 | Luke Bryan | Kick The Dust Up | 60,000 | 448,000 |
3 | Sam Hunt | Take Your Time | 49,000 | 1,423,000 |
4 | Sam Hunt | House Party | 43,000 | 333,000 |
5 | Blake Shelton | Sangria | 41,000 | 519,000 |
Brian Cole
Can you let us know when "If I Die Young" reaches 5 million? A group of us on ATRL are trying to keep track of all the songs that reach 5 million downloads released since the beginning of 2010. We are at either 36 or 37 songs now, and The Band Perry's song looks like it will be the next one to reach that mark. Thank you for your work, and enjoy your holiday weekend!
Matt Bjorke
It undoubtedly will get there very, very soon.