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Country Airplay: Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Canaan Smith Reach the Top 20

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Three songs blast into the Top 20 on this week’s edition of the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

Carrie Underwood’s “Little Toy Guns,” the highest-charting of the three, climbs three places to a new peak of #18. Cut from Underwood’s “Greatest Hits: Decade #1,” “Guns” received 15.756 million audience impressions (+1.902 million) during the most recent tracking week.

“Little Toy Guns” is the follow-up to fellow “Greatest Hits” track “Something in the Water,” which peaked at #3 on Country Airplay.

Underwood’s annual CMA Awards co-host Brad Paisley also scores a new Top 20 placement this week. Up three places from last week’s position, his “Crushin’ It” reaches a new high of #19 on the strength of its 14.376 million weekly impressions (+754,000).

The third of the three Top 20 newcomers is Canaan Smith’s “Love You Like That,” which reaches the Top 20 a week after entering the Top 25. Up four places this week, “Love You Like That” earns #20 courtesy its 12.506 million weekly impressions (+1.214 million).

Other notable movers this week:

— Michael Ray’s iHeartRadio “On the Verge” track “Kiss You in the Morning” rises three places to a new peak of #23.

— Frankie Ballard’s “Young & Crazy” vaults four places to a new high of #24.

— Josh Turner’s “Lay Low” reaches the Top 25 at #25 (+2).

— Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” enjoys an impressive six position surge to a new high of #26.

— Up two places this week, Rascal Flatts’ “Riot” scores a new peak of #29.

— Eric Church’s “Like a Wrecking Ball” jumps four places to a new high of #30.

Written by Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002.

Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj.

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