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Country radio top 20 has zero female acts, for the first time since at least 1990

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December 05, 2018

For the first time since at least 1990, when Billboard started tracking country radio airplay, there's not a single woman in the format's top 20 most-played songs. Also in the news today: guess which band are this year's most-tweeted artists, the Flaming Lips announce an album featuring a member of the Clash, Sunny Day Real Estate drummer says Dave Grohl has a lost album in his sock drawer, the Apollo Theater expands, and footage of the late George H.W. Bush rocking out surfaces. Audio sampled: Jahzzar - "Comedie" (CC BY 4.0), BoxCat Games - "Against the Wall" (CC BY 3.0), Lauren Alaina - "Ladies In The '90s", Sunny Day Real Estate - "In Circles", Night Train - "Live At The Apollo Theater", George Bush's 1989 inauguration concert