ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year Brett Young celebrated his ongoing Platinum success with friends, family and industry supporters including BMLG President and CEO Scott Borchetta and BMLG Records President Jimmy Harnen last night just outside of Nashville. The hitmaker added his debut self-titled album and Top 5-and-rising single “Mercy” to a bolstering list …
Read More »Kenny Chesney Number One For A Second Week
Having broken Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart record for Most Career Country No. 1s, Kenny Chesney’s reality-checking “Get Along,” a frisky mid-tempo celebrating the things that bring us together instead of divide us, holds for a second chart-topping week as the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar gets ready to release Songs for the Saints this Friday, July …
Read More »Scotty McCreery’s Shares Wedding Footage
It’s been just over a month since Scotty McCreery, the man once named “Country Music’s Hottest Bachelor,” gave up his title as he married the love of his life, Gabi Dugal, in a romantic ceremony set in the mountains of North Carolina. As they settle into married life, the newlyweds are …
Read More »Craig Campbell Announces “See You Try” Tour
Craig Campbell is taking his pure-Country flair on the road this summer, embarking on a coast-to-coast run of concert dates with the newly revealed See You Try Tour. Beginning August 3 in Providence, Kentucky, Campbell will crisscross the U.S. from California to Virginia with more than a dozen stops on …
Read More »Americana Music Association Announces Final Round of 2018 Performers
The Americana Music Association announced today the remaining 52 artists slated to perform at the annual AMERICANAFEST®: The Americana Music Festival & Conference, which runs from September 11-16 in Nashville, TN. For the 19th consecutive year, the six-day festival and conference will once again fill the city with legends, newcomers, …
Read More »Ricky Skaggs Announced As Inductee For Bluegrass Hall of Fame
This morning in Nashville, during a live broadcast on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction, 15-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs was formally announced as an inductee for the IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Along with Paul Williams, Tom T. Hall and the late Dixie Hall, Skaggs will be officially inducted on Thursday, …
Read More »Florida Georgia Line Make Billboard History
Florida Georgia Line have achieved another unprecedented career milestone, ruling the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the most weeks – 90 cumulative – since it originated in 1958 as an all-encompassing genre songs survey. Country icon George Strait previously held the title at 84 weeks. “We are absolutely blown …
Read More »Michael Knox To Launch Music Knox Records
BMG has entered into a new label venture deal with award-winning Country music producer Michael Knox. Knox, most noted as the producer of Broken Bow Records’ Country superstar Jason Aldean, will look to develop, sign, and release up-and-coming artists through Music Knox Records, a new imprint backed by BMG. With …
Read More »HOF Announces Judds Exhibit Coming Aug. 10
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will take a fresh look at the story of The Judds—mother Naomi and daughter Wynonna—using rare artifacts, original manuscripts, unpublished photos and keepsake costumes in an exhibit titled The Judds: Dream Chasers. The exhibit opens Aug. 10, 2018 and continues through July …
Read More »Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch, Lauren Alaina Announce Tour
The REASON TO DRINK… ANOTHER TOUR will launch on October 4 in Tuscaloosa, AL with PLATINUM-selling 10-time #1 hit songwriter COLE SWINDELL, PLATINUM-selling star DUSTIN LYNCH, who recently notched his fifth consecutive #1 hit, and one of the hottest female artists in country music today LAUREN ALAINA as special guest. The …
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