Multi-week No. 1s Are Also ‘A Beautiful Thing’
Phil Vassar’s “Love Is A Beautiful Thing” gets a second week to enjoy the CountryBreakout™ chart’s No. 1 spot, but challengers Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift are but a few spins away. Brooks & Dunn’s “Put...
Industry News Friday (5/8/08)
Memorial services for Eddy Arnold will be held next week. The Country Music Hall of Fame member passed away yesterday (5/8) at age 89. A public viewing in the Country Music Hall of Fame rotunda...
2008 Music Row Award Nominees
Industry Voting Begins May 16
It’s been an intense week at Music Row preparing for today’s announcement and we are excited to share some new developments! Drum roll please, lift the curtain and voila!—the...
Artist News Friday (5/9/08)
Universal Records South will release Jennifer Hanson's new studio album as a digital exclusive on June 3. Thankful features all new music written by Hanson, and co-produced by her and Nick Brophy. Label GM...
Phil Vassar and Friends Celebrate New Album
Universal Records South recording artist Phil Vassar recently hosted a cocktail party at his home to celebrate the release of his new album Prayer of a Common Man...
Lifenotes: Jerry Wallace
Jerry Wallace, known for the million-selling hit “Primrose Lane,” passed away on May 5 in California from congestive heart failure. Nicknamed “Mr. Smooth,” Wallace was a successful pop artist before switching to country. His...
ACM Awards Set Stage For New Singles
Sugarland and Kellie Pickler will debut songs during the May 18 ACM Awards, airing live on CBS. Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush will perform “All I Want To Do,” the lead single from their...
A perennial trend in the country format has been a stream of pop stars trying to cross over to country, with current examples including Jewel and Hootie and the Blowfish front man Darius Rucker. But a more interesting trend is...
I think this is the highest concentration of greatness in the whole universe,” proclaimed Jim Lauderdale as he took the stage at the Medallion Ceremony which officially inducted Emmylou Harris and the late Ernest V. “Pop” Stoneman into the Country...
I’ll bet this topic is going to get flack,” predicts the major label publicist who suggested I do a column about labels having to field a high volume of requests from charities for donations of artist merchandise and time, and...
“Travelin’ Light”
“The Rodeo Is Over”
“Days of Thunder”
“Burnin’ Bridges”
“Fine Me a Man Like Goober”
“My Block”
“You’re the Ticket”
“Dona Carmela”
“But I Could Be Wrong”
“Hick Chick”