Keith Tops SoundScan

Pull My Chain Triumphs

According to SoundScan figures, Toby Keith had his best debut week, scanning a whopping 119,504 units with his DreamWorks album Pull My Chain.

According to John Rose, Sr. Executive Sales & Marketing at DreamWorks, "If you...

More Oermann Singles Reviews

Internet Supplement

Music Row's 20th anniversary issue featured a compilation of Robert K. Oermann's best and worst singles reviews. For those of you who couldn't get enough, here's another helping.

PATSY CLINE AND JIM REEVES “I Fall...

CMA Nominations Announced

Nominees for the 35th Annual CMA Awards were announced this morning at Nashville's Adelphia Stadium. Sara Evans received five nominations, with Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson and the O Brother soundtrack each receiving four. Brooks & Dunn...

Dixie Chicks Sue Sony

Press Release

The Dixie Chicks, multi-platinum recording artists, have asserted claims against Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. for breach of their recording agreement, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and violation of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...

Musicrow.com Suffers Down Weekend

Misses Friday E-mail Deadlines

Friday lunchtime (8/24) was business as usual. The RowFax pitch sheet and @MusicRow Friday Report had passed the final proofing and layout stages and everything appeared to be on track and on time for the...

Promo Exec Departs MCA Nashville

David Haley has exited from MCA Nashville after 17 years with the company in what was described as an amicable split, according to an official MCA spokesperson. Haley most recently served as Senior VP National...

Hastaba Departs, CMT Names Philips

Senior VP/GM Resigns

Paul Hastaba, CMT's Senior VP/GM of Operations in Nashville, has officially resigned. He joined CMT in 1995 and continued to steer the channel after it became a part of MTV Networks in 2000. Hastaba...

Shelton & Thomson Debut

Ringing Up Big Sales

If this week's SoundScan numbers are any indication, fans ARE excited about the future of country music.

Albums from newcomers Blake Shelton and Cyndi Thomson racked huge debut numbers, scanning 34,752 and 20,257, respectively. Shelton's...

Radio Group Battles Threaten R&R

Reporter Boycott

The changes were decided at the highest levels of R&R and Mediabase,” says R&R Nashville Bureau Chief Lon Helton. “The idea was to bring all the charts into uniformity.”

Whatever the idea, it...

Fierstein/Carpenter Split Ways

Manager Resigns

New York-based Manager Ron Fierstein of AGF Entertainment and Columbia Nashville artist Mary Chapin Carpenter have split ways. "I resigned a week ago," said Fierstein today (8/6). "She's a great artist but I didn't...