Keith Urban pulled “Ripcord” into the top spot on the Billboard Country Albums chart for the week ending June 4 in its chart debut. Florida Georgia Line led the Hot Country Songs chart again with “H.OL.Y.” On the songs chart, Blake Shelton was second with “Came Here to Forget,” one …
Read More »Keith Urban Leads Country Music Sales
Keith Urban will be the leading country disc with “Ripcord” when Billboard releases its charts on Tuesday. Overall, the disc was the sixth best selling release in the U.S. with 44,000 units, down 59 percent. Jennifer Nettles was 10th with “Playing With Fire,” her second solo disc. Nettles moved 33,000 …
Read More »Florida Georgia Line and Keith Urban Lead Billboard Charts
Keith Urban debuted in first on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart with “Ripcord.” Florida Georgia Line stayed atop the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending May 28 with “H.O.L.Y.” On the albums chart, Cole Swindell debuted in second with “You Should Be Here.” Chris Stapleton’s “Traveller,” …
Read More »Three Country CD’s Chart In Top 10
Three country discs are on the Billboard top 10 led by Keith Urban’s “Ripcord.” Urban debuted in fourth with 106,000 units (93,000 in pure album sales). He did slightly better than 2013’s “Fuse,” which debuted at number 1 with 98,000 copies sold. Cole Swindell’s “You Should Be Here” debuted in …
Read More »Urban, Carpenter, Swindell, Lauper New Releases Friday today
Keith Urban pulls out “Ripcord” today leading the list of releases, including Cole Swindell, Mary Chapin Carpenter and a veteran, never known for her country songs. Urban’s disc already has produced a few hits – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and “Wasted Time” – even before its release. He …
Read More »The 2016 Taste of Country Music Festival’s Roster!
Join the party at the 2016 Taste of Country Festival, June 10-12th, 2016 at Hunter Mountain, NY! Three full days of country music, friends, and fun. As Taste of Country noted, “Hunter Mountain is the most scenic country music festival venue in America, and this year it’ll be packed with country …
Read More »Maren Morris Opening Act on Keith Urban’s Ripcord World Tour 2016
June 3, which also happens to be the day Maren Morris kicks off the ripCORD World Tour with Keith Urban and Brett Eldredge, Maren’s first full-length album will be released. Twenty Five and a Texas born native, Maren co-wrote (11 tracks) and co-produced the album whose title “Hero” is also …
Read More »ACM Announces Songwriter Nominations
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton has earned two extra nominations from the Academy of Country Music Awards, making him the leading nominee with seven mentions. The ACM announced on Thursday the nominees for the song of the year and songwriter categories. Stapleton, who had five nominations in previously announced categories, added …
Read More »What An Afternoon at the Ryman Auditorium for 2016 Country Radio Seminar Artists!
A private showcase at the Ryman Auditorium during the 2016 Country Radio Seminar on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 9) was a banner event for Universal Music Group Nashville. An elite group of artists performed…with stellar performances and highlighting the tremendous talent found within the city limits of Nashville. “CRS is an …
Read More »John Wayne Schulz Gets Keith Urban Singing!
John Wayne Schulz didn’t go on to the big stage in his first “Idol” attempt in January 2011, losing a chance to perform as semifinalist. He would have competed against Scotty McCreery who won the American Idol in the end. But what a blessing in disguise. His mother passed away from breast cancer just …
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