Archive for January, 2010
Lady A Album Sales Soaring
HitsDailyDouble.com is reporting that, based on impressive initial sales figures, Lady Antebellum’s new release, Need You Now, is set to debut at No. 1 on their next album sales chart, with projected possible first-week sales of 375,000-400,000 copies. The band, up for two awards at this Sunday’s Grammy telecast, made it onto Hits’ mainstream sales […]
Category: Featured
Flatts, Strait, Reba, Wynonna And A Cheese Promo
Love And Theft And One Cheesy Kraft Promotion America’s favorite cheese, Kraft Singles, is partnering with Disney ABC and Lyric Street artists Love And Theft to discover America’s “Single Best Town,” inviting people across the country to share the single best thing about their hometown. Kraft Singles is searching for the “one-of-a-kind features that make America’s […]
ACM Continues Fan-Voted New Artist Noms
The Academy of Country Music (ACM) and Great American Country (GAC) announced today that for the second year, the three newcomer categories for the Academy of Country Music Awards — Top New Solo Vocalist, Top New Vocal Duo and Top New Vocal Group — will be determined through interactive fan voting at VoteACM.com. As previously […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Featured, Organizations
Apple Unveils iPad
Tech-geeks and avid fans of Apple technology were delighted after Steve Jobs’ announcement today of Apple’s new iPad tablet computer. Similar to Apple’s popular iPhone device in touch capability, the iPad offers a 9.7 inch LCD screen, a half-inch thick body and weighs only 1.5 pounds. Models will be available with 16GB, 32GB and 64GB […]
Category: Featured
Lyric Street Signs Kevin Fowler
Lyric Street Records has signed Texas Music stalwart Kevin Fowler to its artist roster. The label, along with Fowler’s management company, Triple 8 Management, celebrated the signing this past weekend in Waco, Texas prior to Fowler’s performance at The Heart of Texas Complex. A native of Amarillo, Texas, Fowler is already well known in his […]
Dan Harr Benefit Set For February 2
A benefit for Dan Harr, owner of the online web portal, Music News Nashville, is scheduled for February 2 at Limelight, 201 Woodland Street in Nashville. The event kicks off at 6:30 PM and tickets are $15.00 at the door. The eclectic lineup includes Grand Ole Opry legend Charlie Louvin, recording artists Danielle Peck, Jeff […]
Category: Featured, Organizations
Taylor Swift Shatters Female Download Record
Billboard reported today that Taylor Swift has broken Britney Spears’ 2008 record for best first-week download sales by a female artist with her current single, “Today Was a Fairytale.” The track sold 325,000 and is set to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Digital Songs chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Both […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Country Music Hall Of Fame For Free
For the third consecutive year, The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is partnering with Ford Motor Company Fund to offer free Museum admission on Saturday, January 30. In addition to touring the exhibit galleries, visitors will be able to enjoy two free Songwriter Sessions. The performances, which will take place in the Museum’s Ford Theater, will feature Tim […]
Category: Featured, Organizations
Turnpike Staff Revealed; Republic Nashville Adds Blythe
Nine North Records President Larry Pareigis has announced a new division of the virtual label/artist services company called Turnpike Music. The new division’s focus will be promotion and marketing of artists to secondary country radio. “Establishing Turnpike will allow an entirely new level of highly targeted service to both new and existing clients moving forward,” […]
Category: Featured, Label, Radio, Sales/Marketing
Burns & Poe
“Don’t Get No Better Than That” Blue Steel Records “Big Blue Steel thank yous to the MusicRow Panel. 71 stations strong and growing every day. Top 20 looking good – Don’t Get No Better Than That!” Blue Steel Records duo Burns & Poe have a new single, “Don’t Get No Better Than That” and it […]
Category: ProgrammerPlaylist
Nashville Rocks: Kesha; Road To Bonnaroo
Nashville native Kesha is raging the pop scene from her new base in Los Angeles. Her just released debut album Animal entered the Billboard Top 200 chart last week in the No. 1 slot, with 152,000 units sold, driven mostly by hit lead single, “Tik Tok.” The former Brentwood High student Kesha Sebert is daughter […]
