Category: Label
JEFF The Brotherhood Signs With Warner Bros. Records
Nashville’s JEFF The Brotherhood is comprised of Jake and Jamin Orrall, sons of Robert Ellis Orrall […]
Industry Ink Thursday (5/24)
Dungans welcome grand baby • Dan Hodges signing • Joe Nichols/Show Dog Universal split • Warner’s Pickin’ On The Patio tonight • Black River’s Dawn Delvo for LLS Woman of the Year • Aderra Collectible Flash Drives • ASCAP and Young Guns Publishing at the Bluebird
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Organizations, Publishing, Sales/Marketing
Weekly Register: Country TEA Continues Downward Trend
Why is country’s TEA index shrinking while the format’s album and track sales both show YTD gains? And is that a bad omen? […]
Category: Artist, Label, Sales/Marketing
McGraw Joins BMLG Roster
Tim McGraw has joined the Big Machine Records roster, it was announced today (5/21) at a press conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum […]
David Shaw Joins Tenacity Records Promo Team
David Shaw joins the Tenacity Records promotion team as a National Director of Promotion effective immediately, according to an announcement today […]
Signing Pics: Troy Olsen, Mo Pitney, Adam Sanders
Adam Sanders signs with Big Yellow Dog; Mo Pitney inks with Curb Records and Publishing; Troy Olsen renews with Warner/Chappell, THIS Music […]
Category: Featured, Label, Publishing
Weekly Register: A Softer Rate of Descent
Last year, and for the past few years, country albums were very likely to drop from 60-65% in the second week of release. This year’s recent chart behavior shows that a new trend might be developing, lowering that second week drop to somewhere in the range of 50-55%. […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Plowboy Records Launches In Honor of Eddy Arnold
On what would have been Eddy Arnold’s 94th birthday, Plowboy Records has launched in Nashville to celebrate the Tennessee Plowboy’s legacy […]
Senate Subcommittee To Examine UMG/EMI Merger
UMG’s proposed buyout of EMI’s recorded music division will be investigated by a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust issues […]
Category: Featured, Financial/Legal, Label
EJ Bernas Joins Bigger Picture Group
“We didn’t know whether to sign EJ to our artist roster or our executive staff, we only knew that we had to have him and we could figure the rest out later,” says Pres. Michael Powers.
