Category: Sales/Marketing
Pistol Annies Shoot Straight To The Top
“Hell on Heels” marches to No. 1 on the country albums chart.
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Biggest Loser Gets Vinny, Grainge Talks A&R, Lady A Fans Scavenge
>>Big Vinny from Trailor Choir (aka Vicent Hickerson) is set to become a big loser this coming year as he competes on season 12 of the NBC hit reality show The Biggest Loser. Big Vinny will be one of 15 contestants weighing over 400 pounds and hoping to win the $250,000 prize. The season premiere […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Eli Young Scores Solid Debut
Eli Young Band’s “Life At Best” debuted with sales of 35K units, including a notably high 46 percent digital downloads. Plus more news from Soundscan.
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Snapshots: Paisley, EYB, Hoge, Nick Lowe
Artist photos from Brad Paisley, Eli Young Band, Will Hoge and Nick Lowe.
Category: Awards, Featured, Organizations, Sales/Marketing, Touring
Zac Brown Band Partners With Jack Daniel’s
Zac Brown Band and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey have announced a one-of-a-kind partnership, the famed distillery’s first with a major music artist in over a decade.
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Average Joe’s Hires Director of Label Operations
The ever-expanding record company is beefing up the team with the addition of an experienced industry exec.
Category: Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
Kentucky Headhunters Return; Deborah Allen Releases New Album
The boys who made “Dumas Walker” famous in 1989 are back with their first studio album since 2003. The Kentucky Headhunters have just released a new single, “Great Acoustics,” from their upcoming album Dixie Lullabies on Red Dirt Records scheduled for release Oct. 18. Holly Gleason recently wrote for No Depression, “Twenty years after being […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
WANTED: A New GPS For Country Marketing
Until recently our industry has relied upon SoundScan and the mainstream radio charts to rank weekly artist activity. But is that still enough or do we need a more comprehensive set of activity gauges? Tom Baldrica and Peter Strickland weigh in…
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Luke Bryan Debuts At Top of Chart
Luke Bryan’s debut is the big story on this week’s SoundScan report. The Capitol Nashville star moved over 145,000 units of his third album tailgates & tanlines, landing at the top of the Country chart, and No. 2 on the overall chart. This is more than double the first week sales of his sophomore release, […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
CMT Adds New Sr. VP, Music Strategy
CMT has tapped an industry vet from the radio world to replace exiting Jay Frank.
Category: Featured, Radio, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Lady A “Need You…” Climbs 5X Platinum
Country fans are showing their love in the form of purchases during this hot summer season. The latest RIAA sales report for July 2011 shows Nashville music warmly represented. The magic numbers to qualify for Gold and Platinum awards are 500,000 and one million respectively. Capitol Nashville lead the Nashville labels with the equivalent of […]
Category: Artist, Awards, Label, Sales/Marketing
