
Chris Young Celebrates Ninth No. 1 Song
Chris Young stopped by Sony Music Nashville’s office to celebrate his ninth No. 1 song, “Sober Saturday Night,” with members of the Sony staff.

Pictured (L-R): Steve Hodges, RG Jones, Nicole Walden holding Bubba Berry, Chris Young holding Dan Nelson, Liz Sledge, Lauren Thomas, Jenny Shearin, Matt Galvin, Nipper representing Larry Santiago, Joe Wills).
Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, BMLG Celebrate At iHeartRadio Awards
Big Machine Label Group celebrated with Thomas Rhett and Florida Georgia Line following Sunday night’s iHeart Radio Awards at the Forum. Thomas Rhett earned the iHeartRadio Country Artist of the Year honor.

Florida Georgia Line and iHeartRadio Country Artist of the Year winner Thomas Rhett pose with Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta, BMLG SVP of Creative Sandi Spika Borchetta and The Valory Music Co.’s General Manager George Briner at Sunday night’s (March 5) 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Forum Photo Courtesy of Big Machine Label Group
The Band Perry Celebrates Pop-Up Series In Atlanta
The Band Perry kicked off its series of nine pop-up shows Sunday night at Terminal West in Atlanta. Last month, the group released “Stay in the Dark,” the first single off its forthcoming pop album, My Bad Imagination, due out later this year.

Pictured (L-R): Sharon Kilgo; John Kilgo, VP/Music & Label Relations, Cumulus Media; Reid Perry; Mike McVay, SVP Content & Programming, Cumulus/Westwood One, Kimberly Perry and Neil Perry
Warner Music Nashville’s John Esposito Celebrates ACM-Nominated Artists
Warner Music Nashville’s John Esposito celebrates the future of sound with breakout artists Dan + Shay, Brandy Clark and Chris Janson, who represent Warner Music Nashville this year with nominations in all three of the ACM best new artist categories.

Pictured (L-R): Dan Smyers, Brandy Clark, John Esposito, Shay Mooney, Chris Janson
13th Annual Ringside: A Fight For Kids Benefits The Charley Foundation
The three “Rumble on the Row” boxing bouts included: Justin Cahill (CAA) defeating Chris Fabiani (EMI Records Nashville Director of Midwest Promotion); Hannah Williams (Sony/ATV Nashville’s Creative Manager) defeating Lyndsay Church (Columbia Nashville’s Regional Promotion Manager) and Braden Gall (co-host of “Braden & Fitz” on ESPN 102.5 the GAME) defeating AJ Calvin (Southeast Director of Promotions and Marketing for Dot Records).

Photo: Karen Will Rogers
Storme Warren Gets All-Star Birthday Party
SiriusXM The Highway’s Storme Warren celebrated his birthday with an all-star celebration at Nashville’s new Famous Saloon Thursday night, (March 2). Among the artists popping by to give their well wishes were Colton Swon and Tracy Lawrence.

(L-R): Storme Warren, Colton Swon and Tracy Lawrence. Photo: Ed Rode

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