Little Big Town Celebrates Platinum

(L to R): Universal Music Group Nashville Chairman & CEO Mike Dungan, Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, Little Big Town Manager/Sandbox Entertainment’s Jason Owen, Universal Music Group Chairman & CEO Lucian Grainge, Photo: Chris Hollo

UMG Nashville celebrated the RIAA Platinum certification of Little Big Town’s album Tornado last night (Aug. 13) at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

UMG Nashville Chairman and CEO Mike Dungan greeted the guests, proclaiming that the last 12 months has been a “year of firsts” for the band as members of the industry, friends and family celebrated the impressive milestone. A year ago, Little Big Town debuted their album Tornado in the very same symphony hall with a special performance of the album in its entirety. Members of the group, Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet and Kimberly Schlapman, each took the opportunity to thank the team members behind the album’s success.

Selling over a million units to date, Tornado spent five consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Country sales chart and has produced two No. 1 singles – “Pontoon” (double Platinum certified) and title track “Tornado.” LBT won their first Grammy award this year for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Pontoon,” as well as winning an Emmy Award for the “Good Afternoon” theme song for ABC’s Good Afternoon America. The group was also named CMA Vocal Group of The Year and ACM Vocal Group of The Year and headlined the sold-out Tornado Tour.

Little Big Town is currently touring with Keith Urban and Dustin Lynch in Urban’s Light The Fuse tour.