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CountryBreakout No. 1 Song

Words you’ll never hear an artist say: “Aw man, do I have to be No. 1 again?”

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Charlie Cook On Air

I attended the National Association of Broadcasters meeting in Chicago this month and a lot of the meeting was really good. There were great panels, great food, and good networking. But some of it was upsetting.

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Industry Ink (9/22)

News from Catt Gravitt, Kenny Vaughn, Tiffany Bearden, Melissa Schleicher, Sue Fabisch and Ilene Angel

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Highest Paid Country Stars

See who ranked this year, and comparisons to last year.

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Country Singing A Pretty Sales Tune

  Lady Antebellum comes roaring out of the physical and digital bins this week to dominate the Nielsen SoundScan sales sphere. The trio’s newest, Own The Night, racked up over 347,000 units (25% digital) giving it the No. 1 position on both the country albums and Top 200 albums charts. The new collection’s performance weighs […]

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DISClaimer Single Reviews (9/21/11)

Let’s take a break from the Music Row mainstream and listen to some platters that have, shall we say, a little more class?

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Bobby Karl Works The ACM Honors

One of the cool things about the ACM Honors is that it features unexpected and unpredictably wonderful performances. Or, as host Joe Nichols put it, “musical moments that you won’t see anyplace else.”

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Photo Spread: NATD Honors Gala

Honorees include Karl Dean, Alabama, Barry Trotz, Jim Gosnell, and Tony Conway.

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Swift’s Sold-Out Traveling Sound Emporium

“I’m a hopeless romantic,” Taylor Swift told the 15,000 screaming fans jammed into Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Sept. 16. Indeed, her 14-track Speak Now album, which has sold 3.65 million copies in 46 weeks, is packed with stories of love—won and lost.

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Dill’s ‘Murder’ Hits Home Run

Veteran Nashville manager Stuart Dill’s sharp new novel, Murder On Music Row has more twists than a narrow country road. The plot revolves around a hired assassin, an international record company merger and …

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Grant and Gill To Be Honored With Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award

Artists Amy Grant and Vince Gill will be presented with The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s 18th annual Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award.

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