Through The Lens: Artist Pics

Pictured (L-R): Morris Artist Management’s Brandon Gill and Matt Petty, Jake Owen and Sony Music Nashville’s Senior VP Marketing Paul Barnabee.

• Jake Owen was surprised backstage at his Hollywood Bowl show on Oct. 19 with a plaque commemorating reaching one million followers on Twitter. The artist has been known to tweet everything from planking photos to finger injury pics, so it’s no wonder he keeps fans constantly engaged on Twitter. His new CD Days Of Gold is due out Dec. 3, and he’s partnering with Target to release a special exclusive deluxe version of the album that features four bonus songs, including “Summer Jam” a tune featuring Florida Georgia Line.

Pictured (L-R): Skip Bishop (HitShop), Leslie Fram (CMT), Natalie Stovall, Stacey Cato (CMT)

• Natalie Stovall and The Drive debuted some of the songs on their brand new EP for a Nashville crowd Tues. night (Oct. 22) at Anthem. The EP hit the Top 15 in the iTunes Country downloads chart upon its release.

Pictured (L-R): Dan Pitts (True Artist Management), Dan Rogers (Director, Marketing and Communications Grand Ole Opry), Mandisa and 650 AM WSM’s Bill Cody. Photo Credit: Chris Hollo

 • Mandisa made her Grand Ole Opry debut last night (Oct. 23) during the Opry’s fifth annual “Opry Goes Pink” show in support of Women Rock For The Cure.  Mandisa and other artists including LeAnn Rimes, Amy Grant, Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan and Natalie Grant performed on the special show in support of breast cancer awareness.