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Chris Young & Mitchell Tenpenny Go from the End of Bar to the Number-One Spot

Chris Young & Mitchell Tenpenny Go from the End of Bar to the Number-One Spot

Congrats to Chris Young & Mitchell Tenpenny as their song “At The End Of A Bar” is the number-one song in country music this week. Talking about the song topping the chart, Chris says “Writing At The End Of A Bar with Mitchell Tenpenny and Chris De Stefano and then me and Chris getting to…MORE

Looking Back on CMA Music Fest 2022 – 4 Days of Fun & Music in Nashville

Looking Back on CMA Music Fest 2022 – 4 Days of Fun & Music in Nashville

After being sidelined for 2 years due to COVID and quarantine – CMA Music Fest was back in a big way in 2022. Some of highlights from the meeting of country singers and fans included… Luke Combs kicked off CMA Music Fest with a parking lot party… Gabby Barrett sang her new single “Pick Me…MORE

Chris Young’s Famous Friends (Deluxe Edition) – With 6 Additional Tracks – is Available Now

Chris Young’s Famous Friends (Deluxe Edition) – With 6 Additional Tracks – is Available Now

Chris Young‘s album Famous Friends (Deluxe Edition) is available now! The original version of the album included 14 tracks – including the title track with Kane Brown. Now Chris’ album is even friendlier with 6 additional songs. Famous Friends (Deluxe Edition) new tracks include acoustic versions of “I’m Comin’ Over” and “Think Of You” with Cassadee…MORE

Country Music Artists Reflect on Memorial Day – May 30th, 2022

Country Music Artists Reflect on Memorial Day – May 30th, 2022

Today, Monday May 30th, is Memorial Day. We honor the men and women who sacrificed their lives while serving in the US military ever year on the last Monday in May. The day, originally called Decoration Day, started after the US Civil War…but would have to wait 100 years to become an official federal holiday…MORE

Chris Young is Going Deluxe with His Famous Friends Album

Chris Young is Going Deluxe with His Famous Friends Album

Chris Young released his Famous Friends album last year, and this June he’s releasing a Deluxe Edition of the project. The beginning of June is always a big time of year for Chris – usually there’s CMA Music Fest, and his birthday is on the 12th, so normally his fan club get together is a…MORE

Mitchell Tenpenny’s EP The Low Light Sessions – Available Now

Mitchell Tenpenny’s EP The Low Light Sessions – Available Now

Mitchell Tenpenny‘s EP The Lowlight Sessions is out now. Talking about his new EP Mitchell says, “The Lowlight Sessions is probably my favorite project up to this point because it’s songs that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time.” Fans will find Tenpenny’s life reflected in his music, “If you listen to it…MORE

Chris Young is Feeling Lucky Going into Tonight’s ACM Awards

Chris Young is Feeling Lucky Going into Tonight’s ACM Awards

Chris Young is the leading nominee at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards… When Chris found out he had 7 nominations he admitted, “I’m having trouble wrapping my head around it a little. And just like blown away. This is a whole new ACM experience for me, for sure. “ Then Chris realized he…MORE

Chris Young Leads with 7 Nominations at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards

Chris Young Leads with 7 Nominations at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards

Congrats to Chris Young as he received 7 nominations for 57th Academy of Country Music Awards! Chris leads the field of ACM Awards nominees this year with 7 nominations, that includes nods in the categories of Album, Single, Video, and Music Event Of The Year. Chris was honored as songwriter, and producer as well as…MORE

2021 Billboard Country Music Airplay Number-One Songs

2021 Billboard Country Music Airplay Number-One Songs

Country music in 2021 – by the numbers… 33 songs went to number-one on the Billboard country airplay chart in 2021 – one song even did it twice (more on that in a bit) 5 artists hit number-one for the first time in 2021 (Blanco Brown, Niko Moon, Lainey Wilson, Elvie Shane, & MacKenzie Porter)…MORE

Top-10 Billboard Country Airplay Songs of 2021

Top-10 Billboard Country Airplay Songs of 2021

The numbers have been crunched, tallied and calculated – and now we know Billboard’s Top-10 Country Airplay Songs of 2021. Here’s the 10 tracks that were played on country radio the most this year. 10. Justin Moore – “We Didn’t Have Much” 9. Jordan Davis – “Almost Maybes” 8. Parmalee & Blanco Brown – “Just…MORE

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