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Superstars Kelsea Ballerini And Kane Brown To host “2021 CMT Music Awards” On Wednesday, June 9th At 8p/7c

By on May 12, 2021 in In The Press, Press Releases

Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini set to host the 2021 CMT Music Awards. Photo credit: John Shearer/Getty Images

NASHVILLE — (May 12) — CMT today announced country superstars Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown will take the stage as hosts of the “2021 CMT Music Awards,” country music’s only entirely fan-voted award show, airing Wednesday, June 9th at 8p/7c on CMT. The show will also air as a five network simulcast across the following MTV Entertainment Group brands: MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network and TV Land. This year marks Ballerini’s first time hosting the CMT Music Awards, as Brown returns for his second consecutive year.

 

“Kelsea and Kane are two of the brightest, most sought-after stars in country music today and we’re thrilled to welcome them both as hosts of the 2021 CMT Music Awards,” shared CMT producers. “This dynamic duo reflects the show’s revitalized energy as live music returns to center stage in a night filled with incredible outdoor performances, cross-genre collaborations and a few surprises!”

Ballerini adds: “I’m so excited to be hosting the 2021 CMT Music Awards with Kane! The CMT Awards are so special because they are truly fan voted. Following a year plus where we have not been able to be with the fans and share music together, will make this night even more special.”

 

Shared Brown: “I loved getting a chance to host the CMT Music Awards last year and I’m excited to be back this year with Kelsea. The CMT Music Awards are special to me – it’s the first industry award I won and getting on that stage was an amazing feeling. I love that the fans get to have their voices heard as we celebrate the best in country music.”

Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini set to host the 2021 CMT Music Awards in Nashville.
Photo credit: John Shearer/Getty Images

Nominations for the “2021 CMT Music Awards” will be announced tomorrow, Thursday, May 13th at 11a/10c, in tandem with the start of fan voting at vote.cmt.com. Voting will run through Tuesday, June 1st at 12p/11c. Performers and presenters will be announced at a later date.

“2021 CMT Music Awards” is executive produced by CMT’s Margaret Comeaux, Switched On Entertainment’s John Hamlin and Amy Lin Johnson; the Executives in Charge of Production are Jackie Barba and Heather D. Graffagnino.

 

For more information, visit CMT.com, follow @CMT on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, use hashtag #CMTawards and ‘like’ the CMT Music Awards on Facebook.

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Kelsea Ballerini set to host the 2021 CMT Music Awards. Photo credit: John Shearer/Getty Images

About Kelsea Ballerini:
Kelsea Ballerini is recognized as one of the most influential women in country music today and has consistently made history since the start of her career. Following the release of her debut album, she became the only female country artist to hit #1 with the first three consecutive singles from a debut album. She has platinum and gold album certifications, a career total of eleven gold and platinum singles certifications and has accumulated total streams exceeding 3 billion to date. Ballerini has garnered two GRAMMY® Award nominations, won two ACM Awards and has also received multiple career nominations from the ACM Awards, American Music Awards, CMA Awards, CMT Awards and the People’s Choice Awards. Most recently, she received a 2021 ACM Award nomination for “Female Artist of the Year” and was also welcomed as the Grand Ole Opry’s youngest current member.

 

Kelsea Ballerini released two acclaimed albums in lockdown last year. In March of 2020, she debuted her self-titled third album kelsea (Black River Entertainment). Her most personal effort to date, the album was met with critical praise, including from NPR who opined, “Kelsea Ballerini is definitely one of the most influential women in country right now… she’s defining the sound of the genre.” The debut single from the album, “homecoming queen?”, which the New York Times deemed “excellent,” was certified platinum, marking her fastest single to achieve this milestone yet. Her third single from the album, “hole in the bottle” recently reached Gold RIAA certification and earned Kelsea her sixth #1. Her latest single from the release, “half of my hometown” features a special guest vocal appearance from eight-time Entertainer of the Year and fellow East Tennessee songwriter/superstar Kenny Chesney. While under quarantine, Ballerini created the second half of that story, ballerini. On this album, she carefully deconstructed each song from the kelsea album and re-recorded everything with minimal accompaniment. Co-producing the release, Ballerini showed another side of herself with this reimagined take, highlighting the lyrical power of kelsea as she stripped all of the songs down to the bare essentials.

Kane Brown set to host the 2021 CMT Music Awards. Photo credit: John Shearer/Getty Images

About Kane Brown:
Noted as the “future of Country” (Billboard) and one of “31 People Changing the South” (Time), the chart-topping entertainer recently earned his first ACM Album of the Year nomination for Mixtape Vol. 1, as well as a Video of the Year win for his anthem “Worldwide Beautiful.” Brown first broke through the country charts with his #1 self-titled debut, which spent 13 weeks at the top of the chart and made Brown the first artist in Billboard history to Top all 5 Billboard Country charts simultaneously. That same year Brown earned three AMA Awards and produced two of the most streamed country songs of all time–the 7X platinum #1 hits “Heaven” and “What Ifs.” Brown’s sophomore album Experiment debuted #1 on the Billboard 200 all-genre chart and solidified Brown as the only male country artist in more than 24 years to debut at the top of the Billboard 200. Experiment produced back-to-back #1 hits and was ranked by The New York Times as one of the Top 10 Best Albums of the Year. His latest project, Mixtape Vol. 1 features Brown’s Top 10 pop radio hit “Be Like That” featuring Khalid and Swae Lee, his co-written duet “Last Time I Say Sorry” with John Legend, and his current hit at Country radio “Worship You.” Brown recently announced his Blessed & Free Tour, where he will headline all the NBA arenas in one tour-a first in music. Blessed & Free marks the first tour for Brown since his Worldwide Beautiful Tour, which earned critical praise during its international run.

About CMT:

CMT is the leading authority on country music and lifestyle, offering a mix of original series, music events and specials. CMT is everywhere its fans are including two cable channels (CMT and the 24-hour music channel, CMT Music), radio (CMT Radio), digital (CMT.com) and social (@CMT on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter andYouTube). CMT is a unit of ViacomCBS Inc. (Nasdaq: VIACA, VIAC) (“ViacomCBS”). For more information, please visit cmtpress.com.

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Kane Brown And The Crown Royal Purple Bag Project Team Up With Veterans To Release “Homesick (Veterans Version)” And Give Back To American Heroes

By on August 5, 2020 in In The Press, Press Releases
NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 5, 2020 – Anchored in its longstanding belief that ‘it’s not about what you have, but about what you give,’ Crown Royal is giving back to support American heroes who are serving on the frontlines and minority veterans in their fight for social justice. The Crown Royal Purple Bag Project is enlisting the help of award-winning, multi-platinum country music artist Kane Brown and a team of veteran singer-songwriters to remix his number one single “Homesick,” launching on the one-year anniversary of the song’s original release date.

For every stream of “Homesick (Veterans Version)” The Crown Royal Purple Bag Project will pack 1 bag to be donated as a care package to non-profit Packages From Home as part of the brand’s goal of one million bags by the end of 2020, and will donate $1 to community-based 501(c)3 organization Minority Veterans of America, up to $100,000. Crown Royal and Kane Brown are committed to supporting the American heroes who have generously served our country during these unprecedented times, including frontline and essential workers, first responders, healthcare workers, active-duty military servicemembers and those who are fighting for social justice in the minority veteran community.

Originally written by Brown, “Homesick” was dedicated to members of the military. The “Homesick (Veterans Version)” track, available on streaming services on August 5th, is a reimagined ballad featuring the vocals of veterans Generald Wilson, Retired Petty Officer First Class, U.S. Navy; J.W. Cortés, Retired Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marines; and Sal Gonzalez, Retired Lance Corporal, U.S. Marines. It is available to stream HERE.

“I’m honored to partner with The Crown Royal Purple Bag Project and release ‘Homesick (Veterans Version)’ in recognition of the American servicemen and women who have given so generously during this difficult time,” said Kane Brown. “I also recognize the incredible importance of acknowledging the service our minority veterans have made for this country. My hope is this remix shines a light of hope and generosity, to uplift our heroes during this time.”

“As a veteran, it means so much to work with a brand that has a long history of supporting service men and women,” said J.W. Cortés. “I want this remix to serve as an anthem for all American heroes as we continue to work together for a better tomorrow.”
“Our iconic purple bag is a symbol of generosity and we’re proud that The Crown Royal Purple Bag Project can help give back to those who have given so much of themselves,” said Sophie Kelly, SVP, Whiskies, Diageo NA. “We’re so grateful for the support of Kane and our veteran partners, as well as Packages from Home and Minority Veterans of America, as we continue to give back to those who protect and serve our country.”

While life looks different today than it did before, Crown Royal hopes you raise a glass at home while listening to the “Homesick (Veterans Version).” As always, please drink responsibly.

About The Crown Royal Purple Bag Project
After over a decade of giving back to military servicemembers, in 2018, Crown Royal formally launched The Purple Bag Project to use the brand’s iconic purple bags in a greater, more purposeful way. In partnership with non-profit Packages From Home, Crown Royal announced its goal of packing one million care packages for American military heroes by the end of 2020.

About Crown Royal
Crown Royal Canadian Whisky is the number-one selling Canadian whisky brand in the world and has a tradition as long and distinctive as its taste. Specially blended to commemorate a grand tour of Canada made by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain in 1939, Crown Royal’s smooth, elegant flavor and gift-worthy presentation reflect its regal origins – it is considered the epitome of Canadian whisky. For more information, visit www.crownroyal.com. Crown Royal encourages all consumers to please enjoy responsibly.

About Diageo
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan’s whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Diageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and our products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world. For more information about Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo’s global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives and ways to share best practice.

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About Kane Brown
With his #1 Billboard 200 release, Experiment, Kane Brown became the only male country artist in more than 24 years to debut at the top of the Billboard 200, and only one of three country artists to top the Billboard 200 chart all year (2018). An “artist to pay attention to” and “the future of country” (Billboard), Brown was named a Breakthrough Artist of the Year by the Associated Press and one of “31 People Changing the South” (Time).

The AMA, ACM, Billboard and People’s Choice Award winning and nominated artist is one of only five country acts with multiple 5X Platinum hits (joining Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt and Taylor Swift). Brown first topped the Billboard Top Country Albums chart with the release of his self-titled debut album (2016) and again with the release of Kane Brown Deluxe Edition (2017), which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Top 5 on Billboard 200.

With his debut album, Brown made history by becoming the first artist to top all five Billboard Country Charts with his breakthrough #1 Top Country Album; #1 debuting Country Digital Song, the 5X Platinum “Heaven” and #1 Country Airplay, Hot Country Song and Country Streaming Song, the 5X Platinum “What Ifs.” For more on Kane Brown, visit KaneBrownMusic.com.

About Packages From Home
Packages From Home is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded by an Army mom after she realized that her son was the only soldier in his unit receiving care packages and letters from home. Today, Packages From Home serves active duty U.S. military members from all branches who are stationed or deployed overseas, as well as homeless, transitioning, and at-risk veterans by providing them with requested food, hygiene, and entertainment items to boost morale and quality of life. Since 2004, Packages From Home has shipped more than 115,000 care packages and 282,000 lbs. of bulk supplies overseas, provided more than 66,000 lbs. of food and personal care items to homeless veterans, and served over 575,000 individual servicemembers. In 2020, in partnership with The Crown Royal Purple Bag Project, and in service of the “Homesick (Veterans Version)” track, Packages From Home will expand its distribution network beyond the military to also include other American heroes such as frontline workers, essential workers and healthcare workers.

About Minority Veterans of America 
Minority Veterans of America (MVA) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that was designed to create belonging and advance equity for underrepresented veterans, such as women, people of color, LGBTQ, and religious minorities. The organization aims to transform the narrative of the American veteran by building an interconnected community, fostering greater understanding of our memberships’ identities, and serving minority veterans through the development of targeted programming and advocacy. For more information, visit www.minorityvets.org.
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Kane Brown Continues To Make Strides In Country Music With Several Career Achievement Awards

By on March 19, 2020 in Uncategorized

4X AMA winner Kane Brown just received word of three new certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Brown’s self-titled debut album, a 13-week No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, has been upgraded to 2X Platinum. With this album, Brown made history by becoming the first artist to top all five Billboard Country Charts with his breakthrough No. 1 Top Country Album; No. 1 debuting Country Digital Song, the 5X Platinum “Heaven,” and No. 1 Country Airplay, Hot Country Song and Country Streaming Song, the 5X Platinum “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina.

Furthermore, Brown’s No. 1 Billboard 200 Experiment has been officially certified Platinum, and becomes the only country album released since November 2018 to achieve this RIAA award status. With his Platinum Experiment and 2X Platinum Kane Brown, the 26-year-old entertainer joins Garth Brooks and Carrie Underwood as the only artists to score Platinum and Multi-Platinum certifications so far in 2020. Of all the country artists who made their long-form debut since 2016, Brown is the only one to receive two or more Platinum album certifications.

Kane Brown received a third RIAA award for “Homesick,” now Platinum-certified. Coinciding with its second week at No. 1 on Billboard and Country Aircheck/Mediabase airplay charts, “Homesick” was co-written by Brown, Brock Berryhill, Matthew McGinn and Taylor Phillips and produced by Dann Huff. Preceded by “Good As You” and “Lose It,” this is the third No. 1 Platinum hit from Brown’s Experiment album. The singer-songwriter extends his career total of No. 1 singles to five which includes his 5X Platinum-certified hits “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina and “Heaven” from his 2X Platinum self-titled debut album. Also, Kane Brown increases his Platinum-certified singles tally to seven.

Global entertainer Kane Brown has been called “the future of country” (Billboard), “Breakthrough Artist of the Year” in 2018 (Associated Press) and one of “31 People Changing the South” (Time). With the chart-topping Billboard 200 release of his album Experiment in Nov. 2018, Brown became the only male country artist in more than 24 years to have his sophomore album debut at the top of this chart. The ACM, People’s Choice, Billboard and iHeartRadio Music Awards nominated artist is one of only five country acts with multiple 5X Platinum hits (joining Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt and Taylor Swift). His two 5X Platinum songs are “Heaven” and “What Ifs” which, respectively, are the No. 3 and No. 5 most-streamed country tracks of all time – making him the only artist to have two tracks in the Top 5 of country’s most-streamed songs. A recent milestone is Brown being in the company of only 10 other country artists who have sold-out the Staples Center in Los Angeles, which he accomplished on Jan. 9 when he headlined the historic venue’s 20th anniversary celebration. In Feb., he kicked off his “Worldwide Beautiful Tour” including U.S. dates in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club. Among Kane Brown’s multiple musical collaborations, the most recent is Marshmello and Brown’s Platinum-certified “One Thing Right,” a Top 15 hit at Top 40 radio which also crossed to Hot AC.
  For more information on Kane Brown, visit KaneBrownMusic.com.

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Kane Brown Kicks Off Experiment Album Launch With National Media Hits And Sold-Out Madison Square Garden Show

By on November 5, 2018 in In The Press

Leading up to the Friday, November 9 release of his much-anticipated new album, Experiment, three-time American Music award winner Kane Brown heads to New York City for a series of national media hits starting with his debut appearance on “LIVE with Kelly & Ryan” on Tuesday, November 6. Additional stops include performances on “Pickler and Ben” (Nov. 8), “The Voice” (Nov. 13) and the “Jimmy Kimmel LIVE” Outdoor Stage (Nov. 14) following the CMA Awards.

While in New York, Brown will perform at iHeartCountry LIVE with Kane Brown Powered by M&M’S: A First Look Inside his new album Experiment at iHeartRadio Theater before a live audience. The exclusive performance and intimate Q&A hosted by Amy Brown will stream on iHeartCountry’s Official YouTube Channel at 7:00 pm Eastern Time.

Additionally, the 25-year old singer-songwriter will take the stage for his first-ever sold-out headlining performance as part of the Budweiser One Night Only Concert Series at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on November 7.

Spotlighted as the cover story in the November 3 issue of Billboard Magazine available now, Brown will be making additional soon-to-be-announced appearances during his Experiment album launch week, including a live stream of Brown’s iHeart Theater show scheduled to take place November 6th. As previously announced, Brown will also perform on Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Brown’s forthcoming Experiment is the follow-up to his multi-week chart-topping Platinum-certified RCA Nashville/Zone 4 debut album. It is produced by multiple-award winner Dann Huff and features 12 tracks, 11 of which the country star co-wrote including his Top 5 airplay and streaming hit “Lose It.” Pre-order the new album HERE. In addition to his hit single, already-released album tracks “Weekend,” “Hometown,” “Short Skirt Weather” and “Good As You” are available to download and stream now; music videos of each of these advance tracks are also available to stream. Released Friday, November 2, Apple Music Presents: Kane Brown – Experiment is available worldwide HERE.

Kane Brown was recently awarded three 2018 American Music Awards for Favorite Male Artist – Country, Favorite Album – Country for his Platinum-certified multi-week #1 self-titled debut release, and Favorite Song – Country for the Double-Platinum multi-week #1 smash “Heaven.” He made history as the country star with the most award wins in one night for a first time nominee, and was the most-nominated artist in this year’s AMA Country categories.

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Chris Young Sells Out Hometown Arena Show

By on September 28, 2018 in Music, Special Events, The Latest

Chris Young and nearly 14,000 fans from his sold-out headlining show
at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on September 22, 2018
Photo credit Jeff Johnson

On Saturday, September 22nd, Chris Young along with tour mates, Kane Brown and Morgan Evans, brought their LOSING SLEEP tour to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena to play a sold out show.

You could feel the energy in the air with this enthusiastic crowd as they sang along, danced, and lit up their phones in response to hit songs by all 3 of the artists, especially Chris Young who headlined the concert.

Starting out the evening was Australian artist Morgan Evans signed to Warner Music Nashville.  Evans was joined onstage by his “American band”, which consists of him, a guitar, and foot pedals to control pre-recorded loops.  The result is he sounds just like he is playing with a full band only it is just him.

Fans sang along with Evans to his recent first number one hit, “Kiss Somebody”, and roared with excitement as he welcomed Kelsea Ballerini to the stage to sing a duet with him.  The newly-weds both beamed at each other under the bright concert lights and blended their harmonies perfectly together.

Sony Nashville’s Kane Brown was the next to take the stage with his full band.  It was clear that many in the audience were there to see Brown as they cheered loudly and sang along to many of his songs.  Brown gave an energetic performance along with his high energy band.  He was urged back to the stage by fans at the conclusion of his set for an encore when he sang his 2 biggest hits to date, “What If’s” and “Heaven”.  The crowd went wild for both.

Finally, the energy in the arena built to a palpable level that you could literally feel as the stage crew prepared the huge stage for the headliner, Sony Music’s longtime artist Chris Young, to perform.  As concert goers eagerly-awaited Young to take to the stage, the arena’s video camera zoomed in randomly around the audience showing couples kissing and people dancing up & down the aisles.

The crowd reached a frenzied level as the lights went down to reveal a high tech video opener that concluded with the covers over the tops of all the musicial instruments being lifted from above the stage revealing Young and his band as he opened appropriately with “Losing Sleep”.

Young sang hit after hit from his large catalog to his hometown audience since he grew up just outside of Nashville in Murfreesboro and attended Belmont University.  He smiled and beamed the whole night as he seemingly enjoyed every minute of it up soaking it all in as the crowd cheered in delight every time he simply stepped towards his microphone before he could even utter a lyric.

For years, Chris Young has worked towards this moment making his way through the Nashville music scene as a teenager “paying his dues” playing small venues like the French Quarter in east Nashville, which now is The Crying Wolf, and El Chico’s Mexican restaurant on Murfreesboro Rd. several years before it closed down where he was asked to play cover songs performing for tips only.  He has come a long way since then and has worked tirelessly for years to get to this level in his career, which shows no signs of slowing down.

Performing in the largest venue in Nashville, next to Nissan Stadium, to a sold out crowd inside Bridgestone Arena for his own headlining tour must have felt like a dream come true for the humble artist that night.  A dream that he has worked especially hard for since he was a teenager as he honed his skills in performing and songwriting.  This was a well-deserved moment for a very deserving, hardworking artist.

Chris Young and surprise guest Cassadee Pope after performing their ACM and Grammy nominated duet, “Think Of You” at Young’s sold-out headlining show
from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on September 22, 2018
Photo credit Jeff Johnson

Young was joined on stage by special guest, the talented Cassadee Pope, for their #1 hit, “Think Of Us”.   Later, he was joined by longtime label mate, Brad Paisley, to sing Paisley’s hit, “I’m Still A Guy”.  It was a playful moment to go along with a playful song as they had a little fun with a woman in the front row as they held on to her cellphone she eagerly handed to them.  Wondering to themselves as they took some selfies: “what a female in Nashville might have on her phone”.  They both playfully perused her phone scrolling through pictures and who she last called.  Then they decided to call back her last number dialed leaving a message on that person’s voicemail.  Finally handing the phone back to the excited audience member as they finished the song out.  Just guys being guys, only on a stage in front of nearly 14,000 adoring fans.

Chris Young and surprise guest Brad Paisley performed “I’m Still A Guy” at Young’s sold-out headlining show from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on September 22, 2018
Photo courtesy Bridgestone Arena

Young stated that he could play all night to this crowd as he performed until after 11pm for a 17 song set, posed for a fun photo of him and the sold out crowd, and smashing an acoustic guitar (stating that he had never done that before) on stage before ending the night a couple of songs later.

It was a night filled with great music and memories.  All the rain outside could not dampen anyone’s spirits that evening and Young, along with his tour mates, shined brightly like the sun that was missing from outside behind the clouds inside the arena.

It was a night of celebrations as the LOSING SLEEP tour played its 33rd sold out show and Chris Young played his first ever concert inside the Bridgestone Arena, something I am sure he only dreamed of doing several years ago as a college student in Nashville.

Chris Young headlining a sold-out show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on September 22, 2018
Photo credit Jeff Johnson

ABOUT CHRIS YOUNG: By his 33rd birthday, RCA Records Nashville artist Chris Young has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments, including membership in the iconic Grand Ole Opry, ten No. 1 singles, seventeen R.I.A.A. Gold/Platinum/Multi-Platinum certified projects, 2 Grammy nominations, 3 Country Music Association nominations and 4 Academy of Country Music nominations. As a prolific creator, Chris has given fans 7 studio albums in 12 years including Losing Sleep, his third project in less than two years and the Platinum certified title track is his eighth No. 1 as a songwriter. Losing Sleep (2017) and I’m Comin’ Over (2015) debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart with “I’m Comin’ Over” becoming Young’s first 2x Platinum single.

Named “one of his era’s finest traditionalists” by the Associated Press, Chris has quickly become an international ambassador for country music, performing to capacity crowds around the world including the sold-out C2C Festival in the UK. With a hit-packed set that highlights his ten chart-toppers — including back-to-back No. 1s “Losing Sleep,” “Sober Saturday Night,” “Think Of You,” and “I’m Comin’ Over” — the Grammy and ACM nominated vocalist is headlining the Chris Young Losing Sleep 2018 World Tour, with more than 55 arena and amphitheater dates on the books including his first hometown headlining show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena this fall.

For a full list of tour dates and more information, visit chrisyoungcountry.com.

 

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Amazon Music Features Kane Brown’s “Lose It” In New Ad Campaign, “A Voice Is All You Need”

By on August 25, 2018 in In The Press

Photo credit: Joseph Llanes

Spotlighting Multi-Platinum breakthrough star Kane Brown, Amazon Music is building on its ground-breaking momentum with the launch of a brand-new advertising campaign: A Voice is All You Need. The campaign highlights the powerful vocals of notable songs while demonstrating the simplicity of voice with Alexa, featuring Brown’s Top 20-and-climbing hit “Lose it” in an animated video released today here.

“I’m excited to have my new single “Lose It” be part of the new Amazon Music campaign,” Brown enthused. “I really admire the other artists included and know my fans will love this. I’m really proud to be a part of it.”

The ad creative, developed with global independent agency Wieden+Kennedy, celebrates the growth of Amazon Music and its lead in voice innovation while playing off of powerful, isolated vocals from the participating, notable artists in a journey through the voice experience with Alexa on Amazon Music. Also featured in the campaign are artists including Ariana Grande, SZA, Kendrick Lamar, and Queen.

The embed to Kane Brown’s “Lose It” for Amazon Music’s A Voice Is All You Need can be found here.

The animated video for Kane Brown’s “Lose It” will begin appearing today across digital and social channels as well as terrestrial radio nationally in the U.S.

The global campaign comes on the heels of Brown being selected by Time Magazine as “One of 31 People Changing the South,” which lauded Brown for his “willingness to stretch genre boundaries and highly personal storytelling.” And The New York Times proclaimed him “one of Nashville’s most promising young stars and also one of its most flexible.”

Brown is currently working on the highly-anticipated follow-up album to his multi-week chart-topping debut, which is scheduled to release Nov. 9. Produced by multiple-award winner Dann Huff, the album features several tracks co-written by Brown including his current single, “Lose It.” Already Top 20 and rising on Nielson’s Country Core On-Demand Audio and Video Streaming charts and #22 on Billboard and #23 on Mediabase airplay charts, “Lose It” continues to gain momentum and critical-praise, with the New York Times calling it “urgent and saucy…broad-spectrum ecstasy.”

The “Lose It” track and music video are available now. Additionally, the Georgia native recently released “Weekend” from his upcoming album as a track and music video which earned raves as the “perfect jam” (Taste of Country). To view the video visit HERE.

The chart-topping, Platinum-certified album Kane Brown holds 2018’s longest reign on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart with 10 weeks at #1 and has hit a total of 12 weeks at #1. Additionally, Brown’s album has amassed the most weeks of any country album released since December 2016. The records and accolades are adding up. His multi-week #1 song “Heaven” became one of only two singles in the past decade to remain Top 5 for 14 weeks or more on the Billboard Country Airplay Charts. The singer/songwriter’s Triple-Platinum #1 hit “What Ifs” recently became the #3 most-streamed country song of all time.

Brown first topped the Billboard Top Country Albums chart with the release of his self-titled debut album (2016) and again with the release of Kane Brown Deluxe Edition (2017), which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Top 5 on Billboard 200 Charts. That same week, the 24-year-old entertainer made history by becoming the first-ever artist to top all five Billboard Country Charts with his breakthrough #1 Top Country Album; #1 debuting Country Digital Song, the Double-Platinum “Heaven”; and #1 Country Airplay, Hot Country Song and Country Streaming Song, the Triple-Platinum “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina. In addition to making Billboard history, Brown garnered a Guinness World Record for becoming the first act to top five U.S. country charts simultaneously. To date, Kane Brown remains the best new artist country debut of the past four and a half years and is available HERE.

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Kane Brown And Sony Music Nashville Celebrate Platinum Album And Multiple Certifications, Consumption And Chart Milestones At Rooftop Party

By on June 15, 2018 in Music, Special Events, The Latest

Kane Brown extends thanks to those attending his recent rooftop celebration and everyone contributing to his recent acknowledgements. Photo credit: Alex Alvga

Wednesday evening, Sony Music Nashville’s Chairman & CEO Randy Goodman set the tone for a momentous Kane Brown rooftop revelry by remarking, “It is truly significant that only one debut album has achieved RIAA Platinum certification in the past 80 weeks, and that is Kane Brown’s self-titled debut.”

“We’re here tonight to celebrate this and other cumulative stats that are stunning, if not staggering,” Goodman continued. “Please indulge me by giving me your attention for a few minutes to take these stats in – no spin, no false news – all truth.”

At the celebration on top of the building in which Sony Music Nashville is headquartered, ACM, CMA, Billboard and CMT Music Award nominated Kane Brown was surprised with the news of recent RIAA certification upgrades for “What Ifs” to Triple Platinum and “Heaven” to Double Platinum, as well as Gold certifications for “Found You,” from his debut album and “There Goes My Everything” from his Chapter 1 EP.

The hundreds of guests in attendance included the 24-year-old entertainer and his family, friends, band and crew, as well as Brown’s team members Sony Music Nashville; EFG Management; Universal Music Publishing; Huskin-Harris; and WME; promotion, consumption, media and marketing partners; and event co-partners BMI, SESAC and APRA. Many who participated creatively to Brown’s debut album attended, such as producers Dann Huff and Matt McVaney and several songwriters, music publishers and PROs. Among the creative contributor guests were BMI songwriter Shy Carter, SESAC songwriter Matt McGinn and BMI/APRA songwriter Lindsay Rimes who were recognized for writing the #1 hit “Heaven,” and were joined by their respective music publishers BMG Platinum Songs/You Want How Much Of What Publishing, SMACK Works Music/SMACK Blue, LLC and EMI Blackwood Music/Koala-T Tunes.

Pictured here celebrating the Kane Brown #1 “Heaven” are (left to right);
Front Row – SESAC’s Lydia Schultz, BMI/APRA songwriter Lindsay Rimes,
SESAC songwriter Matt McGinn, BMI songwriter Shy Carter, BMI songwriter Kane
Brown, SMACK’s Robin Palmer, BMI’s Bradley Collins; Back Row – APRA’s Mark
Moffat, Sony TV’s Josh VanValkenburg, Sony Music Nashville’s Jim Catino, BMG’s
Chris Oglesby, Martha Earls, Sony Music Nashville’s. Photo credit: Alex Alvga

Before a backdrop of draped plaques on easels and the picturesque Nashville skyline, Randy Goodman expanded upon Kane Brown’s impressive milestones. The label group’s lead executive, with the help of Sony Music Nashville’s Paige Altone, Alaina Vehec, Jaime Marconette, Liz Sledge, Joe Freel and Madison Utley, revealed six plaques that depicted compelling certification, consumption and chart accomplishments (details follow).

KANE BROWN DEBUT ALBUM – PLATINUM
When the RIAA first certified it Platinum on April 4, Kane Brown’s self-titled debut was the only country album to release and achieve Platinum status since December of 2016. In 2018, Kane Brown is the most-streamed album and has dominated the Billboard Top Country Album chart with 10 weeks at #1, over 56% of the year-to- date chart. With 12 total weeks at #1, no other album has spent more weeks at the top of the Billboard Top Country Album Chart since its release in December 2016. Kane Brown is available HERE.

Kane Brown first topped the Billboard Top Country Albums chart with the release of his self-titled debut album in 2016 and again with the release of Kane Brown Deluxe Edition in 2017, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Top 5 on Billboard 200 Charts. That same week, the singer-songwriter became the first-ever artist to top all 5 Billboard Country Charts with his breakthrough #1 Top Country Album; #1 debuting Country Digital Song, “Heaven”; and #1 Country Airplay, Hot Country Song and Country Streaming Song, the Double-Platinum “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina. In fact, Brown was awarded a Guinness World Record for becoming the first act to top five U.S. country charts simultaneously.

“HEAVEN” – DOUBLE-PLATINUM
Kane Brown’s newly Double-Platinum certified smash “Heaven,” was a two-week #1 on both country airplay and Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart. It was also a 10-week #1 on the Nielsen Country On-Demand Audio Streaming chart. Brown performed “Heaven” on “Good Morning American,” “The Voice” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
“WHAT IFS” – TRIPLE PLATINUM
At over 240 million streams, “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina is in the Top 5 of most-streamed songs of all time according to Nielsen Country On-Demand Audio Stream data. The newly Triple-Platinum certified hit spent 18 weeks at #1 on the Nielsen Country On-Demand Audio Streaming chart and 4 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. “2018 ACM Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018” and “The Voice” finale episode were among Brown’s nationally televised performances of “What Ifs.”
“FOUND YOU” – GOLD
“Found You,” an Instant Grat release from the Deluxe Edition of Brown’s debut album, has just been certified Gold. The song debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales.
“THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING” – GOLD
Newly certified Gold by the RIAA, “There Goes My Everything” is a track on Brown’s Chapter 1 EP. This song was Top 5 on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart. (Brown’s Chapter 1 EP also yielded another RIAA certified track, “Used To Love You Sober,” which was awarded Platinum status in February.)

 

Last week, breakthrough entertainer Kane Brown released his new single, “Lose It,” which is available now to stream and download. Country radio’s official impact date for the song is June 25. Brown co-wrote “Lose It” with Chase McGill and Will Weatherly, and performed the song last week before thousands of country fans at the kick-off of the Nissan Stadium star-packed concert series at 2018 CMA Music Fest.

Brown just confirmed the November 9 street date for his sophomore album on RCA Nashville/Zone 4. The follow-up to his self-titled debut album will be produced by multiple-award-winner Dann Huff.

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Kane Brown Premieres New Song After Sunday’s ACM Awards

By on April 16, 2018 in In The Press

After last night’s ACM Awards, “New Male Vocalist of the Year” and “Vocal Event of the Year” nominee Kane Brown debuted the encore performance of his never-before-released acoustic song “Heaven” on Xfinity On Demand.

If you missed it, you can still check out Kane’s performance of “Heaven” exclusively on Xfinity On Demand and at xfinity.com/ACMAwards.

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Kane Brown Celebrates First No. 1 Hit “What Ifs” With BMI, ASCAP And SESAC

By on March 12, 2018 in In The Press

RCA Nashville/Zone 4 artist and BMI songwriter Kane Brown celebrated the #1, double-platinum hit  “What Ifs” with co-writers Matt McGinn (SESAC), Jordan Schmidt (ASCAP) and featured vocalist/middle school classmate, Lauren Alaina (BMI). The record-breaking song marked Brown and McGinn’s first respective number ones as songwriters and recognized Brown’s historic achievement as the first artist in Billboard history to top all 5 Billboard Country charts concurrently. The chart-toppers include his hit single “What Ifs,” his current single, “Heaven,” and his #1 self-titled debut album. Brown and Alaina’s middle school choir teacher Mr. Lamar Gillespie (Mr. G) also made a surprise appearance. Just prior to this, Pinnacle Bank presented a donation on behalf of Kane Brown to the CMA Foundation to support music education. Kent Earls of Universal Music Publishing Group, Shane McAnally and Robin Palmer of SMACK songs, and Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Tree Vibez Music also spoke for each of the songwriters, commemorating the occasion. 

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Kane Brown’s Gold-Certified Debut Album Returns To #1 On Billboard Top Country Albums Chart For Fourth Week

By on January 17, 2018 in In The Press

Photo credit: Brian Jamie

Kane Brown’s Gold-Certified self-titled debut album remains #1 on Billboard Top Country Albums Chart this week, marking the breakthrough singer/songwriters fourth week to top the Country Albums chart. With his return to #1, the breakthrough star becomes 2018’s first artist to achieve consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart.

Remaining country’s best-selling new-artist debut of the past three years, the 24-year-old entertainer first topped the Billboard Top Country Albums chart when Kane Brown debuted #1 and concurrently entered the Top 10 all-genre Billboard 200 chart in December 2006.

In October 2017, Brown made history as he revisited the top Country Album position when he released the Deluxe Edition of his self-titled album which debuted 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Top 5 on Billboard 200 Charts. This same week, The singer/songwriter became the first artist ever to top all 5 Billboard  Country Charts with his breakthrough #1 Top Country Album; #1 debuting Country Digital Song, “Heaven”; and #1 Country Airplay, Hot Country Song and Country Streaming Song, the Platinum-certified “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina.  The 24-year-old entertainer also made history in 2015 when his country EP made the highest debut in the Nielsen SoundScan era.

His current single, “Heaven,” is currently #3 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Chart, #8 On Demand Country Audio Streams and Top 30-and-climbing at country radio. 

Less than a month ago, on Friday, December 15, the breakthrough vocalist sold out his first-ever headline arena concert at Landers Center, outside of Memphis, TN. Before 7,000-plus fans, the 24-year-old entertainer was surprised by his management, label, producer and music publishing team members who presented with a Gold RIAA certification for his self-titled debut album (and Deluxe Edition) which has accumulated over 500,000 physical sales and downloads including on-demand streams and track equivalents. Additionally, he received a plaque commemorating the history-making feat of being the first artist ever to score #1 on all 5 Billboard country charts simultaneously.

In addition to wrapping his sold-out headlining tour, Brown ended 2017 with several television appearances, including the national debut of “Heaven” on Good Morning America (December 6) as well as a performances of his #1 hit, “What Ifs” on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018” on New Year’s Eve and the CBS Special “A Home for the Holidays” (December 19), and an encore performance of “Heaven” on Good Morning America on New Year’s Day. Brown is currently opening as direct support for Chris Young’s Losing Sleep tour. For more information and a full list of tour dates, visit www.kanebrownmusic.com.

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