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The American Country Awards

By on December 11, 2012 in In The Press, Special Events

American Country AwardsLast night was the third annual American Country Awards (ACAs), broadcast live on FOX from the Mandalay Bay Events Center. The two-hour special featured performances by co-hosts Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth, Jake Owen, Kip Moore, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town and a surprise performance by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

With nine awards, including Artist of the Year, Luke Bryan received the most awards, followed by Miranda Lambert, who received three awards. Following her two wins this year, Carrie Underwood has earned 11 ACA awards, the most ACA honors of any artist. Lady Antebellum’s wins in Artist of the Year: Group and Single of the Year: Group, plus their five previous awards, make them the group with the most ACA honors ever.

Fans logged on to www.theacas.com to cast votes in support of their favorite country music artists not only in traditional categories, but also in a previously unrecognized area – touring – encompassing the entire spectrum of country music. Continue Reading →

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Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Debut “Soul2Soul” At The Venetian

By on December 10, 2012 in In The Press

Marking the first time they have performed together in six years in the U.S., superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill dazzled audiences with the kick off of “Soul2Soul” at The Venetian Theater this past weekend. Their smash filled set inside the intimate venue invites the audience to get up close and personal with McGraw and Hill as never seen before. In between solo hits like McGraw’s “Real Good Man” and Hill’s “Breathe” as well as their current singles “One Of Those Nights” and “American Heart” the powerhouse husband and wife duo deliver crowd favorites “It’s Your Love” and “Like We Never Loved At All” along with surprising covers and interactive moments with the audience. The 10 weekend limited engagement runs through April.

“…the show puts the focus squarely on its two superstars, and considering the rousing ovations McGraw and Hill received Saturday, that’s perfectly fine with their fans.” – PEOPLE Magazine

“All the power of an arena show had been squeezed into a concert theater and kept so private and personal, one actually feels cherished by both of them.” – Las Vegas Sun

“Hill and McGraw delivered a high-energy but often intimate show that prompted multiple standing ovations, overhead clapping and arms stretched to the theater’s domed ceiling.” – The Tennessean

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Taylor Swift Shatters Billboard Record With 9 Weeks at #1

By on December 10, 2012 in In The Press

Taylor Marks Her 23rd Birthday With MTV World Premier of Her 23rd Music Video

Taylor Swift, We Are Never Ever Getting Back TogetherThis week, 6-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift spends her 9th consecutive week at #1 on the Billboard Country Songs chart with her global #1 smash “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” the lead single from her Triple-Platinum album RED. This sets Billboard’s all-time record for most weeks at #1 on the country chart by a female artist. Previously, Country Music Hall of Famer Connie Smith spent eight weeks at the top with “Once A Day” in 1964. “Never Ever” was also a monumental pop hit, topping Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, iTunes charts around the globe, and selling more than 2.6 million downloads in the U.S.

In the six weeks since its first week debut with U.S. sales in excess of 1.2 million albums (music’s highest weekly sales number in more than a decade), RED (released on Big Machine Records) has dominated the album sales charts, spending every week at #1 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart, and remaining at #1 or #2 on the all-genre Top 200 Albums chart. In addition to its U.S. Triple-Platinum certification, RED has reached #1 at iTunes in 42 countries, and total sales of RED outside of the U.S. have now topped 1.1 million albums.

Singles from RED are impacting radio charts in several formats, with new single “I Knew You Were Trouble.”(currently at #2 all-genres on iTunes), making big jumps on the CHR/Top 40 (#23-#17) and Hot AC (#29-#21) charts, with Most Increased airplay at both. “Begin Again” is at #14 and climbing the Country airplay chart. This week’s international chart highlights from RED include 3 songs in the Top 30 in the U.K., #1 at A/C in Canada, a Top 10 in Australia, and the #1 international album in Japan.

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VEVO Taps Kacey Musgraves To Be The First Country Artist Ever As Part Of Their “Lift” Program

By on December 10, 2012 in In The Press

Musgraves Added To Little Big Town And Kenny Chesney Tours In 2013

Kacey MusgravesMercury Records’ singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves has been tapped by VEVO to be their next “LIFT” artist starting today. This addition makes Kacey the first country artist selected by VEVO for LIFT, which supports emerging acts. Past LIFT artists include Jessie J, Dev, One Direction and Rita Ora.

Over the next eight weeks fans will have the opportunity to get to know Kacey through exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, video premieres and intimate live performances, all exclusive to the VEVO platform. Access Kacey Musgraves on VEVO at http://vevo.com/lift

Said VEVO’s Doug McVehil (SVP, Music Programming, Talent & Operations): “VEVO is THE home for premium music videos from every genre.  While we have focused primarily on pop, hip hop and rock artists for LIFT, we’ve always wanted to throw our support behind country artists.  Kacey is a remarkable young artist and was an obvious first choice.  We’re excited to work with our partners at Universal Nashville to provide her with a LIFT.”

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Colbie Caillat Offers Up Single “Christmas In The Sand” As Soundtrack To Viddy Users

By on December 7, 2012 in In The Press

Multi-platinum selling pop singer Colbie Caillat has joined Viddy‘s ever growing community of Viddy-ographers from around the world. Today, Caillat became the most recent celebrity to join Viddy, a social mobile video app that helps people connect people around the world with short videos. Caillat also announced that she’s offering up her latest single, “Christmas in the Sand,” as a free soundtrack for Viddy users wanting to put a touch of the holidays in their videos.  View Caillat’s “Christmas in the Sand” Viddy announcement by clicking here.

“I’m so excited to have my new song ‘Christmas in the Sand’ as a soundtrack in the Viddy app,” says Caillat.  “Now my fans around the world can make Santa-themed music videos to share with friends and family this holiday season!”

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Sarah Darling Partners With MoonPie For National Campaign And Sweepstakes

By on December 6, 2012 in In The Press

L-R: MoonPie’s Vice President of Marketing, Tory Johnston and Sarah Darling

Country music rising star Sarah Darling and MoonPie’s Vice President of Marketing, Tory Johnston announced the ‘“Home to Me’ Sweepstakes” and partnership with the Tennessee-based national brand today.

The Black River Entertainment recording artist will be featured on several hundred thousand cartons of the nationally distributed Chocolate 12-count Single Decker MoonPie.  Available at all four MoonPie General Stores, the item will also be carried nationally at grocery outlets including Bi-Lo, Harris Teeter, Ingles, Food Lion, Food City, Piggly Wiggly and many other chain and independent grocery stores.

“MoonPie and country music go pretty much hand in hand,” said Tory Johnston. “We believe Sarah is one of country music’s next big stars and we’re excited to feature her on-pack and give our consumers a chance to win a dream trip to Nashville to watch her perform at the Grand Ole Opry.  You could say we’re expecting the moon and the stars to align on this one!”

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Hunter Hayes Debuts New Video Today

By on December 5, 2012 in In The Press

Hunter Hayes‘ new video, “Somebody’s Heartbreak,” debuted today and can be viewed below. Don’t forget to tune-in tonight to catch him perform on The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! on CBS from 10-11pm ET/PT.

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Craig Campbell Celebrates “Outta My Head”
 EP Release With Party And Concert

By on December 5, 2012 in In The Press
Craig Campbell

Michael Powers and Craig Campbell
Photo Credit: Glen Rose

Last night, Craig Campbell celebrated the release of his new 5-song EP Outta My Head with a party and concert from Nashville’s 12th & Porter while surrounded by family, friends, fans, and music industry peers. During his full band show, Campbell debuted music from the recently released EP as well as hits including “Family Man” and “Fish.” Bigger Picture President Michael Powers surprised Craig onstage with a plaque commemorating four consecutive charted hits with over 1 billion radio airplay audience impressions and more than half a million downloads.

About Craig Campbell: After moving from his hometown of Lyons, Georgia to Nashville in 2002 to pursue his country music dreams, American Country Awards nominee Craig Campbell quickly picked up work as a keyboardist in Luke Bryan and Tracy Byrd’s bands and was later discovered playing a regular gig at legendary Nashville honky-tonk, The Stage. The singer-songwriter has earned well-deserved praise from the country’s toughest critics for his self-titled debut album, which released in April of 2011. Campbell’s autobiographical lead single, “Family Man” was a top 15 hit followed by “Fish” which has sold a quarter of a million downloads. His current smash “Outta My Head” is the title track to his recently released 5-song EP and the lead single from his sophomore album, set to release on the Bigger Picture early next year. To learn more about Craig, visit www.craigcampbell.tv and follow him on Twitter @craigcampbelltv.

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Singer-Songwriter Rose Falcon To Perform On The CW’s Hit Series “Hart Of Dixie” On December 4

By on December 5, 2012 in In The Press

Falcon To Release 19th Avenue (Volume 2) On January 29

Rose FalconShow Dog Universal Music recording artist Rose Falcon will have a featured performance during tomorrow night’s episode of the hit TV series Hart of Dixie, airing on the CW network at 8 p.m. ET. Rose will be performing “You Stole My Heart,” which is a new song from her upcoming five-song EP entitled 19th Avenue (Volume 2) that will be released on January 29, 2013.

“We had such a great time on the set of Hart of Dixie,” says Rose. “This is a first for me to perform on a drama series and we’re doing a brand new song too. I’ve always loved the feeling of sharing new music with people. It is a very vulnerable feeling but exciting at the same time.”

To see a preview for the December 4th episode of the CW network’s Hart of Dixie, visit http://www.cwtv.com/shows/hart-of-dixie
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Rose says, “The best advice I’ve ever heard was ‘If you want to be an artist, you can’t have a Plan B.’ I really believe that with all my heart. I have no Plan B.”

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The Recording Academy And Capitol Records To Release The 2013 Grammy Nominees Album

By on December 5, 2012 in In The Press

Pre-Orders Start Dec. 5 Offering Fans An Opportunity To Attend The 55th Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Nominations ConcertThe Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Recordings and Capitol Records have teamed to release the 2013 GRAMMY Nominees album, which will be available Jan. 22, 2013 in stores and via digital retailers. The 19th installment of the best-selling series will feature a bevy of this year’s GRAMMY-nominated artists and hit songs across multiple genres. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the album will help support the year-round efforts of the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Foundation — two charitable organizations of The Recording Academy. Following the success of last year’s contest, music fans can log on to www.grammy.com/2013grammyalbum to pre-order the 2013 GRAMMY Nominees album and enter to win a trip for two to the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

“It’s an honor to join forces with Capitol Records to deliver a truly diverse collection encompassing a variety of genres and highlighting today’s most talented musicians,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “After the success of last year’s pre-order enter-and-win sweepstakes, we’re once again thrilled to give music fans the opportunity to experience Music’s Biggest Night firsthand. And, it’s gratifying to be able to continue our support of the crucial work that MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation carry out year-round.”

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