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2013's Top Money Makers in Music: Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Justin Timberlake

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As has become an annual tradition, Billboard ranked the biggest earners in music of the past year. 2013 continued to show that the big bucks are out on the road. The figures below are a little misleading though. They are estimates based on data from Nielsen SoundScan, Nielsen BDS, and Billboard Boxscore. They do not Read More

Deborah Evans Price Talks 'Country Faith' on Big D & Bubba Radio Show

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The wonderful Deborah Evans Price recently talked to Big D & Bubba about her latest book, ‘Country Faith,’ for which she compiled top country music artists’ favorite Bible verses and the reason these scriptures resonate with each star. Some of the artists who contributed their thoughts include Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Charlie Daniels, Read More

CMT's Lisa Chader Joins NPG PR as Executive Vice President

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Only a few years into its operations, NPG PR is a fast-growing company and expands its staff today with Lisa Chader, who departs CMT. Read all the details in the press release: Lisa Chader, previously Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at CMT, joins the Nashville and LA-based independent PR firm, NPG PR as Executive Read More

Big Machine Records Artists to Release Mötley Crüe Tribute Album

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No, really. At a press conference in Hollywood this morning, rock band Mötley Crüe announced that the 72-city tour this year will be their very last one. They will hit the road with Alice Cooper as an opener (!) on July 2 and say farewell as a band on November 21, 2014. But for us Read More

A Reminder of the 2014 Grammy Awards Nominees

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on A Reminder of the 2014 Grammy Awards Nominees
Happy Grammy Day! Tonight, the 56th Grammy Awards will take place and celebrate the most successful, acclaimed, and impactful music of the last year. Two Nashvillians worked their way into the General Field as Kacey Musgraves is nominated as Best New Artist, which I do hope she wins, and Taylor Swift‘s Red is up for Read More

The Swon Brothers Sign Publishing Deal with Sony/ATV – [VIDEO]

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The Swon Brothers are the newest addition to the Sony/ATV songwriters roster. Colton and Zach Swon add the new publishing deal to their recording contract with Arista Nashville. If you always wanted to know what goes on during a contract signing in Nashville, check out the video below of the brothers finalizing the deal. Read More

Nirvana, KISS, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, Hall & Oates to Join Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Nirvana, KISS, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, Hall & Oates to Join Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame
After internal votes and a music fan poll, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2014 has been announced! Iconic Seattle rockband Nirvana are perhaps a surprise inductee but the trio helped change music forever at the very end of the 1980s. KISS were the biggest band on the planet at one time Read More

Kelsea Ballerini Joins Black River Entertainment Artist Roster

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Kelsea Ballerini, already on the books of Black River Publishing, has now also joined Black River Entertainment’s artist roster. The announcement was made at the company’s Christmas party by CEO Gordon Kerr. “One of the things about being here in Nashville is that we can invest in people’s lives,” shared Gordon. “We already knew Kelsea Read More

Adele's 21 Becomes Best-Selling Album of All Time on Amazon

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Adele‘s ultimate break-up record, 21, tops Amazon’s list of best-selling albums. With over 28 million copies sold (and counting!), the album has achieved 16 times platinum status in its native UK, and has been certified diamond in the US. Britain’s Got Talent phenomenon Susan Boyle is the runner-up with ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ and the Read More