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The Country Music Finalists for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on The Country Music Finalists for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards
The country music categories in the 2013 Billboard Music Awards reflect the most successful artists, albums, and songs based on the previous year’s Billboard charts. Taylor Swift is a finalist in eleven categories in total, including all three country music lists. While seeing Swift in the all-genre Top Female Artist is not a surprise, Jason Read More

Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 Lead 2013 Billboard Music Awards Finalists

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 Lead 2013 Billboard Music Awards Finalists
Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 lead the Billboard Music Awards finalists with eleven nominations each, including the biggest category of the night, Top Artist. The award show will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 19 7:00 pm (CT), and will air live on the ABC network. You can check Read More

Florida Georgia Line continue to ‘Cruise’ at #1, Luke Bryan ‘Crashes’ Top Ten at #2

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Florida Georgia Line continue to ‘Cruise’ at #1, Luke Bryan ‘Crashes’ Top Ten at #2
‘Crash My Party’, the latest single from Luke Bryan that he debuted on the ACM Awards Show last week, crashes into the number two spot on this week’s Top Country Singles Chart. Blake Shelton’s ‘Boys ‘Round Here’ breaks into the top ten to land at number eight, giving Blake claim to this week’s number eight Read More

Florida Georgia Line ‘Cruise’ Back To Number One With Help From Nelly

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Florida Georgia Line ‘Cruise’ Back To Number One With Help From Nelly
This week is the first week Billboard is including the streaming data in the Hot Country Songs Chart, which is why ‘Cruise‘ climbs back to number one-also helped by the remix that the boys just did with Nelly selling really well, and ‘Done‘ returns to number ten all the way from number 25. Darius Rucker Read More

Number One Debut for The Band Perry and Pioneer

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Number One Debut for The Band Perry and Pioneer
The Band Perry debuted their new album titled Pioneer this week and the fans responded. The album debuted on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart at number one. Blake Shelton fell to number two with Based On A True Story…. ACM New Artist of the Year Florida Georgia Line comes in at number three and Read More

ACM Presents Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night – in pictures

12 years ago Liv Carter 2
Last night in Las Vegas, Tim McGraw invited some of his talented friends for the ACM Presents TV special. The evening featured Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, John Fogerty, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Faith Hill, Florida Georgia Line, Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, Brantley Gilbert and several special guests. Filmed at the MGM Grand, the special Read More

Country Music Sales Rise in First Quarter of 2013; Swift, Shelton, Top-selling Artists

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Country Music Sales Rise in First Quarter of 2013; Swift, Shelton, Top-selling Artists
Compared to just a few years ago, the numbers are still on the low side but there is once again an upward trend in country music sales figures. With data from Nielsen Soundscan, Billboard compiled the best-selling albums and digital singles for the first quarter of 2013. It’s encouraging to see this uptick continue after Read More

Three Brand New Albums Make Their Debut on Top Country Album Chart

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Three Brand New Albums Make Their Debut on Top Country Album Chart
Three brand new albums crack the top ten Country Albums chart this week. Blake Shelton comes in at number one with Based On A True Story…, Alan Jackson debuts at number two with Precious Memories: Volume II and husband and wife duo Thompson Square debut at number four with Just Feels Good.   Billboard Country Read More

Kacey Musgraves Debuts Same Trailer At Number One

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Kacey Musgraves Debuts Same Trailer At Number One
Kacey Musgraves’ Same Trailer Different Park debuts at number one on the Billboard Country album chart this week. The rest of the top ten remains largely unchanged with most albums leap frogging around a bit. Kacey’s is the only new album on the charts this week. Congrats to her on an awesome showing!   Billboard Read More

March Blog Rodeo: Why Country Music Is Like the Zombie Apocalypse

12 years ago Liv Carter 3
When I first read this month’s Blog Rodeo topic, “Why does the mainstream media seem to be so in love with country music right now?”, I immediately prepared my seven-word reply: because that is where the money is. Too cynical? Anything that achieves mass popularity does so by first being appealing to a broad audience. Read More