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Melissa Etheridge Tells You How You Should Feel about Auto-Tune

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Melissa Etheridge Tells You How You Should Feel about Auto-Tune
There are several debates in music that I am growing increasingly weary of. The Great Auto-Tune Controversy is quite possibly at the top of that list. Melissa Etheridge is the latest artist to weigh in. Sat atop a very high horse, she wrote a short piece for Billboard essentially explaining that if you use Auto-Tune, Read More

Third Quarter Country Music Sales Low, Improvement Expected in Q4

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Third Quarter Country Music Sales Low, Improvement Expected in Q4
In the third quarter of 2014, the sales numbers for country music were depressingly low. It tends to be a quieter quarter, since the summer months include fewer big releases, but these numbers will have inspired some discussion in record label board rooms. The biggest selling album remains Luke Bryan‘s Crash My Party, which adds Read More

Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean Added to 2014 CMA Awards Performers

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean Added to 2014 CMA Awards Performers
More performers were announced for the 48th Annual Country Music Awards. Some of the biggest hitters will take the stage that night as Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, and Jason Aldean join the lineup. A lineup which so far shows a depressing scarcity of women. But anyway… The rest of the press release reads: Read More

Country Radio Keeps Dierks Bentley at #1; Chesney, Lynch Advance to Top 5

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Country Radio Keeps Dierks Bentley at #1; Chesney, Lynch Advance to Top 5
Dierks Bentley‘s ‘Drunk on a Plane’ is still #1 at country radio, and keeps Tim McGraw‘s ‘Meanwhile Back at Mama’s’ from reaching the top spot. Kenny Chesney only needed 10 weeks to push ‘American Kids’ into the top 5, at #4 this week, followed by Dustin Lynch who climbs to #5 with ‘Where It’s At.’ Read More

Dierks Bentley Continues the ‘Drunk’ Party; Tim McGraw, Faith Hill Aim for #1

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Dierks Bentley Continues the ‘Drunk’ Party; Tim McGraw, Faith Hill Aim for #1
Dierks Bentley can keep the plane in the air for another week as ‘Drunk on a Plane’ continues to lead the Mediabase chart. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are poised to end the party next week, as ‘Meanwhile Back at Mama’s’ climbs to #2.   Mediabase Country Singles Chart (August 25, 2014): 1. ‘Drunk on Read More

Dierks Bentley Flies High at #1 with ‘Drunk on a Plane’

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Dierks Bentley has another reason to host a party on plane! His jilted lover party anthem, ‘Drunk on a Plane,’ tops the Mediabase Country Singles Chart. Congrats to Dierks and his co-writers Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins! Brad Paisley‘s twitter activity boosts ‘River Bank’ to #1, and Tim McGraw climbs into the top 3. Florida Read More

Joe Nichols Has Longest Run at #1; Kenny Chesney, Dustin Lynch Join Top 10

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Joe Nichols Has Longest Run at #1; Kenny Chesney, Dustin Lynch Join Top 10
Country radio is still enamored with Joe Nichols‘ ‘Yeah,’ as the song remains at #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart for a third week running. It is the first time in his career that he stays in the top seat for that long! Billy Currington is trying hard to take over, as ‘We Are Read More

Big & Rich Announce New Album, Gravity, to Be Released on September 23

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Big & Rich Announce New Album, Gravity, to Be Released on September 23
Big & Rich returned this summer with new single, ‘Look at You.’ The duo has now released more details about the upcoming album, Gravity. The album will be released on their own Big & Rich Records label, on September 23, 2014. “This is an exciting and intense time in the history of Big and Rich,” Read More

Tim McGraw Shares Sundown Heaven Town Cover and Track List

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Tim McGraw Shares Sundown Heaven Town Cover and Track List
Tim McGraw will release his second Big Machine release, Sundown Heaven Town, on September 16. This morning, he shared the cover art, designed by Nick Egan, and the album’s track list. The 13-track suite will be expanded into an 18-track deluxe version, which includes a duet with Kid Rock. “This album is very encompassing of Read More

Chris Young Hits #1, Tim McGraw’s ‘Mama’ Climbs, Kenny Chesney’s ‘Kids’ Joins Top 10

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Chris Young Hits #1, Tim McGraw’s ‘Mama’ Climbs, Kenny Chesney’s ‘Kids’ Joins Top 10
Chris Young reaches the top of the Mediabase chart after a 25-week climb with ‘Who I Am with You.’ Tim McGraw‘s ‘Meanwhile Back at Mama’s’ is making a break for it, jumping up from #10 to #6, and Kenny Chesney‘s ‘American Kids’ only needed four weeks to reach the top flight, at #10 this week. Read More