Author: Lauren Zimmerman

Double-PLATINUM Arista Nashville band LANCO released their new music video “Rival” today.  The first track from the band’s upcoming sophomore album, which already boasts over one million streams, follows their No. 1 selling and critically-acclaimed debut, HALLELUJAH NIGHTS. In the music video directed by Peter Zavadil and filmed in Nashville, LANCO brings together a diverse crowd from all walks of life who have overcome judgement cast by others. They amplify the power of unity by bulldozing through defeating moments together alongside a compelling live performance. Fans can watch the music video for “Rival” here.

“We really wanted to capitalize on the true message behind the song that was built from different times in our lives and the stories from fans who have felt beat-down and lost, but ultimately find hope and redemption,” said the band’s Brandon Lancaster. “Every caption on that wall was an experience that person had to overcome, and when it was knocked down you could feel the genuine joy from everyone on the set. It was a powerful moment I’ll never forget.” 

Fans can get a behind the scenes look of LANCO’s “Rival” music video here.

The ACM “New Group of the Year” once again tapped producer Jay Joyce for the track that was written by frontman Lancaster and drummer Tripp Howell as it curates “thumping beats, soaring guitar riffs and a sing-along chorus” with “a sound reminiscent of Arcade Fire” (Billboard). LANCO was able to “rile up the crowd with their catchy performance” (CBS) of “Rival” during the 54th annual ACM Awards, as it served as one the best moments of the night for Associated Press, Billboard, Country Living and Rolling Stone . They will continue that moment at Stagecoach this weekend, before heading overseas with their headlining HALLELUJAH NIGHTS TOUR. The UK trek will launch May 1 at London’s O2 Academy Islington, with opener Bailey Bryan.

LANCO has paved the course for critical acclaim with the success of their 2x Platinum single “Greatest Love Story” which became a multi-week chart topper. Following the release of their No. 1-selling debut album HALLELUJAH NIGHTS , which has over 550 million streams, both moments were historical in Country music as Lancaster became the first artist in 10 years to have a No. 1 on the chart solely written by that artist, while LANCO served as the first Country group in a decade to appear at the top of the Billboard Top Country Albums chart with a debut album. LANCO recently earned their first award as ACM “New Group of the Year” and has garnered additional nominations from the CMT, CMA, AMA, and iHeart Awards, while Lancaster became the first member of a group to ever win NSAI’s Songwriter/Artist of the Year. This summer, they will perform at Country music’s biggest festivals after serving as direct support for Luke Combs’ BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART TOUR. Fans can connect with LANCO on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For more information, visit www.lancomusic.com.

The best-selling duo of all time, Brooks & Dunn, debuts at No. One this week on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with their collaboration project REBOOT. Proving “the timing couldn’t be better to celebrate the influence of Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks” (Music Row), the impressive feat marks the first time the duo has topped the album charts since 2009 while simultaneously earning the duo their 10th Billboard 200 Top 10 album, the most of any country duo or group in the chart’s history. The 12-track collection produced by Dann Huff “revisits some of the duo’s most iconic songs with the genre’s hottest young talents” (PEOPLE) including Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett, Brett Young, LANCO, Ashley McBryde, Brothers Osborne, Luke Combs, Midland, Cody Johnson, Jon Pardi, Tyler Booth and Kacey Musgraves.

“We always said that after all the crazy highs we’ve had along this journey, that the most important thing to us was that the music that held up over time,” said Ronnie Dunn. “To have a No. 1 record with these songs we love is wild and we’re so happy to have worked on this project with so many current talents. It is a testament to the power of collaboration.”

“These songs are so important to us, and we’re so thankful that they have had this chance to have new life breathed into them,” added Kix Brooks. “We had so much fun in the studio with everyone, it’s been a really special project for us.”

To mark the release, the next inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Brooks & Dunn, took an “electrifying performance” (Billboard) of “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” with Midland to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, watch HERE and a “thrilling take” (Rolling Stone) of “Brand New Man” with Luke Combs to Academy of Country Music Awards,  watch HERE.

With 20 No. One hits stretching back to 1991, two Grammy awards, dozens of ACM and CMA honors and a discography counting more album sales than any duo in history – regardless of genre – Brooks & Dunn’s influence on today’s country has never been in question. Hits like “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “My Maria,” “Only in America,” and “Believe” have propelled the duo to more than 30 million albums sold, with the New York Times  heralding “together they helped drive the power-country era of the early-to-mid 1990s and continued to benefit from the sea change in the genre they helped initiate right through their most recent albums.” Their original “Merle Haggard meets The Rolling Stones” vibe made them progressive stars in their own right. In 2014, the duo announced their reunion along with long-time friend, Reba McEntire, for a residency called “Together in Vegas” at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, which received rave reviews and continues to be extended including more shows throughout this year.

With anticipation building for their first radio single, rising country duo Seaforth are giving fans a preview of what’s to come with their debut EP Love That, out today (4/12). Click here to listen. 

Love That includes previously-released “sweet, catchy, romantic” (MusicRow) “Love That” and “Talk to Me,” as well as brand new tunes “Good and Gone” and “Taken Your Picture.” The duo’s Tom Jordan and Mitch Thompson co-wrote all four songs on the EP and co-produced the project with award-winning producer Dann Huff (Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett). 

Having honed their performance skills on the road with Kane Brown, Brett Young, and Mitchell Tenpenny, Seaforth will perform today on the Next from Nashville Stage at the Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Tomorrow (4/13), they’re set as direct support for Brown at the star’s sold-out show at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. They’re also on deck for high-profile summer festivals including the Key West Songwriters Festival and LakeShake. 

Tapped as a 2019 Artist to Watch by Sounds Like Nashville, NY Country Swag, and more, Seaforth are set to take country music by storm when they release their first radio single later this spring. 

Sony Music Nashville celebrated multiple wins and momentous performances at the 54th Annual ACM Awards at Hakkasan Las Vegas. 

Following the release of their collaborations project Reboot, Brooks & Dunn left their mark on the ceremony performing “Brand New Man” with New Male Artist of the Year winner and Male Artist of the Year nomineeLuke Combs, as well as presenting the Award for Entertainer of the Year.

Single of the Year nominee Kane Brown performed his Top 10 hit “Good As You” and welcomed Khalid for the television debut of their collaboration “Saturday Nights REMIX.” Combs also performed an acoustic arrangement of his six-week No. 1 smash “Beautiful Crazy” with co-writer Rob Williford and award-winning fiddle player Amanda Shires. 

Miranda Lambert, a nominee for Female Artist of the Year and the most decorated winner in ACM Awards history, performed a medley of hits that included “Gunpowder and Lead,” “White Liar,” “Mama’s Broken Heart,” and “Little Red Wagon.” She then joined country legend George Strait for a stunning duet of Strait’s “Run.” 

New Duo/Group of the Year winner LANCO debuted their brand new single “Rival,” while Female Artist of the Year nominee Maren Morris rocked the crowd with “All My Favorite People” featuring Brothers Osborne from her record-breaking album GIRL. Old Dominion performed their Top 5 single “Make It Sweet” and took home the trophy for Group of the Year for the second consecutive year. New Male Artist of the Year nomineeMitchell Tenpenny also attended the ceremony. 

CMA and ACM Award-winning musician Luke Combs’ 2x Platinum single, “Beautiful Crazy,” remains No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for the sixth-straight week—a milestone not achieved since Thomas’s Rhett’s “Die A Happy Man” in 2016—and the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart for the fourth-straight week—the first single to do so in nearly nine years following Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me” in 2010.

Combs also continues his historic Billboard run this week—topping all five country charts for a third non-consecutive week: Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales (dated March 9, March 30 and April 6). 

“Beautiful Crazy” is Combs’ fastest rising single to date (15 weeks) and makes Combs the first artist ever to send his first five singles to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. “Beautiful Crazy” is also the first country single shipped to radio already platinum-certified since Taylor Swift’s “Red” in 2013 and has more than 312 million on-demand streams. In celebration of these milestones, Combs recently released an acoustic version of the song. Listen/share HERE. 

In celebration of his landmark year, Combs’ “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” will extend through this fall including newly confirmed dates at Rogers, AR’s Walmart AMP, Portland, OR’s Moda Center, Philadelphia, PA’s Wells Fargo Arena and Nashville, TN’s Bridgestone Arena. Special guests throughout the tour include Morgan Wallen, The Cadillac Three and Jameson Rodgers. Luke Combs Bootleggers Presale powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan will be available starting today at 10:00 AM local time with general on-sale following on Friday, April 5 at 10:00 AM local time. See below for complete tour details.

Already the 2019 ACM Award-winner for New Male Artist of the Year, Combs is also nominated for Male Artist of the Year at this year’s awards and will perform during the ceremony. The 2019 ACM Awards will broadcast live on CBS from MGM Grand’s Garden Arena in Las Vegas this Sunday, April 7 at 8:00 PM ET/7:00 PM CT. 

These achievements add to an already monumental year for Combs, whose breakthrough debut album This One’s For You is now certified RIAA double Platinum. Since it’s release June 2, 2017, the album has spent a total of 30 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart—the first album to reach the milestone since Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now in 2010-2011. The album also spent 16 weeks at No. 1 in 2018—making it the highest selling country album last year with 1.1 million equivalent album units sold and the only country album to surpass 1 million album units. It’s also the most-streamed country album of 2019 so far. Additionally, Combs was recently named Country Artist of the Year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, New Artist of the Year at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards, was nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards and was the recipient of a CMA Triple Play Award for writing three No. 1 songs in a 12 month period. 

Following two sold out nights at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, superstar Maren Morris has confirmed a new L.A. show at the Greek Theatre on September 14, as well as shows in San Luis Obispo and Milwaukee. Tickets for these shows go on sale this Friday, April 5 at 10 A.M. local time. Citi is the official presale credit card of Morris’s Girl: The World Tour. As such, Citi card members will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Tuesday, April 2 at 10 A.M. local time until Thursday, April 4 at 10 P.M. local time through Citi’s Private Pass Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
 Morris is currently on the first leg of her GIRL: The World Tour with upcoming stops in Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, New York and beyond this spring before heading to Europe and Australia. The Tennessean praises her live show as “a pocket-sized arena spectacle,” while CMT furthers that her performances are “a night of true joy, sass, harmony and all the female empowerment you could ever want.” Visitmarenmorris.com for full tour details, with more dates to be added soon.
GIRL, out now via Columbia Nashville, has shattered the record for the largest ever debut streaming week for a country album by a woman with 23.96 million streams in its first week. The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and continues to receive rave reviews. The album also features history-making title track “ GIRL ” which had the highest debut on Billboard’s Country Streaming Songs chart by a female artist and the highest weekly streams by a female country artist ever. 
To further support the release, Morris performs her track “The Bones” on “Ellen” this Friday, April 5, following recent appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Today Show,” and “ Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.”
Additionally, Morris is nominated for Female Artist of the Year at the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards this weekend, and she will perform with Brothers Osborne on the ACMs stage.
GIRL comes three years after Morris’ breakout debut album Hero and explores how her life has changed since then—a skyrocketing career, falling in love, becoming engaged and then married—and the highs and lows in between. 
The singer, songwriter and performer is fresh off the heels of five Grammy nominations at this year’s awards including Record of the Year and Pop Duo/Group performance for her massively acclaimed hit “The Middle” with Zedd and Grey which also broke the record for most weeks atop Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, making Morris the first country artist to top that chart. Her Grammy nominations also included Country Solo Performance for her Elton John cover “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” and Country Duo/Group Performance and Country Song for her Vince Gill collaboration “Dear Hate.”
Morris won a Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance at the 59th Grammy Awards, was named New Artist of the Year at the 50th Annual CMA Awards, Top Country Female Artist at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards and New Female Vocalist of the Year at the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards. She was also the most played female artist on country radio in 2017 and 2018.
The 28 year-old singer-songwriter from Arlington, Texas got her start playing in bars around her hometown and quickly made a name for herself with her Gold certified debut album Hero and its Platinum-selling “My Church,” Gold-selling “80s Mercedes” and “I Could Use A Love Song.” Hero and its singles topped charts nationwide, set Country radio records, and were some of the most critically acclaimed works of 2016.

ACM “Single of the Year” Award nominee Kane Brown has released the Spanish Remix of “Lost in the Middle of Nowhere,” featuring singer and actress Becky G.

Additionally, the 25-year-old entertainer announces today the release of a stunning music video of Spanish Remix of “Lost in the Middle of Nowhere.” Brown and Becky G created this concept video combining their two separate worlds, visually fusing multiple fantasy-fueled locations. Directed by Alex Alvga and produced by Ryan Huffman, The Matrix-like beginning of the video transports the audience, Brown, and Becky G into one tropical and one rustic location (dance moves included).

Kane Brown and Becky G’s new music clip and track are available HERE.

“Lost in the Middle of Nowhere,” which has already garnered over 22 million on-demand streams, reunites Brown with Lauren Alaina, his duet partner on the 4X Platinum smash “What Ifs.”  Now as co-writers, Alaina and Brown penned “Lost in the Middle of Nowhere” with Jon Nite (“Break Up in the End,” “Think a Little Less”) and Jesse Frasure (“Life Changes,” “Dirt on My Boots”).

Remarks Kane Brown, “When I named my album Experiment, one of the things that was important to me was to not feel limited sonically in what I could do, including the types of instruments and collaborations.”  He continues, “I’m a country artist, but I have a range of influences. I didn’t feel pressured to keep it in a certain box because of the way my fans have always been there for me, which has lead to some amazing chances to branch out and work with people I admire throughout a range of genres including Becky G.”

Becky G responds, “It was so much fun to work with my friend Kane Brown on this remix, a fusion of what he and I love most; country and Reggaeton.”

CMA and ACM Award-winning musician Luke Combs will extend his sold-out Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour through this fall. The newly confirmed dates commence September 26 at Rogers, AR’s Walmart AMP and span through the end of the year culminating at Nashville, TN’s Bridgestone Arena on December 13. Special guests throughout the tour include Morgan Wallen, The Cadillac Three and Jameson Rodgers.

Luke Combs Bootleggers Presale powered by Ticketmaster Verified Fan will be available starting Tuesday, April 2 at 10:00 AM local time with general on-sale following on Friday, April 5 at 10:00 AM local time. See below for complete tour details.

Earlier this week, Combs made history as the first artist to simultaneously top all five Billboard country charts for multiple weeks: Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales (dated March 9 and March 30). 

The success comes on the heels of Combs’ 2x Platinum single, “Beautiful Crazy,” which remains No. 1 on the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart for the third-straight week and holds strong at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for the fifth-straight week. This is his fastest rising single to date (15 weeks) and makes Combs the first artist ever to send his first five singles to the top of Billboard ’s Country Airplay chart. “Beautiful Crazy” is also the first country single shipped to radio already platinum-certified since Taylor Swift’s “Red” in 2013 and has more than 301 million on-demand streams. In celebration of these milestones, Combs recently released an acoustic version of the song. Listen/share HERE. 

Already the 2019 ACM Award-winner for New Male Artist of the Year, Combs is also nominated for Male Artist of the Year at this year’s awards and will perform during the ceremony. The 2019 ACM Awards will broadcast live on CBS from MGM Grand’s Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7 at 8:00PM ET/7:00PM CT. 

These achievements add to an already monumental year for Combs, whose breakthrough debut album This One’s For You is now certified RIAA double Platinum. Since it’s release June 2, 2017, the album has spent a total of 29 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, including 16 weeks in 2018—making it the highest selling country album last year with 1.1 million equivalent album units sold and the only country album to surpass 1 million album units. It’s also the most-streamed country album of 2019 so far. Additionally, Combs was recently named Country Artist of the Year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, New Artist of the Year at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards, was nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards and was the recipient of a CMA Triple Play Award for writing three No. 1 songs in a 12 month period. 

Luke Combs makes history this week as the first artist to simultaneously top all five Billboard country charts for multiple weeks: Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales (all dated March 30). The 2019 ACM Award-winner for New Male Artist of the Year first achieved this feat the week of March 9. 

The success comes on the heels of Combs’ 2x Platinum single, “Beautiful Crazy,” which remains No. 1 on the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart for the third-straight week and holds strong at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for the fifth-straight week. This is his fastest rising single to date (15 weeks) and makes Combs the first artist ever to send his first five singles to the top of Billboard ’s Country Airplay chart. “Beautiful Crazy” is also the first country single shipped to radio already platinum-certified since Taylor Swift’s “Red” in 2013 and has more than 301 million on-demand streams. In celebration of these milestones, Combs recently released an acoustic version of the song. Listen/share HERE. 

Already a winner at the 2019 ACM Awards, Combs is also nominated for Male Artist of the Year at this year’s awards and will perform during the ceremony. The 2019 ACM Awards will broadcast live on CBS from MGM Grand’s Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7 at 8:00PM ET/7:00PM CT. 

These achievements add to an already monumental year for Combs, whose breakthrough debut album This One’s For You is now certified RIAA double Platinum. Since it’s release June 2, 2017, the album has spent a total of 29 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, including 16 weeks in 2018—making it the highest selling country album last year with 1.1 million equivalent album units sold and the only country album to surpass 1 million album units. It’s also the most-streamed country album of 2019 so far. Additionally, Combs was recently named Country Artist of the Year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, New Artist of the Year at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards, was nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards and was the recipient of a CMA Triple Play Award for writing three No. 1 songs in a 12 month period. 

In continued support of the album, Combs is currently in the midst of his sold-out Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour — his first ever headline arena tour. Upcoming stops include Morrison’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, Detroit’s DTE Energy Music Theatre and Charlotte’s PNC Music Pavilion among several others. See below for complete tour details. 

Since the release of This One’s For You, Combs has been named Billboard’s Top 100 Artist and Top New Country Artist of 2017, “Best New Country Artist” at the iHeart Radio Awards, Music Row’s “Breakthrough Artist Of The Year” and 2017 Artist To Watch by Amazon Music, Billboard, Bobby Bones, CMT, HuffPost, Nashville Lifestyles, Pandora and Rolling Stone. 

This One’s For You was produced by Scott Moffatt (except for “One Number Away,” which was co-produced by Sammy Mitchell and Jackie Boyz) and recorded in Nashville, TN at Gold Cassette Studios and Direct Image Recording Studio. Released earlier this summer, This One’s For You Too debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart and No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Chart.