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April 7 – Stevie Woodward takes over as lead singer of Runaway June, replacing Naomi Cooke who left two months prior. [5] April 10 – Tanya Tucker celebrates the 50th anniversary of her first single, "Delta Dawn", with an all-star concert at the Ryman Auditorium.
- Changing of The Guard at Wmn
- Losing The First Lady of Country
- Cross-Country Signings
- Wallen Breaks A 58-Year Record and Sets A New One
- A Tragic End
- Dirt Road Less Traveled
- No Shoes Nation Showed Up
- A Trifecta of A-List Masters
- ACM Awards Primed For Change
- Vegas Loves Nashville
In June, Ben Kline and Cris Lacy ascendedto co-presidents of Warner Music Nashville, marking the first regime change at the top of a major country label since 2015. John “Espo” Esposito, who helmed WMN for 13 years, transitions to chairman emeritus in January. Among their first signings: Giovannie & The Hired Hands, Madeline Edwards and Chase Matth...
Pioneering country artist Loretta Lynn died Oct. 4 at the age of 90. Renowned for tackling real life, often taboo, topics in her tunes such as “The Pill” and “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man),” as well as her signature song, “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” streams of Lynn’s catalog surged 615%immediately following her death, according to Luminate.
Nashville labels and their coastal counterparts increasingly linked togetherto co-sign artists and give the acts cross-genre exposure and the power of combined resources. Warner Music Nashville and Elektra paired for Bailey Zimmerman and Sony Music Nashville and Columbia for Megan Moroney. Additionally, Warner Music Nashville promoted Warner Record...
In September, Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album broke the record for the most weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart by a singular artist. Its 86 non-consecutive weeks surpassed Peter, Paul & Mary’s self-titled debut album that notched 85 non-consecutive weeks between 1962 and 1964. The record holder remains the original cast albu...
Naomi Judd died by suicide on April 30 at age 76, just weeks after she and her daughter Wynonna appeared on the CMT Music Awards for the The Judds’ first awards show performance in two decades and the day before they were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Interest in the act’s music soared — The Judds’ All-Time Greatest Hits, issu...
The biggest successful infusion of new talent since 1989, six rock-based country artists invaded the top 35 of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with their first singles to country radio. “Country had started to feel very safe, not dangerous,” Core Entertainment co-founder Kevin “Chief” Zaruk told Billboard. “Now you’re seeing [rock] influences com...
Kenny Chesney’s Here and Now tour was the top outing among country artists in 2022. He led all country artists with a Billboard Boxscore gross of $135, 046,047 from 41 shows. The tally was high enough to land him at No. 9 on the all-genre Billboard Boxscore year-end tally and topped his last major tour, 2018’s Trip Around the Sun outing, by more th...
Three of country music’s biggest superstars, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban, sold their master recorded music royalties in 2022 for undisclosed sums: In January, Hipgnosis Song Management acquired 80% of Chesney’s recorded music catalog spanning from 1994-2017. In October, Shelton sold ownership of his master recordings released from ...
In March, the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards became the first major awards show to move from broadcast to live streamingwhen it aired via Amazon’s Prime Video from Las Vegas. Prime Video did not release viewership numbers but upped the deal for the 2023 ACM Awards.
Country artists staked their claim in Las Vegas with Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert all kicking off residencies in Sin City in 2022 (to be precise, Underwood’s run began in December 2021). Keith Urban, who started a residency in 2019 at Caesars, moves to Planet Hollywood for a new stint in 2023, while Garth Brookswill return to La...
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Dec 1, 2022 · Stellar albums by some of today's top country stars highlighted the 2022 release calendar. Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris impacted a lot of Spotify Wrapped...
Dec 22, 2022 · As country music continues to expand its horizons into 2023, here are six trends that defined country music in 2022. New Artists Dominated. If the emergence of new talent is a barometer of a genre's health, country music has nothing to worry about.
New Country Music: 2022 Calendar of Country Album Releases. The latest Country & Americana album releases along with a splash of Indie Folk & Roots. CLICK TO JUMP TO: January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December. January 7. Ruthie Collins – Cold Comfort +. January 14.
Dec 23, 2022 · Appropriately in 2022 — which happened to mark the 100th anniversary of the first country recording session — that tug of war between progress and tradition was very much evident. Musically,...
