Taylor Swift Tops 50 Million MySpace Streams & Has Country's No 1 Selling CD For 20th Week
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Records) - Triple-platinum-selling recording artist and internet sensation Taylor Swift reached another online milestone this weekend, surpassing the 50 MILLION mark for music streams on MySpace, where she is consistently ranked Country's No 1 artist. Taylor, ...
| Crooked Still Celebrates Critically Acclaimed New Release 'Still Crooked' On June 24, 2008
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ By Kissy Black/ Lotos Nile Media) - Signature Sounds recording artist Crooked Still releases their highly anticipated third album, today June 24th, titled Still Crooked. A world tour to support the record will follow. The band, made up of founding members Aoife O'Donovan, ...
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Alaska's 50th Birthday Bash Begins With Free Wynonna Judd Concert
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Top40 Charts/ Anchorage Statewide Celebration) - Country music star Wynonna Judd will be center stage for Alaska's grand celebration of its own stardom - the 50th anniversary of statehood, when its star was added to the U.S. flag. The Friday, June 27 free public concert falls ...
| New Album From Jerry Douglas 'Glide,' To Be Released On August 19, 2008
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ KOCH Records) - On Tuesday, August 19, 2008, KOCH Records will release GRAMMY Award-winning Dobro master Jerry Douglas' new solo album, "Glide." Douglas will celebrate the launch of his latest recording as he headlines the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's "2008 Artist-In-Residence" ...
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Floyd Tolston Releases 'Wal Mart Lovers' As Follow-up Single
DALLAS, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Floyd Tolston Official Website) - Singer/songwriter Floyd Tolston has released his hilarious new single, 'Wal Mart Lovers' off his CD Something Special to Country and Americana radio stations. With its memorable lyrics and a catchy melody, the song is a true account of a couple ...
| 'Last Call' For Lee Ann Womack On June 30, 2008
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ MCA Nashville) - MCA Nashville will officially release Lee Ann Womack's new single "Last Call", written by Erin Enderlin and Shane McAnally, to radio June 30. Her highly-anticipated seventh album, produced by Tony Brown and titled Call Me Crazy, will debut this Fall. ...
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Bill Anderson - Unplugged
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Bill Anderson Official Website) - Whisperin' Bill Anderson, who has built a six-decade career out of writing and performing legendary country songs, plans to take those tunes - and the stories behind them - on an extensive acoustic tour of Canada this coming September. ...
| Kenny Chesney's Chicago Pirate Radio - WUSN Goes All Poets, All Pirates Over Sold Out Soldier Field Show
Chicago, IL. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Records) - WUSN the nation's biggest country radio station, will be flying a skull & crossbones flag this weekend as Kenny Chesney's Poets & Pirates Tour drops anchor for its sold-out Soldier Field show, home of the Chicago Bears. Starting at 5 pm Friday - and running ...
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Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Names Fifteen Nominees For 2008
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation) - Ten songwriters and five songwriter/artists have been nominated for one of the nation's highest songwriting honors - induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Of the nominees, two from the songwriter category ...
| Katie Armiger To Turn '17 In Abilene'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Cold River Records) - When Katie Armiger wrote and released her debut single '17 In Abilene ' she never imagined that a year later she would be taking the song quite literally and heading to Abilene , TX to celebrate her 17th birthday. But on June 25th that is exactly what ...
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Leona Williams Sings Merle Haggard
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Ah-Ha Entertainment Group) - Ah-Ha Entertainment Group announced today the release of their second album on the newly formed label, Ah-Ha Music. The album, Leona Williams Sings Merle Haggard, is currently available at Ernest Tubb Record Shops and selected outlets online. ...
| Billy Childers Makes New Fans And Friends At CMA Music Festival
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Billy Childers Official Website) - BILLY CHILDERS was thrilled to have the opportunity to participate in his first-ever CMA Music Festival! 'Having so much talent concentrated in one place makes this event unique from all others. I don't know that there's another genre ...
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Jason Aldean Debuts New Music Video For Title Track 'Relentless' On People.com
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Broken Bow Records) - Platinum- selling country music star Jason Aldean unveiled the latest music video for his new single "Relentless" this week. People.com is giving fans the "first look" by premiering the video (https://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20207626,00.html) ...
| Tracy Byrd Volunteers Benefit Concert To Help Restore Texas Governor's Mansion
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Tracy Byrd Official Website) - Multi-platinum country music star, Tracy Byrd, and his long-time manager, Joe Carter, both native Texans, immediately reached out to Texas' Governor Rick Perry to offer a way to help raise funds to restore the Governor's Mansion that was severely ...
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Clay Walker's Band Against MS Foundation Awards Scholarship To University Of Texas At Houston Medical Student
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Curb Records) - Clay Walker's Band Against MS (BAMS) Foundation recently awarded a $5000 Summer Research Scholarship to one outstanding University of Texas at Houston Medical School student. The scholarship, issued through The Foundation of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis ...
| Yahoo! Teenage Yodeling Champion To Play Carnegie Hall, Make Australian Appearances
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Taylor Ware Official Website) - Taylor Ware, the 13-year-old yodeling champion and "America's Got Talent" top five finalist, will perform at Carnegie Hall Tuesday, June 24, followed by two weeks' worth of Australian appearances. "America's Yodeling Sweetheart" was asked ...
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River County Set To Rock The Country
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ SVC Records) - SVC Records, Indianapolis, IN introduces River County [Derek Wylie (lead vocals), Chris Presley (lead/ rhythm guitar and background vocals) and Jake Hehman (keyboards & harmonies)], a group of country boys who love to rock the stage and play just for the ...
| Third Time's The Charm For JESSICA CAYNE URICK At CMA Music Festival
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Jessica Urick Official Website) - With the 2008 CMA Music Festival having just wrapped, JESSICA CAYNE URICK is already looking forward to next year! This year's event was her most involved yet, and Jessica has come quite a ways from her first year participating in the annual ...
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Country Music Superstars Rascal Flatts Will Join Conductor Keith Lockhart And The Boston Pops On The 'Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ White Cherry Entertainment) - Country music superstars Rascal Flatts will join conductor Keith Lockhart and The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra on the BOSTON POPS FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, an entertainment special to be broadcast live from the Charles River Esplanade in Boston ...
| Janie Fricke Will Perform Material From New Album Roses & Lace This Weekend On the Grand Ole Opry
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Janie Fricke Official Website) - Music icon and world renowned performer Janie Fricke is scheduled to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, Saturday, June 21, 2008. Fricke, who just released her latest album Roses & Lace, will mix up her Opry performance with a bit of the old ...
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