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McGraw Named Most Played Artist of Decade

August 2, 2010/by Sarah Skates

Jon Peck (L) and Tim McGraw (R)

Tim McGraw has been honored with Nielsen BDS’s Most Played Artist of the Decade Award, for all genres. Nielsen Music’s Jon Peck recently presented McGraw with a plaque commemorating 7,965,000 radio spins, the most airplay of any artist from January 1, 2000-December 31, 2009.

According to Eric Weinberg, president Nielsen Entertainment, “We congratulate Tim McGraw on being the most played artist of the decade on radio. His career and songs have resonated not only with his fans, but has become part of the fabric of America, evidenced by his unprecedented airplay.”

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Sarah Skates has been a writer and editor in the music business since 2004. She is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
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  1. Jackie
    Jackie says:
    August 3, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Tim McGraw- is just Totally Awesome!!!!

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  2. cindy arnold
    cindy arnold says:
    August 3, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    tim mcgraw is this generations elvis!

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  3. Myra Robinson
    Myra Robinson says:
    August 3, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    Tim is awesome, he deserves this honor,so is his wife a close second? to me she is just as good.

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  4. Joe Rudkin
    Joe Rudkin says:
    August 4, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    Tim McGraw is the genuine item. Same goes for Faith Hill. Truly decent, caring people.

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  1. Tim McGraw Ranks First at Radio Over Last Decade « Fan Country says:
    August 5, 2010 at 10:53 am

    […] McGraw has been officially recognized as the most-played artist of the last decade across all formats. I had a feeling this was the case. It seems like whenever I get in my car, […]

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