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Rhett Akins Earns Multiple BMI Millionaire Certificates During Grand Ole Opry Performance

October 23, 2023/by LB Cantrell

Pictured (L-R): Warner Chappell Music’s Bryce Sherlow, Warner Chappell Music’s Jessi Stevenson, Rhett Akins, Warner Chappell Music’s Ben Vaughn and BMI’s Leslie Roberts. Photo: Chris Hollo for Grand Ole Opry

Prolific songwriter Rhett Akins performed on the Grand Ole Opry stage last week. To show off the magic of Nashville, Akins was joined by other hitmakers Jessi Alexander and Brad and Brett Warren in a special songwriter round on stage.

Before the performance, Akins was celebrated by BMI’s Leslie Roberts alongside Warner Chappell Music’s Ben Vaughn for his 35 chart-topping hits.

Throughout his career, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (NaSHOF) member and two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year has garnered more than 68 million spins at radio for artists such as Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett and Parker McCollum.

The impressive list of millionaire certificates behind ACM’s Songwriter of the Year and Songwriter of the Decade includes:

One Million Airplays
“What Happens In A Small Town”
“Look What God Gave Her”
“Tequila Little Time”
“I Lived It”
“To Be Loved By You”
“Slow Down Summer”
“Half Of Me”
“A Girl Like You”

Two Million Airplays
“Life Changes”
“All Over Me”
“Ready Set Roll”
“Young And Crazy”
“Tonight Looks Good On You”
“Mind Reader”
“Huntin’ Fishin’ Lovin’ Every Day”

Three Million Airplays
“What’s Your Country Song”
“Farmer’s Daughter”
“It Goes Like This”
“Get Me Some Of That”

Four Million Airplays
“When She Says Baby”
“Gimme That Girl”
“Boys ‘Round Here”
“Take A Back Road”
“That Ain’t My Truck”
“I Don’t Want This Night To End”

Five Million Airplays
“Dirt On My Boots”
“Honeybee”

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LB Cantrell is Editor/Director of Operations at MusicRow magazine, where she oversees, manages and executes all company operations. LB oversees all MusicRow-related content, including the publication’s six annual print issues and online news. She is a Georgia native and a graduate of the Recording Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University.
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