Amazon Music Celebrates Country Music Month With New Originals & Grand Ole Opry Takeover
Amazon Music kicks off Country Music Month this week with a month-long slate of specially-curated content celebrating the best in country music.
To kick off the celebration, Amazon Music will release four brand new Amazon Music originals, including Kane Brown’s reimagined marching band version of his track, “2 Pair (Game Day Version)” out today.
“I love that my fans have made ‘2 Pair’ the song of the summer—so how about a version for the football season with a drumline and marching band?” says Brown. “Hope this gets you pumped up. Go Dawgs!”
Additional Country Music Month Amazon Music originals include Noeline Hofmann‘s cover of Guy Clark’s “Dublin Blues,” which will be released on Oct. 3; Tucker Wetmore’s cover of The Georgia Satellites’ “Keep Your Hands To Yourself,” releasing Oct. 10; and Carter Faith‘s cover of Addison Rae’s “Fame Is A Gun,” out Oct. 21.
Amazon Music is making history as the first streaming service to curate a takeover of the Grand Ole Opry, featuring performances by Lauren Alaina, Dan + Shay, Russell Dickerson, Carter Faith, Noeline Hofmann and Lainey Wilson on Oct. 21. The themed Opry show will be hosted by Amber Anderson and Kelly Sutton of the Country Heat Weekly podcast. Streaming on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, Prime Video and the Amazon Music app, the celebration of Country Music Month and the Opry’s 100th anniversary will transform the iconic Opry barn from its iconic red to “Country Heat” orange during the special show. Carter Faith will also debut her Amazon Music Original cover of “Fame Is A Gun” during the broadcast.
Country has long been a top performing genre on Amazon Music, and the “Country Heat” brand recently achieved a major milestone, surpassing 30 billion streams in the U.S. alone since its 2016 launch.
