MusicRow Weekly (News, Charts, More…)

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This week’s edition of the MusicRow Weekly recaps a busy week across Nashville’s music industry, from the 19th Annual ACM Honors and its celebration of country music’s biggest names to new partnerships, signings and Grand Ole Opry milestones. Click here to see the full edition.

The 19th Annual ACM Honors took over The Pinnacle in Nashville on Wednesday night (Aug. 19), raising more than $65,000 for ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music. Carly Pearce returned to host the event for the sixth consecutive year, joined by Parker McCollum, who co-hosted the ceremony for the first time.

The evening recognized a wide-ranging group of honorees, including Bill Anderson, Brett James, C2C: Country to Country, The Carter Family, Dolly Parton, Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves, the Paramount+ hit series Landman, Leslie Fram, Mike Curb and Scott Zolke. The ceremony also celebrated previously announced ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Ella Langley and ACM Songwriter of the Year Jessie Jo Dillon, along with the ACM Studio Recording Award and Industry Award recipients from the 61st ACM Awards cycle.

Elsewhere across the industry, The Neal Agency has partnered with WIN Artists, expanding TNA’s roster integrations throughout the broader entertainment business.

Echo House Collective has also launched, with Emma Kiefer joining the company as Senior Director of A&R. Co-founders Jet and Krysten Harvey will work with Kiefer as she leads A&R development, publishing, signings, roster management and other areas of the company’s operations.

The Grand Ole Opry continued welcoming new artists to its historic stage this week. Josh Tatofi made his Opry debut on Aug. 11, while Sons of Habit made their debut on Aug. 14. The duo’s Mitchell Douglas and Hagan Edge have also signed with Universal Music Publishing Nashville.

In other career news, Jaid Joice has signed with WME, while Jade Eagleson has joined BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville. Eagleson is also expanding his team, signing with Range Music for management, CAA for booking and Spirit Music, in a joint venture with Alliance Music Partners, for publishing.

Alison Nichols has signed a worldwide publishing deal with BMG, adding another new name to the publisher’s roster.

In addition, the latest MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart is included. Kenny Chesney takes the No. 1 spot with “Carry On.” Explore more chart data here.

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Madison Hahnen
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