In Pictures: CMA Fest 2022 Begins

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Dustin Lynch performs at Spotify House during CMA Fest at Ole Red. Photo: Ed Rode/Getty Images for Spotify

CMA Fest 2022 kicked off in full swing on Thursday (June 9) with a packed day of performances and experiences taking place all over Music City.

Among some of the first day highlights were sets from Jimmie Allen, Lindsay Ell, Hardy and Lainey Wilson at the Chevy Riverfront Stage, as well as a CMA Close Up Stage featuring Russell Dickerson. Elsewhere in the city, fans caught sets from David Nail, Thompson Square, Caylee Hammack, and moer at the Dr Pepper Amp Stage, on top of a loaded slate of artist performances at Fan Fair X, including Lily Rose, Jameson Rodgers, Elvie Shane, Priscilla Block, Breland, Tenille Arts, and more.

Thursday also saw the opening of Spotify House at Ole Red, featuring a lineup of Darius Rucker, Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge, Chase Wright, Brantley Gilbert, Ashley McBryde, Dustin Lynch, Dalton Dover, Ashley Cooke, Nate Smith, Kameron Marlowe, Meghan Patrick, and Nikki Lane.

The night ended at Nissan Stadium, where fans heard from Rucker, Shenandoah, Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, and more.

Jimmie Allen poses with students from Mt. View Elementary at Fan Fair X on Thursday, June 9 during CMA Fest 2022 in downtown Nashville. Photo: Courtesy of CMA

HARDY performs at the Riverfront Stage on Thursday, June 9 during CMA Fest 2022 in downtown Nashville. Photo: Courtesy of CMA

Russell Dickerson is Artist of the Day on the Close Up stage at Fan Fair X on Thursday, June 9 during CMA Fest 2022 in downtown Nashville. Photo: Courtesy of CMA

Industry Ink: Luke Combs, Jameson Rodgers, Chris Young, Crowder

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Luke Combs & Co-Writers Receive The First-Ever Deer No. 1 Gift

Pictured (L-R): Ryan Beuschel (WCM), Ben Vaughn (WCM), Luke Combs, Randy Montana, and Jonathan Singleton. Photo: David Bergman

At the recent BMI Party for Luke Combs, Ben Vaughn and the WCM team presented Combs and his fellow songwriters with a first-of-its-kind gift to celebrate their Platinum record “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” which rose to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart back in 2019.

Combs and his fellow songwriters Randy Montana and Jonathan Singleton are all bow hunters, so the team honored the trio by creating custom deer targets to commemorate the record breaking single.

 

 

Jameson Rodgers Celebrates Second Platinum Chart-Topper

Pictured (L-R): Sony Music Nashville’s Taylor Lindsey, Jess Wong and Alaina Vehec; Columbia Nashville’s Lauren Thomas; SMN’s Rachel Clogston, Jen Way, Randy Goodman and Ken Robold; River House Artists’ Lynn Oliver-Cline and Zebb Luster; Jameson Rodgers; Red Light Management’s JP Durant; SMN’s Jess Keifer, Meg Kehoe and Nicole Marinake; Combustion Music’s Chris Farren.

Jameson Rodgers celebrated the Platinum certification of his chart-topping single “Cold Beer Calling My Name” featuring Luke Combs at Acme Feed & Seed before his performance at the Chevy Riverfront Stage at CMA Fest on June 9.

“Cold Beer Calling My Name,” which has earned more than 190 million on-demand streams, is Rodgers’ second consecutive Platinum-certified No. 1 single following “Some Girls.”

 

 

Chris Young Celebrates Five Billion Streams With Team

Pictured (L-R, front row): Sony Music Nashville executive Taylor Lindsey, Chris Young and Sony Music Nashville executives Ken Robold and Alaina Vehec; (L-R, back row): Sony Music Nashville executives Jennifer Way and Allen Brown, Chris Young band member Ryan Haas, and Sony Music Nashville executives Meg Kehoe, Randy Goodman and Jessica Wong. Photo: Moncell Allen

Chris Young was presented with a special plaque commemorating his surpassing 5 billion streams across his catalog worldwide, which includes twelve No. 1 singles to date. Additionally, Young’s Famous Friends and Losing Sleep albums have been certified Gold by the RIAA, earning an impressive 24 total career certifications of Gold, Platinum, and multi-Platinum certified projects.

He received the special plaque commemorating these achievements from his RCA Records Nashville team during his 21st annual Fan Club party at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday (June 9).

The recognition comes on the heels of last week’s release of his Famous Friends (Deluxe Edition).

 

 

Crowder Celebrates Some Golden Milestones

Photo: Courtesy sixstepsrecords/Capitol Christian Music Group

Crowder and his team gathered to celebrate a handful of recent major achievements, including a No. 1 for his latest chart-topping singles “Good God Almighty” and “In the House.”

The team also commemorated RIAA Gold certifications for Crowder’s album Neon Steeple and single “All My Hope.”

Crowder is set to kick off his headline “My People Tour” tonight (June 10) in Orange Beach, Alabama.

On The Row: Ben Gallaher Talks Nashville’s Ten-Year-Town, Prison Tours & More

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Ben Galllaher. Photo: Courtesy of MusicRow

Rising country rocker Ben Gallaher has made his way around Music City and beyond over the last ten years.

A self-taught musician who has played guitar since he was 6, the impressive picker has opened for the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hank Williams Jr., Blake Shelton, 3 Doors Down, and Lee Brice.

“I’ve never really had legit lessons other than a handful when I was young, but I just feel like I was born to do this—play and sing country music,” Gallaher shared in a recent visit with MusicRow. “It’s been a lifelong journey for me. There was never really a backup plan or anything, I was just going to get to Nashville.”

Growing up in small town Pennsylvania on 90s country greats, namely Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw, BlackHawk, Tracy Lawrence and more, Gallaher notes that the sonic elements of country music from the 2000s really shaped his artistry. While watching icons like Keith Urban blast on to the Nashville scene with his guitar prowess, Gallaher began writing songs in high school. Though he admits that none of them were any good, he rolled into Nashville at 19 to pursue his musical dreams while also attending Belmont University.

Ben Gallaher & MusicRow‘s Sherod Robertson. Photo: Courtesy of MusicRow

“I feel like most artist-writers when they move to town, one of the first steps is breaking into the songwriting circles. You start co-writing and meeting people,” he explained. “For me, I love songwriting but I’m such a live guy that I would stay up at night trying to figure out how to get out on the road, form a band, and rent a van until I could buy one. I wanted to learn how to work a crowd, so that stuff is what drove me.”

Now, Gallaher is hard at work in the studio ironing out the last batch of songs for his first full-length record. Combing through a few hundred of the songs he’s penned throughout the last few years, he tapped Mickey Jack Cones and Derek George as co-producers for his debut project. However, not all of the songs that make up its track list were written by Gallaher.

“I love writing, but the best song wins. We’re cutting songs that I didn’t write because some of the best, world class writers are in this town. I think it would be stupid to not dig in to some of those catalogs and find the best stuff,” he noted.

Of the songs expected to be included on his upcoming record are a sentimental love song about his wife called “Roots Grow Down,” which was released late last year, and an ode to one’s love for their small hometown in “Til It’s Yours.”

“We were touring in Kansas a couple of years ago and we passed this small town right on the side of the highway. I was in the passenger seat of the van and I was just thinking, ‘How many people pass this small town and they don’t think anything of it?’ But if you’re from that small town, that’s everything to you,” he shared. “Things mean more to you when they’re yours, but to somebody else they may not mean anything. My songwriting mind was like, ‘Man, that’s a country song in the making right there,'” he said with a laugh.

Pictured (L-R): MusicRow‘s Steven Boero and Lydia Farthing, Ben Gallaher, and MusicRow‘s Sherod Robertson and Alex Parry; (on screen) MusicRow‘s LB Cantrell. Photo: Courtesy of MusicRow

As he’s been traveling on the road over the last ten years, Gallaher has also created his own headlining “Prison Tour.” Visiting the state prisons of Pennsylvania each December, he brings his soulful, rock flare to the inmates through a solo, acoustic set of both originals and well-known covers.

“A friend of mine back in 2011 worked at one of the state prisons in Pennsylvania and asked me, ‘Have you ever thought about coming and playing for the inmates?’ At first I was like, ‘Hell no!’ But it reminded me of Johnny Cash, and I felt like no one was doing that,” he remarked. “There were like 250-300 inmates in the bleachers [the first time I played at a prison] and it was unreal. You could hear a pin drop in there. The raw reaction from these guys was so moving that the following year it naturally spread to the other state prisons.”

Over the last decade, Gallaher has expanded his reach to about a dozen prisons and has quite the stories to tell from his experiences. “This one guy came up to me [at a prison show] and said, ‘I’ve been in here for 20 years and I hate country music, but those songs just changed my whole outlook on life. It gave me a sense of hope and positivity that when I get out of here I can chase my own dreams and be somebody good…’ That’s the power of music right there.”

Now signed to Stone Country Records, Gallaher has released his very first single to country radio: the gravel-infused rocker “Country, Boy.”

“I’ve been on a radio tour for about six or eight months now, running around all over the country. This is the first time going to radio and the first time having a real, full team.” he summed, “It’s all about the team. You can’t do it alone. I know that better than anybody else after being here for this long.”

Music Row A&R Veteran Al Cooley Passes

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Longtime Nashville music executive Al Cooley died on Thursday (June 9) at age 76.

He is perhaps best known for his tenure at Combine Music, the publishing home of such Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame members as Dennis Linde, Kris Kristofferson, John Scott Sherrill, Bob DiPiero, Larry Gatlin and Bob Morrison, among others.

Cooley was also an authority on the career of Elvis Presley and had an encyclopedic knowledge of popular-music history, particularly Nashville’s. He was one of Music Row’s great characters and an intense music enthusiast. These qualities made him successful.

“He was the classic picture of a song plugger,” recalls former Combine writer Woody Bomar. “When he believed in a song he was relentless until he got it from the writer’s room to the radio.”

Born Al Bianculli, he was raised in the Bronx and retained a strong New York accent throughout his Music Row career. He first came to Nashville as a music journalist. Cooley was the editor of Zoo World: The Music Megapaper. Published in 1972-75, the bi-weekly periodical was designed as a competitor to Rolling Stone. He profiled the “Nashville underground” in a 1973 edition of Zoo World. In 1975, he wrote liner notes for Billy Swan’s album Rock ’N’ Roll Moon.

His outgoing personality appealed to the industry leaders on Music Row. He was hired by Combine in 1976, and became its widely liked song plugger. He advanced at the publishing company throughout his decade there. The staff songwriters included Bomar, Swan, Thomas Cain, Tony Joe White, Pat McManus, Debbie Hupp, Patti Ryan, Mark Germino and Tim Krekel, as well as the Hall of Famers listed above. Cain became a BMI executive. Bomar now runs Green Hills Music.

Among Al Cooley’s many accomplishments was giving future star Kathy Mattea her first recording sessions by hiring her as a Combine demo singer. In 1981, he helped David Ross launch MusicRow magazine as the periodical’s first columnist. He remained at Combine until 1986, when it was sold to SBK Entertainment (the catalog now resides at EMI).

Cooley also had stints at the MTM Music Group and at MCA Music Publishing. In 1991, he became the A&R Director at Atlantic Nashville Records. The company succeeded with Tracy Lawrence, Neal McCoy, Confederate Railroad, Robin Lee and John Michael Montgomery. He became vice president at the label in 1994.

In 2004, Cooley was named Manager of Koch Nashville’s publishing division. Koch/Audium was associated with such artists as Robert Earl Keen, Dean Miller, Gene Watson, The Tractors, Daryle Singletary, Dwight Yoakam, David Lee Murphy and John Anderson.

Cooley retired, but continued to be involved in the music business as a repertoire consultant for Tracy Lawrence and other acts.

In recent years, Al Cooley had been battling cancer. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.

Chart Action: Thomas Rhett’s New Single Hits Radio

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Coming off the heels of his 19th career No. 1 with “Slow Down Summer,” Thomas Rhett‘s newest single, “Half Of Me” with Riley Green impacts country radio this week. It debuted at No. 42 on the MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart, earning the most spins and adds out of any other single this week. He earned an addition 53 new station adds on the Mediabase chart.

Rhett co-wrote “Half Of Me” with his father, Rhett Akins, William Bundy and Josh Thompson. It is the second single off his sixth studio album, Where We Started.

Rhett shares, “I’m pretty blown away to be celebrating my 19th No. 1 with ‘Slow Down Summer’ and the release of my new single ‘Half Of Me.’ I wrote both of these songs with my dad, which is special to me, and several other truly incredible songwriters. I hope fans have as much fun singing along to ‘Half Of Me‘ as we did writing it.”

Rhett will embark on his headlining “Bring The Bar To You Tour” this summer with Parker McCollum and Conner Smith.

For more chart data, view the latest edition of The MusicRow Weekly.

Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Zac Brown Band Show Out For CMA Fest Night 1

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Jason Aldean performs at Nissan Stadium on Thursday, June 9 during CMA Fest 2022 in downtown Nashville.

The heat gave Nashville a break Thursday evening (June 9), making for the perfect breezy summer evening for the first Nissan Stadium show of CMA Fest 2022.

With headlining sets from Shenandoah, Darius Rucker, Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean and Keith Urban, fans were treated to an evening of hits on night one.

Rising star Brittney Spencer got the music started with a hair-raising rendition of the National Anthem. Crook & Chase‘s Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase were delightful hosts for show attendees, while Dierks Bentley and Elle King made a few appearances while performing their hosting duties for the TV special, airing in August.

Shenandoah was the first act to take the main stage. Marty Raybon and the band sounded awesome, and pleased fans with some ’80s country gold. Concert goers clapped and sang along to “Next to You, Next to Me,” “I Wanna Be Loved Like That,” and “Two Dozen Roses.” After closing with a rousing rendition of “The Church on Cumberland Road,” Raybon closed the set with a spirited, “Long live country music!”

Darius Rucker performs at Nissan Stadium on Thursday, June 9 during CMA Fest 2022 in downtown Nashville.

Rucker’s set was full of laid-back, feel-good vibes. He sang country hit after country hit, such as “Alright,” “Come Back Song,” “Homegrown Honey,” “This,” and “Beers And Sunshine.” He also thrilled fans by grooving along with some Hootie & The Blowfish hits like “Hold My Hand” and “I Only Wanna Be With You.”

“Who loves country music, huh?” Rucker said before going into his massive, 9x-Platinum “Wagon Wheel.” If you’ve ever been to a Darius Rucker show, you know that the people love “Wagon Wheel.” Fans from the floor of Nissan Stadium to the top of the 300 section were on their feet dancing with the singer to the 2013 hit.

The hits kept coming when Zac Brown Band took the stage. The talented band performed their beloved “Toes,” “Knee Deep,” “Homegrown,” and “Colder Weather,” as well as some newer songs such as “Out in the Middle” and “Same Boat.”

Brown invited a few special guests to join him during his stage, starting with King Calaway, to promo their brand new single “When I Get Home.” Brown co-wrote and produced the track.

He also invited the very talented Marcus King up to perform a song the two co-wrote, “Stubborn Pride.” Brown was giddy watching King get a standing ovation after his incredible guitar solo.

Zac Brown Band performs at Nissan Stadium on Thursday, June 9 during CMA Fest 2022 in downtown Nashville.

Like Rucker, the Zac Brown Band has a larger than life crowd favorite: “Chicken Fried.” The stadium was thigh-slapping and two-stepping along to the country hit from its opening licks to the moment Brown left the stage.

Next up was Aldean. If fans were getting tired by the time the country rocker took the stage, the energy he brought was enough to wake them up.

Aldean kicked up the volume for his long string of hits, such as “Crazy Town,” “Lights Come On,” “Take A Little Ride,” “Tattoos On This Town,” and “Dirt Road Anthem.” He also played some new tunes, such as the current No. 1 song in the country, “Trouble With A Heartbreak,” and his next single, “What Tequila Does.”

“It’s good to see you guys, back,” the country star said. “This is what June in Nashville is supposed to look like.”

When it came time to sing his monster hit with Carrie Underwood, “If I Didn’t Love You,” Aldean sat at the piano and Underwood appeared on a screen singing her part. The energy never wavered throughout Aldean’s set, and he closed with a one-two punch: “My Kinda Party” and “Hick Town.”

Keith Urban performs at Nissan Stadium on Thursday, June 9 during CMA Fest 2022 in downtown Nashville.

Urban took the stage at about a quarter ’til midnight. He carried on Aldean’s high-energy, running all over the stage and connecting with the crowd.

“I have a feeling you guys might have missed this thing as much as we did,” Urban said to the excited crowd.

The beloved entertainer performed his “Days Go By,” “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” “Somebody Like You” and “You’ll Think of Me.” For his duet with P!nk, “One Too Many,” Urban also made use of a pre-recorded video for the pop singer’s part.

Urban’s newest hit, “Wild Hearts,” sounded perfect in the stadium. The anthemic tune had fans reaching towards the sky and singing their hearts out.

More performers made use a few other stages throughout the night. Dustin Lynch and MacKenzie Porter performed their smash duet, “Thinking ‘Bout You,” in the middle of the stage.

On the new Platform Stage, Kat & Alex sang their “How Many Times” and “I Want It All,” complete with Spanish versions honoring their heritage. The band mates and spouses exchanged grins at each other, beaming with pride at their Nissan performance.

Priscilla Block also performed on the Platform Stage. “I think I’m about to pee my pants. This is the coolest thing ever done in my whole life,” she said through tears. The smiling and sparkly singer performed her fun “My Bar” and breakout hit, “Just About Over You.”

Taking the Nissan Stadium stage tonight (June 10) will be Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown, Deana Carter, Carly Pearce, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson.

 

Carrie Underwood Brings The Bling To CMA Fest With New Pop-Up Exhibit

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Carrie Underwood at “The Denim & Rhinestones Experience.” Photo: Jeff Johnson

Carrie Underwood is offering fans a unique experience this week with the opening of “The Denim & Rhinestones Experience” at the Historic Bell Tower in downtown Nashville.

The fun-filled, pop-up exhibit features a bevy of interactive photo installations, wardrobe displays, and a retail boutique celebrating the music of Underwood’s latest album, Denim & Rhinestones, out today (June 10).

“The Denim & Rhinestones Experience.” Photo: Jeff Johnson

“CMA Fest week is always so much fun with so many things going on and this year, we’ve added our album launch to the festivities! To celebrate, we’ve put together ‘The Denim & Rhinestones Experience,’ a pop-up exhibit and retail space for fans which will be open to the public at The Historic Bell Tower in downtown Nashville Friday, Saturday and Sunday,” Underwood tells MusicRow.

“We really wanted to bring the music of Denim & Rhinestones to life with some fun, interactive experiences highlighting ‘Ghost Story,’ ‘Crazy Angels,’ ‘Pink Champagne,’ an Infinity Room and, of course, lots of denim and lots of rhinestones. We’ve got some of my favorite wardrobe pieces from my recent performances at The Grammys, CMT Music Awards, Stagecoach, and more on display. Come on down, add some bling to some merch or on a souvenir cup, and we’ll keep you hydrated during the hot days of CMA Fest.”

“The Denim & Rhinestones Experience” will be open to the public from June 10-12.

‘Lucille’ Songwriter Hal Bynum Passes

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Hal Bynum. Photo: Dennis Wile / Warner Bros. Records

Award-winning Nashville songwriter Hal Bynum died June 2 at age 87.

He is best-known as the co-writer of the Kenny Rogers mega-hit “Lucille,” with collaborator Roger Bowling (1944-1982). Bynum was also a spoken-word recording artist and performer.

Harold Lynn Bynum was born in West Texas in 1934 and attended Texas Tech in Lubbock. He served in the U.S. Navy and began writing country songs as a young man. His first recorded song was “I’m Hot to Trot,” recorded by Terry Fell in 1953. George Jones recorded Bynum’s “The Old, Old House” in 1963, and the songwriter moved to Nashville five years later. “The Old, Old House” subsequently became a bluegrass favorite recorded by Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Peter Rowan, Country Gazette, IIIrd Tyme Out and Marty Stuart.

Country superstar Jim Reeves recorded Bynum’s “Nobody’s Fool” shortly before he died in 1964, and the song became a posthumous top-10 success for Reeves in 1970. The songwriter’s other notable event in 1970 came when Ray Price recorded “You Can’t Take It With You.” This song was also recorded by Wynn Stewart, Johnny Bush, Clinton Gregory and Kenny Price.

Johnny Cash recorded Bynum’s “Papa Was a Good Man” the following year, and it became a top-20 hit. In 1973, Jeanne Pruett recorded “I’ve Been So Wrong For So Long,” and a year later Diahann Carroll introduced “Easy to Love,” which was covered by Tom Jones.

During his career, Bynum wrote more than 200 songs. They were recorded by artists such as Merle Haggard, Ernest Tubb, Jimmy Dickens, Curtis Potter, T.G. Sheppard, Dave & Sugar, Charlie Rich, Diana Trask, Cal Smith, John Anderson and Roy Clark.

His songwriting career struck gold with “Lucille.” The song turned Kenny Rogers into a pop and country superstar, won him a Grammy, sold a million, became a country standard and earned Bynum and Bowling the CMA Song of the Year award for 1977.

This success was followed by “There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang,” co-written with Dave Kirby. It rose to the top of the charts in a duet by Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash in late 1978.

Bynum co-wrote 1987’s “As If I Didn’t Know” with Mel Tillis, and it was recorded by Suzy Bogguss, as well as Lee Greenwood. One of the songwriter’s most frequent collaborators was Bud Reneau, with whom he wrote “Chains.” It topped the charts for Patty Loveless in 1990.

In the late 1990s, Hal Bynum began a second career as a spoken-word recording artist. Jim Ed Norman produced Bynum’s philosophical If I Could Do Anything (1998) on Warner Bros. Records. Bynum followed that with two more albums on his own label, The Promise (2002) and An American Prayer (2004). The Promise was also the title of his 2002 autobiography.

Hal Bynum passed away peacefully after a prolonged battle with Alzheimer’s and a final stroke. He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Rebecca Jan Bynum; his sons, Scott Thomas Bynum of Farmington, New Mexico and Christopher David Bynum of Brooklyn, New York and by two grandchildren and two nieces.

The family will gather at his home in Nashville to celebrate his life at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Urantia Fellowship in his name.

Callista Clark Announces Full-Length Debut ‘Real To Me: The Way I Feel’ For October

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Callista Clark is giving fans a sneak preview of her upcoming debut full-length album Real To Me: The Way I Feel, with the release of a brand new track, “Sad,” out today.

Penned by the rising vocalist with Sarah Buxton and Jimmy Robbins, the young woman in “Sad” is not at all broken up about her recent breakup. “‘Sad’ is one of my favorite songs that I’ve ever written,” explains Clark. “It’s super lighthearted and perfect for summer. I wanted the lyrics of this song to be fun and sarcastic–the exact opposite of how I was feeling while going through a heartbreak. Manifesting not being sad.”

Due out Oct. 14 via Big Machine Records, the new album expands her previously-released Real To Me collection to 10 tracks. Produced by Nathan Chapman, Clark’s debut features songs co-written by Clark with Emily Shackelton, Jonathan Singleton, Chris DeStefano, Liz Rose, and more.

“I couldn’t be more excited to share that my first album ever is coming out Oct. 14! I have been waiting so long and trying my best to get all the new songs as perfect as I can. The Real to Me era is not over yet! Can’t wait for y’all to hear it,” she adds.

Clark continues to make strides as one of country’s hottest newcomers. Billboard has featured her two years in a row on their annual “21 Under 21” list, and she was the youngest member ever named to CMT’s Next Women of Country in the 2022 class.

Real To Me: The Way I Feel Track List:
1. “It’s ‘Cause I Am” | Callista Clark, Cameron Jaymes, Laura Veltz
2. “Gave It Back Broken” | Callista Clark, Emily Shackelton
3. “Change My Mind” | Callista Clark, Dan Isbell, Jonathan Singleton
4. “Worst Guy Ever” | Callista Clark, Jordan Reynolds, Emily Weisband
5. “Brave Girl” | Callista Clark, Ben Johnson, Emily Landis
6. “Wish You Wouldn’t” | Callista Clark, Emily Falvey, Lalo Guzman
7. “Heartbreak Song” | Callista Clark, Chris DeStefano, Liz Rose, Emily Shackelton
8. “Don’t Need It Anymore” | Callista Clark, Cameron Jaymes, Melissa Peirce
9. “Sad” | Callista Clark, Sarah Buxton, Jimmy Robbins
10. “Real To Me” | Callista Clark, Casey Robert Brown, Laura Veltz

Parmalee Hits No. 1 On MusicRow Radio Chart

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“Take My Name” by Parmalee earns a No. 1 Challenge Coin this week on the MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart. This is the group’s first MusicRow No. 1.

“Take My Name” appears on the group’s third album, For You, which was released in July of 2021 via Stoney Creek Records. The single was written by Ashley Gorely, David Fanning, Ben Johnson, and the band’s vocalist Matt Thomas.

“From the jump, the fans have really latched onto this song in such an amazing, life-changing way. Our fans have been the reason for so many of our own major milestones, so it means that much more to us that folks are our song for their proposals and weddings and allowing us to be a part of those major moments in their lives,” says Thomas.

Click here to view the latest edition of The MusicRow Weekly containing the MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart.