In October, the RIAA presented 41 digital single awards and 17 album awards.
Pop stars with Nashville ties earned multiplatinum certifications, including Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” (Epic) scoring its third and fourth platinum certs. Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” (Big Machine Records) secured its second platinum award.
Below is a list of the Country and CCM honorees:
Platinum Singles
Florida Georgia Line, “Dirt,” Republic Nashville
Hillsong United, “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail),” Hillsong/Sparrow Records
Sam Hunt, “Leave The Night On,” MCA Nashville
Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood, “Somethin’ Bad,” RCA Records Nashville
Gold Singles
Brantley Gilbert, “Small Town Throwdown,” Ft. Justin Moore and Thomas Rhett, The Valory Music Co.
Cole Swindell, “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight,” Warner Bros.
Multiplatinum Album
Jason Aldean, Night Train, Broken Bow, double platinum
A full list is available at facebook.com/GoldandPlatinum.

Fontanel, co-owned by manager Marc Oswald, has launched Fontanel Records. The label is the brainchild of Oswald’s wife and member of music trio The Farm, Krista Marie Oswald. The label’s first release is Fontanel Family Christmas, a holiday record that showcases the musical talent of Fontanel employees. They encouraged 20 employees to record their favorite Christmas songs for the label’s debut album.
“I spend a tremendous amount of time at Fontanel,” stated Krista, “and continue to be amazed by all the incredible talent that so many of the Fontanel employees have. Whether it be a tour guide in the mansion serenading guests with one of their tunes or a Mandrell classic, a singing waiter at Cafe’ Fontanella, a staff member featured on the Studio Gallery stage, someone finger picking on Prichard’s Distillery’s front porch, or even another tickling the ivories on one of the pianos all over the property, music is everywhere at Fontanel.”
“We purchased the .com immediately,” she added, “and set up a website and began recording our debut album! What had begun as a simple “thank you” to the staff, turned into a magical project, filled with heart & soul, pride & love. Listening to each track on the Fontanel Family Christmas album, you feel each individual’s passion and dedication – and this is only the beginning. There is no telling what will come out of this employee driven label; the creativity and drive is unparalleled, and there are no boundaries.”
The Fontanel Family Christmas album can be purchased at The Fontanel Gift Shop at 4125 Whites Creek Pike, Nashville, TN 37189.

Following the removal of Big Machine Label Group artist Taylor Swift‘s entire catalog of music from streaming music service Spotify, other artists are following that lead. As previously reported, Broken Bow artist Jason Aldean‘s latest album Old Boots, New Dirt was recently pulled from the service, though the rest of his catalog is still available.
Two additional BMLG artists have now had albums pulled from Spotify. Valory Music Co. artist Justin Moore‘ s 2013 album Off The Beaten Path is no longer available on the service, though his past catalog is still available. A note on Spotify states, “The artist or their representatives have decided not to release this album on Spotify. We are working on it and hope they will change their mind soon.”
A similar note is posted for Valory Music Co. artist Brantley Gilbert‘s 2014 album Just As I Am, though his 2010 album Halfway To Heaven (Deluxe Album) and 2009’s A Modern Day Prodigal Son are still available on Spotify. Initially, Just As I Am was kept from Spotify for 60 days after its release; the project has gone on to be certified gold.