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Sugarland Sells Out Nashville Arena, Debuts Video

Sugarland played a sold-out show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Saturday night (4/16), drawing a crowd of 14,000 fans for their first headlining gig in Music City. And this week the duo offers a new video for single “Tonight.”

DISClaimer Single Reviews (4/20/11)

We have a nice mix of newcomers and established stars this week. The three contenders for the DisCovery Award are Hunter Hayes, Russell Hitchcock and Jim Quick.

Swift Leads Digital Download Sales Race

According to the RIAA’s latest tally, Taylor Swift is the top-selling digital single artist with over 22.5 million career song downloads to date. Though it is early in 2011, she is facing competition for the most career downloads from Lady Gaga (20 million digital singles as of February), Rihanna (19 million) and the Black Eyed Peas […]

Industry Ink: Stanley Generation Records Opens

Hirings at Thinking Bee • Third Coast inks Janie Fricke • Keith Burns’ daughter fights cancer • WMG’s Danielle Taylor welcomes baby • Allen Butler preps for PGA tour

Adams and Reese Music Row Office Celebrates 10th Year

Adams and Reese recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Nashville Music Row office with a festive event and presentation to founding partner Sam Bartholowmew. Bartholomew, current Of Counsel with Adams and Reese, saw the need to service the entire Nashville Music Row community by starting an entertainment practice and presence there. “Only someone as wonderful […]

Capitol Promotes Allison Hardy

Capitol/EMI Records Nashville has promoted Allison Hardy to Manager, Media & Public Relations. She has been part of the label’s team since interning with the company in 2008 and has worked in the promotion and marketing teams over the last three years. Her most recent stint was Coordinator of the Marketing Department, reporting to Cindy […]

Flying Island Entertainment Plans For Launch

Entertainment attorney Nancy Eckert and booking veteran Louis Newman have announced the formation of Flying Island Entertainment, a Nashville-based artist services company to address the needs of both up-and-coming and established artists. GrassRoots Promotion’s Nancy Tunick will oversee the staffing of Flying Island’s radio division, as well as serving as its label and promotion consultant. […]

"Rolling Stone" Declares Nashville "Best Music Scene"

In its new Best of Rock issue, Rolling Stone lists Nashville as the nation’s Best Music Scene. The one-page spread covers Music City restaurants, bars, venues, shopping and record stores, with quotes from local rockers about their favorite hangs. Kings of Leon’s Caleb Followill prefers Losers, and Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney can be found […]

Photo Spread: Judds, Lunabelles, SOLID

The Judds Donate to St. Jude • Mark Wright Speaks at SOLID • The Lunabelles at CMA EDU

Nine North Adds Two Staffers

Nine North Records has added Jim Dorman and Will Robinson to its staff, effective May 2.

Sugarland Added To CMA Music Fest Lineup

Sugarland joins the growing list of performers for the 2011 CMA Music Festival’s Nightly Concerts at LP Field. The award-winning Mercury Records duo will take the stage Friday, June 10.

Kenny Chesney Joins BMI

Kenny Chesney has joined the BMI family of songwriters. The superstar has been building a repertoire of hits for more than a decade, leading to his recent twenty-first No. 1 “Somewhere With You.”

Study Finds DVDs And BluRay Discs Dominate Digital Video Options

Consumers are still using DVDs and Blu-ray Discs (BD) more than all other digital  video options combined reports market research group NPD. According to the company’s March 2011 study that included 9636 completed surveys from U.S. consumers, 77% of those surveyed reported watching a movie via DVD or BD for an average of four hours […]

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