Chris Janson Celebrates “Drunk Girl” RIAA Certification

Chris Janson celebrated the one-year anniversary of his Grand Ole Opry invitation last night […]

Little Big Town To Host 2019 MusiCares Person Of The Year Tribute Honoring Dolly Parton

Grammy-winning group and current nominees Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet […]

Industry Ink: The GreenRoom, MTSU, Curb/Word Publishing

Publicist Meg Ryan has joined publicity company The GreenRoom, which represents artists […]

Spotify Posts First Operating Profit, Reaches 96 Million Paying Subscribers In Fourth Quarter

Spotify revealed that the digital service provider finished 2018 with 96 million paying […]

Carrie Underwood’s “The Champion” Certified Platinum

Carrie Underwood’s event anthem, “The Champion” featuring Ludacris has reached Platinum status. […]

International Bluegrass Music Association Adds Two Staffers

The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has added two full-time staffers. Abby […]

Scott Borchetta Brings Season 2 Of Canadian Series, ‘The Launch’

The Launch, the competitive Canadian series created by Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott […]

Johnny Cash’s Kitchen and Saloon Coming to Downtown Nashville

Icon Entertainment’s Bill Miller has revealed plans to open Johnny Cash’s Kitchen and Saloon, […]

In Pictures: Patty Griffin, Brett Young, Lee Ann Womack, Deana Carter At Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe

The 21st annual Sundance ASCAP Music Café, held Jan. 25 through Feb. 1 at the Sundance Film […]

Spotify Acquires Podcast Companies Gimlet And Anchor

Spotify has acquired two podcasting companies, Gimlet and Anchor in a move to expand and become […]

Brandi Carlile Sets 2019 Tour Dates, Headline Show At Madison Square Garden

Brandi Carlile will continue her extensive tour through 2019 including a special debut headline […]

Justin Moore Sets Release Date For Fifth Studio Album ‘Late Nights And Longnecks’

Justin Moore will release his fifth studio album,Late Nights And Longnecks, on April 26 via […]

Country Music Hall Of Fame’s Louise Scruggs Memorial Forum To Honor Bebe Evans And Marcie Allen Van Mol

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will honor Bebe Evans and her niece, Marcie Allen […]

Grammy Music Education Coalition Announces Nashville, Philadelphia Commitments

The Grammy Music Education Coalition (GMEC) has announced its 2019 plans which includes an All-Star […]

Copyright Royalty Board Finalizes Rates And Terms For Publisher Payouts

The Copyright Royalty Board published the finalized Final Rates and Terms for songwriters’ […]

Industry Ink: Quinton Digital, Maks Gabriel, Steel Blossoms

Amanda Quinton has opened artist development and digital marketing company Quinton Digital […]

Zac Brown Band Joins BMG

Zac Brown Band has inked a new global licensing agreement with BMG, to release their upcoming […]

USC Annenberg Report: Female Artists, Producers, Songwriters Remain Overlooked, Dismissed

In a new report from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released Feb. 5, […]

Brad Paisley Announces 2019 World Tour Featuring Chris Lane, Riley Green

Brad Paisley will be heading out on his just-announced 2019 World Tour, this Summer, which […]

Grammys Lineup Adds Dolly Parton, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Katy Perry

The Recording Academy has expanded its lineup for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards with a special […]

Former BMG President Zach Katz Teams With Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings For New Venture

Former BMG President Zach Katz, who exited the company in December 2018, has teamed with […]

WME’s Nashville Office Promotes Three

Marissa Smith, Emily LaRose and Haley Teske have been promoted to music agents in WME’s Nashville […]

Weekly Register: Luke Combs Returns To Top Of Country Albums Chart

Luke Combs returns to the top of the country albums sales chart this week, with This One’s For You […]

Industry Ink: APA Nashville, Station West, Academy Of Country Music

APA has promoted Brooke Ivey to agent in the Nashville office, it was announced today by […]

MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart: Ashley Gorley Leaps To The Top

“Millionaire” writer Kevin Welch has relinquished the No. 1 spot on the MusicRow Top Songwriter […]

Hank Williams Jr., Bad Company, Cody Jinks To Join Lynyrd Skynyrd Farewell Tour

Lynyrd Skynyrd has added U.S. tour dates to their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour […]

Mechanical Licensing Collective Announces Board and Committee Appointments

The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), the Songwriters of North America (SONA) […]

Michael Ray Announces Nineteen Tour

Michael Ray is launching his Nineteen Tour in February, and will make several appearances at a […]

Kylie Sackley Signs With Deluge Music

Kylie Sackley has signed a publishing deal with Deluge Music. “I’ve been a huge fan of Kylie’s since […]

ACM Announces Radio Awards Nominees

The Academy of Country Music has announced the Radio Awards nominees for the 54th ACM Awards, […]

Chris Young To Kick Off Raised On Country Tour In May

Chris Young is launching his Raised On Country Tour beginning May 16 in Alpharetta, GA. The first leg […]

Nominations Open: MusicRow’s 8th Annual Rising Women On The Row

MusicRow is set to honor six deserving businesswomen during its 2019 Rising Women on the Row ceremony […]

Tickets Available: MusicRow’s 8th Annual Rising Women On The Row

MusicRow is set to honor six deserving businesswomen during its 2019 Rising Women on the Row ceremony […]

Weekly Chart Report (2/1/19)

“Love Wins” by Carrie Underwood peaks this week on the MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart. […]

Cage The Elephant To Release New Album In April

Rock band Cage The Elephant has announced their upcoming album, Social Cues, will release […]

Morgan Wallen Sells Out His First Nashville Headlining Show

Morgan Wallen raised a whole lot more than cane Thursday night (Jan. 31) at his sold out headlining […]

Artist Booking, Management Company Madison House Opens Nashville Office

Artist booking and management firm Madison House has opened a Nashville office, located above […]

Ken Burns’ ‘Country Music’ Documentary To Premiere Sept. 15

Ken Burns’ long-awaited documentary Country Music, an eight-part, 16-hour series on the history […]

Star-Studded Ryman Concert To Celebrate Ken Burns’ ‘Country Music’ Documentary

In anticipation of the upcoming 16-hour Country Music documentary from Ken Burns, which will […]

Charley Pride Offers Special Screening Of ‘American Masters’ PBS Special

Country Music Hall of Fame member Charley Pride offered a special premiere screening of his […]

Mark Your Calendar—February 2019

Single Add Dates • Album Release Dates • Industry Events […]

LOCASH To Release New Album ‘Brothers’ In March

LOCASH is set to release their new full-length album, Brothers, on March 29. The project is […]

Leadership Music Accepting Applications For Class Of 2020

Leadership Music is now accepting applications from established music industry leaders for its Class […]

Zac Brown Band Announce ‘The Owl Tour’ Dates For Summer

Zac Brown Band has announced dates for their upcoming summer trek, “The Owl Tour.” The tour will kick […]

200 Artists, Industry Members Take Part In Recording Academy’s Inclusion Initiative For Female Producers, Engineers

Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Kacey Musgraves, Kassi Ashton, Kelsea […]

Weekly Chart Report (2/1/19)

“Love Wins” by Carrie Underwood peaks this week on the MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart. […]

Penske Media Takes Full Ownership Of ‘Rolling Stone’ Publication

Penske Media Corporation has finalized the purchase of the remaining 49 percent stake in Rolling Stone […]

George Strait Reveals 30th Studio Album Release Date, Track Listing

George Strait will release his 30th album, Honky Tonk Time Machine, on March 29 via MCA Nashville. […]

APA Nashville Promotes Travis Wolfe To VP Role

APA concerts agent Travis Wolfe has been promoted to Vice President, it was announced […]

Montana’s Under The Big Sky Festival Launches With Dwight Yoakam, Band Of Horses, Amanda Shires

Montana will debut the new Under The Big Sky Festival, slated for July 13-14 in Whitefish, Montana […]