Clay Walker Named CRB Artist Humanitarian Of The Year
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Curb Records) - Country music star, Clay Walker was honored today by Country Radio Broadcasters as their Artist Humanitarian of the Year during CRS 39. Philanthropy is something that has long been a part of Clay Walker's makeup. Giving back is Clay's way of showing his ...
| Chuck Wicks Celebrates Career-First Top 5 With 'Stealing Cinderella'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Nashville) - RCA Nashville recording artist Chuck Wicks has been writing songs for his debut release Starting Now for the past five years. Today he celebrates his first Top 5 hit with ' Stealing Cinderella,' a song he co-wrote with George Teren and Rivers Rutherford. ...
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Blake Shelton Releases 'Blake Shelton: Collector's Edition' Available On March 4, 2008
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Records) - Multi-Platinum selling Warner Bros. recording artist Blake Shelton releases Blake Shelton: Collector' s Edition tomorrow, March 4, available exclusively at Wal-Mart. The disc will include his current single, 'Home,' as well as mega-hits' Austin,' 'Ol' ...
| Video Of 2nd Single From Kevin Fowler's Bring It On Airing Nationally
Austin, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Equity Music Group) - Equity Music Group recording artist Kevin Fowler could attract as many as 65,000 country music fans when he performs at the Houston Rodeo & Livestock Show on March 5; ticket sales are already nearing 50,000. Meanwhile, his brand-new music video, "Best ...
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Bluegrass Legend to be Given Honorary Doctorate From Berklee College of Music on Stage at the Opry
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Skaggs Family Records) - Joining fellow country legends Loretta Lynn and Earl Scruggs, 13-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs will receive an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music on stage at the Grand Ole Opry March 18. Berklee Senior Vice President for Academic ...
| Chris Cagle's New Album Debuts At No 1
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Nashville) - MY LIFE'S BEEN A COUNTRY SONG, the fourth album from Capitol Records Nashville artist Chris Cagle, debuted at No 1 on Billboard's 'Current Country' chart, with 36,600 in first-week sales making it the best-selling country album for the week. The news ...
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Jeff Bates Releasing New Album On April 8, 2008
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Black River Music Group) - Jeff Bates—whose 'Long, Slow Kisses' and 'I Wanna Make You Cry' charmed country fans—arrives April 8 with a brand new album called simply Jeff Bates. Released on the Black River Music Group label, the 13-cut album features 10 of Bates' ...
| Carrie Underwood Sells out First Week Run On 'Carnival Ride Tour'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - Three-time Grammy winner and reigning ACM and CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Carrie Underwood launched her headline tour, the 'Carnival Ride Tour,' on February 18 and enjoyed sell-outs on the first week of shows. Underwood and special guest Josh Turner ...
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Miranda Lambert Hits The Road For First Headlining Tour
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Music) - Two-time Grammy nominee, Miranda Lambert, isn't a stranger to the road as she's been playing clubs and traveling through Texas towns since the age of sixteen. But this spring and summer Lambert blazes her own trail with her first headlining tour hitting over ...
| Shawna Russell and Way Out West Records Ink Deal with Nine North Records
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Way Out West Records) - Shawna Russell and Way Out West Records have reached an agreement with Larry Pareigis and his company Nine North Records to head up national radio promotion for Russell's forthcoming single, 'Goddess,' according to Russell's co-manager, Clif Doyal, ...
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Jo Dee Messina, She's Not 'Done,' She Has Just Begun
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Jo Dee Messina Official Website) - Jo Dee has taken the past couple of years to really revaluate her life and surround herself with positive forces, which have enabled her to start 2008 with the energy and happiness that only self-confidence, inner peace and true love could ...
| Montgomery Gentry Achieves New Airplay Record With Single 'Back When I Knew It All'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Nashville) - Fresh on the heels of three back-to-back Top 5 singles from the album, Some People Change, Columbia Nashville's Montgomery Gentry hits radio again with their brand new single, 'Back When I Knew It All,' from their forthcoming early summer release. ...
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Performers Announced for 2008 CMA Music Festival
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Country Music Association) - The initial lineup of performers for 2008 CMA Music Festival is a potent mix of Festival faithful, cross-genre first-timers and returning superstars. "What's amazing about this year's lineup is that we have artists who are fan favorites, ...
| Estancia and LeAnn Rimes Reveal the Secret to Relaxing After a Hard Day at the Office: Good Friends and a Glass of Wine
MONTEREY, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Estancia) - Estancia, a leading winery from the Central Coast of California, teams up with Grammy-award-winning singer LeAnn Rimes as the official wine sponsor of her new music video "Good Friends And A Glass Of Wine," to be released Tuesday, March 4, 2008. This new ...
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Chris LeDoux's Best Songs and Videos Collected for 'Classic Chris LeDoux'
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Nashville/ EMI) - The late American music legend Chris LeDoux was a steadfast westerner who sang firsthand of rodeo glory and pain while living the life of a bona-fide modern-day cowboy. Honoring his authentic and lasting legacy of cowboy songwriting, recording ...
| Alan Jackson's Good Time Out On March 4, 2008
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - On March 4 Alan Jackson, one of Country music's greatest songwriters and singers, will release GOOD TIME, his seventeenth album which contains, coincidentally, seventeen great new songs, one a duet with Martina McBride, all written by Jackson. Loose, ...
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Mike McCarroll Releases Debut Indie Release At The Crossroads
Atlanta, GA. (Top40 Charts/ Mike McCarroll Official Website) - Mike McCarroll has spent the better part of his life working hard every day to raise a family and become a successful independent business owner. Along the way, he picked up a guitar, started writing songs, and eventually when the kids left ...
| Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to Bow 'Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy,' Co-Presented by Suntrust and Ford Motor Company on March 28, 2008
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum) - The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will present an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of a great American musical dynasty in Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, Co-Presented by SunTrust and Ford Motor Company, ...
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Kenny Chesney A&E 'Biography' Airs On Feb. 28, 2008
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Nashville) - Kenny Chesney never set out to be a star. He wanted to write songs, sing for people and make sure they had a good time when they came out to his shows. Along the way, he's notched some of country music's biggest hits of the 21st century, with multiple week ...
| Chuck Wicks Pranked By Paisley
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Nashville) - RCA Nashville recording artist Chuck Wicks has been warned about pranks since he began the Brad Paisley Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour in January. On Saturday night, the last show for the tour, Wicks got surprised on stage by two adult men dressed as Cinderella. ...
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