Olivia Rodrigo scored the biggest debut of the year on the RS 200 with her debut album Sour. The concise, 11-song set earned 302,100 album-equivalent units, surpassing the first-week total for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) by over 10,000 units. Sour was a resounding streaming success, picking up nearly 280 million streams …
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Back when he was a fledgling songwriter with a new publishing deal, Michael Hardy was hanging out with his dad and a friend at the Nashville drinking establishment Tin Roof. He had only a few dollars to his name, so he bought a tall PBR for six bucks and nursed …
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UPDATE: Ariana Grande has been added to this year’s lineup of Grammy performers, the Recording Academy announced Saturday. Grande’s performance is a surprise turnaround from just one year ago, when the singer refused to even attend the Grammys following a public spat with the show’s producers; Grande wanted to perform …
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On Monday, Garth Brooks gave a preview of his new song “Dive Bar,” a duet with fellow Oklahoma native Blake Shelton, saying it “sounds fresh and it sounds like summer.” Earlier this morning, it was sent to terrestrial and satellite radio for airplay. Brooks discussed the collaboration on the latest …
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Blake Shelton‘s swampy ode to rural living, Alice Wallace’s examination of life on the road and Sam Outlaw‘s laid-back Don Williams cover make up the list of must-hear country and Americana songs this week. Matt Stell, “Prayed for You” A God-fearing epic about faith, love and the salvation provided by …
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