Rackin’ up even more. As of October 20th, “Dawns” by Zach Bryan and Maggie Rogers has officially been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The RIAA gives out certifications to artists based on the number of albums and singles units sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Based on the massive popularity Zach Bryan has garnered over the past few years, along with the huge streaming numbers from his recent self-titled album and 5-track EP, “Boys Of Faith,” it’s really not a shock at this point to see Bryan continuing to earn these sorts of accolades from previous releases. When…
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On September 25th, Cody Johnson officially announced he’d be hittin the road next year on “The Leather Tour” with Justin Moore and Dillon Carmichael. In support of his upcoming album, “Leather,” set to drop on November 3rd, CoJo took to social media today to announce he’s added an additional 16 shows, extending the tour until late August. Kickin’ off in Sacramento, California at the Golden 1 Center on January 19th, the opening acts will also feature Chris Janson and Drake Milligan at select dates. CoJo has released three songs from the upcoming record so far; “The Painter,” Work Boots” and “Watching My…
Morgan Wallen has now scored his tenth No. 1 song on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Thinkin’ Bout Me.” Written by Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, John Byron and Taylor Delmar Phillips, the hip-hop influenced track broke the top 30 before ever officially being released as a radio single. From there, it took just 9 weeks to reach the top spot. According to country music chart insider, Chris Owen, Morgan has spent a total of 13 weeks at No. 1 on the Airplay chart this year and a total of 22 weeks since last October, becoming the first artist to spend…
A classic. Today, Craig Morgan released his brand new collaboration EP, “Enlisted,” and the 6 track record includes two brand new songs with Trace Adkins and Luke Combs, as well as four reimagined versions of his older hits featuring some of the biggest names in country music. Craig recently reflected on why he chose to go the route that he did with this EP, despite never wanting to in the past: “I’ve always been kind of against re-recording hits. I feel like there are so many new songs people should be hearing. But I also respect the impact some of…
Oh yeah, ’cause the resemblance is uncanny… During a recent interview with Kelly Sutton and Amber Anderson on the Country Heat Weekly Podcast, Riley Green stopped by to promote his newest sophomore album, Ain’t My Last Rodeo, and also touched on some other entertaining topics, such as how touring with Luke Combs shaped his new record, as well as if he gets mistaken for other people when he goes out in public. When asked the direct question of who he gets mistaken for, Riley said this: “I feel like people just think I’m somebody. ‘Cause I’m tall, they just think…
Rising Warner Music Nashville artist, Austin Snell, will officially make his Grand Ole Opry debut on November 14th. Fresh off his major label debut album, “Muddy Water Rockstar,” the country rocker, who began his rise to fame with the help of his cover of Cassadee Pope’s “Wasting All These Tears” on TikTok last year, has racked up over 100 million streams globally, with his debut single, “Excuse The Mess,” accounting for an impressive 20 million of them. Snell cleverly blends country and rock, appealing to country fans who also love and grew up on early 2000’s bands such as Nickelback,…