Buddies. Unless you live under a rock, you’re probably well aware that Jason Aldean has been under fire this past week for his latest single, “Try That In A Small Town.” While the song has now sold over 227,000 U.S. digital downloads this week alone, the second highest pure sales week of the year so far, it hasn’t stopped critics from taking aim at the Country singer, as well as CMT removing the video from their music video rotation. Last night, Luke Bryan, one of Jason’s closest friends in the industry, played a show in Ridgefield, Washington, and before singing…
Author: Clayton Anderson
Chris Stapleton is BACK. Earlier today, a new Chris Stapleton album became available for preorder on Apple Music in select Countries, leaking before an official announcement from Chris himself. As we predicted, the album announcement was slated for Friday and it was already Friday in those Countries. Well now, it’s officially, you guessed it…Friday here in the States, and the album announcement has came, along with a brand new single, “White Horse.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Stapleton (@chrisstapleton) White Horse was written by Chris himself, along with Dan Wilson, and although almost any typical…
A massive hit. Zach Bryan has become one of the biggest Country singers in the world and his rise and dominance in the genre doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. According to @chartdata on Twitter, Zach Bryan’s “Something In The Orange” has now spent a massive 64 weeks charting on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart, tying Carrie Underwood’s record as the longest charting Country song this century with “Before He Cheats.” The 4x platinum certified single was released off of Zach’s “American Heartbreak” album early last year and is his most popular song to date. Although there isn’t…
Unofficially official. With no announcement from Chris and/or his team yet, a new album titled “Higher” has officially leaked on Apple Music in select Countries. Screenshots and links have been posted to social media but when clicked on from here in the States, it says “not available in your country.” It’s possible the announcement is set for Friday and well, it may already be Friday in those countries. The release date for the album, however, shows November 10th and will feature 14 songs. Higher Tracklist: The internet has seen the title track, “Higher,” and is already speculating and hoping it’s a…
They just keep rollin’ in. Today, Morgan Wallen officially earned two new certifications from the RIAA for “Thought You Should Know” (2x platinum) and my personal favorite, “Don’t Think Jesus,” which has now sold a million units, earning itself a single platinum cert. With these two under his belt, Morgan has gained 15 total new certs in just 12 days. Last week, “Me On Whiskey,” “More Surprised Than Me,” “Wonderin’ Bout The Wind,” and his collaboration with Chris Stapleton, “Only Thing That’s Gone,” were all certified platinum, while “More Than My Hometown” went a massive 5x platinum. Almost two weeks ago,…
Throwback. On July 19th, 2008, one of Blake Shelton’s more underrated singles, “Home,” went No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The song was originally co-written and released by Michael Buble in 2005 as the first single from his fourth studio album, “It’s Time,” and went on to become a No. 1 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. Although a cover of an already popular song, Blake’s version, featuring background vocals from ex-wife Miranda Lambert, became a huge success by becoming the fist Country Airplay No. 1 reworking of a pop hit since Mark Chesnutt’s “I Don’t Want To…