Author: Brennen Kelly

Another day, another record. If taking home 11 Billboard Music Awards and setting the record for largest country concert ever in the U.K. over a 10 month span wasn’t impressive enough, Morgan Wallen continued his success with yet another record that has only been achieved once in history. Today, it was revealed that Wallen became the first artist this century to have Billboard’s Song of the Summer two years in a row with Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help” officially receiving the title just hours ago. In 2023, “Last Night” became the first country song to notch this summertime achievement…

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The cover I didn’t think I needed. At this point, the secret is out with Zach Top. With many proclaiming the Washington native as the savior of the classic ’90s sound that so many are craving, it’s no stretch to say that he’s one of the buzziest artists on social media at the moment. Recently scoring his first-ever entries on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with his breakout hit, “Sounds Like The Radio,” and “I Never Lie,” Top is clearly here to stay as a regular on the charts. However, before the release of “Sounds Like The Radio,” Top was…

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Music video of the year. There’s no doubt that Ella Langley and Riley Green’s viral hit, “you look like you love me” is one of the biggest country songs of the year. Racking up over 64 million streams on Spotify alone and over 112 million streams across all platforms, the song has also been used over a million times as a sound on TikTok with many videos reaching tens of millions of likes using the track in the background. Released on June 21st, “you look like you love me” scored Langley her first career entry as a leading artist on…

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Back in May of 2023, Morgan Wallen released his own signature flavor of sweet tea with the popular tea brand, Ryl. Selling out quickly upon release, it has become a staple flavor of the brand over the past two years. Today, Ryl and Wallen are back with another ad for the drink, joined by none other than Barstool comedian, Caleb Pressley and comedian/podcast extraordinaire, Theo Von, who was alongside Wallen during his walkout before his Nashville show back on May 3rd. This isn’t the first time that Wallen and Pressley have teamed up for a Ryl Tea ad. Back in…

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Making history. With an incredible amount of hype, a star-studded features lineup that included everyone from Dolly Parton to Morgan Wallen and an album rollout that felt more like an event rather than a music release, it seems like there was absolutely no doubt that Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion was going to be a smash hit. Given that Post is one of the most successful artists in the streaming age with a record-breaking nine certified diamond songs by the RIAA, it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that the album was a hit. However, Post accomplished something today that has…

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August 25, 2023. Following the incredible success of his 2022 major label debut, American Heartbreak, there were high expectations for Zach Bryan with the release of his self-titled album. While it doesn’t quite capture the lighting-in-a-bottle nature of the aforementioned record, there’s no denying that Zach Bryan continued the unprecedented success that the Oklahoma native has experienced over the past few years with a plethora of fantastic tracks filling out the album’s nearly hour runtime. The album’s rollout was a bit of a convoluted one. For those that don’t know, the record was first confirmed to have an August release…

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