With the 2024 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards less than two weeks away, the performers for one of the biggest nights in country music have just been announced. With some of the biggest stars, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton and Post Malone, all performing hits throughout the night, it looks like the potential standout is going to be none other than Stapleton and Malone performing their collaboration, “California Sober.” Though it hasn’t been released as a single, “California Sober” has been one of the more popular tracks on Malone’s massive debut country album, F-1 Trillion, boasting over 26 million streams on…
Author: Brennen Kelly
Brennen Kelly
Hailing from the Chicagoland area, Brennen graduated from Valparaiso University with a BA in Communication and a minor in Cinema and Media Studies. After covering Arts & Entertainment at his university's newspaper, he began writing for Country Chord in March of 2023. Known for his love of independent country and authentic songwriters, Brennen has a long-history of championing the likes of Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers and many others.
To say it’s been a crazy 24 hours would be an understatement. If you were too busy paying attention to the history-making election that took place last night, the ongoing saga between Zach Bryan and Brianna Chickenfry took an unexpected turn with her fellow podcast host, Dave Portnoy, and Josh Richards teaming up to drop a diss track on Bryan. The diss track, loosely titled after Taylor Swift’s “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” took an incredible amount of shots at the “Something in the Orange” singer. From likening Bryan to a Tyler Childers clone, to mentioning his alleged cheating…
October was another fantastic month for country music. With album releases from Riley Green, Wyatt Flores and Jelly Roll, deluxe albums from Cody Johnson and Megan Moroney and incredible singles from Colby Acuff, Dylan Gosett and Ella Langley, the month did not disappoint. It should go without saying that it’s nearly impossible to narrow down the entire month to only 23 songs, but that’s the problem when so many great songs are released each and every month – some aren’t going to make it. Here are our picks for the best songs released in October – in no particular order.…
Luke Combs’ cover of “Fast Car” was undoubtedly one of the most surprising and successful songs of 2023. Netting a #1 and #2 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and 100 charts respectively, scoring a Single and Song of the Year award at the ACMs, a Grammy nomination for Best Solo Country Solo Performance and racking up a staggering 642 million streams on Spotify alone, the cover has been nothing short of a smash hit for Combs. Due to the cover’s success, Combs developed a special relationship with Chapman, most notably performing the song with her this past February at…
There’s no doubt that Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood’s duet, “I’m Gonna Love You” has been one of the biggest collaborations in the genre this year. Garnering over 11 million streams on Spotify alone, the track is currently sitting at #13 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Though it seemed like a no-brainer to have Johnson and Underwood together on a track, the “Dirt Cheap” singer revealed on Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen that the song wasn’t an immediate success initially after recording it for the first time. Beginning their discussion on “I’m Gonna Love You,” Johnson explained Underwood’s…
It’s election day, and I’m sure you’ve seen more than a hot take or two from both parties about how downright deplorable the other side of the aisle is at some point this year. While some artists in the genre clearly see past the division, there’s no doubt that there are a few who enjoy feeding the flames of said division between parties. One artist who’s clearly not about that sentiment is none other than Cody Jinks, which shouldn’t be a surprise given that the “Hippies and Cowboys” singer has made a career for himself by purposely going outside of…