Despite the recent controversy due to raising the cost of their subscription price yet again, Spotify still remains the #1 streaming service for music with over 615 million users worldwide. Given the massive success that country music has experienced over the past two years, I thought that it would be interesting to dive into the top 25 highest-streamed country songs on the #1 streaming platform. Keep in mind that due to the prominence of streaming platforms among younger users, this list is fairly recency biased, with only eight of the 25 songs releasing before 2010. In fact, there are five…
Author: Brennen Kelly
Two songs of the summer? After surprising the crowd at CMA Fest last week with a performance of the brand new song, Post Malone has officially announced that the collaboration between him and Blake Shelton titled, “Pour Me A Drink,” is coming next Friday, June 21st. Minutes ago, Post took to Instagram to announce the song’s release date: “Pour Me A Drink” was teased for the first time on Instagram back on May 23rd, and it immediately had fans clamoring for an official release. This will be the second song off of Post’s highly-anticipated country album which is rumored to…
Unexpected. It’s a well-known fact among Zach Bryan fans that his second studio album, Elisabeth, which was released on May 8, 2020, is a bit of a black sheep in regards to the “I Remember Everything” singer’s discography. Despite containing hits such as “Heading South” and the RIAA certified gold, “Revival,” the album has been seemingly disregarded by Bryan in the grand scheme of things. Though he has never commented on it, it’s highly speculated that the album is seemingly forgotten by the Oklahoman singer/songwriter due to the fact that it bears the middle name of his ex-wife Rose Elisabeth…
You can never win on the internet. After appearing at this year’s CMA Fest and performing a six-song set that included hits such as “We Don’t Fight Anymore” and “I Hope Your Happy Now,” Carly Pearce took to Instagram on Monday to post photos from the festival. All the posts seemed like your post-festival affair with Pearce uploading images of her on stage, as well as a photo with fellow musicians such as HARDY. However, the first picture of the post sparked some controversy in the comments. Though it’s fairly obvious that Pearce is standing in a parking spot with…
Fresh off headlining Laurel Cove Music Festival in Pineville, Kentucky, and performing with Gavin DeGraw at CMA Fest, Wyatt Flores received his first-ever platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for his 2022 hit, “Please Don’t Go.” The song, co-written by Flores and Ryan Price, was certified gold back on November 17, 2023 before officially hitting platinum status on June 5. It should come as no surprise that the track was certified platinum given that it currently has over 121 million streams on Spotify alone as of writing, being Flores’ #1 song on the streaming platform by a…
After a long history of being a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, the 5x CMA Award winner, Maren Morris, officially announced that she is a member of the community, coming out as bi-sexual in a recent Instagram post. Morris took to social media yesterday to share tour photos taken by photographer, Muriel Margaret, with the caption “happy to be the B in LGBTQ+ / happy pride ” The “80s Mercedes” singer received an outpouring of support from fellow artists in her Instagram comments since posting. Texas singer/songwriter, Allison Ponthier, commented “HAPPY PRIDE!!!!! thanks for being an inspiration and what a…