Author: Brennen Kelly

Despite controversy over the past year 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 four of the 25 songs released before 2010. In fact, there are seven songs from Morgan…

Another day, another record. Just six days after Luke Combs became the first-ever country artist to have two separate songs reach a billion streams on Spotify, Zach Bryan has officially just tied the “When It Rains It Pours” singer. Today, Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ Grammy-winning “I Remember Everything” reached the billion-stream mark, making the Oklahoma native just the second country artist to achieve this exclusive record. Bryan became just the third country artist to have a solo song (“Something in the Orange”) reach a billion streams back on August 29, 2024. “I Remember Everything” becomes just the ninth country song…

Fresh off his sixth #1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Liar,” Jelly Roll appeared on today’s episode of Will Compton and Taylor Lewan’s highly popular Bussin’ With The Boys podcast alongside ERNEST. Discussing everything from his weight loss journey and current health to his transition from rap to country and his song selection process, the “I Am Not Okay” singer covered a lot of ground with the former NFL players. On the topic of Super Bowl performances, Jelly Roll had an interesting suggestion: instead of having a singular artist perform, he wants an ensemble cast like the halftime show…

At this point, Morgan Wallen’s infamous chair incident at Eric Church’s bar, Chiefs, hardly needs an introduction. On April 7, 2024, Wallen was arrested on three counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon/reckless endangerment and 1 count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct for throwing a chair off the rooftop of the “Springsteen” singer’s Nashville venue. After a lengthy legal battle and pushback from multiple Nashville council members publicly condemning the “Last Night” singer, Wallen had the three felonies dropped and instead pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment without a weapon. Alongside the misdemeanor charges, Wallen served seven…

After announcing their brand-new festival last month, St. Pete Country Fest is coming out of the gate swinging with a stacked lineup featuring the likes of The Red Clay Strays, Parker McCollum and Treaty Oak Revival as headliners in their first-ever event. Minutes ago, St. Pete took to Instagram to announce the festival’s full lineup: St. Pete Country Fest will be held at Vinoy Park, which sits on the downtown waterfront of Saint Petersburg, Florida, on November 21-23 and will feature over 30 acts across its two stages. As previously mentioned, the festival will feature Parker McCollum, The Red Clay…

History. Less than two weeks after scoring his first-ever billion-stream song on Spotify with “When It Rains It Pours,” Luke Combs has made history with his 2018 #1 hit, “Beautiful Crazy,” also reaching the billion-stream mark today. With this achievement, Combs is now the first country artist in history to possess two separate billion-stream songs on Spotify. “Beautiful Crazy” becomes the eighth country song overall and the sixth solo track to reach the highly exclusive billion streams mark, joining the likes of Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night,” Chris Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey” and Zach Bryan’s “Something in the Orange.” A full list…