Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley Performing at CMA Awards | Billboard.com
September 20th, 2011
With Country’s biggest night, the CMA Awards, fast approaching the news is getting hot and heavy about the way things are shaping up.
All five country music stars nominated for Entertainer of the Year at the 2011 CMA Awards will perform at the November ceremony, the Country Music Association announced on Tuesday Sept. 20.
Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley will all take the stage before one is crowned Entertainer of the Year, the CMA’s top prize. Paisley, who will co-host the event with Carrie Underwood, is the reigning Entertainer of the Year winner, taking home the 2010 trophy after five straight losses. Swift was named Entertainer of the Year the previous year.
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CMA Awards Nominations Announced
September 6th, 2011
CMA nominee announcements show some surprises and usual suspects, but of course, the main thing we’re rooting for is Brad Paisley for Album of the Year with his “This Is Country Music” release. We admit we’re biased because our publishing partner ParMusic Group has a cut on it. It’s a neat song called “Toothbrush,” written by ParMusic Writer Danny Simpson.
Topping the list of final nominees for The 45th Annual CMA Awards are Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Taylor Swift with five nods each. Right on their heels are The Band Perry and Zac Brown Band, who each received four nominations as a group while individual members Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry, Coy Bowles and Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band each earned a solo nod as a songwriter.
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Sony Changes Artist Line-ups on Columbia and RCA Records
August 31st, 2011
Remenber when there was Columbia Records and RCA Records, two separate record companies? No more, of course. That changed when Sony bought them both. But they did continue separate identities for a while. Now that’s dead.
Aritsts are switched back and forth like there’s no history any more, just whatever it takes to make it convenient for the promotion department.
And so, a new CEO has decided to switch artists from one label to another like so much water running from one side of the sink to the other. You thought Miranda Lambert was on Columbia? No longer. It’s more convenient for her to be on RCA. So that’s where she’ll be from now until the next change is made.
You thought Columbia and BNA Records were two different labels? Wrong. Now they’re one and the same.
But it seems that Arista has come through in one piece. The label still has its stalwarts, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Ronnie Dunn, Kix Brooks, Jerrod Niemann, plus Brent Anderson, Adam Brand and Kristen Kelly. Go figure.
You just gotta be flexible when you buy records. You may be expecting to find your favorites on one label, only to find they’ve moved. With little or no notice.
New Video From Brad Paisley And Carrie Underwood — ‘Remind Me’
July 29th, 2011
The hits just keep on coming from Brad Paisley’s latest album, “This is Country Music.” First there was the title cut, then “Old Alabama,” featuring none other than the Group Alabama with a sampling of their hits. Now comes the Carrie Underwood Duet, “Remind Me.”
Of course the song we’re rooting for is “Toothbrush,” published by our music publisher partner ParMusic Group through their BMI firm, Par G Music. But there’s some stiff competition on such a star-studded album. In addition to Carrie Underwood and Alabama, there’s Blake Shelton, Don Henley, Marty Stuart, Sheryl Crow and Carl Jackson.
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Gold & Platinum Records Announced; Nashville Does Well
July 22nd, 2011
The RIAA has announced its June 2011 certifications and Nashville artists are well represented in both album and digital download categories.
CMA Entertainer of the Year Brad Paisley, saw his latest album, This Is Country Music, cruise into Gold territory after only one month or so on the charts.
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