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Posted on 9/18/2007 3:45:52 PM
Categorized in Music, General, Billboard Top Music
Taylor Swift, who just notched her eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart, has also received two new gold certifications.
"Teardrops On My Guitar" was honored with an RIAA Digital Gold Single award for sales of more than 500,000 units, marking Taylor's second consecutive digital gold award. She received the first for "Tim McGraw" earlier this year. Simultaneously, he...
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Posted on 9/18/2007 11:40:01 AM
Categorized in Music, General, Billboard Top Music
You may not see his name at No. 1 this week, but Kenny Chesney co-wrote Rascal Flatts' hit "Take Me There," which occupies that spot. The song is the lead single from the band's upcoming album, Still Feels Good.
Kenny, who just released a new CD, Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, says "It's funny. As I've been d...
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Posted on 9/17/2007 9:56:04 AM
Categorized in Music, Billboard Top Music
Reba McEntire will receive Billboard magazine's first-ever Woman of the Year Award during ceremonies in New York City on Oct. 5. The award recognizes women who have made significant contributions to the music business and who inspire other women to assume greater responsibilities within the industry. The awards breakfast will honor 20 top female executives in the music in...
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Posted on 9/11/2007 2:00:42 PM
Categorized in Music, CD and DVD Releases, Billboard Top Music
Rascal Flatts' "Take Me There" has captured the top spot on both R&R and Mediabase country singles charts this week, making it the band's ninth No. 1 single. With a brand new album slated for release later this month, the guys are hard at work playing for fans all over the country on their Still Feels Good tour.
Although the trio has worked nearly nonstop since their career starte...
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Posted on 9/11/2007 1:53:14 PM
Categorized in Music, Billboard Top Music
On Friday, Garth Brooks celebrated the unprecedented No. 1 debut of his new single, "More Than a Memory," with a party at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Dial-Global reports that Garth was quick to give credit for his 27th No. 1 to its writers — Lee Brice, Kyle James and Billy Montana — noting, "We're nothing at all without the songwriters." Garth was humble about being the first ar...
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Posted on 9/11/2007 10:01:00 AM
Categorized in Music, Billboard Top Music
"Radio finally came around to our way of thinking for once," Big & Rich's John Rich told reporters at a press conference Monday (Sept. 10) preceding a No. 1 party for the duo's "Lost in This Moment." The event, which was held at ASCAP's Nashville headquarters, spotlighted the song's writers-Rich, Keith Anderson and Rodney Clawson.
Rich pointed out that although Big & Rich are a plat...