CMT Pledges Equal Music Video Airtime For Female Artists
Music videos played on the CMT and CMT Music will now be 50% female, the cable channels announced on Tuesday. “Effective immediately all music video hours CMT and CMT Music. Continue reading
QUICK HITS: Kobalt Signs 88Rising • New ACM CEO • Festicket • Warner UK • Capitol + Lyft • Soundrop • Position Music
Kobalt has signed an exclusive worldwide deal with 88Rising, the international media collective and label focusing on Asian talents. The partnership includes creative, sync and world rights excluding China as. Continue reading
Country Radio’s Gender Gap Continues: Men Top Billboard Chart 9X More Than Women
For three weeks in December of last year, not a single song on the country chart was sung by a women. A Billboard study showed a rapid decline from four. Continue reading
‘Old Town Road’ Ties For Longest #1 In US Chart History
Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" is tied for the title of longest-running #1 song in US chart history. Even the 2017 smash "Despacito" remix with Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee. Continue reading
Slide Over Lil Nas, Blanco Brown Brings The Beats To Top The Country Charts [Don’t Miss The Video]
It didn’t take long for other hip-hop and R&B artists to join in on a party started by Lil Nas’ “Old Town Road.” Now Blanco Brown has hit the country. Continue reading
Billy Ray Cyrus Remix Helps Little Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Return To Country Charts
Just days after Billboard pulled rapper Lil Nas X’s hit “Old Town Road” from the Hot Country Songs chart for failing to contain enough elements to qualify as country music,. Continue reading
“Old Town Road” Was #19 On Country Chart, Then Billboard Decided It Wasn’t Really A Country Song
Lil Nas X scored a crossover country hit when his cowboy-themed rap song “Old Town Road,” debuted at #19 on the Billboard country chart. The Billboard decided to pull the. Continue reading
What Maren Morris’ History-Making First-Week Numbers Say About Country In The Streaming Era
A country music superstar, Maren Morris' sophomore release recently debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, but its performance on streaming services, while good for a country album, is. Continue reading
How One Beat Is Killing Country Music [VIDEO]
Country music has been taken over by snap and click tracks, says music journalist Grady Smith; and it is doing the genre a disservice. "Keep in mind," says Smith "I. Continue reading
