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Rearview Town
''Rearview Town'' is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Jason Aldean. It was released on April 13, 2018 via Broken Bow Records. It debuted at the top of the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, becoming Aldean's fourth consecutive number one album in the United States. Content As with all of Aldean's previous albums, ''Rearview Town'' was released on Broken Bow Records, with Michael Knox serving as producer. The lead single is " You Make It Easy", a song that was co-written by both members of Florida Georgia Line. The album includes a total of 15 songs, including a duet with Miranda Lambert. An article in ''Rolling Stone Country'' stated that the album's title track "hits on the theme of leaving the past behind and moving forward to something better." Commercial performance "Rearview Town" debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, making it his fourth consecutive studio album to do so. This also makes him only the second country music act after Rascal F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean (born Jason Aldine Williams; February 28, 1977) is an American country music singer. Since 2005, he has been signed to BBR Music Group, Broken Bow Records, a record label for which he has released ten albums and 40 singles. His 2010 album, ''My Kinda Party'', is certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His 2012 album ''Night Train (Jason Aldean album), Night Train'' is certified double-platinum, while his 2005 Jason Aldean (album), self-titled debut, 2007 album ''Relentless (Jason Aldean album), Relentless'', 2009 album ''Wide Open (Jason Aldean album), Wide Open'', 2014 album ''Old Boots, New Dirt'' are all certified platinum. Aldean has received five Grammy Award nominations throughout his career, twice for Grammy Award for Best Country Album, Best Country Album. 27 of his 38 singles have reached #1 on either the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts with "Why (Jason Aldean song), Why", "She's Country", "Big Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country singer and guitarist. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place on the television program '' Nashville Star'', a singing competition which aired on the USA Network. Outside her solo career, she is a member of the Pistol Annies formed in 2011 alongside Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. Lambert has been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards. Lambert has been honored with more Academy of Country Music Awards than any artist in history. Lambert's second and major-label debut album ''Kerosene'' (2005) was certified Platinum in the United States and produced the singles "Me and Charlie Talking", "Bring Me Down", "Kerosene" and "New Strings". All four singles reached the top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs. Her second album, ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelley Lovelace
John Kelley Lovelace is an American songwriter known mainly for his work with country music artist Brad Paisley. He has written several of Paisley's singles, including the number 1 hits "He Didn't Have to Be" (Paisley's first number 1), "The World", "Ticks", "Online", "I'm Still a Guy", " Start a Band", "Water", and " Remind Me". He has also written Top 10 singles for Joe Nichols, Jason Aldean, Terri Clark, and Carrie Underwood. In 2010, he received an ASCAP award for "Water". Lovelace is an alumnus of Hixson High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Belmont University Belmont University is a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporated in 1951 as Belmont College. It be ... in Nashville. Lovelace also played football for Hixson High. John Kelley Lovelace is married to Rachel Kerr Lovelace and they live in Franklin, TN. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deric Ruttan
Deric J. Ruttan (born January 27, 1972) is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter and record producer from Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. A Nashville, Tennessee resident, he has released four studio albums and has written or co-written more than 60 songs that have been recorded by other recording artists. Breakthrough Deric moved to Nashville in 1994 to pursue his music career, spending his days writing songs and his nights scouring the city getting ideas and learning from local singer-songwriters. He got his break in 1999 when producer Steve Bogard heard one of Deric's tapes and liked it. Steve signed Deric to a songwriting deal and immediately began recording his first demos. After Doug Howard at Lyric Street Records heard his demo and Deric played five songs live for Randy Goodman, Deric entered a record deal with the label. In 2003, he released his debut album, ''Deric Ruttan''. Songwriting In 2003, just as his first single "When You Come Around," was released, he celebr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Beavers
Brett Beavers (born in Waco, Texas), is an American country music songwriter and producer and the co-author of the book ''Something Worth Leaving Behind''. Education and early career Beavers attended Baylor University, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in secondary education in 1985. He spent the next four years playing bass guitar with a small country band throughout Central Texas, honing his skill as a songwriter. After a year away from the music business, when he married and taught high school science in Tyler, Texas, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to join a band with Deryl Dodd. Shortly after arriving in Nashville, Beavers began touring with Martina McBride as bass player and bandleader, from 1992–1996, and then with Lee Ann Womack from 1997–2005 in the same capacity. During this time period he started a publishing company and began getting his songs recorded by such artists as Tim McGraw and Billy Ray Cyrus. In 2005, he stopped performing and touring to pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Wallen
Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country singer and songwriter. He competed in the sixth season of ''The Voice'', originally as a member of Usher's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine's team. After being eliminated in the playoffs of that season, he signed to Panacea Records, releasing his debut EP, ''Stand Alone'', in 2015. In 2016, Wallen signed to Big Loud, releasing his debut album, ''If I Know Me'', in 2018. The album includes the singles " Up Down" (featuring Florida Georgia Line), "Whiskey Glasses", and "Chasin' You". ''If I Know Me'' reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart. Wallen's second album, '' Dangerous: The Double Album'', was released in January 2021, and in February 2021 became the only country album in the 64-year history of the ''Billboard'' 200 to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1. It spent a total of ten weeks at that spot, the first album to do so since Whitney Houston's ''Whitney'' in 1987. The album i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Schmidt
Jordan Schmidt (born February 26, 1988) is a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum songwriter and music producer. He has co-written, engineered or produced songs for Kane Brown, Morgan Wallen, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, blackbear, Dan + Shay, Keith Urban, Nelly, Florida Georgia Line, The Band Camino, HARDY, Tyler Hubbard, Kid Rock, Calum Scott, Granger Smith, Chris Lane, One Ok Rock, Old Dominion, Chase Rice, Dustin Lynch, Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jimmie Allen, Ingrid Andress, Rodney Atkins, Mason Ramsey, All Time Low, and many others. Schmidt currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Biography Schmidt was born in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Drawn to music at an early age, Schmidt picked up the guitar when he was 10 years old, and began recording local artists by the time he was 16. In 2006, he moved to College Park, Maryland where he took a job assisting for Matt Squire. After working with Matt, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Kelley (musician)
Brian Edward Kelley (born August 26, 1985) is an American musician, best known as a former member of the Nashville-based duo Florida Georgia Line. Kelley is from Ormond Beach, Florida, and enjoyed playing sports and music growing up. He moved to Nashville to go to school and play baseball at Belmont University, where he met Tyler Hubbard, the other member of Florida Georgia Line. Early life Kelley was born on August 26, 1985 in Ormond Beach, Florida, and is the son of Ed and Mary Margaret Kelley. Growing up, Kelley enjoyed sports and writing and spent most of his time playing baseball or at the beach. As he got older he started to spend more time writing music and leading worship at his church. He also developed a strong love for playing guitar. When he was in his teens, his sister began to introduce him to country artists by playing him tapes on the way to the beach in exchange for Kelley washing her car. By the time Kelley was ready to graduate from Seabreeze High School in 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Hubbard
Tyler Reed Hubbard (born January 31, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, and musician, best known as a former member of the Nashville-based duo Florida Georgia Line. Hubbard, a native of Monroe, Georgia, had been involved with music since a young age. He moved to Nashville to begin school at Belmont University. Early life Hubbard was born on January 31, 1987, in Monroe, Georgia, and is the oldest of three children born to Roy (died 2007) and Amy Hubbard. He spent much of his time on dirt bikes or playing whatever sport was in season. He was very involved at church and would attend multiple times a week. By the time he was in high school, he was leading the worship service at church and spending his free time making hip-hop/rap beats with his friends and learning to play the guitar. Hubbard graduated from high school at Loganville Christian Academy in 2005 and went on to study at Belmont University. In 2007, Hubbard's father was killed in a helicopter accident near his homet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Thompson (singer)
Josh Thompson (born January 23, 1978) is an American country music artist. He has released two studio albums: '' Way Out Here'' for Columbia Records Nashville, and '' Turn It Up'' for Show Dog-Universal Music, and has charted six singles on Hot Country Songs and/or Country Airplay, the highest-peaking being " Way Out Here" at No. 15. Thompson has also written songs for Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Justin Moore, Brad Paisley, Brett Young, and Darius Rucker. Biography Thompson was born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. He worked in construction starting at age twelve. As a young adult, he took a nature course in the Nicolet National Forest. Musical career 2009–2012: ''Way Out Here'' and ''Change'' Thompson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2005. He worked as a songwriter, with his first cut being the title track to Jason Michael Carroll's album '' Growing Up Is Getting Old''. By 2009, Thompson had signed to Columbia Records' Nashville division. He released his debut single " Beer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Ryde
Fast Ryde was an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters James Harrison and Jody Stevens, both of whom sing and play guitar. The duo was signed to Republic Records Nashville and has released three singles: "That Thang", which charted at number 38 on Hot Country Songs, plus "Make It Rain" and "Top Down". History Fast Ryde was founded in 2008 by Jody Stevens and James Harrison, natives of West Virginia and Florida, respectively. Jody Stevens is the son of songwriter Jeff Stevens, who has written hits for George Strait and Tim McGraw and produces for Luke Bryan. Both Stevens and Harrison decided to work as songwriters in Nashville, Tennessee, and chose to form a duo. In 2009, Fast Ryde signed to Republic Records' newly established Nashville division, through the assistance of Scott Borchetta. Fast Ryde's first single release was " That Thang," which the duo wrote after Stevens suggested that the two write a "booty song." This song was met with mixed reviews. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equivalent Album Units
The album-equivalent unit, or album equivalent, is a measurement unit in music industry to define the consumption of music that equals the purchase of one album copy. This consumption includes streaming and song downloads in addition to traditional album sales. The album-equivalent unit was introduced in the mid-2010s as an answer to the drop of album sales in the 21st century. Album sales more than halved from 1999 to 2009, declining from a $14.6 to $6.3 billion industry. For instance, the only albums that went platinum in the United States in 2014 were the '' Frozen'' soundtrack and Taylor Swift's ''1989'', whereas several artists' works had in 2013. The usage of the album-equivalent units revolutionized the charts from the "best-selling albums" ranking into the "most popular albums" ranking. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) have used album-equivalent unit to measure their Global Recording Artist of the Year since 2013. Terminology The term ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
