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Chris DeStefano
Christopher Michael DeStefano is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Nashville. As a songwriter, he has multiple #1 songs with artists Carrie Underwood ( “Good Girl”, " Little Toy Guns"), Billy Currington ( “Hey Girl”), Brett Eldredge (" Don't Ya"), Luke Bryan (" That's My Kind of Night", " Kick the Dust Up" ), Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood (" Somethin' Bad," later reworked as the opening theme for ''NBC Sunday Night Football''), Rascal Flatts ( "Rewind") and Jason Aldean (" Just Gettin' Started"). DeStefano was raised in Mount Laurel, New Jersey and graduated from Lenape High School in 1993. He was in the school's music program while playing with a progressive rock band in the area. Underwood's " Good Girl", which DeStefano co-wrote, reached number 1 on Hot Country Songs in 2012. He also co-wrote and produced Brett Eldredge's number 1 single " Don't Ya". He co-wrote “ Something in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Nashville had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of United States cities by population, 21st-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-most populous city in Southeastern United States, the Southeast. The city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, home to 2.1 million people, and is among the fastest growing cities in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still considered part of North Carolina. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Somethin' Bad
"Somethin' Bad" is a song recorded as a duet by American country music artists Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. The song was written by Chris DeStefano, Brett James and Priscilla Renea. It was released as the second single from Lambert's fifth studio album ''Platinum'' in advance of the album's release two weeks later. The song premiered at the 2014 ''Billboard'' Music Awards on May 18, 2014, and was released for sale the next day. "Somethin' Bad" peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs, becoming Underwood's thirteenth number one on the chart and Lambert's fifth. The song is the first number one by teamed-up solo women in more than two decades on this chart. On December 5, 2014, the collaboration received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Background The song was written by Chris DeStefano and Brett James along with Priscilla Renea while they were at a writing retreat in France for ASCAP. The song was originally intended to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Morgan Evans (singer)
Morgan John Evans (born 24 April 1985) is an Australian country music singer and songwriter, known for his heartfelt lyrics and dynamic performances. He first gained recognition with his "Self-titles" debut album in 2014, which peaked at number 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart. International success followed with his 2017 hit " Kiss Somebody" and his 2018 album " Things That We Drink To", which won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album in 2019. Evans' music, featuring chart-topping singles and emotionally raw songwriting, has resonated with fans globally, amassing over 800 million streams. His 2022 "Life Upside Down" EP, written during a period of personal upheaval, highlighted his vulnerability, with tracks like " Over for You" going viral. His global tours and sold-out shows, including two performances at the iconic Sydney Opera House in 2023, have cemented his status as one of Australia’s top country artists. He is currently working on his next album, set for release in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kiss Somebody
"Kiss Somebody" is a song recorded by Australian country music singer Morgan Evans and was released on 21 July 2017 as the lead single from his fourth EP ''Morgan Evans EP'' and second studio album '' Things That We Drink To''. It peaked at number 53 on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was also Evans' first single to be released to country radio in the United States, where it reached the top three on the ''Billboard'' Country Airplay and top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts. At the APRA Music Awards of 2018, the song won the award for Country Work of the Year. Background and release In May 2017, Evans signed a record deal with Warner Music Nashville. Prior to the song's release, Evans said "I'm so excited. I feel like it's something I've been working on for the last 3 years. I met a guy—almost 2 years ago—named Chris DeStefano. We met at a writing camp in Australia and we decided that we needed to make a record together. And over the course of the last year and a half we've writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Something In The Water (Carrie Underwood Song)
"Something in the Water" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Carrie Underwood, from her compilation album '' Greatest Hits: Decade #1''. The song was released on September 29, 2014, as the album's lead single through Arista Nashville. It was written by Underwood, Chris DeStefano, Brett James, and produced by Mark Bright. A crossover success, "Something in the Water" reached No. 1 on both the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and Hot Christian Songs charts. It is Underwood's 14th career leader on Hot Country Songs and her second in 2014. It topped the former chart for seven weeks and the latter for 26 weeks, and also debuted at number 24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It set and broke multiple airplay records on country radio in its first week. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance. Background The song was written by Underwood along with Chris DeStefano and Brett James, and produced by Underwood's longtime producer Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Country Music Television
Country Music Television, often abbreviated to CMT, is an American pay TV network that launched on March 5, 1983. It is currently owned by Paramount Global through the MTV Entertainment Group unit of its networks division. CMT was the first nationally available channel devoted to country music and country music videos, with its programming also including concerts, specials, and biographies of country music stars. Over time, the network's programming expanded to incorporate original lifestyle and reality programming, and acquired sitcoms. , CMT is available to approximately 56,000,000 pay television households in the United States; down from its 2011 peak of 93,000,000 households. The channel's headquarters are located in One Astor Plaza in New York City, and has additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee. History Early years (1983–1997) CMTV, an initialism for Country Music Television, was founded by Glenn D. Daniels, the owner of Video World Productions in Henderson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data along with digital sales and streaming. The current number-one song on the chart as of May 31, 2025, is " What I Want" by Morgan Wallen featuring Tate McRae. History ''Billboard'' began compiling the popularity of country songs with its January 8, 1944, issue. Only the genre's most popular jukebox selections were tabulated, with the chart titled "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". For approximately ten years, from 1948 to 1958, ''Billboard'' used three charts to measure the popularity of a given song. In addition to the jukebox chart, these charts included: * The "best sellers" chart – started 15 May 1948, as "Best Selling Retail Folk Records". * An airplay chart – started 10 December 1949, as "Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys". The juke b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Progressive Rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the style emerged from psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop or rock traditions in favour of instrumental and compositional techniques more commonly associated with jazz, folk, or classical music, while retaining the instrumentation typical of rock music. Additional elements contributed to its " progressive" label: lyrics were more poetic, technology was harnessed for new sounds, music approached the condition of " art", and the studio, rather than the stage, became the focus of musical activity, which often involved creating music for listening rather than dancing. Progressive rock includes a fusion of styles, approaches and genres, and tends to be diverse and eclectic. Progressive rock is often associated with long solos, exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lenape High School
Lenape High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Medford Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the oldest of the four high schools that comprise the Lenape Regional High School District, which serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township. Since opening in 1958, the school has served students from Mount Laurel Township. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1963, with accreditation expiring in July 2029.Lenape High School |
Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Mount Laurel is a Township (New Jersey), township in Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading-Camden, New Jersey, Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 44,633, its highest United States census, decennial count ever and an increase of 2,769 (+6.6%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 41,864, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,643 (+4.1%) from the 40,221 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. It is the home of NFL Films. In 2020, Mount Laurel was ranked 16th in ''Money (magazine), Money'' magazine's list of the 50 best places to live in the United States, citing a kid-friendly environment, affordable housing, and easy access to Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore. History Mount Laurel was incorporated as a tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Just Gettin' Started
"Just Gettin' Started" is a song written by Chris DeStefano, Rhett Akins and Ashley Gorley and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on November 10, 2014, as the second single from his 2014 studio album, ''Old Boots, New Dirt''. Critical reception The song received mixed to negative reviews from critics, criticizing both its rock-orientated production and its content. Kevin John Coyne of ''Country Universe'' rated the song a D grade, calling it "Competently performed eatively stagnant nd mpletely unnecessary." In his review of the album, Josh Schott of ''Country Perspective'' gave the song a similar review, also criticizing its lyrics and saying that " ’s a song about Aldean driving around with a girl and trying to have sex with her" and that " e lyrics are shallow and cliché and the vibe of this song is similar to “Burnin’ It Down.”" A review from ''Taste of Country'' was more favorable, stating that "Jason Aldean’s ‘Just Gettin’ S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jason Aldean
Jason Aldine Williams (born February 28, 1977), known professionally as Jason Aldean, 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 eleven 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'', and 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 Aldean's 38 singles have reached #1 on either the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. In 2023, he released "Try T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
