Jana Kramer put country radio on blast in a Twitter post on April 19, claiming RaeLynn’s “Love Triangle” has outsold the past two No. 1 songs, despite struggling on the charts. Let’s take a look at Jana’s post below . . . and then dissect it for accuracy. Love Triangle by @RaeLynn sold more than…… MORE
According to Billboard and Nielsen Music, 2016 country albums sales were down 11 percent from 2015. Interestingly enough, the top-selling album of 2016—Chris Stapleton’s Traveller—was released in 2015, and so were two other albums in the Top 10: Thomas Rhett’s Tangled Up and Carrie Underwood’s Storyteller. Sam Hunt’s Montevallo was released in 2014. With sales…… MORE
In addition to monitoring radio airplay, online streaming and music consumer behavior, Nielsen is the authority in tracking what music people are buying both in-store and digitally. That’s why outlets like Nash Country Daily and Billboard, among others, often cite Nielsen’s statistics in its articles and charts. An interesting stat that NCD came across this…… MORE
The Rolling Stones’ “Hackney Diamonds” tour kicked off in Houston on Sunday. Tyler Childers will be at their show in Orlando on June 3rd . . . and Lainey Wilson is set to open their second show in Chicago on June 30th. Other openers include, The War and Treaty. Randy Travis teased some new music…
Lori Loughlin did an interview with “First for Women” magazine . . . and when asked about her “challenges” in recent years, she had this to say: “For me it’s like that song says, ‘I get knocked down, but I get up again.’” Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” has 57 swear words, which is…