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
Luke Combs was recently asked if he was stuck on a deserted island, and only had one album to listen to for the rest of his life, which one would he choose? Luke said, “Oh man, that’s tough.” He then said, “Gosh there’s a lot. You can only listen to one album forever? Can you…
2005 – Garth Brooks proposed to Trisha Yearwood in front of a crowd of 7,000 people. 2001 – Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney were acquitted of all charges after their run-in with a police horse named Chico. 1993 – “Chattahoochee” by Alan Jackson was at the top of the charts. 1992 – “Achy Breaky Heart”…