RATINGS
Nashville Star network NBC finished fourth in last night’s (6/23) overall ratings. In the 8 PM CT hour, the show drew a 3.6 rating/6 share to come in fourth, reports Zap2It.com. Then at 9 PM the program jumped to second place with 4.2/7.
This is similar to ratings in previous weeks: fourth overall and during [...]
Nashville Star’s promising sixth season got underway last night (6/9) on a new network—NBC—and clearly separated itself from past iterations. Production values are noticeably improved, but in reality, it’s the show’s professional cast that turns straw into gold. The 90-minute weekly episodes are judged by industry icons Jewel, John Rich and Jeffrey Steele. Billy Ray [...]
Nashville is a close knit community and changes are carefully scrutinized. Publicity leading up to this year’s new fan voted ACM Entertainer of the Year was mostly positive. But shortly after Kenny Chesney was awarded the trophy on Sunday’s telecast (5/18), the four-time ACM Entertainer winner was backstage criticizing the new methodology. “It’s complete disrespect [...]
Say you’re Craig Wiseman. You’re already one of Nashville’s top songwriters and independent publishers, written more than 100 charted singles and 14 No. 1 hits, been named writer of the year by NSAI and ASCAP (three times), started a successful administration company, expanded your Nashville publishing interests to a London office, and amassed a fierce [...]
Pictured (L-R): Kyle Young, Donna Stoneman, Patsy Stoneman, Roni Stoneman, Tammy Genovese and Emmylou Harris. Photo: Donn Jones
“I think this is the highest concentration of greatness in the whole universe,” proclaimed Jim Lauderdale as he took the stage at the Medallion Ceremony which officially inducted Emmylou Harris and the late Ernest V. “Pop” Stoneman [...]
A new documentary, which is now available on DVD, tells the story of the five decade competition to decide the guitar sound that will dominate rock music. Starting with their conception and design in the early fifties, “Solidbodies, The 50 Year Guitar War” focuses on the competitive influences that have made the Fender Stratocaster and [...]
SpiralFrog, the free, ad-supported music Web site, announced its Top Ten Most Downloaded Songs for the month of March.
1. Timbaland - “Apologize”
2. Soulja Boy Tell’em - “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”
3. Rihanna - “Don’t Stop the Music”
4. Snoop Dogg - “Sensual Seduction”
5. [...]
The Washington Post profiles the music industry’s most opinionated blogger.
In last week’s column, we heard stories from country record promotion pros about some of their hard-fought chart victories. As we continue that theme this week, another crop of veteran promoters weighs in with their stories of singles they tortured up the charts, only to have their efforts pay off when the songs went on [...]
Part of the fun of working in the music industry is getting to work with artists and other celebrities, but should the rules of conduct for industry professionals be different than for fans when it comes to dealing with artists? Music Row publicists are divided on this issue.
After bringing her star client to a recent, [...]
