Taking
a took at the artists appearing on both the Main & Pop Up Stages at the
weekends Country2Country Festival 2016
Classics
from Gene Watson & Charley Pride
Phil Vassar - Carlene
Jessi Alexander - Honeysuckle Sweet
Gene Watson - Pick The Wildwood Flower
Charles Kelley &
Miranda Lambert - Wish
You Were Here What a great result it is as well
Ashley Campbell - Remembering "a real talent...quality
music"
Crash n Recovery - Minefield
The Great Western Tears - The Late Great Man In Black
Ashley Monroe - Bombshell
Darius Rucker - Half Full Dixie Cup
Jan Howard - To Love A Rolling Stone (March 13,
1930) BIRTHDAY
Michael Martin Murphey - The Cosmic Cowboy (March 13, 1945) BIRTHDAY
Valerie Smith - Sweeter Fields of Clover
Sam Hunt - Leave The Light On
Jann Browne - Love's Gonna Live Here
Vince Gill - I'll Be Waiting For You
Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material
Jerry Jeff Walker - What I Like About Texas
Carrie Underwood - What I Never Knew I Always Wanted
Glenn Williams - The Things That I've Done
The Evie Ladin Band - Drinkin' Bout You
Paul Overstreet - Seein' My Father In Me
Leslie Satcher - Love Letters From Old Mexico
Ron Pope & The Night
Hawks - Southern Cross
Maddie & Tae - Fly
Charley Pride - In The Middle Of Nowhere
Bobbie Cryner & Dwight
Yoakam - I Don't Care
Clinton Gregory - Chase Away The Lonely
Locust Honey String Band - McMichen's Breakdown
New on The Show
Sam Hunt
Hailing
from rural Cedartown, Georgia, Sam Hunt quickly establishing a name for
himself and became one of Nashville’s most talked about young talents.
Hunt
had been writing songs and playing music since his days as quarterback at the
University of Alabama Birmingham.
Following graduation, Hunt made the move to Music City to pursue
songwriting full-time.
Shortly
after settling into the Nashville scene, Hunt was signed to a publishing deal
and started working with some of the top writers in the business. Hunt began to develop his craft and quickly
gained recognition as a gifted singer-songwriter.
Since
moving to Nashville, Hunt has garnered cuts with some of country music’s
biggest stars including Kenny Chesney’s No. 1 smash “Come Over,” Billy
Currington’s latest “We Are Tonight,” and Keith Urban’s “Cop Car.”
Hunt’s
own eclectic style owes its roots to country music with influences in pop, folk
and R&B music. Sam has been winning
audiences over throughout the southeast in recent years with his soulful sound, touring with David Nail and joined Little Big Town's summer tour.
Between
tour dates, Hunt continued to write and record songs for his upcoming debut
album.
HUNT’S ‘PARTY’
- Sam Hunt’s introductory album, MONTEVALLO (MCA Nashville/UMGN), was
the No.1 on Top Country Albums for
2015 (Based on
multi-metric album consumption).
- It led the Top Country Album chart for 8 non-consecutive weeks
Released
in late 2014, the set has produced three No.1s on both Hot Country Songs and
Country Airplay: “Leave the Night On,”
“Take Your Time” and “House Party.” Hunt, who won the multi-genre
favourite new artist award at the American Music Awards on Nov. 22, is the top
artist for 2015 on Hot Country Songs, Country Digital Songs and Country
Streaming Songs, and was No.2 on the overall Top Country Artists tally. Plus,
“Take Your Time” is No.1 on both the 2015 Hot Country Songs tally and Country
Streaming Songs. “House Party” is No.3 on Hot Country Songs for the year.
- In
the 2015 Year-End Charts Sam Hunt was ranked #2 Top Country Artist
(behind Luke Bryan)
TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2015 IN
U.S. (Based on Total Equivalent
Album Units)
** NOTE ** A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks.
Track equivalent albums (TEA) is a term used to describe a
method of converting the sale of individual songs (singles) into whole album
numbers. In other words, every time ten units of a single are sold,
those ten units are counted as one album sale.
Rank,
Artist, Title, Total Units
#9 Sam Hunt, MONTEVALLO 1,378,000
TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS OF
2015 IN U.S.
Based
on multi-metric album consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). >> Top 75 Chart <<
#1 MONTEVALLO/Sam Hunt/MCA Nashville/UMGN
TOP COUNTRY ARTISTS YEAR
END 2015 in
US See >> TOP 50 CHART <<
#1 Luke Bryan/Capitol Nashville/UMGN
#2 Sam Hunt/MCA Nashville/UMGN
Top-Selling Country
Albums, 2015
Country
Rank, Artist, Title, Total Pure Sales (release date)
#1 Luke Bryan, KILL THE LIGHTS 851,000 (released; Aug 7, 2015)
#2 Sam Hunt, MONTEVALLO 757,000
(released; Oct 27, 2014)
BIG HIT
On Country Digital Songs:
Sam Hunt’s “Take Your Time” finished at No. 2 behind champion Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (Capitol
Nashville) based on sales.
#1
Little Big Town, “Girl Crush” 1,925,000 sales | #2 Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time”
1,759,000 sales
Top 10 Country Digital
Songs Artists
of 2015 in U.S. see >> CHART <<
#1 Sam Hunt
Top-Selling Country
Digital Songs, 2015
#1 Little
Big Town, “Girl Crush” 1,925,000
(released; Dec 15, 2014)
#2
Sam Hunt, “Take Your Time” 1,759,000
#5
Sam Hunt, “House Party” 957,000
Top New Country Streaming
Songs Year-End 2015 >> Top 25 Chart <<
#1 “Take Your Time”/Sam Hunt/MCA Nashville
#2 “Girl Crush”/Little Big Town/Capitol
Nashville
#3 “House Party”/Sam Hunt/Mca Nashville
TOP 10 HOT COUNTRY SONGS
Year-End of 2015 in U.S. See >> Top 100 Chart <<
Based
on:
a)
All-format airplay, as monitored by BDS b) Sales, as tracked by Nielsen SoundScan
and c) Streaming
#1 Take Your Time/Sam Hunt/MCA Nashville
#2 Girl Crush/Little Big Town/Capitol
Nashville
#3 House
Party/Sam
Hunt/MCA Nashville
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