January 8, 2021 The MusicRow Weekly

THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES

MusicRow’s Top 100 Songwriters Of 2020

2020 Year-End Sales

Carrie Underwood To Release Gospel Album

Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley To Release Solo Music

Chris Young and Kane Brown’s “Famous Friends” Most-Added At Country Radio

The Recording Academy Postpones Grammy Awards

John Ozier Named AIMP National Chair

Jimmy Wheeler Joins Story House Collective As General Manager

Loretta Lynn Announces New Album, Still Woman Enough

DISClaimer Singles Reviews

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While the past year was difficult for all, 2020 saw these elite songwriters garner ample chart success on the weekly MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart.

Using algorithms based on song activity according to airplay, digital downloaded track sales and streams, these songwriters prevailed in 2020.

Notably, there are 19 female songwriters in the top 100 this year—which is made up of 112 songwriters because of tied scores. This is a continued increase from last year’s 13 female songwriters within the top 100, and 2018’s 11. Hillary Lindsey is the highest ranking female on this year’s list, at No. 11.

The songs that propelled Lindsey to No. 11 include Luke Bryan’s “What She Wants Tonight,” HARDY’s “One Beer,” Kelsea Ballerini’s “Hole In The Bottle,” and Jordan Davis’ “Almost Maybes.” Among her 2020 honors were Songwriter of the Year at the ACM Awards and Female Songwriter of the Year at the MusicRow Awards.

Top Songwriter Chart: MusicRow’s Top 100 Songwriters Of 2020

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Hillary Lindsey. Photo: Becky Fluke

For the second time in the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart’s history, Josh Osborne takes the top position. Songs of his that were hits in 2020 include Sam Hunt’s “Kinfolks,” “Hard To Forget,” and “Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s,” Morgan Wallen’s “7 Summers,” Darius Rucker’s “Beers And Sunshine,” both Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani hit duets “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere,” and more.

Osborne ended 2020 in the No. 1 position on the weekly MusicRow Top Songwriter chart for the sixth consecutive week. Osborne won Song of the Year at the ACM Awards this year for “One Man Band,” recorded by Old Dominion.

HARDY comes in at No. 2 on the MusicRow Top 100 Songwriters chart this year. As an artist, his self-penned songs that had high activity this past year were “Give Heaven Some Hell” and “One Beer,” his first No. 1 song as an artist. Songs HARDY co-wrote for other artists that were hits in 2020 were LOCASH’s “One Big Country Song,” Jameson Rodgers’ “Some Girls,” Morgan Wallen’s “This Bar” and “More Than My Hometown,” and more.

HARDY released his debut album, A ROCK, in September, and it peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albumschart. He was also named the AIMP Nashville Songwriter of the Year.

Ross Copperman takes the No. 3 position. Tops songs for Copperman in 2020 were “Tip Of My Tongue” (Kenny Cheseney), “What She Wants Tonight” (Luke Bryan), “The Other Girl” (Kelsea Ballerini with Halsey), “Lady” (Brett Young), “Beers And Sunshine” (Darius Rucker), as well as “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere” (Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani).

Copperman was named Songwriter of the Year for the fourth time at the BMI Country Awards in November.

Ashley Gorley, who notched his record-breaking 50th No. 1 song in 2020, is at No. 4 on the MusicRow Top 100 Songwriters chart. The hits that fueled him were “One Big

Country Song” (LOCASH), “Remember You Young” (Thomas Rhett), “Hole In The Bottle” (Kelsea Ballerini), “Hard To Forget” (Sam Hunt), “One Of Them Girls” (Lee Brice), and more.

Gorley also won his eighth consecutive ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year award in November, and was MusicRow's Male Songwriter of the Year at the 32ndannual MusicRow Awards. He was also named as NSAI’s Songwriter of the Year.

The fifth songwriter on the MusicRow Top 100 Songwriters chart is Luke Combs. Combs garnered massive amounts of airplay, sales and streams this year, releasing the deluxe version of What You See Is What You Get. Songs that drove Combs were his own “1, 2 Many,” “Better Together,” “Does To Me,” “Lovin’ On You,” “Six Feet Apart,” and “Forever After All,” as well as Carly Pearce and Lee Brice’s hit duet, “I Hope You’re Happy Now.”

In 2020, Combs won Male Artist and Album of the Year at the ACM Awards; Male Vocalist and Album of the Year at the CMA Awards; and was named Artist of the Year at the 32nd annual MusicRow Awards. He was also named as NSAI’s Songwriter-Artist of the Year.

View the full list of MusicRow‘s Top Songwriters of 2020 here. MR

HARDY. Photo: Tanner Gallagher

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Who Ruled 2020 Year-End Sales? Luke Combs, Gabby Barrett, Morgan Wallen, Maren

Morris, Dan + Shay

According to Nielsen, Gabby Barrett tops the Top 5 on-demand audio Streaming Country Songs for 2020, with her breakout single, “I Hope,” garnering 409 million streams.

Maren Morris follows Barrett, with “The Bones” earning 342 million streams. Morgan Wallen‘s collaboration with Diplo and Julia Michaels on “Heartless” comes in at No. 3 with 340 million; and his “Chasin’ You” is at No. 4 with 303 million streams. Dan + Shay‘s collaboration with Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours,” rounds out the Top 5 on-demand audio Streaming Country Songs for 2020 with 281 million streams.

Notably, each song in the top five—apart from Wallen’s “Chasin’ You”—has a pop radio remix or collaboration.

Barrett’s remix of “I Hope” that included Charlie Puth went to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 all-genre chart and No. 1 on their Adult Top 40. Morris’ remix of “The Bones” with Hozier was a No. 1 Adult Top 40 song. Diplo and Wallen’s “Heartless” has been certified 3x-Platinum.

Dan + Shay and Bieber’s “10,000 Hours” made history on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart by becoming the highest-charting non-holiday country song in the history of the chart.

As far as albums, there were 19 country titles in the top 200 overall for 2020. Luke Combs‘ What You See Is What You Get is the highest ranking country album at No. 10 in the top 200. His This One’s For You is the second highest title, at No. 25.

Other country albums in the top 200 for 2020 include:Morgan Wallen’s If I Know Me (No. 27)Sam Hunt’s SOUTHSIDE (No. 62)Chris Stapleton’s Traveller (No. 65)Blake Shelton’s Fully Loaded: God’s Country (No. 71)Gabby Barrett’s Goldmine (No. 100)Maren Morris’ Girl (No. 106)Luke Bryan’s Born Here Live Here Die Here (No. 107)Kenny Chesney’s Here And Now (No. 112)Dan + Shay’s Dan + Shay (No. 125)Kane Brown’s Experiment (No. 133)Carrie Underwood’s My Gift (No. 137)Jason Aldean’s 9 (No. 138)Zac Brown Band’s Greatest Hits So Far… (No. 141)Kane Brown’s Kane Brown (No. 156)Old Dominion’s Old Dominion (No. 159)Kane Brown’s Mixtape Vol. 1 (No. 168)Lee Brice’s Hey World (No. 175)

Carrie Underwood announced on social media in a Christmas day video message that she plans to release a new gospel companion album, My Savior, which follows her recent Christmas album My Gift.

The new project is slated to arrive in time for Easter in early April, and of recording the companion album she told fans that she was inspired to make My Savior from her experience of putting out My Gift.

“I basically didn’t want all of that to end when I was making this music. I felt like my soul was in such a great place, I wanted to keep making music like the music off of My Gift. This album is full of gospel hymns that I grew up singing. It’s been such a blessing making music like this that is near and dear to my heart, and I hope you guys enjoy listening to it as much as I loved making it,” she said in her video. MR

Carrie Underwood To Follow Up My Gift With Companion Gospel Album, My Savior

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WHMA Anniston, ALWXFL Florence, ALKHBZ Harrison, ARKQUS Hot Springs, ARKDXY Jonesboro, ARKWCK Searcy, ARKRAZ Santa Barbara, CAWPAP Panama City, FLWUBB Savannah, GAKXIA Marshalltown, IAKIAI Mason City, IAKBOE Oskaloosa, IAKTHK Idaho Falls, IDWOOZ Carterville, IL

WAAG Galesburg, ILWMCI Mattoon, ILWYOT Rochelle, ILWRTB Rockford, ILWCCI Savanna, ILWIFE Connersville, INKAIR Atchison, KSWKDZ Cadiz, KYWBKR Owensboro, KYWDHR Pikeville, KYKRRV Alexandria, LAWUUU Covington, LAWKPE Hyannis, MAWVMD Cumberland, MD

WTCM Traverse City, MI KYSM Mankato, MNKZPK St. Cloud, MNKWWR Mexico, MOKFAV Warrenton, MOWQNZ Natchez, MSKZZY Devils Lake, NDKRVN Lexington, NEJersey Shore CountryKQBA Santa Fe, NMWDNB Monticello, NYWOLF Syracuse, NYWCJW Warsaw, NYWFRY Watertown, NY

KWHW Altus, OKKITX Hugo, OKKWEY Weatherford, OKKWOX Woodward, OKKRKT Albany, ORWNBT Mansfield, PAWCFT Selinsgrove, PAWFGE State College, PAWMIR Myrtle Beach, SCKIQK Rapid City, SDWUCZ Carthage, TNWDKN Dickson, TNWLLX Lawrenceburg, TNKAYD Beaumont, TX

KFTX Corpus Christi, TXKYKX Longview, TXKMRK Odessa, TXKYYK Palestine, TXKXOX Sweetwater, TXWAKG Danville, VAWAXX Altoona, WIWJVL Janesville, WIWGLR Platteville, WIWQPC Prairie du Chien, WIWCOW Sparta, WIWTNJ Beckley, WVWDGG Huntington ,WV

MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations

New On The Chart —Debuting This Weeksong/artist/label—Chart PositionFamous Friends/Chris Young & Kane Brown/RCA Records — 47You're Gonna Love Me/Tim Dugger/Curb — 71Love Like Crazy/TJ Ashley/Music Train Records — 72Just Friends/Caylee Hammack/Capitol — 74Invent A T-Shirt/Jenny Tolman/Old Sol Records — 77What Would Dolly Do?/Tori Martin/Lucky Sky Music — 78Freedom And Wings/Heather Smith — 79Chain Breaker/Zach Williams/Provident Label Group — 80

Greatest Spin Increasesong/artist/label—Spin IncreaseWhat's Your Country Song/Thomas Rhett/Valory — 296Famous Friends/Chris Young & Kane Brown/RCA Records — 229Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 189Blame It On You/Jason Aldean/Broken Bow — 162Next Girl/Carly Pearce/Big Machine — 117Gone/Dierks Bentley/Capitol — 116

Most Addedsong/artist/label—No. of AddsFamous Friends/Chris Young & Kane Brown/RCA Records — 17Tequila Little Time/Jon Pardi/Capitol — 12Blame It On You/Jason Aldean/Broken Bow — 9Give Heaven Some Hell/HARDY/Big Loud Records — 9Ain't Gonna Be Today/Ward Davis/Ward Davis Music/Thirty Tigers — 7We Didn't Have Much/Justin Moore/Valory — 6You Time/Scotty McCreery/Triple Tigers Records — 6

On Deck—Soon To Be Chartingsong/artist/label—No. of SpinsMore With Less/Frank Vieira/Frank Vieira Music — 141I Do Thing/Kylie Frey/Deep Frey'd Music Group — 139Pushing Up Daisies/Lana Gail/Gail Force Entertainment — 138My Boy/Elvie Shane/Wheelhouse Records — 136

NO. 1 SONGCHART ACTION

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Jordan Davis moves two positions climbing to No. 1 on the MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart this week with his single “Almost Maybes.” The single appears on Davis’ self-title EP and was written by Davis, Hillary Lindsey, and Jesse Frasure.

Davis sat down with MusicRow to discuss “Almost Maybes” and his latest project. “It’s just looking back at past relationships and not just taking the negatives from them, since they didn’t work out,” Davis says. “For me it led to me findin’ my wife and now we have a six-month-old daughter. But looking back on those relationships and not thinking about them in a bad light, it’s just realizing that I learned a lot about myself. With the good and the bad, I’m a better person because of it.

Visit musicrow.com to read more.

Each songwriter and artist earning No. 1 credit on the MusicRow Chart receives a MusicRow Challenge Coin. Click here to

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ThisWeek Song / Artist / Label Spins /

Reports% Spin Power Spins +/-

30 3 1 Almost Maybes / Jordan Davis / MCA Nashville 1836/63 3 617 7 2 What’s Your Country Song / Thomas Rhett / Valory 1822/65 19 29617 1 3 Starting Over / Chris Stapleton / Mercury Nashville 1790/54 -4 -7612 4 4 Better Together / Luke Combs / Columbia 1718/49 4 7317 5 5 7 Summers / Morgan Wallen / Big Loud Records 1713/63 6 10334 6 6 Lady / Brett Young / BMLG 1624/62 4 589 10 7 Gone / Dierks Bentley / Capitol 1520/65 8 11645 8 8 Nobody / Dylan Scott / Curb 1489/56 0 416 12 9 Settling Down / Miranda Lambert / Vanner Records/RCA Records 1439/62 6 838 14 10 Hell Of A View / Eric Church / EMI 1438/66 15 18921 9 11 I Should Probably Go To Bed / Dan + Shay / Warner Music Nashville 1382/41 -2 -3035 11 12 Made For You / Jake Owen / Big Loud Records 1378/58 0 013 13 13 One Too Many / Keith Urban & P!nk / Capitol 1355/56 1 1213 15 14 Next Girl / Carly Pearce / Big Machine 1185/58 11 11718 17 15 Good Time / Niko Moon / RCA Nashville 1078/38 8 8311 18 16 Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s / Sam Hunt / MCA Nashville 989/46 8 7226 19 17 The Good Ones / Gabby Barrett / Warner Music Nashville 967/45 7 6529 16 18 Hard Days / Brantley Gilbert / Valory 952/44 -5 -4551 20 19 Somebody Like That / Tenille Arts / 19th & Grand 937/39 4 3618 23 20 Good Time Waitin’ To Happen / James Robert Webb / Bison Creek Records 920/46 10 8047 22 21 Momma’s House / Dustin Lynch / Broken Bow 919/37 4 3928 21 22 Wine, Beer, Whiskey / Little Big Town / Capitol 862/41 -2 -1810 27 23 We Didn’t Have Much / Justin Moore / Valory 842/50 15 11026 24 24 Grew Up On That / High Valley / Warner Music Nashville 793/41 -3 -218 29 25 Memory I Don’t Mess With / Lee Brice / Curb 755/48 16 1067 36 26 Blame It On You / Jason Aldean / Broken Bow 735/46 28 1629 38 27 Heaven On Dirt / Teddy Robb / Monument 653/48 18 10011 35 28 If It Wasn’t For Trucks / Riley Green / BMLG 649/38 12 6918 30 29 Wash My Truck / Bobby Wills / MDM Recordings 634/35 0 211 39 30 Where I Find God / Larry Fleet / Big Loud Records 614/33 12 6612 37 31 Everybody Dies But Not Everybody Lives / Shane Owens / Amerimonte Records 601/39 8 4510 40 32 Just The Way / Parmalee x Blanco Brown / Stoney Creek 593/27 16 8217 31 33 Waitin’ On 5 / Chris Janson / Warner Music Nashville 583/31 -2 -1413 32 34 Waste Of A Whiskey Drink / Gary Allan / EMI 567/34 -4 -2314 42 35 Sometimes Late At Night / Eric Burgett / Bow To Stern Records 540/37 7 3737 33 36 To Hell & Back / Maren Morris / Columbia 526/31 -10 -6119 47 37 Simple Things / Dylan Gerard / SSM Nashville 475/27 19 7513 48 38 The Mountain / Calamity Jane / Mountain Records 449/30 13 503 52 39 Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen. / Chase Rice feat. Florida Georgia Line / Broken Bow/Dack

Janiels438/33 26 89

9 44 40 Just About Over You / Priscilla Block / Mercury Nashville 433/33 4 17

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LastWeek

ThisWeek Song / Artist / Label Spins /

Reports% Spin Power Spins +/-

21 43 41 We Were Rich / Runaway June / Wheelhouse Records 431/27 0 111 49 42 Comin’ Home / The Desert City Ramblers / Crane Kick Records 426/26 9 3425 28 43 Mix ‘Em With Whiskey / Drake White / Reverend White 425/19 -38 -26412 46 44 Bad Guy / Casey Donahew / Almost Country Records 415/25 0 213 50 45 Sometimes Always Never / Brandon Ratcliff / Monument 402/30 9 335 58 46 Ain’t Gonna Be Today / Ward Davis / Ward Davis Music/Thirty Tigers 383/33 35 1001 90 47 Famous Friends / Chris Young & Kane Brown / RCA Records 362/27 127 2296 57 48 Anybody Else / Mira Goto / ArtistMax/Copperline 335/22 16 4715 54 49 Never Be Sorry / Old Dominion / RCA Nashville 333/18 5 1615 53 50 Dear Rodeo / Cody Johnson / CoJo Music/Warner Bros. 327/19 -5 -184 64 51 Cold Beer Calling My Name / Jameson Rodgers feat. Luke Combs / River House Artists/

Columbia Nashville308/24 24 59

8 72 52 You Time / Scotty McCreery / Triple Tigers Records 306/22 42 9023 26 53 Land Of Y’all / Smith & Wesley / Dream Walkin/Audium Nashville 299/15 -62 -48012 59 54 Bad Decision / Emily Jean / SSM Evolution 298/19 12 3212 56 55 I Can Tell By The Way You Dance / Josh Turner / MCA Nashville 292/20 -5 -166 61 56 God Save The World / Jeff Carson / MC1 Nashville 290/18 12 305 68 57 Heartland / Hailey Whitters / Big Loud Records/S&D 289/21 30 676 60 58 Meghan / Brecken Miles / Rhyme Partners 284/20 8 2219 65 59 Single Saturday Night / Cole Swindell / Warner Music Nashville 282/20 16 386 62 60 Worship You / Kane Brown / RCA Nashville 281/17 9 248 63 61 Calling All The Angels / Brooke Lee / Brooke Lee Music 279/17 12 293 70 62 Extra / Kylie Trout / Kylie Trout Music 260/23 19 424 69 63 Just Like You / Paige King Johnson / PCG Artist Development 249/22 14 303 77 64 Whiskey And Rain / Michael Ray / Warner Music Nashville 246/18 32 594 73 65 River Bent / Caleb Kelley / River Bend Entertainment 245/18 14 308 66 66 Same Ole / Chris Kroeze / 242/18 0 18 71 67 Your Love Won’t Let Me Cheat / RT Johnson / CCB Nashville 234/16 8 177 67 68 Ghost Town Nation / Travis Tritt / Big Noise 230/14 2 58 78 69 Martha Devine / Ashley McBryde / Atlantic Records/WMN/WAR 212/16 15 284 74 70 Radio Back / Danny Kensy / Rad Records 209/14 5 101 86 71 You’re Gonna Love Me / Tim Dugger / Curb 199/16 28 441 82 72 Love Like Crazy / TJ Ashley / Music Train Records 190/14 16 269 80 73 Beers To Catch Up On / LOCASH / Wheelhouse Records 188/13 10 171 84 74 Just Friends / Caylee Hammack / Capitol 187/13 19 302 79 75 Time Changes / Stephanie Nash / 184/14 8 135 75 76 Won’t Forget / Rusty Gear / Chickahominy Marsh Records 182/15 -6 -111 83 77 Invent A T-Shirt / Jenny Tolman / Old Sol Records 176/14 12 191 85 78 What Would Dolly Do? / Tori Martin / Lucky Sky Music 173/13 12 181 81 79 Freedom And Wings / Heather Smith / 173/11 4 61 96 80 Chain Breaker / Zach Williams / Provident Label Group 170/18 45 53

No. 1 Song Greatest Spin Increase Highest Debut

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Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley To Release Solo Music

Florida Georgia Line. Photo: John Shearer

Florida Georgia Line members Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley announced on social media that they will be releasing their own music, as individuals, in the near future. The duo also assured fans that they are not splitting up; with their fifth studio album, Life Rolls On, due out in February and a tour to follow once it is safe to do so.

Florida Georgia Line started their hit-filled career in 2010. Their breakout single “Cruise” was certified 11x multi-Platinum, making them the first country act to achieve RIAA’s Diamond certification. They hold the longest reign on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart of 50 consecutive weeks with another Diamond, No. 1 single, “Meant to Be” with Bebe Rexha. They’ve tallied 17 career No. 1 singles.

In an effort to be “transparent and real” with their fans, Kelley and Hubbard uploaded a nearly 10-minute video explaining that while they will still be making music and touring as FGL, they will also be working on music individually, with Kelley announcing an album he’s planning for the summer. Hubbard mentioned some collaborations to be released soon.

“I did a lot of soul-searching,” said Kelley. “I took some time off from writing songs. I didn’t know what I was searching for. I got my arm back in shape and thought I was going to start pitching again, I fished as much as I could, and did pretty much anything I could do to get a lot of energy out and kill some time.

“Where I landed was really falling in love with my guitar and writing songs again, more than ever,” Kelley continued. “This has been a lifelong dream of mine, but I

started writing an album once I started writing again. I had a couple songs that I was writing and I thought, ‘I think I’m supposed to sing these and have a project or an outlet for these to come out on.'”

Kelley said that he approached Hubbard in September with the idea for a solo project., to which Hubbard gave him his blessing as a collaborator.

“We’re really creating some freedom for ourselves in addition to what we do with FGL” Kelley said.

“There’s a lot going on,” Hubbard said. “We want to make sure that our truth is out there for you guys, and our genuine excitement and support of each other for the next chapter of our career, of our music, of our journey, of our touring, and everything. We’re really excited.” MR

Chris Young and RCA Nashville label-mate Kane Brown are starting off 2021 with the most-added single at country radio, as “Famous Friends” tallies a total 53 combined Billboard and Country Aircheck/Mediabase stations.

“Famous Friends” was also most added on MusicRow‘s most recent CountryBreakout Radio Chart.

Written by Young with Cary Barlowe and Corey Crowder from a tour stop in Tampa in 2018, the autobiographical song mentions Rutherford County, where Young grew up in Tennessee, and Brown’s hometown of Hamilton County, along with Nashville’s Davidson County.

“Famous Friends” is Young and Brown’s first collaboration since working together on Brown’s 2017 song “Setting the Night On Fire.” Additionally, the song reunites the former tour mates from Young’s 2018 Losing Sleep Headlining Tour—which included a sold-out hometown show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena—and is a full-circle moment for Brown, since his first live concert experience as a young country fan was a Brad Paisley and Chris Young tour stop. MR

Chris Young and Kane Brown’s “Famous Friends” Most-Added At Country Radio

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The Recording Academy Postpones Grammy Awards To March

The Recording Academy has postponed the Grammy Awards to March 14, 2021. The show’s postponement is due to health concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday (Jan. 4), California set a new single-day record of 74,000 new cases.

The 63rd Grammy Awards were to broadcast from Los Angeles on the CBS network on Sunday, Jan. 31.

In a joint statement, Chair & Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy, Harvey Mason jr.; Executive Vice President, Specials, Music, Live Events and Alternative Programming, CBS, Jack Sussman; GRAMMY Awards Executive Producer, Fulwell 73 Productions, Ben Winston, said:

“After thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host and artists scheduled to appear, we are rescheduling the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards to be broadcast Sunday, March 14, 2021. The deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from state and local governments have all led us to conclude that postponing our show was the right thing to do. Nothing is more important than the health and safety of those in our music community and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly on producing the show.

We want to thank all of the talented artists, the staff, our vendors and especially this year’s nominees for their understanding, patience and willingness to work with us as we navigate these unprecedented times.”

Nominees for the 63rd Grammy Awards were announced in November of 2020. Jan. 4 was the last day for Recording Academy members to vote for the winners. Grammy-nominated comedian Trevor Noah was slated to be the host of the 2021 Grammys, but it is unclear if he will still host this year’s show. MR

John Ozier Named AIMP National Chair; Initial 2021 Events Announced

The Executive Committee of the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) has named John Ozier as its new National Chair.

Ozier, EVP Creative at Reservoir Media Management, has been President of the Nashville Chapter since 2015. He succeeds Teri Nelson-Carpenter, who remains the President of the Los Angeles Chapter. AIMP National Chairs are selected from the three chapter presidents by the Executive Committee, and serve one two-year term.

“Teri did a fabulous job especially this past year leading us through some of the biggest changes that our industry—and the world—have seen in a hundred years,” said Ozier. “I am so glad she will continue to serve on our executive Board as the Los Angeles Chapter President, and I look forward to working with her and our New York Chapter President Michael Lau as together we navigate this new terrain.”

The organization will continue to have its events as webinars in the coming months, starting on Tuesday, Jan. 12, “AIMP & IMPF present: The State Of The Music Publishing Industry Post-Covid. How Are We Going To Do In 2021?” Moderated by Emmanuel Legrand, editor of the Creative Industries Newsletter, the discussion will dive into the report that the IMPF (Independent Music Publishers International Forum) released last year, which for the first time detailed the economic importance of indie music publishers on a global scale. The panelists include Ender Atis, COO Budde Music Publishing; Michael Lau, CTO Round Hill Music Publishing & AIMP NY Chapter President; Michelle Lewis, Co-Founder SONA & award-winning songwriter; and Mary Jo Mennella, Founder & CEO Music Asset Management. This special event will be held at 9 a.m. PT/ noon ET / 5 p.m. GMT.

Read more details on this and other upcoming events here. MR

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Jimmy Wheeler Joins Story House Collective As General Manager

Jimmy Wheeler has been named General Manager of Story House Collective.

Before joining Story House Collective, Wheeler worked within the Sony Music system for 30 years, the last 25 with Provident Entertainment/Sony Music. He has years of experience in sales, marketing, radio, and distribution, and has been part of every album released

Pictured (L-R): Story House Collective’s Jacy Gibbs, artist Leanna Crawford, Story House GM Jimmy Wheeler, founder Matthew West, Story House staffer Lyndsay Crawford

from Casting Crowns and Third Day, along with working projects from Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jars of Clay, Matt Maher, and many more.

“I am thrilled to introduce Jimmy as the newest addition to our Story House Collective team! He comes with years of record industry experience and will serve as GM as our company seeks to grow in some exciting ways in 2021 and beyond,” said Story House Collective Founder Matthew West. “The vision of Story House Collective represents the core of everything I do. I’m passionate about seeing people’s stories impact lives, and I want to utilize the resources and platform I’ve been given to pave the way for even more stories to be told and lives changed for the Kingdom of God for years to come.”

“By joining Story House Collective, I can honestly say I am in my dream job,” Wheeler said. “I’m so excited to partner with Matthew and this amazing team. There are so many things to look forward to in this new year and beyond!”

West formed Story House Collective four years ago, and since its opening, the multifaceted company now houses a variety of entities, including artist management for West and singer/songwriter Leanna Crawford. Story House Collective also manages the nonprofit ministry popwe and the Matthew West Podcast. MR

Bluegrass Icon Tony Rice Dies

Nashville Legal Analyst And Writer Publishes ‘MODERNIZATION OF MUSIC’

The Mechanical Licensing Collective Begins Full Operations

Primary Wave Music Publishing Acquires Catalog Of Dan Wilson

Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes Reefs Helps Launch 32-Acre Underwater Reef Park

Luke Combs, Keith Urban, Jon Pardi, Brantley Gilbert Support CAA’s Young Winter Bazaar

Country Artists React To D.C. Violence

Ronnie Dunn’s Lensman Project Photos To Benefit American Cancer Society

Chris Lindsey’s ‘Pitch List’ Podcast Gears Up For Season Four

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Little Big Town, Brandi Carlile, Scotty McCreery, More Join YETI To Raise Money for Road Crews

Tim McGraw And Tyler Hubbard Partner Up On New Single “Undivided”

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Loretta Lynn To Celebrate Women Of Country On Upcoming New Album, Still Woman Enough

Loretta Lynn is releasing her 50th studio album, Still Woman Enough, a celebration of women in country music, on March 19.

Produced by Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, the icon’s fourth project for Legacy Recordings features a host of guest artists including Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Margo Price and Tanya Tucker. The album includes a career-spanning selection of 13 new recordings illuminating different aspects of Lynn’s repertoire.

The collection is centered around Loretta’s original compositions, from songs like “Still Woman Enough” (which shares its title and attitude with her 2002 autobiography, and was co-written with her daughter, Patsy Lynn Russell) through fresh interpretations of classics including “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl” (her first single, originally released March 1960), “You Ain’t Woman Enough” (the title track for her first No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Album in 1966), and an emotional “Coal Miner’s Daughter Recitation,” commemorating the 50th anniversary of the release of her signature song (October 5, 1970) and album (January 4, 1971).

In addition to her original compositions, Still Woman Enough includes Loretta’s take on American traditional music, with “I Don’t Feel at Home Any More,” Stephen Foster’s “Old Kentucky Home; gospel, with The Carter Family-popularized “Keep On The Sunny Side,” “Where No One Stands Alone,” “I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight,” and Hank Williams’ “I Saw the Light;” and contemporary songwriting with Shel Silverstein’s satirical view of motherhood, “One’s On The Way,” a hit for Loretta in 1971.

“I am just so thankful to have some of my friends join me on my new album. We girl singers gotta stick together,” said Lynn. “It’s amazing how much has happened in the fifty years since Coal Miner’s Daughter first came out and I’m extremely grateful to be given a part to play in the history of American music.”

Celebrating 50 years of Lynn’s landmark album, Coal Miner’s Daughter will be reissued on black vinyl by MCA Nashville/UMe on February 12. MR

Soundstripe Names Drew Weaver Chief Operating Officer

Soundstripe has hired music, tech, and entertainment industry veteran Drew Weaver as Chief Operating Officer. In the newly-created COO role, he will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations at Soundstripe, reporting to Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Travis Terrell and Micah Sannan.

As COO, Weaver will help manage the rapid growth and continued business-line expansion at Soundstripe, a leader in the stock media industry that provides a catalog of royalty-free music, stock video, and sound effects to creators who need affordable, hassle-free access to media assets for their videos, podcasts, and other projects.

Prior to joining Soundstripe, Weaver was SVP and Head of Product for Pantaya, the fast-growing Spanish-language streaming service backed by Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media. He also supported product and international business operations at Starz, the global media and entertainment company and OTT streaming service acquired by Lionsgate in 2016. Before Lionsgate, Weaver was SVP of Product Management at TouchTunes, the country’s largest in-venue interactive music and entertainment platform, where he led the product and design teams behind the company’s digital jukebox network and popular mobile app, used in over 60,000 locations in North America. Previously, he held executive product and operational roles at AOL and SiriusXM, where he innovated, launched, and ran various consumer products used by millions of users and supported by various business models including SiriusXM’s streaming mobile apps and personalization for AOL Instant Messenger. MR

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Nashville’s Station Inn Spotlighted In New Country Music Hall Of Fame Exhibit

The history of Nashville’s legendary bluegrass gem The Station Inn is being chronicled in a brand new exhibit at the Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum beginning this month. The Station Inn: Bluegrass Beacon opens Friday, Jan. 15, and will run through Jan. 2, 2022.

“The Station Inn has done so much more than simply provide a venue where musicians and fans alike can gather to play and hear music. The Station Inn has built and nurtured a community,” said Kyle Young, CEO, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. “The camaraderie, the joy and the sounds that greet patrons entering the club are an experience like no other. We are happy to share the story of a venue that continues to be a sanctuary and haven for some of the finest artists and their music.”

Items featured in the new exhibit include instruments, photographs, posters and other unique items from the club’s rich history. Highlights include seats from a tour bus used by Lester Flatt, now serving as seating in the venue, the 1927 Gibson A-Jr. model mandolin used by Nashville Bluegrass Band member Mike Compton in performance and to create his Grammy-winning contribution to the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a poster covered with the autographs of musicians who played the club and well-known patrons, and more.

The Station Inn was founded in 1974 by a group of bluegrass musicians and singers, Bob and Ingrid Fowler, Marty and Charmaine Lanham, Jim Bornstein and Red and Bird Lee Smith, who wanted to provide their fellow musicians and fans with a venue where they could play and hear bluegrass music. The owners served as the house band, with other pickers

popping in for regular jam sessions. It moved from its original location near Nashville’s Centennial Park to its current home at 402 12th Ave. S. in 1978.

Three years later, future Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame member J.T. Gray purchased the Station Inn with a vision to make the club a venue that would draw national recording acts and inspire local artistry. Over the past 40 years, Country Music Hall of Fame members Vince Gill, Bill Monroe, Ricky Skaggs and Mac Wiseman, as well as Richard Bailey, Dierks Bentley, Mike Bub, the Fairfield Four, Alison Krauss, the McCrary Sisters, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Molly Tuttle and more have taken the stage at the legendary venue. MR

American Songwriter Taps Lisa Konicki For Editor in Chief

American Songwriter announced the hiring of industry veteran Lisa Konicki as its Editor in Chief, effective immediately.

Now with 20 years of press experience in the music industry, Konicki began her career as photo editor of Country Weekly magazine, eventually working her way up to Editor in Chief at the magazine. She then created and served as Editor in Chief for the website nashcountrydaily.com for Cumulus Media. Most recently, Konicki has been editor for onecountry.com.

“I’m thrilled to join the American Songwriter team as Editor in Chief,” says Konicki. “The Magazine’s 35+ year history exhibits an outstanding quality and has cemented its place as a staple in the music community. I look forward to being able to work with the incredible staff and bring my experience to such a prestigious publication.”

Konicki will be stepping into a role that was previously held by Dallas Jackson. Jackson will remain with American Songwriter as part of its ownership group, Savage Ventures, and will continue to be involved with the operations. MR

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MORE TOP STORIES

DISClaimer Single Reviews: Tim McGraw, Tyler Hubbard, Dolly Parton, Barry Gibb,

Mitchell Tenpenny, MoreAs we begin 2021, we look at a landscape of rubble.

Music is a healing force, so let the healing begin. You can’t go wrong with Dolly, especially when she’s singing with Barry Gibb. Hailey Whitters is here with a good-time collaboration with LBT. Both the legendary John Fogerty and newcomer Mitchell Tenpenny are offering especially poignant songs for our troubled time.

But the Disc of the Day, and perhaps one of the most important country-music songs of our era, is “Undivided” by Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard. Be ready to blast this to listeners everywhere when it drops next week.

Our DisCovery Award goes to Helene Cronin, yet another example of how women are making some of our best music.

Read Robert K. Oermann's reviews of Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard, Hailey Whitters & Little Big Town, Barry Gibb & Dolly Parton, Jon Pardi, and more, here.

Country Songwriter Jamie O’Hara Diagnosed With ‘Aggressive Cancer’

Maggie Rose To Host New Podcast Highlighting Her Favorite Women In Music

Logan Mize Proves He’s ‘Still That Kid’ On New Album Due January 27

Lee Greenwood And Soldier Valley Spirits Develop Signature Bourbon Whiskey

Weekly Register: Luke Combs Finishes Out 2020 On Top

MusicRow’s 2020 Print Issues And Important 2021 Dates

Artist Action: McBride & The Ride, Collin Raye, Lilly Winwood

January 2021 Installment Of CRS360 Announced

MusicRow’s Sherod Robertson Looks Back On 10 Years As Publisher and Owner

Rewind: MusicRow’s Top Engaging Stories Of 2020

Rewind: 2020 ‘MusicRow’ CountryBreakout Radio Chart No. 1s

Nashville-Related Music Obituaries 2020

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Off The Record: What Is Your Word For 2021?

There are some people who make a list of resolutions for the new year and as the year progresses, they tick them off one by one with most, if not all of them, marked off at the end of the year. Perhaps you are one of those people.

I am not.

For years, I would keep my list of New Year’s Resolutions in my phone. Pretty smart, right? With easy access, I could read them at any time throughout the year and gauge how I was doing. Unfortunately, I never reviewed them. Not even once. The only time I even thought about them was during the Christmas holiday season when it was time to start composing a new list of resolutions for the upcoming year. And I have to admit, the old list required very little editing. I was lucky if I had to make any edits at all, often finding none of the items on my list completed. Some years, the only edit I made was to increase the amount of weight I needed to lose.

After years of keeping that static list of resolutions, it became so ridiculous and meaningless that I stopped doing New Year’s Resolutions altogether. It was too overwhelming and made me feel defeated. However, a few years ago, I decided to pick just one word that I would give more attention and mindfulness to throughout the year. That changed everything.

I found having one word gave me a platform to help accomplish all the other goals. I was very surprised that something as simple as picking a single word could have such an impact and lasting effect on what I wanted to accomplish during the year. I’m the type of person that can learn a life lesson in the morning and forget it by lunch, so having just one word gave me focus, clarity and something simple I could remember. The word gave me purpose and intent, and became the overall arc of my life for 365 days.

As I’ve written before, one of my favorite self-improvement books is The Four Agreements written by Don Miguel Ruiz. Actually, I should probably just say it is my favorite.

I’ve never read a book in that genre that has guided me in a more positive way.

And I’m not alone.

Published in 1997, the book has reportedly been translated into 46 languages and sold over 8 million copies in the United States. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the book features four guiding principles to help create a life full of freedom, happiness and love and the first agreement is to be impeccable with your word. It’s appropriate that this is the first agreement because words matter. They really do! In this day of social media jabs and divisive political rhetoric, it can sometimes feel like our words have little consequence. But I have learned that a single word can change your life. It’s done so every year to mine since I started choosing a new word for each year. A word can be that powerful.

There aren’t any rules about what or how to pick your word. You do you. But for me, it seems like the word picks me, not the other way around. I habitually take a small amount of time out of the day to wander, to just be with my thoughts. It’s such an important part of my day. When I’m in that head space, my mind becomes a busy intersection of ideas, thoughts and dreams. It may happen during a walk, or a drive, or when I’m getting ready in the morning before I start my day. I let most of those ideas, thoughts and dreams pass through my mind. They may have value but aren’t worth stopping and hanging on to, so best to let them go. But occasionally, there’s one that gets my attention and I grab it. It’s during those recurring sessions when I usually receive my best ideas– whether it’s for personal development or enhancing something here at the magazine. And it’s during one of those sessions late in the year, when I pick my new word for the upcoming year.

2021 will be the fifth consecutive year that I’ve chosen a word for the year. My prior words have included “Hustle,” “Strategic”, “Expansion,” and “Ready.” After spending a year with a single word, it doesn’t go away after the clock strikes midnight and you are propelled into the new year with a champagne flute in your hand. It becomes part of the fabric of who you are, the way you make decisions, the way you set goals, the way you engage with others. It becomes a key ingredient in your life and it’s fascinating to look back and see how that word has manifested in your life….

Read more of this week’s Off The Record here.

Off The Record is a new weekly column in 2021 from MusicRow Owner and Publisher, Sherod Robertson. After 10 years heading the publication, he shares some of the nuggets of wisdom he’s acquired throughout the years that have helped him in his journey. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of MusicRow Magazine nor its team members.

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Jimmie Allen, Charley Pride. Photo: Courtesy of CMA Brothers Osborne. Photo: Courtesy of CMA

CALENDAR

Singles

January 8Stephanie Quayle/By Heart

January 11Russell Dickerson/Home Sweet/Triple TigersTaylor Swift/No Body, No Crime/Republic/MCAGary Burk III/Two Lane Airplane/MC1 Nashville

January 15Cort Carpenter/Small Towners/Triple C Records|XXIII Music

Albums

January 8Morgan Wallen/Dangerous:The Double Album/Big Loud/Republic RecordsAaron Watson/American Soul/BIG Label RecordsBarry Gibb/Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook/Capitol Records

January 15Devin Dawson/The Pink Slip EP/Warner Music Nashville/AtlanticJake Hoot/Love Out Of Time

January 22Willie Jones/Right Now/The Penthouse/Empire NashvilleMoon Taxi/Silver Dream/BMG

January 27Logan Mize/Still That Kid/Big Yellow Dog Music

Industry Events

February 17-19Country Radio Seminar

March 14The 63rd Grammy Awards

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