NASHVILLE, TN (Dec. 11, 2023) – For the second week in a row, Rock and Roll and Country Music Hall of Famer Brenda Lee’s iconic holiday hit “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Last week the song made history 65 years after its debut and became Lee’s third Hot 100 No. 1, […]
Event Continues Universal Music Group’s 2023 “Music 4 Good” Holiday Campaign Featuring Artists from Several UMG Labels and Genres Fans can enter for a chance to win at charitystars.com/umg (Nashville, Dec. 7, 2023) – For the third year in a row, country music’s biggest artists are giving back during the holiday season through a charitable […]
GLOBAL SUPERSTAR MAKES HISTORY 65 YEARS AFTER THE SONG’S ORIGINAL RELEASE NASHVILLE, TN (Dec. 4, 2023) – Rock and Roll Hall and Country Music Hall of Famer Brenda Lee’s iconic holiday hit “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time ever, 65 years after the song’s debut. By hitting the […]
Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN) and Toby Keith’s Show Dog Nashville (Show Dog) today announced plans to restructure the arrangement between the two companies. As a result, Show Dog has signed an exclusive worldwide distribution and services agreement with UMGN. This arrangement will result in a closer association between the two companies. UMGN will now provide service […]
Universal Music Group Nashville has signed singer/songwriter and guitarist Clare Dunn. Earlier this year, she was featured on the cover of USA Today in an article about SiriusXM’s Fresh Female Voices. Clare has been touring non-stop the last year and has opened for Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan. This week she will open […]
Hunt Earns Platinum Status and First No. 1 with Lead Single “Leave the Night On” MCA Nashville’s Sam Hunt released his debut album MONTEVALLO last week, and with 69,881 units sold, the album lands at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and is the best-selling debut album for a country artist since 2011. […]
MUSIC ICON BRENDA LEE CELEBRATES THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER BELOVED HIT “ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE” WITH NEW MUSIC VIDEO DEBUTING ON CMT, RIAA 5X PLATINUM CERTIFICATION, AN NBC SPECIAL APPEARANCE AND MORE Photo Credit: Alexa King Stone Download All Images in Release HERE NASHVILLE, TN (Nov. 3, 2023) – Rock and Roll Hall and Country […]
Alan Jackson will take the stage at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum as its 2014 Artist-in-Residence on October 8 and 22. Both Wednesday night concerts start at 7:00 p.m. in the museum’s new 800-seat CMA Theater. Tickets go on sale to the general public at NOON (CDT) on Monday, September 8, and can […]
MCA Nashville’s Catie Offerman released a new track today, “Ok Cowboy,” which is a song about the tables being turned, set in a bar with the woman taking the lead. Written by Offerman, Joe Clemmons, Matt Dragstrem and Adam James, the song was produced by Dann Huff. “Ok Cowboy” has been a crowd favorite in Offerman’s live shows […]
Last night was a great night for country music and the UMG Nashville Team at the Billboard Music Awards! Alan Jackson took home the award for Top Christian Album with his gospel album, Precious Memories Volume II, a follow up to Jackson’s 2006 Precious Memories. The collection of traditional hymns has proven to be a […]
