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December 11, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly Friday, December 11, 2020

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Shannon Sanders Joins BMI

Warner Music Nashville Signs Temecula Road

Liz Rose Music And Warner Chappell Music Sign Josh Kiser Shannon Sanders. Photo: Jason Kempin for BMI Sony Music Nashville Veteran music industry executive Shannon Sanders will join BMI’s Nashville Promotes Jennifer Way Creative team as an Executive Director. Sanders will be responsible for signing and developing top talent in the Nashville community and supporting BMI’s family of songwriters and publishers. He will report directly to BMI’s Vice AIMP Announces 2021-2022 President of Creative, Clay Bradley. Board Of Directors For Nashville, New York, Los “Shannon has been an important source of advice and counsel for me since I Angeles joined BMI in March, and I’m thrilled that he will now be a key part of our Creative team,” said Bradley. “He is a Nashville native who has embraced all genres of music throughout his career and his accomplishments reﬂect the rich Dave Cohen Signs With Spirit musical diversity of this city, which continues to grow and thrive. It is our job to Music Nashville represent the best talent Nashville has to offer, and Shannon’s voice and vision will be invaluable as we continue that mission.” Wide Open Music Publishing Relaunches Said Sanders, “I am excited about my new role at BMI and am inspired by Clay and his vision. As part of this tremendous Creative team, I look forward to helping further the efforts of BMI in our songwriting community and beyond. On The Row: Andrew Being a creator myself, I know the value of this organization. I’ve always been a Jannakos champion for creators, and I consider it an honor to be able to offer support and facilitate opportunities for my fellow songwriters.” Blake Shelton And Gwen Stefani Take Second Trip To As a 25-year music industry veteran, Sanders joins BMI as a two-time Grammy, two-time Emmy, and Dove Award winning songwriter-producer with an ear for Top Of Charts current trends as well as an appreciation of legacy artists. He is the founder and original Program Director of Nashville’s 102.1 The VILLE, a classic soul and DISClaimer Singles Reviews R&B radio station that is committed to playing local artists. Additionally, he has served as musical director to India.Arie for 20 years. And much more… As a respected member of Nashville’s music industry, Sanders is a trusted advocate for music creators. He is involved in numerous organizations,

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December 11, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly including the Recording Academy (Trustee), NMAAM (National Museum of Liz Rose Music And Warner African American Music), Leadership Music, Nashville Ballet, AIMP Chappell Music Sign Global (Association of Independent Music Publishers), Country Music Hall of Fame Co-Publishing Deal With Josh Education Committee, W.O. Smith, and NME (Nashville Music Equality). Sanders also serves as a City Tourism Commissioner for the NCVC (Nashville Kiser Convention and Visitors Corporation) and was named as one of the 2016 Black Enterprise 100 Modern Men of Distinction.

Sanders is an alum of Tennessee State University and was recently recognized among the University’s Distinguished Alumni. MR

Warner Music Nashville Signs Country Trio Temecula Road

Liz Rose Music and Warner Chappell Music Nashville have signed a global co-publishing deal with Josh Kiser. This year, Kiser released “The F Word,” “God’s Been Good To Me,” and his latest single, “I’m Never Drinking Again.” The rising singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has opened for acts Tracy Byrd and Craig Campbell, among others.

In 2019, Kiser signed with artist development company Starts With Music, run by three-time Grammy award-winning producer/songwriter Nathan Chapman and multi-Platinum producer-songwriter Kevin Kadish. Taking cues from outlaw and ’90s country inﬂuences, the Tennessee- Warner Music Nashville has partnered with Disney Music Group’s Buena Vista native is busy in the studio recording Records to welcome the newest addition to its label family: California-bred, new music. MR Tennessee-based country band Temecula Road.

The up-and-coming trio—comprised of Dawson Anderson, Emma Salute, and Maddie Salute—has formed a unique sound with its three-part harmony and signature mandolin. The Temecula Road team also includes Champ Management, JRM Publishing/Disney Music Publishing, and WME.

“We are so excited to join the Warner Music Nashville family and continue working with Buena Vista Records,” the band said. “We truly feel like this is the dream team for us. Although we’ve yet to meet in person, Warner’s passion for our band was so strong we could feel it via Zoom. We can’t wait to get to work and meet face-to-face in 2021!”

Dawson, Emma and Maddie boast stage credits worldwide, from Stagecoach Festival in their home state of California to C2C: Country to Country Festival in London. Temecula Road is planning new music in 2021. MR

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December 11, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly

Jennifer Way Promoted To Senior Vice launching the careers of such entertainers as Chris President, Marketing, Sony Music Nashville Stapleton and Kacey Musgraves.

Way is a a colon cancer survivor, and is passionate about ﬁnding a cure for cancer. Blending her personal and professional passions, she helped facilitate Sarah Cannon partnerships with both Brad Paisley and Mitchell Tenpenny. Following Blackout Tuesday, she led the launch of Kane Brown’s “Worldwide Beautiful,” beneﬁtting the Boys & Girls Club of America to advocate for justice and equality for youth.

Way was named part of MusicRow’s 2021 N.B.T. Music Industry list.

She resides in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband Joel and son Liam. Way can be reached at [email protected]. MR

Jennifer Way. Photo: Matthew Berinato

Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO Randy Goodman AIMP Announces 2021-2022 Board Of announced on Dec. 9 the promotion of Jennifer Way to the Directors For Nashville, New York, position of Senior Vice President, Marketing, Sony Music Los Angeles Nashville. Reporting directly to Goodman, Way will oversee all marketing efforts, which includes artist team leads, brand partnerships, digital marketing, international marketing, media The Association of Independent Music Publishers and creative services for Sony Music Nashville and the roster (AIMP) has announced its new Board members for of its three imprints, Arista, Columbia and RCA Nashville. 2021-2022, with a new leadership team taking charge at the New York Chapter, and multiple new “Since joining SMN, Jen has exhibited an understanding of Board members bringing fresh perspectives to Los and the ability to adapt to the changing nature of the market Angeles, Nashville, and New York. and its impact on what marketing needs to look like in the future. That’s never been more vital than it is right now,” said In Nashville, Emily Boardman (Hipgnosis Songs) Goodman. “I know Jen and the amazing team she will be will join the Board as its new Treasurer, while leading will ensure our market place leadership in that Kendall Lettow (peermusic) will come onboard as regard.” Administrative Assistant. The Chapter will also welcome ﬁve new Board members: Duff “I’m so thankful to Randy for his belief in me and entrusting Berschback (Concord), ET Brown (SESAC), Alex me to lead this remarkable team,” said Way. “Under his vision Heddle (Big Machine Music), Shannon Sanders and leadership, Sony Music Nashville has become not only (BMI), and Mike Sistad (ASCAP). one of the most exciting label groups in music today, but also one of the greatest places to work, with a culture that enables “I’m excited to work with our new Treasurer, Board our team to thrive. I love the SMN Family—this team and our members, and Administrative Assistant, and looking roster of artists—and I couldn’t be more honored or excited forward to what we hope will be a more traditional for this opportunity, as we navigate this ever-changing 2021,” said John Ozier (Reservoir), AIMP Nashville marketplace and continue to write this exciting chapter for Chapter President. “We strongly hope we will be able Sony Music Nashville.” to schedule in-person events to celebrate our Songwriter Series Class of 2020, and get back to the Way, who joined Sony Music Nashville in 2016, has most Ryman for our AIMP Nashville Awards. Regardless, notably led the marketing campaigns for Kane Brown, we will continue to do everything we can to ensure Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Mitchell Tenpenny and Tenille the Nashville independent publishing community Townes, among others. In deployment of Sony Music’s thrives in the new year.” international objectives, Way has been extensively involved in SMN’s global artist development efforts and the breaking Read the complete list of AIMP Nashville Ofﬁcers down of racial and genre barriers for country acts. Following and Board of Directors here. her graduation from Berklee College of Music, she worked at UMG Nashville for over a decade and was integral in

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CHART ACTION NO. 1 SONG New On The Chart —Debuting This Week song/artist/label—Chart Position Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen./Chase Rice feat. Florida Georgia Line/Broken Bow/Dack Janiels — 61 Extra/Kylie Trout/Kylie Trout Music — 71 Whiskey And Rain/Michael Ray/Warner Music Nashville — 80

Greatest Spin Increase song/artist/label—Spin Increase Down To One/Luke Bryan/Capitol — 206 Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen./Chase Rice feat. Florida Georgia Line/Broken Bow/Dack Janiels — 205 Tiny Town/Laine Hardy/Buena Vista Records — 137 Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 125 Gone/Dierks Bentley/Capitol — 95 Blame It On You/Jason Aldean/Broken Bow — 91

Most Added song/artist/label—No. of Adds Luke Bryan’s single moves up three positions from No. 4 to No. 1 this Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen./Chase Rice feat. Florida week on the CountryBreakout Radio Chart. The single was written by Georgia Line/Broken Bow/Dack Janiels — 19 Dallas Davidson, Justin Ebach, and Kyle Fishman. Timber/Lindsey Lane/Purple Sage Records — 6 Heaven On Dirt/Teddy Robb/Monument — 5 “Down To One” appears on Bryan’s latest album Born Here Live Here Die Here which released in August of this year after a postponement I Do Thing/Kylie Frey/Deep Frey'd Music Group — 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to his album Ain't Gonna Be Today/Ward Davis/Ward Davis Music/Thirty postponement, his Proud To Be Right Here Tour was rescheduled for Tigers — 5 May of 2021. Blame It On You/Jason Aldean/Broken Bow — 3 This year, Bryan and his wife Caroline signed on as brand ambassadors for Jockey International, Inc. and are featured in their On Deck—Soon To Be Charting new campaign “There’s Only One Jockey.” song/artist/label—No. of Spins Time Changes/Stephanie Nash — 165 Freedom And Wings/Heather Smith — 155 Each songwriter and artist earning No. 1 You're Gonna Love Me/Tim Dugger/Curb — 154 credit on the MusicRow Chart receives a Just Friends/Caylee Hammack/Capitol — 154 MusicRow Challenge Coin. Click here to Love Like Crazy/TJ Ashley/Music Train Records — 151 view a full list of recipients.

MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations WHMA Anniston, AL WAAG Galesburg, IL WTCM Traverse City, MI KWHW Altus, OK KFTX Corpus Christi, TX WXFL Florence, AL WMCI Mattoon, IL KYSM Mankato, MN KITX Hugo, OK KYKX Longview, TX KHBZ Harrison, AR WYOT Rochelle, IL KZPK St. Cloud, MN KWEY Weatherford, OK KMRK Odessa, TX KQUS Hot Springs, AR WRTB Rockford, IL KWWR Mexico, MO KWOX Woodward, OK KYYK Palestine, TX KDXY Jonesboro, AR WCCI Savanna, IL KFAV Warrenton, MO KRKT Albany, OR KXOX Sweetwater, TX KWCK Searcy, AR WIFE Connersville, IN WQNZ Natchez, MS WNBT Mansﬁeld, PA WAKG Danville, VA KRAZ Santa Barbara, CA KAIR Atchison, KS KZZY Devils Lake, ND WCFT Selinsgrove, PA WAXX Altoona, WI WPAP Panama City, FL WKDZ Cadiz, KY KRVN Lexington, NE WFGE State College, PA WJVL Janesville, WI WUBB Savannah, GA WBKR Owensboro, KY Jersey Shore Country WMIR Myrtle Beach, SC WGLR Platteville, WI KXIA Marshalltown, IA WDHR Pikeville, KY KQBA Santa Fe, NM KIQK Rapid City, SD WQPC Prairie du Chien, WI KIAI Mason City, IA KRRV Alexandria, LA WDNB Monticello, NY WUCZ Carthage, TN WCOW Sparta, WI KBOE Oskaloosa, IA WUUU Covington, LA WOLF Syracuse, NY WDKN Dickson, TN WTNJ Beckley, WV KTHK Idaho Falls, ID WKPE Hyannis, MA WCJW Warsaw, NY WLLX Lawrenceburg, TN WDGG Huntington ,WV WOOZ Carterville, IL WVMD Cumberland, MD WFRY Watertown, NY KAYD Beaumont, TX Friday, December 11, 2020

Weeks Last This Spins / % Spin Song / Artist / Label Spins +/- On Chart Week Week Reports Power

8 4 1 Down To One / Luke Bryan / Capitol 1915/68 12 206 28 2 2 Almost Maybes / Jordan Davis / MCA Nashville 1772/62 1 20 15 3 3 Starting Over / Chris Stapleton / Mercury Nashville 1761/57 2 42 10 1 4 Better Together / Luke Combs / Columbia 1736/52 -6 -108 15 6 5 7 Summers / Morgan Wallen / Big Loud Records 1549/62 4 61 32 8 6 Lady / Brett Young / BMLG 1522/59 5 70 19 5 7 I Should Probably Go To Bed / Dan + Shay / Warner Music Nashville 1497/46 -6 -94 43 9 8 Nobody / Dylan Scott / Curb 1431/55 2 26 33 10 9 Made For You / Jake Owen / Big Loud Records 1404/58 0 -2 5 12 10 What’s Your Country Song / Thomas Rhett / Valory 1386/62 7 90 11 11 11 One Too Many / Keith Urban & P!nk / Capitol 1335/57 1 12 14 13 12 Settling Down / Miranda Lambert / Vanner Records/RCA Records 1328/62 3 36 7 14 13 Gone / Dierks Bentley / Capitol 1313/62 8 95 6 16 14 Hell Of A View / Eric Church / EMI 1119/60 13 125 11 15 15 Next Girl / Carly Pearce / Big Machine 1033/52 3 29 27 17 16 Hard Days / Brantley Gilbert / Valory 1003/48 2 21 16 18 17 Good Time / Niko Moon / RCA Nashville 965/36 5 48 45 19 18 Momma’s House / Dustin Lynch / Broken Bow 891/38 -2 -14 49 20 19 Somebody Like That / Tenille Arts / 19th & Grand 884/38 1 7 9 22 20 Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s / Sam Hunt / MCA Nashville 876/44 5 38 26 21 21 Wine, Beer, Whiskey / Little Big Town / Capitol 867/40 1 7 24 23 22 The Good Ones / Gabby Barrett / Warner Music Nashville 855/41 4 35 16 24 23 Good Time Waitin’ To Happen / James Robert Webb / Bison Creek Records 834/47 2 20 24 25 24 Grew Up On That / High Valley / Warner Music Nashville 811/42 3 23 21 27 25 Land Of Y’all / Smith & Wesley / Dream Walkin/Audium Nashville 743/35 2 14 10 33 26 Tiny Town / Laine Hardy / Buena Vista Records 723/42 23 137 8 29 27 We Didn’t Have Much / Justin Moore / Valory 693/44 7 46 23 28 28 Mix ‘Em With Whiskey / Drake White / Reverend White 681/32 3 21 6 34 29 Memory I Don’t Mess With / Lee Brice / Curb 647/46 11 62 15 30 30 Waitin’ On 5 / Chris Janson / Warner Music Nashville 622/33 0 -1 16 32 31 Wash My Truck / Bobby Wills / MDM Recordings 619/35 5 29 35 31 32 To Hell & Back / Maren Morris / Columbia 594/36 -1 -7 20 36 33 Made For Mornings / Lockeland / Lockeland Entertainment LLC 587/35 10 52 11 35 34 Waste Of A Whiskey Drink / Gary Allan / EMI 586/35 4 22 9 37 35 If It Wasn’t For Trucks / Riley Green / BMLG 548/34 4 19 10 39 36 Everybody Dies But Not Everybody Lives / Shane Owens / Amerimonte Records 545/36 9 43 5 45 37 Blame It On You / Jason Aldean / Broken Bow 537/34 20 91 7 41 38 Heaven On Dirt / Teddy Robb / Monument 535/44 9 45 20 38 39 Ain’t Bad For A Good Ol’ Boy / Mo Pitney / Curb 529/27 2 9 9 42 40 Where I Find God / Larry Fleet / Big Loud Records 514/31 5 25 Weeks Last This Spins / % Spin Song / Artist / Label Spins +/- On Chart Week Week Reports Power

12 43 41 Sometimes Late At Night / Eric Burgett / Bow To Stern Records 499/36 5 22 10 44 42 Bad Guy / Casey Donahew / Almost Country Records 447/28 -3 -12 8 46 43 Just The Way / Parmalee x Blanco Brown / Stoney Creek 439/25 7 29 19 47 44 We Were Rich / Runaway June / Wheelhouse Records 431/27 6 26 17 48 45 Simple Things / Dylan Gerard / SSM Nashville 404/27 4 15 7 50 46 Just About Over You / Priscilla Block / Mercury Nashville 396/32 5 18 11 49 47 The Mountain / Calamity Jane / Mountain Records 396/29 3 12 18 52 48 Wishin’ I Was Fishin’ / Lucas Hoge / Forge Entertainment 383/22 5 19 9 55 49 Comin’ Home / The Desert City Ramblers / Crane Kick Records 380/24 8 29 11 54 50 Sometimes Always Never / Brandon Ratcliff / Monument 369/29 4 14 12 56 51 Population 2 / Tom Sexton / Lots To Do Music, LLC 353/25 9 28 13 51 52 Dear Rodeo / Cody Johnson / CoJo Music/Warner Bros. 334/21 -8 -31 13 53 53 Never Be Sorry / Old Dominion / RCA Nashville 330/18 -8 -30 7 57 54 As Soon As You / Bri Bagwell / 10XMusic 310/21 10 27 10 58 55 I Can Tell By The Way You Dance / Josh Turner / MCA Nashville 299/19 10 28 10 60 56 Bad Decision / Emily Jean / SSM Evolution 271/19 5 12 4 62 57 Anybody Else / Mira Goto / ArtistMax/Copperline 268/20 13 31 2 71 58 Cold Beer Calling My Name / Jameson Rodgers feat. Luke Combs / River House Artists/ 258/19 28 56 Columbia Nashville 20 40 59 Y’allsome / Pryor & Lee / Black River Entertainment 256/19 -48 -238 3 67 60 Ain’t Gonna Be Today / Ward Davis / Ward Davis Music/Thirty Tigers 249/24 17 36 1 143 61 Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen. / Chase Rice feat. Florida Georgia Line / Broken Bow/Dack 247/23 127 205 Janiels 4 59 62 Worship You / Kane Brown / RCA Nashville 244/14 -7 -18 6 68 63 Same Ole / Chris Kroeze / 242/18 14 30 4 64 64 God Save The World / Jeff Carson / MC1 Nashville 239/15 8 18 17 63 65 Single Saturday Night / Cole Swindell / Warner Music Nashville 238/16 3 6 4 70 66 Meghan / Brecken Miles / Rhyme Partners 236/18 15 30 6 66 67 Calling All The Angels / Brooke Lee / Brooke Lee Music 227/14 6 12 6 65 68 Your Love Won’t Let Me Cheat / RT Johnson / CCB Nashville 219/16 0 0 5 72 69 Ghost Town Nation / Travis Tritt / Big Noise 215/13 6 13 6 69 70 You Time / Scotty McCreery / Triple Tigers Records 213/15 0 1 1 81 71 Extra / Kylie Trout / Kylie Trout Music 211/18 31 50 18 61 72 betty / Taylor Swift / MCA Nashville/Republic Records 211/13 -8 -19 2 80 73 River Bent / Caleb Kelley / River Bend Entertainment 207/18 26 43 7 73 74 Beers To Catch Up On / LOCASH / Wheelhouse Records 203/13 1 2 3 75 75 Heartland / Hailey Whitters / Big Loud Records/S&D 202/18 12 22 2 79 76 Just Like You / Paige King Johnson / PCG Artist Development 201/17 19 32 2 74 77 Radio Back / Danny Kensy / Rad Records 200/14 6 12 6 76 78 Martha Devine / Ashley McBryde / Atlantic Records/WMN/WAR 198/16 14 24 3 78 79 Won’t Forget / Rusty Gear / Chickahominy Marsh Records 192/15 12 20 1 83 80 Whiskey And Rain / Michael Ray / Warner Music Nashville 181/13 28 40

No. 1 Song Greatest Spin Increase Highest Debut December 11, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly

Musician/Songwriter/Producer Dave Cohen Wide Open Music Publishing Relaunches, Taps Signs With Spirit Music Nashville Victoria Goodvin As VP/General Manager

Victoria Goodvin. Photo: Josie Kay at Ivy Tribe Nashville

Victoria Goodvin has been tapped as VP/General Manager of the newly relaunched Wide Open Music Publishing.

Originally launched by industry executives Ash Bowers and Steve Williams in 2013, the company found success with Brett Young’s double Platinum single “In Case You Didn’t Spirit Music Nashville has signed a worldwide Know,” which spent two weeks atop the Billboard and publishing deal with musician/producer/songwriter Mediabase charts, as well as Parmalee’s Top 5 hit “Close Your Dave Cohen. Co-producer of eight No. 1 songs and Eyes” and Kristian Bush’s “Trailer Hitch.” The Wide Open session musician on over 50 No. 1 songs, Cohen is catalog claims Keith Urban’s “Boy Gets A Truck” and teaming with Spirit to bolster his songwriting career. Montgomery Gentry’s “Folks Like Us,” as well as various album cuts by Dustin Lynch, Canaan Smith, William Michael Cohen moved from Calgary, Canada to Nashville in Morgan, Love and Theft, and many others. The publishing 2007, and began his time in Nashville touring with company was acquired by Endurance Music Group earlier this artists including Joe Nichols, Big & Rich, and year. Wynonna Judd before making the shift to session work as a studio musician in 2012. An award-winning Goodvin is a native of Princeton, North Carolina, and moved keyboard player, Cohen was named ACM Keyboardist to Nashville in 2009 to attend Belmont University. She landed of the Year in 2017 and 2019 and MusicRow‘s Top 10 her ﬁrst publishing job as creative director at Song Factory Album All-Star Musicians of the year for Keyboard in (now Riser House). After working for various publishing 2018 and 2020. companies, Goodvin was hired to assist with publishing and management responsibilities at Wide Open Music in 2019. His production credits include Morgan Wallen, Chris Lane, Dallas Smith, Jake Owen, HARDY, and more. The relaunched Wide Open Music Publishing’s songwriter Cohen has also collaborated with top notch producers roster includes: Chris Bandi, George Birge, Maddie Larkin, like Joey Moi, Dann Huff, Ross Copperman, Corey John Marlin, and Tim Owens, the latter having been signed Crowder, and Shane McAnally. during the company’s initial tenure.

“I look forward to ﬁnally getting to be creative in this “I have so enjoyed working with the entire Wide Open team,” new kind of way, with the songwriters and producers says Goodvin. “I am very grateful for this opportunity and for that I’ve spent so much time with in the studio over their continued belief in me. I am so excited to get to work on the years. I’m really excited to continue the success the new company. We have an incredible roster already and we have had together! I couldn’t think of a better, you’ll be seeing a lot from them in 2020 and beyond!” more seasoned team to help me navigate this new arm of my career than Frank [Rogers], Kara “Signing Maddie, Chris, John and George was a phenomenal [Jackson] and the Spirit family,” said Cohen. MR opportunity for Wide Open and to be able to bring Victoria and Tim back to our team is beyond amazing,” says President, Wide Open Music Publishing, Steve Williams. “I’m so excited to see what these artists create in the coming years and how they excel under Victoria’s leadership.” MR

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On The Row: Andrew Jannakos Builds On TikTok Success “I met my wife four or ﬁve years ago, we just got married in September. I never had really done any Instagram stuff until I met her. She was like, ‘I’m not going to let you waste your talent. You’re really good, and I don’t want to see this happen.’ So I listened to her. I started posting covers on Instagram, and soon after, The Voice reached out.”

Jannakos auditioned for season 16 of NBC’s The Voice and was selected to be on Team Adam. When his time at The Voice came to an end, he decided to use the momentum he earned from the show to start building a social media following.

“At the end of it, here comes TikTok,” said Jannakos. “We were doing covers and then we posted a Andrew Jannakos. Photo: Matthew Berinato video of ‘Gone Too Soon.’ I was just cooking dinner, listening to a master Georgia-born Andrew Jannakos is among the recent group of viral TikTok stars of the song I had gotten from my who are garnering the attention of Nashville labels. Sony Music Nashville producer. My wife was like, ‘I’m announced in November the signing of the talented singer-songwriter to its RCA going to do a TikTok of this.’ I’m not Nashville imprint, after Jannakos’ breakout single “Gone Too Soon” went viral, at even going to lie, I fought her on it. I the time having over 10 million views across social media. was like ‘No, I don’t think people will like this. I’m just cooking.’ Needless Many of Jannakos’ early followers knew him for his run on NBC’s The Voice, but to say, no pun intended, people ate after his girlfriend (now wife), Katie Jannakos, posted a video of him cooking it up.” dinner while singing along to “Gone Too Soon” to his TikTok in July 2020, the video racked up 250,000 likes by the next morning, and ultimately earned him Jannakos is now working to fill out more than 700,000 followers on the platform. his team, taking meetings with publishers, agencies, and more. Upon the official release of “Gone Too Soon” to streaming platforms and digital Andrew Cohen and Anthony retailers in September, Jannakos debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artist Stone of Cohencidence Projects are Chart, while the track debuted at No. 12 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. managing Jannakos. For now, he is Now, with a viral hit and a label deal obtained, Jannakos is focused on building on focused on writing, making content his momentum. for his social media community, and eventually moving from Georgia to Jannakos grew up in Flowery Branch, Georgia, surrounded by music. His Nashville. grandfather was a bluegrass player that spent some time playing music with another Georgian, Country Music Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson. Although “It took one post!” Jannakos said. Jannakos grew up loving music, he didn’t decide to pursue it until his girlfriend “It’s gotten me to where I am now. encouraged him. We’ve got some songs in the works that we’re really excited about. From “I was in chorus all through high school, which was amazing because I love to here on forward, it’s just time to sing, but I was terrified of singing in front of people,” Jannakos said in a recent work. I’m just excited to get to Zoom visit with MusicRow. “You get out of high school and you kind of have two Nashville and meet my people in choices: you can do college or you can just start working. College just wasn’t Nashville and just get to work and calling my name, so I just started working as much as I could. I’ve done everything see what we can do.” MR under the dadgum moon. I did restaurant work, construction, landscaping, remodeling homes, and more. But no matter what I was doing, I was listening to music.

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Blake Shelton And Gwen Stefani Take Second Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are enjoying an Trip To Top Of Charts With “Happy Anywhere” early Christmas present this week as their duet, “Happy Anywhere,” has topped the country charts. The feel-good song from the couple is their second chart-topper together and Shelton’s 28th No. 1 overall. The single, written by Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne and Matt Jenkins, has earned 70 million on-demand streams as well as upwards of 600,000 U.S. track equivalents.

“I don’t know how the hell this keeps happening, but I couldn’t be more grateful that it does,” Shelton said. “Thank you to the songwriters, the music makers, the fans… thank you to my team and to country radio… and, of course, thank you to the incredible Gwen Stefani. Wishing everyone health and safety. We hope that y’all can be ‘Happy Anywhere’ this holiday season.”

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ACM Announces Industry Award And Studio Recording Winners For 55th ACM Awards

Below is a complete list of the Industry Awards and Studio Recording Award winners for the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards:

INDUSTRY AWARDS: CASINO OF THE YEAR – THEATER: The Joint: Tulsa – Tulsa, OK CASINO OF THE YEAR – ARENA: MGM Grand Garden Arena – Las Vegas, NV FAIR/RODEO OF THE YEAR: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo – Houston, TX FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR: Tortuga Music Festival – Fort Lauderdale, FL CLUB OF THE YEAR: Joe’s Live – Rosemont, IL THEATER OF THE YEAR: The Beacon Theatre – New York, NY OUTDOOR VENUE OF THE YEAR: Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO The Academy of Country Music’s reigning New Male Artist ARENA OF THE YEAR: Madison Square Garden – Riley Green and New Female Artist Tenille Townes New York, NY announced the Industry Award and Studio Recording DON ROMEO TALENT BUYER OF THE YEAR: Gil Award winners for the 55th ACM Awards on Dec. 8 via Cunningham – Neste Live! Facebook. PROMOTER OF THE YEAR: Brian O’Connell – Live Nation The 2020 Industry Awards, the 2020 and 2021 Studio Recording Awards, along with Special Award recipients (to STUDIO RECORDING AWARDS: be announced next spring), will be honored during the BASS PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Jimmie Lee Sloas 14th ACM Honors, an evening dedicated to recognizing DRUMMER OF THE YEAR – Miles McPherson the special honorees and off-camera category winners GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Rob McNelley from both the 55th and 56th ACM Awards. There will not PIANO/KEYBOARDS PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Gordon be 2021 Industry Award recipients as eligibility Mote requirements were unable to be met due to the live SPECIALTY INSTRUMENT(S) PLAYER OF THE YEAR – entertainment shutdown caused by the pandemic. Jenee Fleenor STEEL GUITAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Paul The 14th ACM Honors will take place on Wednesday, Franklin August 25, 2021 at the historic Ryman Auditorium, with AUDIO ENGINEER OF THE YEAR – Justin Niebank more details to come in early spring. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR – busbee (Awarded Posthumously) “A huge congratulations to this year’s Industry and Studio Recording Award winners. In recognition of the recent The Academy of Country Music Studio Recording Awards announcement of the re-opening of our ACM Lifting Lives are voted on by the membership categorized in the Artist/ COVID-19 Response Fund which has already raised $3.5 Musician/Producer/Engineer category. Industry Awards million to aid our industry, it is especially ﬁtting to are voted on by the membership categorized in the Artist/ acknowledge these deserving winners this year, and we Musician/Producer/Engineer, Venue, Manager, Talent are excited to properly recognize them in person in Agent and Talent Buyer/Promoter. MR Nashville next August 2021 at the 14th ACM Honors,” said CEO of the Academy of Country Music, Damon Whiteside. “Never has there been a more important time to recognize these individuals and highlight our industry’s on-going dedication and innovation throughout this difﬁcult year. Our community has been devastated by the pandemic, and we can’t wait to see it come back stronger than ever in 2021.”

Page 12 of 17 December 11, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly Florida Georgia Line To Release Fifth Studio Album Life Rolls On In February James Slater Extends Publishing Deal With BMG

James Slater has extended his publishing deal with BMG.

Slater recently celebrated a Top 5 Keith Urban single, “God Whispered Your Name,” that spent seven weeks in the Top 10, as well as the Shy Carter debut single “Good Love.” He has current cuts by Tim McGraw, Florida Georgia Line have set the release date for their fifth Trace Adkins, Reba McEntire, and Old Dominion, and studio album, Life Rolls On (BMLG Records), slated for Feb. his song “Guys Named Captain” (Kenny Chesney) has 12. Fans can preorder the project beginning Dec. 4. become a standout on Sirius XM’s No Shoes Radio. The track was penned by Slater as a tribute to his dad The album features each song on their previously-released and is featured on Chesney’s recent album Here and 6-Pack EP and some unheard tracks, 13 of which were Now. written by the duo with top-shelf collaborators like David Garcia, Jaren Johnston (The Cadillac Three), Dallas Slater has also had songs recorded by Carrie Davidson, Ben Hayslip, and Tree Vibez Music songwriters Underwood, Enrique Iglesias, Hootie & the Blowfish, Corey Crowder, Jordan Schmidt, Canaan Smith, and Willie Nelson, Rascal Flatts and many others. His Blake Redferrin. It marks their first full-length set as co- Grammy nominations include Jamey Johnson’s “The producers with Corey Crowder, and its 16 diverse tracks High Cost of Living” and the solely written, Martina reflect FGL’s growth as entertainers, husbands, and friends McBride single “In My Daughter’s Eyes.” as well. “James is fueled by passion. His love of home, travel “I think this personally is just a big, celebratory chapter,” and music come together in a way that allow him to FGL’s Tyler Hubbard explains. “We’ve come a long way create music straight from the heart. We are thrilled to since 2012 when we dropped our first album, it’s wild to think be able to be a part of his story and have him continue about the journey we’ve been on – the things we’ve got to his journey with our BMG family. He makes all of us do, the places music has taken us. We’re celebrating life and better,” said Chris Oglesby, SVP Creative, BMG the good times, the ups and the downs, and the journey it Nashville. took us to get where we’re at.” “I’m excited, motivated, and grateful to renew my “It’s just evident within the music how good of a time we’re contract with BMG Music. BMG’s legacy speaks for having,” FGL’s Brian Kelley adds, “and how good of a place itself, and the Nashville Creative Team has afforded me in life we are for sure.” the opportunity to write the best songs I’ve ever written,” said Slater. “I believe we’re just getting started.” Fans who pre-order the new album will instantly receive seven of the tracks (“Long Live,” “Countryside,” “I Love My BMG Nashville Creative Director, Courtney Allen, Country,” “Ain’t Worried Bout It (Album Version),” “Beer:30,” adds, “We are so excited to continue working with “Second Guessing (From Songland),” and “U.S. Stronger”), James Slater. He is the kind of writer who brings out the and a fresh batch of FGL swag is also now available, best in everyone he works with and is always raising the including signed CDs, signed test pressings, t-shirts, bar with his creativity. We are looking forward to being a joggers, and koozies. partner with him on his next chapter and can’t wait to celebrate more success with him!” MR View the track listing for ‘Life Rolls On’ here.

Page 13 of 17 December 11, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly DISClaimer Singles Reviews: Tim McGraw, Kacey Musgraves, Carly Pearce, Chuck Wicks, William Michael Morgan, More The country stars are preaching beer, romance, church and collaborations this week.

The four collabs are Chase Rise & FGL, Kacey Musgraves & Troye Sivan, Jameson Rodgers & Luke Combs and Nick Norman & Jamey Johnson. The romance purveyors are Chuck Wicks, William Michael Morgan and Mr. Dependable Tim McGraw, who rides off with the Disc of the Day.

Three songs have the same theme this week: “Church Pew Barstool,” “Drinkin’ Beer Talkin’ God Amen,” and the excellent “Right Church Wrong Pew,” which wins Dusty Black a DisCovery Award.

Read Robert K. Oermann's reviews of Tim McGraw, Kacey Musgraves & Troye Sivan, Chase Rise & FGL, Carly Pearce, and more, here.

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