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November 25, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Taylor Swift, Brittany Howard, Ingrid Andress, Miranda Lambert Among Top Grammy Nominees SIGN UP HERE (FREE!) If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to receive it, sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES Taylor Swift, Brittany Howard, Ingrid Andress, Miranda Lambert Among Top Grammy Nominees 29th Annual Tin Pan South Sets Dates For 2021 The nominees for The 63rd Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday (Nov. 24) by Chair and Interim Recording Academy President/CEO Morgan Wallen Notches Harvey Mason Jr. and an eclectic group of past Grammy winners, Fourth Consecutive No. 1 nominees and other special guests, including artists Lauren Daigle, Mickey Guyton, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Pepe Aguilar, Yemi Alade, Nicola Benedetti, and Imogen Heap, as well as CBS This Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Morning anchor Gayle King and The Talk host Sharon Osbourne. Maren Morris, Blake Shelton Earn American This year’s nominees were selected from more than 23,000 submissions Music Awards Wins across 83 categories, reflecting work that defined the year in music (Sept. 1, 2019 — Aug. 31, 2020). The final round of Grammy voting is Dec. 7, 2020 — Jan. 4, 2021. The 63rd Grammy Awards will be Country Hit Maker & Opry broadcast on CBS on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET. Star Hal Ketchum Dies The Recording Academy also announced The Daily Show host and Artist Visit: Restless Road Grammy-nominated comedian Trevor Noah as host of The 63rd Grammy Awards. This will be the first time Noah will serve as host. Amy Grant, Vince Gill To Warner Music Nashville/Atlantic artist Ingrid Andress earned her first Return With Ryman Grammy nominations, including a nomination in the all-genre category of Christmas Residency In Best New Artist. Her debut album, Lady Like, also earned a nod for Best 2021 Country Album, while her No. 1 breakthrough hit, “More Hearts Than Mine,” earned a nod for Best Country Song. DISClaimer Singles Female artists dominate in this year’s Grammy country categories, Reviews represented in all five nominee spots for Best Country Album. And much more… Along with Andress, Brandy Clark, Miranda Lambert, group Little Big Town and Ashley McBryde are all nominated in the Best Country Album category, while female artists earn three of the five nominations for Best Country Solo Performance (Clark for "Who You Thought I Was," Mickey Guyton for "Black Like Me," and Lambert for "Bluebird"). Page 1 of 13 November 25, 2020 The MusicRow Weekly Guyton also makes history with her nomination, as the first Black female solo artist to earn a Grammy nomination in a country category (the Pointer Sisters previous won Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Fairytale" in 1974). Songs recorded (and co-written) by female artists also earned four of the five slots in the Best Country Song category. Lambert, Natalie Hemby and Luke Dick are nominated for Lambert's "Bluebird," while Maren Morris, Laura Veltz and Jimmy Robbins are nominated for their work on Morris' "The Bones." Group The Highwomen's "Crowded Table," penned by Brandi Carlile, Hemby and Lori McKenna, is nominated, as is "More Hearts Than Mine" recorded by Andress and co- Ingrid Andress written by Andress with Sam Ellis and Derrick Southerland. Nashville-based producers Dan Auerbach and Dave Cobb each earned nominations for Producer of the Year (Non- Of note, Old Dominion also picked up their first Classical), with Auerbach producing Marcus King’s project El two Grammy nominations this year, with "Some Dorado (nominated for Best Americana Album) and Cobb People Do" earning Best Country Duo/Group producing Prine’s “I Remember Everything,” as well as The Performance and Best Country Song Highwomen, whose song “Crowded Table” is nominated for nominations (the song was written by Jesse Best Country Song. Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey, and Thomas Rhett). CCM artist Tauren Wells picked up his two latest Grammy nominations, for Best Contemporary Christian Performance/ Lambert and Andress both lead with three Song, for “Famous For (I Believe)” (ft. Jenn Johnson), and nominations each, with Lambert earning a nod Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, for Citizen of for Best Country Album (Wildcard), Best Heaven. He has previously been nominated for five Grammy Country Solo Performance ("Bluebird") and Best honors, and was named Contemporary Christian Artist of the Country Song ("Bluebird"), while Andress is up Year at this year’s Dove Awards. for the all-genre Best New Artist honor, Best Country Song ("More Hearts Than Mine") and Ricky Dillard is also nominated in two categories, for Best Best Country Album (Lady Like). Gospel Performance/Song for “Release (LIVE)” featuring Tiff Joy (song written by David Frazier). Dillard is also nominated Americana singer-songwriter Brittany Howard in the Best Gospel Album category, for Choirmaster. secured five nominations, including Best Rock Performance for “Stay High,” as well as Best We The Kingdom is nominated for Best Contemporary Rock Song as the sole writer on the same tune. Christian Music Song/Performance for “Holy Water,” and Best Howard is also nominated for Best Alternative Contemporary Christian Music Album for their project Holy Music Album for Jaime, as well as Best R&B Water. Performance for “Goat Head,” and she earned a Best American Roots Performance nod for Dolly Parton is nominated in the Best Contemporary Christian “Short and Sweet.” Music Song/Performance category alongside Zach Williams for their collaboration “There Was Jesus.” Parton won this John Prine earned two posthumous category last year with her collaboration “God Only Knows” nominations, with “I Remember Everything” with for King & Country. earning nods for Best American Roots Performance, and Best American Roots Song. Learn more Grammy nominees here. Sturgill Simpson is nominated for Best Rock Album for Sound & Fury. Lucinda Williams, The Secret Sisters and Bonny Light Horseman also each earned two nominations in American Roots Music and/or Folk categories. Page 3 of 13 Wednesday, November 25, 2020 CHART ACTION NO. 1 SONG New On The Chart —Debuting This Week song/artist/label—Chart Position Heartland/Hailey Whitters/Big Loud Records/S&D — 76 Ain't Gonna Be Today/Ward Davis/Ward Davis Music/Thirty Tigers — 77 Won't Forget/Rusty Gear/Chickahominy Marsh Records — 80 Greatest Spin Increase song/artist/label—Spin Increase What's Your Country Song/Thomas Rhett/Valory — 278 Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 152 Gone/Dierks Bentley/Capitol — 91 Down To One/Luke Bryan/Capitol — 83 I Still Think About You/Jake Simon/Spaceshot Records — 76 Better Together/Luke Combs/Columbia — 64 Blame It On You/Jason Aldean/Broken Bow — 61 Most Added song/artist/label—No. of Adds What's Your Country Song/Thomas Rhett/Valory — 9 “How They Remember You” by Rascal Flatts takes the No. 1 position Hell Of A View/Eric Church/EMI — 7 on the CountryBreakout Radio Chart. This is the title track to the Memory I Don't Mess With/Lee Brice/Curb — 5 band’s latest EP released in July via Big Machine Records. The single Cold Beer Calling My Name/Jameson Rodgers feat. Luke was written by Marc Beeson, Josh Osborne, and Allen Shamblin. Combs/River House Artists/Columbia Nashville — 4 Celebrating 20 years as a band this year, the group also released Twenty Years Of Rascal Flatts The Greatest Hits, a 20-song collection On Deck—Soon To Be Charting of the trio’s biggest and most sentimental smashes including 13 of the trio’s 17 No. 1 singles from “These Days” and “Fast Cars And song/artist/label—No. of Spins Freedom,” to “Bless The Broken Road,” “My Wish” and many more. River Bent/Caleb Kelley/River Bend Entertainment — 165 Radio Back/Danny Kensy/Rad Records — 163 Extra/Kylie Trout/Kylie Trout Music — 154 Each songwriter and artist earning No. 1 Just Like You/Paige King Johnson/PCG Artist credit on the MusicRow Chart receives a Development — 149 MusicRow Challenge Coin. Click here to We'll Be Alright/Shine/Manustix Music — 140 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 WTCR Huntington, WV Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Weeks Last This Spins / % Spin Song / Artist / Label Spins +/- On Chart Week Week Reports Power 23 2 1 How They Remember