August 20, 2021 The MusicRow Weekly Friday, August 20, 2021 MusicRow Honors Recipients SIGN UP HERE (FREE!) “Virtually” At 33rd Annual Industry- Voted MusicRow Awards If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to receive it, sign up here. THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES MusicRow Honors Recipients “Virtually” At 33rd Annual MusicRow Awards ACM Awards To Be Livestreamed Exclusively On Amazon Prime Video In 2022 The Judds, Ray Charles, Eddie Bayers, Pete Drake To MusicRow, Nashville’s leading music industry publication, virtually Be Inducted Into CMHOF presented its 33rd annual MusicRow Awards on Thursday, Aug. 19 via a series of videos on all online MusicRow platforms. Garth Brooks Cancels Next MusicRow Publisher/Owner Sherod Robertson and respected television Five Shows On Stadium Tour host, entertainment journalist, writer and producer, Alecia Davis, served Due To Threat Of COVID-19 once again as "hosts" on each winner's video. Stephen Wilson Jr. Signs “Our enthusiasm and commitment to highlighting the artists, songwriters, With River House Artists, producers, musicians and industry team members has never been higher,” UTA says Robertson. “It’s our privilege to honor these deserving talents with these accolades. Congratulations to all of the 2021 MusicRow Awards Publicist Darlene Bieber nominees and winners!" Announces Retirement Country hitmaker Luke Combs is the reigning MusicRow Award Artist of Renowned Singer-Songwriter the Year, after winning the category every year since its inception in 2019. Nanci Griffith Passes Ashley McBryde received the award for Breakthrough Artist-Writer of the Year, which honors a Nashville songwriter and recording artist who for the Concord Elevates Kayle first time wrote or co-wrote a Top 10 song during the eligibility period. Kiener To VP, Recorded McBryde co-wrote her hit “One Night Standards” with Shane McAnally and Music Royalties Nicolette Hayford. The tune was also Hayford's first Top 10 song, which earned her the MusicRow Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year award. DISClaimer Singles Reviews Tenille Arts, whose single “Somebody Like That” became the first No. 1 And much more… song in country music written, performed and produced by all females, took home the honor of MusicRow’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Page 1 of 19 August 20, 2021 The MusicRow Weekly The Discovery Artist of the Year Award honors a Nashville developing artist who demonstrates significant talent and potential to rise. Nominated this year were Priscilla Block, Tyler Braden, Lainey Wilson, Ian Munsick, Lily Rose, and Drew Parker. Spitfire singer-songwriter Lainey Wilson took home the 2021 honor. The Song of the Year category is awarded to honor Nashville writers and publishers on the craft of songwriting, not necessarily sales or chart performance. This year’s winner was Eric Church’s “Hell Of A View,” which was penned by Church, Casey Beathard, and Monty Criswell. For the second consecutive year, Ashley Gorley was awarded the Male Songwriter of the Year honor, which recognizes a Nashville songwriter based on data from MusicRow’s Top Songwriter Chart. Meanwhile, Natalie Hemby notched her first Female Songwriter of the Year award. The virtual celebration also included a presentation of the Top 10 Album All-Star Awards, recognizing session musicians achieving the most marks on albums that charted in the top 10 of Billboard’s albums sales chart during the eligibility period. Steel player Paul Franklin continues his reign as the highest-earning Top 10 Album All-Star Musician this year, earning his 25th MusicRow Award. See full winner list below. Presenting Sponsor for the 33rd Annual MusicRow Awards is City National Bank. All the 2021 nominees are featured in the MusicRow Awards print magazine, which released ahead of the awards and includes exclusive editorial. The annual issue highlights acclaimed photographer John Shearer, celebrates 20 years of Nashville’s indie label Dualtone Records, and catches up with John Zarling and Jackie Campbell on their newest marketing and brand partnership company 615 Leverage + Strategy. This year’s issue also reassesses the state of independent venues and the touring industry as a whole as it begins to reopen amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and contains an informative roundup of music industry awards Gracing the cover of MusicRow’s August/September print magazine is Warner Music Nashville recording artist Gabby Barrett. The American Idol alum has had a groundbreaking year, being named the ACM New Female Artist of the Year & achieving 5x Platinum success with her single "I Hope." LIST OF 33rd ANNUAL 2021 MUSICROW AWARDS WINNERS Category 1—Producer Of The Year Dann Huff Category 2—Label Group Of The Year UMG Nashville Category 3—Talent Agency Of The Year WME Category 4—Breakthrough Songwriter Of The Year Nicolette Hayford Category 5—Breakthrough Artist-Writer Of The Year Ashley McBryde Category 6—Male Songwriter Of The Year Ashley Gorley Category 7—Female Songwriter Of The Year Natalie Hemby Category 8—Song Of The Year "Hell Of A View" Songwriters: Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell Page 3 of 19 August 20, 2021 The MusicRow Weekly Category 9—Discovery Artist Of The Year Lainey Wilson Category 10—Breakthrough Artist Of The Year Tenille Arts Category 11—Artist Of The Year Luke Combs LIST OF MUSICROW'S 2021 TOP 10 ALBUM ALL-STAR MUSICIANS Bass Jimmie Lee Sloas Drums Jerry Roe Engineer Justin Niebank Fiddle Stuart Duncan Guitar Ilya Toshinskiy Keyboards Dave Cohen Steel Paul Franklin Vocals Russell Terrell ACM Awards To Be Livestreamed Exclusively On Amazon Prime Video In 2022 Amazon Prime Video will be the home of the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards, which will be exclusively livestreamed on the platform in 2022. Produced by MRC’s dick clark productions, the 2022 ACM Awards marks the first time a major awards show will be livestreamed exclusively. “We are thrilled that the Academy of Country Music Awards are first to take this giant step toward the future of awards shows with Amazon Prime Video. This partnership, which reinforces our position as an innovative, progressive awards show, will deliver the broadest possible audience and, simultaneously, deliver massive value to our artists whose music lives inside this ecosystem, enabling fans to discover and stream music as they watch,” shares Damon Whiteside, CEO of the Academy of Country Music. First held in 1966, the Academy of Country Music Awards has honored the biggest names and emerging talent in the industry. The date, location, collaborations, and performances for the 2022 show will be confirmed in the coming months. MR Page 5 of 19 Friday, August 20, 2021 CHART ACTION NO. 1 SONG New On The Chart —Debuting This Week song/artist/label—Chart Position Record High/Randall King/Warner Music Nashville — 75 These Boots Were Made To Dance/Timothy Baker & Clayton Smalley/YN Records — 79 Greatest Spin Increase song/artist/label—Spin Increase If I Didn't Love You/Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood/Broken Bow/Macon Music/Capitol — 334 Best Thing Since Backroads/Jake Owen/Big Loud Records — 192 Fancy Like/Walker Hayes/Monument — 170 Heart On Fire/Eric Church/EMI Records Nashville — 165 Cold As You/Luke Combs/Columbia/River House Artists — 145 Steal My Love/Dan + Shay/Warner Music Nashville — 139 7500 OBO/Tim McGraw/Big Machine — 137 Most Added song/artist/label—No. of Adds In a tight race to No. 1 this week, Priscilla Block makes her debut at Best Thing Since Backroads/Jake Owen/Big Loud the top of the MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart having just two Records — 15 spins over Lainey Wilson and five spins over Jameson Rodgers. I Know A Girl/MaRynn Taylor/Black River Entertainment — 11 “Just About Over You” was written by Block, Emily Kroll, and Sarah Steal My Love/Dan + Shay/Warner Music Nashville — 10 Jones. It appears on her debut self-titled EP released earlier this year 7500 OBO/Tim McGraw/Big Machine — 8 via Mercury Nashville. Buy Dirt/Jordan Davis feat. Luke Bryan/MCA Nashville — 6 If I Didn't Love You/Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood/Broken “This EP is such a vulnerable side of who I am and where I’ve been,” Bow/Macon Music/Capitol — 6 says Block. “It’s my story of falling apart in order to find myself again. I New Truck/Dylan Scott/Curb — 6 hope that when you hear these songs, they make you feel that it’s ok to not be perfect and realize that sometimes we need the lows to value On Deck—Soon To Be Charting the highs… And once you regain that confidence… Let it show baby!” song/artist/label—No. of Spins The American Face/The Isaacs/House of Isaacs — 179 Each songwriter and artist earning No. 1 I Don't/Tiffany Woys feat. Jordan Fletcher — 168 credit on the MusicRow Chart receives a Hit Me Up/Josh Kinney/Birmingham Entertainment — 157 MusicRow Challenge Coin. Click here to Wilder Days/Morgan Wade/Ladylike Records — 157 view a full list of recipients. New Truck/Dylan Scott/Curb — 151 MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations WHMA Anniston, AL WMCI Mattoon, IL KYSM Mankato, MN KITX Hugo, OK KYKX Longview, TX WXFL Florence, AL WYOT Rochelle, IL KZPK St. Cloud, MN KWEY Weatherford, OK KYYK Palestine, TX KQUS Hot Springs, AR WRTB Rockford, IL KWWR Mexico, MO KWOX Woodward, OK KXOX Sweetwater, TX KDXY Jonesboro, AR WCCI Savanna, IL KFAV Warrenton, MO KRKT Albany, OR WAKG Danville, VA KWCK Searcy, AR WIFE Connersville, IN KZZY Devils Lake, ND WVNW Lewistown, PA WAXX Altoona, WI KRAZ Santa Barbara, CA KAIR Atchison, KS KRVN Lexington, NE WNBT Mansfield, PA WJVL Janesville, WI WPAP Panama City, FL WKDZ Cadiz, KY KBRX O’Neill, NE WCFT