MICHELLE AN: THE HITS INTERVIEW
THE DRIVER: SCOTT BORCHETTA
ELLA LANGLEY, "we weren't for the wind"
Columbia sensation Langley just earned eight ACM noms (the most of any artist this time around). Much of the love was for her high-spirited Riley Green duet, “you look like you love me.” But this newer tune, which she co-penned with Johnny Clawson and Joybeth Taylor, shows her more introspective side. The track appears on the deluxe edition of her debut set, Hungover.
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Ashley Cooke: Singing for Young Women
With “All I Forgot,” her duet with Joe Jonas, released on 2/21, Big Loud artist Ashley Cooke continues her tactical alliances and “voice of young women everywhere” trajectory. A Florida native, Cooke explores what it means to come into one’s own as a talented girl with something to say.
LABEL EXECS ON COUNTRY 2025
JELLY ROLL: A LOT BLOOMER'S WINNING STREAK
Other than Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, no one in music has been as ubiquitous over the last year as Jelly Roll, the genre-smearing Memphis rapper who emerged as a working-class emo-country hero.
RILEY GREEN STRIKES GOLD—AND PLATINUM
Riley Green was presented with two new RIAA certification plaques for "Worst Way" and "Don't Mind If I Do."
LAINEY WILSON CELEBRATES TWO MORE #1 SINGLES
Lainey Wilson recently celebrated her latest #1 singles: " “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” and “4x4xU.”
SAM BARBER, "INDIGO" F/AVERY ANNA
Lockeland Springs/Atlantic singer-songwriter Barber is one of country’s most compelling recent discoveries, and this incandescent duet with Anna (who co-write the song with Barber and Andy Sheridan) conveys his emotional depth and authenticity. “Indigo” appears on Barber’s acclaimed 2024 album, Restless Mind.
KILLERS, HOZIER STEP TO SOUNDSIDE FESTIVAL
ED SHEERAN TAKES "PINK PONY CLUB" TO NYC SUBWAY TUNNEL
Jack Harlow, "Just Us" f/ Doja Cat
Atlantic rap-pop dynamo Harlow has undeniable (let’s face it: steamy) chemistry with guest Doja, and the video for this frisky duet (directed by Neal Farmer) is further elevated by a brace of celebrity cameos. If only we could get a table at that restaurant.
HIP-HOP'S HEGEMONY
HEAR, HEAR: SWEET RELIEF & SWEETWATER LAUNCH NEW FUND
The Count
PUB CRAWLING
SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING INKS FINK
Sony Music Publishing has signed a global agreement with songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jesse Fink.
WARNER CHAPPELL RAISES THE CURTAIN ON RISING STAR HAMILTON
Hamilton, a rising star in Latin Music and Afrobeats, has inked with Warner Chappell Music.
SONY PUB RAPS UP DEAL WITH MTECH
RIDINGS ARRIVES AT SMP U.K.
The London-based singer-songwriter is prepping her third album.
Morgan Wallen, "I'm A Little Crazy" (lyric video)
New MW music is always an event, and we expect his new album, I’m the Problem (due 5/30 via Big Loud/Mercury/Republic), to rule the roost for the foreseeable future. On this thoughtful but infectious tune, he ponders being a little crazy in a world that’s stark raving mad.