“Soul” Marks Brice’s 13^th Consecutive Radio Single to Achieve RIAA Certification 

Curb Records recording artist, Lee Brice, reaches RIAA Gold Certification for his current radio single, “Soul.” The lively track, written by Kevin Kadish and Tony Ferrari, marks Brice’s 13^th consecutive radio single to achieve RIAA certification.

“I am completely bowled over time and time again by how amazing the fans are! They keep my music playing and keep showing up to the shows – this is all because of them. I’m truly honored and feel like one lucky son-of-a-gun to get to do what I love.” – Lee Brice

“Congratulations to Lee and his whole team on this incredible achievement. Gold & Platinum certifications are earned by the best of the best and reflect the deepest connection between artists and fans. With over 25 million certifications, it’s clear the bond between Lee and his fans has never been stronger!”— Jackie Jones, VP, Artist and Industry Relations at RIAA.

“Soul” – the #1 most added single at Country Radio upon impact – is off Brice’s highly acclaimed album, Hey World. A product of the pandemic, Hey World, is an expression of Lee’s desire to quiet the frustrations and uncertainties that the past few years have put us all through and find some healing in his music. The album has amassed 1 Billion streams and features three #1 singles for Brice – “I Hope You’re Happy Now” with Carly Pearce, “One of Them Girls,” and “Memory I Don’t Mess With.”

Recently, Brice reached another incredible milestone by becoming one of the very few Country artists to amass over 1 Billion streams on Apple Music Worldwide, brining his overall digital streaming imprint to over 5 Billion on all platforms.

Currently, Lee is out on his headlining Label Me Proud Tour. The 23-market tour, which kicked-off earlier this summer, with support from Country acts Michael Ray and Jackson Dean. For select shows, Tyler Farr and Tim Montana will be making appearances during the tour. Tickets for the Label Me Proud Tour can be found here.

Clearwater Records and Celebrity Direct Entertainment have announced an agreement with country recording artist Jason Brownie, for exclusive performance representation.

“I have dreamed of taking my music further and reaching more listeners, and this new endeavor will make my dreams of touring come true,” shared Jason Brownie. “I am very grateful for all my team has done, and adding the booking leg to the team is one step closer to achieving my goals.”

Celebrity Direct’s Cord Coslor stated, “Jason has been in the industry a long time, and we’re honored to now have him as part of the Celebrity Direct family. He has a little rock in him, a lot of country, his band is hot, and we’re excited about helping him get out there in front of that growing fan base!”

Celebrity Direct will be handling bookings for the Clearwater Records recording artist at festivals, casinos, performing arts centers and other venues throughout the United States and abroad.

On the rise performer, Jason Brownie, has been garnering interest by fans and industry tastemakers following the 2022 radio releases of “Pretty Girl On The Passenger Side” and his new single “Ain’t How Whiskey Works.” The subsequent music videos in support of radio airplay has shown a continued increase in his awareness and talent across international borders. Brownie continues to offer new digital music with the releases of “Must Be Summertime” and “Love You Every Time.”

Brownie has opened for many of country music’s recognizable names, and his fan following, thanks to a combination of great music, fun live concerts, and personal attention to his fans, is growing throughout the United States and abroad.

A third-generation law enforcement officer, Brownie is preparing for a 2023 nationwide U.S. tour, which will promote his deep love for God and Country.

Keep up with Jason Brownie on his website jasonbrownie.com and social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. Subscribe to watch videos on his official YouTube channel.

Georgia Native To Deliver New Music This Fall; “Whiskey In Me” Out Sept. 16

 Brandon Whitley has signed to DARE Records, helmed by CEO and Founder (and GRAMMY-winning producer) Michael-Anthony “Mooki” Taylor. The Georgia-born singer-songwriter will celebrate the new partnership with a new track, “Whiskey In Me,” releasing September 16.

Whitley says, “After seeing how hyped the room was after my team at TruMuzik and I met with DARE Records, I knew they were the ones to help recreate that same reaction with the fans. Their energy and excitement about getting the song out matched mine, and that’s a huge deal when deciding to partner up at this level. We could tell we really had something! I’m just excited to give the world a chance to hear this new song and I’m pumped to have DARE Records on board to help make that possible and in a bigger way than ever before!”

Hailing from rural GA, Nashville-based Whitley’s music is a tapestry of elements and sounds as versatile and diverse as his own journey. His exurban hometown of Monroe, GA is nestled between a college town, Athens, GA, and the bustling metropolis of Atlanta. As a result, his musical influences are varied and rich: elements of rock, blues, and country are woven together, resulting in a unique sound that lends itself seamlessly to the newly diversified and modern country music landscape.

Taylor says, “Brandon Whitley’s ‘Whiskey In Me’ had me at the drop of that undeniable hook: ‘I just wanna love you!’ Having lived in Music City myself, and felt the pulse of the hottest in country music being created and released, I knew instantly that this song is a bona fide, Nashville-birthed hit! And not to mention… that voice!”

Whitley co-wrote “Whiskey In Me” with Autumn Marie Buysse and Chase McDaniel. The song was recorded at Saxman Studios in Nashville with Grady Saxman (Luke Combs) on drums, Devin Malone on acoustic guitar, Sol Philcox-Littlefield (Luke Combs) on electric guitar, Luke Moseley on keys, and Lee Francis (Jon Pardi) on bass.

Celebrated singer/songwriter Ingrid Andress has released the cinematic music video for her optimistic “Feel Like This” (WATCH HERE), premiering across all MTV & CMT platforms this morning. Directed by Olivia Bee, the clip portrays the dichotomy between a toxic former flame and healthy new love. Highlighted as a New Release Spotlight on Facebook, V Magazine is also sharing an exclusive behind the scenes look from the video shoot, including multiple never before seen photos (READ HERE).

With its “knockout of an opening line” (Consequence of Sound), “Feel Like This” was co-written by Julia Michaels and made its TV debut recently on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! (WATCH HERE). “Getting to work with Julia Michaels for the first time and realizing that we are literally the same person was awesome,” she explained in a recent Variety interview profile (READ HERE). “It was actually a beautiful, magical day. We were both falling in love with people at the same time, and I feel like we really captured that.”

“Feel Like This” is one of thirteen brand new songs featured on the 3x GRAMMY-nominee’s latest release, Good Person, where Andress returns to the reflection and confession at the core of her acclaimed debut, Lady Like, and plumbs even deeper (LISTEN HERE). In the co-producer’s chair once again (alongside Sam Ellis, who played the same role on Lady Like), Andress pushed for bold, experimental sounds that blended banjos with vocoders; swung from sweeping orchestration to spare, acoustic-based arrangements; and showcased previously unexplored parts of her vocal range.

Hailed by The New York Times as “a Nashville outsider who paved her own way in” (READ HERE), Andress also co-wrote every track, including her current Gold-certified single, “Wishful Drinking (with Sam Hunt),” as well as the album’s title-track that she performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this summer (WATCH HERE). Additional album standouts include the “stunning piano ballad” (Billboard) “Blue,” the genre-pushing power ballad, “Seeing Someone Else,” which explores the complexities and consequences that arise with self-growth and evolution and the explosive “Pain,” as seen on Late Night with Seth Meyers (WATCH HERE).

Good Person sees Andress entering the next chapter of her career following her record-breaking debut, Lady Like, named “one of the year’s strongest albums” by Associated Press and one of Billboard’s Top 10 Best Country Albums of 2020. The celebrated LP scored Andress three GRAMMY nominations including Best New Artist, Best Country Album and Best Country Song for the multi-platinum No. 1 radio single “More Hearts Than Mine.” She is also a 4x ACM Award, 3x CMA Award and 2x CMT Music Award nominee.

With nearly one billion global streams and fans spanning the globe, Andress is currently on the road now with Keith Urban for his 52-date North American “The Speed of Now World Tour.”

Middle Installment From Three-Part Heart & Soul Project
Features Current Single “Doing Life With Me”

Having recently celebrated the first anniversary of his ambitiously groundbreaking Heart & Soultriple album release, Eric Church fans everywhere can now enjoy the middle installment of the project, with the & album previously available only to the Church Choir now offered publicly HERE via standard CD, black vinyl and digital platforms.

“Small but mighty, the six-song collection simmers on vulnerable hits,” praises Entertainment Weekly of the Jay Joyce-produced project, with The Wall Street Journal celebrating Church as “knowledgeable and respectful of Country’s history, but not shackled by it” and Forbes acknowledging his penchant for “super-serving his loyal Church Choir crowd.”

Like chart-topping bookends Heart and Soul, & is the result of the famed marathon session Church spent sequestered in rural North Carolina, writing and recording a song from start to finish each day for nearly a month. In addition to earning massive critical acclaim and a Best Country Solo Performance GRAMMY nomination, the initial trifecta release also made waves atop the Billboard charts. Church replaced himself atop the all-genre Top Album Sales chart in back-to-back weeks, with all three albums landing in the Top 10 concurrently and Church becoming the first country artist to simultaneously occupy the two top spots on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart since its inception in 2011, with Soul and & respectively.

As well as the poignant “Through My Ray Bans,” dedicated to the fans he played for at Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival, the & album also features four new-to-the-public songs – “Do Side,” “Kiss Her Goodbye,” “Mad Man” and “Lone Wolf” – plus the 2020 CMA Entertainer of the Year’s latest single, “Doing Life With Me.”

Written by Church together with Casey Beathard (“Mr. Misunderstood,” “Hell Of A View”) and Jeffrey Steele (“Stick That In Your Country Song”), the reflective song sees Church expressing gratitude for those by his side through the journey of a musical career:

        I don’t pray much anymore 
        For this old troubadour’s
        Happiness, wishes, wants and needs
        End of my ropes, hopes and dreams
        Spend my livin’ giving thanks
        For the ships I never sank
        Every big, every little in the everyday things
        The notes and the words and the songs I sing
        To the ones doing life with me