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August 20, 2021

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MusicRow Honors Recipients "Virtually" At 33rd Annual Industry-

Voted MusicRow Awards

MusicRow, Nashville's leading music industry publication, virtually presented its 33rd annual MusicRow Awards on Thursday, Aug. 19 via a series of videos on all online MusicRow platforms. MusicRow Publisher/Owner Sherod Robertson and respected television host, entertainment journalist, writer and producer, Alecia Davis, served once again as "hosts" on each winner's video. "Our enthusiasm and commitment to highlighting the artists, songwriters, producers, musicians and industry team members has never been higher," says Robertson. "It's our privilege to honor these deserving talents with these accolades. Congratulations to all of the 2021 MusicRow Awards nominees and winners!" Country hitmaker Luke Combs is the reigning MusicRow Award Artist of the Year, after winning the category every year since its inception in 2019. Ashley McBryde received the award for Breakthrough Artist-Writer of the Year, which honors a Nashville songwriter and recording artist who for the first time wrote or co-wrote a Top 10 song during the eligibility period. McBryde co-wrote her hit "One Night Standards" with Shane McAnally and Nicolette Hayford. The tune was also Hayford's first Top 10 song, which earned her the MusicRow Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year award. Tenille Arts, whose single "Somebody Like That" became the first No. 1 song in country music written, performed and produced by all females, took home the honor of MusicRow's Breakthrough Artist of the Year.

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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 Be Inducted Into CMHOF

Garth Brooks Cancels Next Five Shows On Stadium Tour Due To Threat Of COVID-19

Stephen Wilson Jr. Signs With River House Artists, UTA

Publicist Darlene Bieber Announces Retirement

Renowned Singer-Songwriter Nanci Griffith Passes

Concord Elevates Kayle Kiener To VP, Recorded Music Royalties

DISClaimer Singles Reviews

And much more...

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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

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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

The MusicRow Weekly

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

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CHART ACTION

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 Best Thing Since Backroads/Jake Owen/Big Loud Records -- 15 I Know A Girl/MaRynn Taylor/Black River Entertainment -- 11 Steal My Love/Dan + Shay/Warner Music Nashville -- 10 7500 OBO/Tim McGraw/Big Machine -- 8 Buy Dirt/Jordan Davis feat. Luke Bryan/MCA Nashville -- 6 If I Didn't Love You/Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood/Broken Bow/Macon Music/Capitol -- 6 New Truck/Dylan Scott/Curb -- 6

On Deck--Soon To Be Charting song/artist/label--No. of Spins The American Face/The Isaacs/House of Isaacs -- 179 I Don't/Tiffany Woys feat. Jordan Fletcher -- 168 Hit Me Up/Josh Kinney/Birmingham Entertainment -- 157 Wilder Days/Morgan Wade/Ladylike Records -- 157 New Truck/Dylan Scott/Curb -- 151

NO. 1 SONG

In a tight race to No. 1 this week, Priscilla Block makes her debut at the top of the MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart having just two spins over Lainey Wilson and five spins over Jameson Rodgers. "Just About Over You" was written by Block, Emily Kroll, and Sarah Jones. It appears on her debut self-titled EP released earlier this year via Mercury Nashville. "This EP is such a vulnerable side of who I am and where I've been," says Block. "It's my story of falling apart in order to find myself again. I 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 the highs... And once you regain that confidence... Let it show baby!"

Each songwriter and artist earning No. 1 credit on the MusicRow Chart receives a MusicRow Challenge Coin. Click here to

view a full list of recipients.

MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart Reporting Stations

WHMA Anniston, AL WXFL Florence, AL KQUS Hot Springs, AR KDXY Jonesboro, AR KWCK Searcy, AR KRAZ Santa Barbara, CA WPAP Panama City, FL WUBB Savannah, GA KXIA Marshalltown, IA KIAI Mason City, IA KBOE Oskaloosa, IA KTHK Idaho Falls, ID WOOZ Carterville, IL WAAG Galesburg, IL

WMCI Mattoon, IL WYOT Rochelle, IL WRTB Rockford, IL WCCI Savanna, IL WIFE Connersville, IN KAIR Atchison, KS WKDZ Cadiz, KY WBKR Owensboro, KY WDHR Pikeville, KY KRRV Alexandria, LA WUUU Covington, LA WKPE Hyannis, MA WVMD Cumberland, MD WTCM Traverse City, MI

KYSM Mankato, MN KZPK St. Cloud, MN KWWR Mexico, MO KFAV Warrenton, MO KZZY Devils Lake, ND KRVN Lexington, NE KBRX O'Neill, NE Jersey Shore Country KQBA Santa Fe, NM WDNB Monticello, NY WOLF Syracuse, NY WCJW Warsaw, NY WFRY Watertown, NY KWHW Altus, OK

KITX Hugo, OK KWEY Weatherford, OK KWOX Woodward, OK KRKT Albany, OR WVNW Lewistown, PA WNBT Mansfield, PA WCFT Selinsgrove, PA WFGE State College, PA WMIR Myrtle Beach, SC KMOM Aberdeen, SD WUCZ Carthage, TN WDKN Dickson, TN WLLX Lawrenceburg, TN KFTX Corpus Christi, TX

KYKX Longview, TX KYYK Palestine, TX KXOX Sweetwater, TX WAKG Danville, VA WAXX Altoona, WI WJVL Janesville, WI WGLR Platteville, WI WQPC Prairie du Chien, WI WCOW Sparta, WI WTNJ Beckley, WV WDGG Huntington ,WV

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Weeks Last On Chart Week

This Week

Song / Artist / Label

41 4

1

Just About Over You / Priscilla Block / Mercury Nashville

27 1

2

Things A Man Oughta Know / Lainey Wilson / Broken Bow

36 3

3

Cold Beer Calling My Name / Jameson Rodgers feat. Luke Combs / River House Artists/

Columbia Nashville

7

7

4

Cold As You / Luke Combs / Columbia/River House Artists

25 2

5

Knowing You / Kenny Chesney / Blue Chair Records/Warner Music Nashville

32 6

6

My Boy / Elvie Shane / Wheelhouse Records

14 5

7

You Should Probably Leave / Chris Stapleton / Mercury Nashville

29 8

8

Freedom Was A Highway / Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley / Stoney Creek Records

21

11

9

Chasing After You / Ryan Hurd w/ Maren Morris / Arista Nashville

10 13 10 Same Boat / Zac Brown Band / Home Grown Music/Warner Music Nashville

18

12

11

Half Of My Hometown / Kelsea Ballerini / Black River Entertainment

4

20 12 If I Didn't Love You / Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood / Broken Bow/Macon Music/Capitol

32 10 13 Give Heaven Some Hell / HARDY / Big Loud Records

17 14 14 It's Cause I Am / Callista Clark / Big Machine

7

18 15 Heart On Fire / Eric Church / EMI Records Nashville

30 16 16 To Be Loved By You / Parker McCollum / MCA Nashville

40 17 17 You Time / Scotty McCreery / Triple Tigers Records

26 19 18 Getting Over Him / Lauren Alaina feat. Jon Pardi / Mercury Nashville

43 15 19 If It Wasn't For Trucks / Riley Green / BMLG 24 21 20 Under It With You Tonight / Smith & Wesley / Dream Walkin/Audium Nashville

15 23 21 Tip Jar / Jackson Michelson / Curb

5

31 22 Buy Dirt / Jordan Davis feat. Luke Bryan / MCA Nashville

22 22 23 My Masterpiece / Darius Rucker / Capitol

17 25 24 I'm Not For Everyone / Brothers Osborne / EMI Records Nashville

16 24 25 Fill Them Boots / Chris Lane / Big Loud Records

15 28 26 Thinking `Bout You / Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter / Broken Bow

17 27 27 Not Yet / Brett Young / BMLG

35 26 28 Whiskey And Rain / Michael Ray / Warner Music Nashville

10 29 29 Never Mine / Craig Campbell / Grindstone Records

25 30 30 I Can't / Caitlyn Smith feat. Old Dominion / Monument Records

5

38 31 Fancy Like / Walker Hayes / Monument

21 32 32 ABBY / Travis Denning / Mercury Nashville

13 34 33 Back Then, Right Now / Tenille Arts / 19th & Grand Records

6

36 34 That's What Cowboys Do / Garth Brooks / Pearl Records

8

35 35 Old School / Toby Keith / Show Dog Nashville

11

37

36

Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) / Elle King & Miranda Lambert / RCA Nashville

15 39 37 Pretend He's You / Ashley Barron / SSM Nashville

20 40 38 Villain / Lily Rose / Big Loud Records

25 41 39 Gotta Go Rodeo / Darlinghurst / Helium

10 42 40 Fine / Mira Goto / ArtistMax

Spins / Reports

% Spin Power

Spins +/-

1518/60 1516/44 1513/44

6 81 -17 -315

2 27

1501/59 1459/49 1438/48 1435/63

1365/49 1344/49 1329/58 1324/58 1311/56 1293/58 1244/58 1200/59 1122/56 1107/39 1057/52 1017/45 927/43 915/47 834/49 832/38 827/45 820/43 813/45 808/42 800/41 775/47 720/42 695/35 680/35 656/42 628/37 617/37 579/32 558/39 542/27 538/23 512/28

11 145 -3 -41 3 44 2 27

5 69

7 88

9 112

5 68

34 334

1 19

8 93

16 165

7 72

6 61

6 56

-5 -52

0

-4

8 67

15 106

-3 -25

4 30

-1 -10

7 50

6 43

3 20

2 15

-5 -35

32 170

-3 -21

7 45

8 44

4 25

-1

-5

7 36

8 38

9 44

7 34

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