When Howard Cohen of The Miami Herald called Little Big Town’s new album The Reason Why, “country’s album of the year for 2010,” he sensed a landmark release in the making. According to Soundscan’s album sales chart, there’s no doubt his inkling was right. The band is celebrating their fourth studio album’s, The Reason Why, debut this week at #1 on the Billboard Albums Chart and #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart across all genres with 41,940 albums sold– making The Reason Why the highest debuting album of the country band’s career. In addition, the band is celebrating a 2010 CMA Awards nomination in the Vocal Group of the Year category–marking Little Big Town’s eighth nomination and fifth in that category from the prestigious organization.
“This will be a week we never forget,” says Karen Fairchild, “and we owe that to the incredible fans, country radio, and our new label Capitol Records.” “We are so blessed to have our album debut at the top of the charts, and to have news of this nomination in the same week is just amazing,” adds Kimberly Schlapman.
The group, which consists of Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman and Jimi Westbrook, co-produced the The Reason Why alongside Wayne Kirkpatrick and co-wrote eight of the 12 tracks.
The band launched their new album in Chicago with a sold-out album release party at Joe’s Bar and then in New York City with performances on ABC’s Good Morning America and FOX News Channel’s Fox and Friends “All American Concert Series,” with additional appearances throughout the week. With no intention to slow down, the band will continue to make appearances in support of the new album with a performance at the New York State Fair on Sept. 2 before rejoining Sugarland on The Incredible Machine Tour on Sept. 3 at State College, PA’s Bryce Jordan Center.
For additional information and appearances, please visit www.littlebigtown.com.
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The announcements have been made for the 44th Annual CMA Music Awards. We want to know what you thought of them. Do you agree with the nominee’s? Who do you hope to see take home the trophy? Who got snubbed this year? This is your place to vent
The Final Nominees for “The 44th Annual CMA Awards” are:
Entertainer of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Keith Urban
Album of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Producer(s))
Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
Produced by Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum
Capitol Records Nashville
Play On
Carrie Underwood
Produced by Mark Bright and Max Martin
19 Recordings Limited/Arista Nashville
Revolution
Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
Columbia Nashville
Twang
George Strait
Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait
MCA Nashville
Up On The Ridge
Dierks Bentley
Produced by Jon Randall Stewart
Capitol Records Nashville
Musical Event of the Year (Award goes to each Artist)
“Bad Angel”
Dierks Bentley featuring Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson
Capitol Records Nashville
“Can’t You See”
Zac Brown Band featuring Kid Rock
Southern Ground/Atlantic Records
“Hillbilly Bone”
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Reprise Records
”I’m Alive”
Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews
BNA Records
“Till The End”
Alan Jackson with Lee Ann Womack
Arista Nashville
New Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
Easton Corbin
Jerrod Niemann
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
Single of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Producer(s))
“A Little More Country Than That”
Easton Corbin
Produced by Carson Chamberlain
Mercury Nashville
“Hillbilly Bone”
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Produced by Scott Hendricks
Reprise Records
“Need You Now”
Lady Antebellum
Produced by Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum
Capitol Records Nashville
”The House That Built Me”
Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
Columbia Nashville
“White Liar”
Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
Columbia Nashville
Song of the Year (Award goes to Songwriter(s))
“A Little More Country Than That”
Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress, and Wynn Varble
“Need You Now”
Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Josh Kear
“The House That Built Me”
Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin
“Toes”
Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins, and Shawn Mullins
“White Liar”
Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby
Music Video of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Director)
“Hillbilly Bone”
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Directed by Roman White
“Need You Now”
Lady Antebellum
Directed by David McClister
“The House That Built Me”
Miranda Lambert
Directed by Trey Fanjoy
“Water”
Brad Paisley
Directed by Jim Shea
“White Liar”
Miranda Lambert
Directed by Chris Hicky
Musician of the Year
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Dann Huff – Guitar
Brent Mason – Guitar
Mac McAnally – Guitar
Randy Scruggs – Guitar
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The first round of nominees in seven categories for “The 44th Annual CMA Awards” was announced today at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville by Justin Moore and Chris Young. Nominees for the remaining five categories will be revealed tomorrow on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” with Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert.
New Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
Easton Corbin
Jerrod Niemann
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
Single of the Year
(Award goes to Artist and Producer(s))
“A Little More Country Than That”
Easton Corbin
Produced by Carson Chamberlain
Mercury Nashville
“Hillbilly Bone”
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Produced by Scott Hendricks
Reprise Records
“Need You Now”
Lady Antebellum
Produced by Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum
Capitol Records Nashville
“The House That Built Me”
Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
Columbia Nashville
“White Liar”
Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
Columbia Nashville
Song of the Year
(Award goes to Songwriter(s))
“A Little More Country Than That”
Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress, and Wynn Varble
“Need You Now”
Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Josh Kear
“The House That Built Me”
Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin
“Toes”
Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins, and Shawn Mullins
“White Liar”
Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby
Music Video of the Year
(Award goes to Artist and Director)
“Hillbilly Bone”
Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
Directed by Roman White
“Need You Now”
Lady Antebellum
Directed by David McClister
“The House That Built Me”
Miranda Lambert
Directed by Trey Fanjoy
”Water”
Brad Paisley
Directed by Jim Shea
“White Liar”
Miranda Lambert
Directed by Chris Hicky
Musician of the Year
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Dann Huff – Guitar
Brent Mason – Guitar
Mac McAnally – Guitar
Randy Scruggs – Guitar
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MCA/Nashville’s Randy Rogers Band debuted at #1 on the iTUNES Country album chart and #2 on the iTUNES all-genre album chart, following the release of their new album, “Burning The Day,” on Tuesday (8/24). They entered the chart ahead of artists like Usher, Fantasia, Little Big Town and Harmony, who also launched new albums this week.
Front man Randy Rogers said: “To have the #2 album on the iTUNES album chart is beyond huge, we’re fired up. We’re grateful to our fans and to anyone that decided to click and purchase!”
For more on the band, check out www.randyrogersband.com.
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The members of country vocal group Little Big Town dish on the act’s highs and lows in a Great American Country network special that debuts tonight at 9 p.m. Central.
Group members Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet will talk about their history and upcoming album The Reason Why, and co-producer/co-writer Wayne Kilpatrick also weighs in.
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Little Big Town have begun a special iTunes countdown to the release of their forthcoming album, The Reason Why.
As part of the promotion, the group is releasing tracks on the music download service leading to the album’s official release. The first track released was the album’s title track, which was made available on Tuesday. The band will release a new song every week until the album hits stores.
Songs released in the coming weeks will include “Kiss Goodbye” (August 3), “Why Oh Why” (August 10) and “All The Way Down” (August 17).
The Reason Why is set to be released on August 24.
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Little Big Town’s 4th annual Ride for the Cure on July 11 raised more than $55,000 for the T.J. Martell Foundation. Funds raised go to support cancer research at the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
“We are thrilled with the turn out for this year’s Ride for the Cure,” said Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town in a statement. “It was our biggest ride yet. The T.J. Martell Foundation is close to all of our hearts and we are so lucky to be able to support such an amazing cause so we can find a cure.”
The event included a motorcycle ride from the Tin Roof in Nashville to the Harley-Davidson Superstore in Columbia, pre and post show performances from Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Josh Thompson, The Band Perry and others, and an auction featuring items from Zac Brown Band, Keith Urban, Jamey Johnson, Lady Antebellum and Eric Church
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The cover art for the fourth studio album by country music quartet Little Big Town has been revealed. The Reason Why is scheduled to be released on Augunst 24, 2010 and currently available for pre-order for only $9.99 at Amazon.com. What do you think of the album cover?
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Little Big Town just wrapped up the Country Throwdown tour, and although the tour hit a few rough spots due to poor ticket sales, Kimberly Schlapman and the rest of the group are hopeful that the tour will become a recurring event.
“It was such a great tour. There was so much music!” Kimberly told The Boot. “It will hopefully be an annual tour. It’s kind of like a traveling CMA Music Fest. It starts earlier in the day with the songwriter’s stage. They had some incredible songwriters from Nashville who play songs that you’ve heard on the radio and new songs that they’ve written. Then as the day goes on there’s more and more music. It was an amazing experience!”
Next up Little Big Town will be heading back on the road with Sugarland. Last time they toured together they ended up recording “Life in a Northern Town” with Sugarland and Jake Owen. Kimberly tells The Boot,
“We’ve heard [talk] of some ideas of doing another collaboration together. Hopefully there will be some of that going on. That would be fun for the fans to look forward to, and that’s always fun for us as well.”
Little Big Town will join the Incredible Machine tour next month.
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Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood and Chuck Wicks celebrated their birthdays with a joint party at Nashville’s Whiskey Kitchen Monday night, June 28th. Pals Jake Owen, Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet, Easton Corbin and Laura Bell Bundy were on hand for the party along with Dave’s Lady A bandmate Hillary Scott. The party continued with some late night fun at the honky tonks on Lower Broadway.
Got Country? would like to wish Dave and Chuck both a Happy Belated Birthday!
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