Month: November 2021

Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd have clinched the #1 spot at country radio with “Chasing After You.” 

Serving as their first official duet as a couple, “Chasing” is Maren’s fifth #1 single and Ryan’s first as an artist. Both singers took to social media to share their gratitude.

“Thank you to our team, the fans & country radio for falling in love with a song that so perfectly describes the heart wrenching journey love can often times be, even after the wine's all gone.,” Maren writes, alongside a romantic picture of the couple from the video and a screenshot of the song at #1 on the chart.

“Chasing” is the lead single off Ryan’s recently released debut album, Pelago. As a songwriter, Ryan has penned multiple #1 hits, including Luke Bryan’s “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” and Lady A’s “What If I Never Get Over You.”

“Number 1! Can't even believe it. So proud of this song and grateful that I get to share it with @MarenMorris,”  Ryan shares on Twitter, accompanied by several prayer hands emojis. “Thank you to every station who played it, person who listened to and loved the song, and to our team who worked so incredibly hard all year to make it a hit!” Ryan adds.

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It's been two years, nearly to the day, since Luke Combs dropped his second studio album, What You See Is What You Get. In that time, he's found massive success with the project, which produced six chart-topping singles and broken streaming and sales records.

Now, the singer says he's ready to say goodbye to his What You See Is What You Get era, and he's excited about what's in store. The next musical chapter kicks off with “Doin' This,” a song Luke debuted onstage at the 2021 CMA Awards.

“I would say this song for sure is the start of the next chapter, a hundred percent. I mean, undeniably so,” Luke says.

“We're closing the book on What You See Is What You Get and we're on to the next thing,” continues the singer, who was named 2021 CMA Entertainer of the Year just last week. “So this [song] will be kind of a cool way of saying, Hey, this is kind of where we're going and where we're heading.' And I look forward to seeing what people think about it.” (AUDIO IS ABC 1-ON-1)

It's a deeply personal song for Luke, who was inspired to write it by a question he gets a lot in interviews: What would he do, if he weren’t a country singer?

“Jokingly, I would say I would be homeless,” Luke recounted backstage at the 2021 CMAs. “But there was never a Plan B. Once I decided this is what I was going to do, it's what I was going to do.”

He looked down at the Entertainer of the Year trophy in his hand as he added, “I would be chasing this if I wasn't holding it in my hand right now,” he continued. “And I'll always be doing that.”

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Fans can hear a different side of Dolly Parton's classic “Jolene” in the Destructo Remix of the song, which arrives today.

Brett Young's chart-topping “Lady” has received RIAA Platinum certification, becoming the seventh No. 1 hit of Brett's to earn that status. The singer celebrated the milestone with an official plaque.

On Friday, Randy Travis shared another new from-the-vault song: This time, a Christmas tune called “There's a New Kid in Town.” It'll appear on an upcoming remastered version of his holiday album, An Old Time Christmas, which arrives November 19.

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As he continues to ride the momentum of his latest album, Same Truck, Scotty McCreery has announced plans to head across the pond. In March of 2022, he'll play a four-stop European run, including three dates in Germany and one show in Amsterdam.

The shows will take place after Scotty's previously announced three main-stage appearances at C2C Festival, which will take place in Ireland and the U.K. on March 11, 12 and 13.

Scotty's Amsterdam show will mark the first time he’s visited the Netherlands, and he says he's excited to add some new stamps to his passport and see some audiences he's never gotten a chance to play for before.

“Growing up in North Carolina, it was always a dream of mine to be able to perform my music around the globe,” the singer reflects. “I am looking forward to playing C2C in March in the UK and Ireland, but was also hoping we could return to Germany after we had such a great time there a couple of years ago.”

He continues, “I'm also very excited about visiting the Netherlands for the first time as I've heard such great things about Amsterdam. Can't wait to see everyone!”

Tickets for all four newly announced dates are on sale now.

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