Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" isn't the only statement song on his new 'Highway Desperado' album.

Lil Nas X’s career on the country chart, though, was short-lived. Billboard quietly removed “Old Town Road” from Hot Country Songs and informed Lil Nas X’s label, Columbia Records, that ...

The success sparked a bidding war among record labels, ... Billboard said Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ wasn’t country enough. Then Billy Ray Cyrus stepped in. April 5, 2019.

Country is one of the hottest genres in music, and now labels outside of the old Nashville system have come to town to cash in. By Ethan Millman Music Editor The coastal wave comes as country has ...

Coastal record labels are signing more country stars, like Zach Bryan and BRELAND — how is Nashville changing and dealing with it? ... The smart labels in town have invested in those very areas.

A small record label is reissuing what it calls the first country record. The music was first released in 1891 on a wax cylinder. And the singer on the album was a Black man from New Orleans.

Talk of the Town. Local Events Guide. Storm 5 Essentials. Embrace. Apps and 5+ ... a summit was held for the new Rosedale Collective record label, bringing together country artists from ...

Jay Z might think he can “Run This Town” but a Big Apple-based record label is saying “not so fast.” TufAmerica Inc. on Wednesday slapped Jay Z and his entertainment company with a lawsuit ...

The biggest record label stories of 2024 include UMG, TikTok, fraud, Atlantic, country music going coastal ... tied with Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” — it had made not just Hot ...

It’s hard to imagine Dolly Parton singing anything other than country. But her first label, Monument Records, had a difficult time placing her voice. They knew she was a talented vocalist and a ...

There was a label in town I really wanted to at least talk to, and it ended up that we started negotiating.” That label was Red Bow Records, home to Joe Nichols, Chase Bryant and David Fanning.

Today, counting Wee Rock Records, there are at least five independent record labels in town, the most that local record label managers recalled. "Right now, it's definitely a renaissance," said A ...