One of the biggest nights for sports will begin this year with country artist Sean Patrick McGraw’s song “Get Yer Cowboy On.” Westwood One’s Super Bowl game broadcast will premiere life from Cowboy’s Stadium with a special version of this song, which McGraw customized especially in order to be appropriate for Super Bowl 2011.
"They say everything is bigger in Texas, and this Super Bowl matchup may just prove them right," the Executive Producer and SVP of Westwood One Sports, Howard Deneroff, said. "The Packers and the Steelers are two of the most storied franchises in sports, and our all-star broadcast crew is eagerly anticipating kickoff and bringing all the excitement of Super Sunday to millions of listeners nationwide, and to our troops overseas."
The broadcast will be available to listen on American Forces Radio Network, as well as nfl.com/fieldpass for the first time ever. For a station finder and announcer bios, fans can go to westwoodone.com/superbowl.
Recently, McGraw was named “NEW: Artists to Watch” by one of Clear Channel’s programs, as well has been added to several high profile country tours that will be announced in the near future.
“It is amazing how a song that has not been released wide was heard by one of the top decision maker’s at Westwood One Sports,” said McGraw. “Now it is the opening to the live broadcast of the biggest and most watched sporting event in the world. The freakin’ Super Bowl. I cannot wait to hear it on the airwaves as it kicks off the game.”
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Chensey is back on top
Kenny Chesney is still claiming the number one spot for his single “Somewhere With You” on both the Country Aircheck/mediabase and Billboard country chards – for the consecutive third week. Just behind Chesney is the new father Keith Urban (“Put You in a Song”) and Chris Young (“Voices”).
For Chesney, his song is all about the lyrics, which are what lead him to be interested in and record the song from the beginning. "I love the line of this song where [it says], 'I can't go out every night of the week/I can't go home with anybody I meet/and it's just a temporary high/'cause when I close my eyes/I'm somewhere with you,'" Chensey said. "Anybody that has been in a relationship associates certain places or certain things or certain music, food, whatever, back to that person."
Chesney’s single is off his latest album, “Himingway’s Whiskey,” which also includes his recent number one “The Boys of Fall.”
Soon country-fans will be able to enjoy a night out with Chensey, as he’ll be going on his “Goin’ Costal” tour beginning March 17 in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Source: http://www.theboot.com/2011/01/31/kenny-chesney-somewhere-with-you-charts/
For Chesney, his song is all about the lyrics, which are what lead him to be interested in and record the song from the beginning. "I love the line of this song where [it says], 'I can't go out every night of the week/I can't go home with anybody I meet/and it's just a temporary high/'cause when I close my eyes/I'm somewhere with you,'" Chensey said. "Anybody that has been in a relationship associates certain places or certain things or certain music, food, whatever, back to that person."
Chesney’s single is off his latest album, “Himingway’s Whiskey,” which also includes his recent number one “The Boys of Fall.”
Soon country-fans will be able to enjoy a night out with Chensey, as he’ll be going on his “Goin’ Costal” tour beginning March 17 in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Source: http://www.theboot.com/2011/01/31/kenny-chesney-somewhere-with-you-charts/
Taylor Swift celebrates
There’s no time any more these days for country starlight Taylor Swift to be upset over boys and broken hearts, especially when she’s on top of the world. Big Machine Records and Taylor Swift held a party entitled “Heavy Metal at the Hard Rock” on Jan. 28.
This gathering was to celebrate a laundry-list of accomplishments for Swift and her team. The successes include sales, digital and radio recognition. Several of the awards presented include #1 Radio Single and #1 Music Video (“Mine”), as well as Swift’s historic 1 million debut sales week for “Speak Now,” and being the highest selling artist of 2010.
Celebrated that night was also the fact that Swift will be launching her 90 show-19 country- “Speak Now 2011 World Tour” in Singapore on Feb. 9. A list of other reasons for celebration is as follows, courtesy of Big Machine Records publicist:
• For the second time in three years, Taylor Swift is Billboard & Nielsen SoundScan’s top-selling
artist of the year, with over 4.4 million albums sold in 2010.
• Taylor was also SoundScan’s top-selling artist in 2008, and her Fearless album was 2009’s
biggest-selling CD.
• Released in October, Speak Now sold 1,046,740 copies the first week, for the biggest debut-week sales for an album since 2005, and the biggest debut ever for a country studio album.
• Speak Now has achieved Triple Platinum+ status since its release.
• Every song from Speak Now has charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eleven of them at the same
time.
• The album’s lead single, “Mine,” has sold 1.6 million digital downloads to date.
• For the second consecutive year, Taylor is Billboard’s most-played artist, topping their annual all-genre Artist Airplay chart with more than 1.128 million airplay detections in 2010.
• With over 35 million tracks sold to date, Taylor remains the top selling digital artist in music history.
• Taylor has sold more than 4 million albums each year for three consecutive years, and is the only artist to sell 4+ million albums each of the last three years.
• Taylor’s Fearless is Quadruple Platinum and Taylor Swift is 5x Platinum.
• Taylor’s single “Love Story” recently exceeded 5 million digital tracks sold.
• Taylor’s latest Big Machine Records release, Speak Now, has spent 5 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s all-genre Top 200 Albums chart. Speak Now was 2010’s best-selling Internet album.
• Taylor’s career sales now exceed 20 million albums and 35 million song downloads.
This gathering was to celebrate a laundry-list of accomplishments for Swift and her team. The successes include sales, digital and radio recognition. Several of the awards presented include #1 Radio Single and #1 Music Video (“Mine”), as well as Swift’s historic 1 million debut sales week for “Speak Now,” and being the highest selling artist of 2010.
Celebrated that night was also the fact that Swift will be launching her 90 show-19 country- “Speak Now 2011 World Tour” in Singapore on Feb. 9. A list of other reasons for celebration is as follows, courtesy of Big Machine Records publicist:
• For the second time in three years, Taylor Swift is Billboard & Nielsen SoundScan’s top-selling
artist of the year, with over 4.4 million albums sold in 2010.
• Taylor was also SoundScan’s top-selling artist in 2008, and her Fearless album was 2009’s
biggest-selling CD.
• Released in October, Speak Now sold 1,046,740 copies the first week, for the biggest debut-week sales for an album since 2005, and the biggest debut ever for a country studio album.
• Speak Now has achieved Triple Platinum+ status since its release.
• Every song from Speak Now has charted on the Billboard Hot 100, eleven of them at the same
time.
• The album’s lead single, “Mine,” has sold 1.6 million digital downloads to date.
• For the second consecutive year, Taylor is Billboard’s most-played artist, topping their annual all-genre Artist Airplay chart with more than 1.128 million airplay detections in 2010.
• With over 35 million tracks sold to date, Taylor remains the top selling digital artist in music history.
• Taylor has sold more than 4 million albums each year for three consecutive years, and is the only artist to sell 4+ million albums each of the last three years.
• Taylor’s Fearless is Quadruple Platinum and Taylor Swift is 5x Platinum.
• Taylor’s single “Love Story” recently exceeded 5 million digital tracks sold.
• Taylor’s latest Big Machine Records release, Speak Now, has spent 5 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s all-genre Top 200 Albums chart. Speak Now was 2010’s best-selling Internet album.
• Taylor’s career sales now exceed 20 million albums and 35 million song downloads.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Garth Brooks sells out Prince
Never has a retired man worked so hard. Garth Brooks has been working hard since announcing his retirement in 2001, while being a father of three, maintaining a Las Vegas concert series, and live performance dates.
Brooks ranked No. 1 with the highest-netting ‘tour’ of December 2010 with his slue of shows in Nashville to benefit flood relief. The Bridgestone Arena-only dates brought over $4 million, with proceeds donated to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. That same month, Prince was on tour with his Welcome 2 America leg, which generated only $2, placing the artist in the shadows of Brooks cowboy hat.
Originally, only one show was planned for December. However, considering this was his first arena show in Nashville since ’98, the 17,000 seat-venue sold out in less than three hours, and many were left in the dust. Thus, more dates were added, bringing the total of shows to nine over a seven-day period. Though the night was a success, there was no forgetting why everyone came together and the show was put on in the first place – the devastating Nashville flood.
"Tennessee has shown amazing character through all of this," Brooks said. "It is an honor to get to be a part of the healing process."
Source: http://www.theboot.com/2011/01/28/garth-brooks-nashville-concerts-money-raised/
Brooks ranked No. 1 with the highest-netting ‘tour’ of December 2010 with his slue of shows in Nashville to benefit flood relief. The Bridgestone Arena-only dates brought over $4 million, with proceeds donated to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. That same month, Prince was on tour with his Welcome 2 America leg, which generated only $2, placing the artist in the shadows of Brooks cowboy hat.
Originally, only one show was planned for December. However, considering this was his first arena show in Nashville since ’98, the 17,000 seat-venue sold out in less than three hours, and many were left in the dust. Thus, more dates were added, bringing the total of shows to nine over a seven-day period. Though the night was a success, there was no forgetting why everyone came together and the show was put on in the first place – the devastating Nashville flood.
"Tennessee has shown amazing character through all of this," Brooks said. "It is an honor to get to be a part of the healing process."
Source: http://www.theboot.com/2011/01/28/garth-brooks-nashville-concerts-money-raised/
Mike Fischer may be Predator
Mrs. Mike Fischer may soon be calling Nashville home, once again! There has been speculation in the world of hockey that Underwood’s Canadian hubby may be headed down south with the Nashville Predators. This would mean relocating from the couple’s home in Ottawa, Canada.
Fischer’s team, the Senators’ have the third worst record in the Eastern Conference with a record of 17-35-8. There has been rumors, however, from the general team manager, as well as the team owners, that at the end of the season several players may be traded. Names in this conversation included Fischer’s and the Nashville Predators.
Sports Haze Canada has reported that Fischer has a limited no-trade clause in his contract. Fischer’s manager, Mike Reynolds, has also said that Fischer will only list a name of the teams he does not want to play for when asked, but those questions have yet to be asked. While Fischer’s contract with the Senators has another two years remaining, it was reported from The Bleacher Report that Fischer “would be a pricey acquisition, but could be a very useful player on the right team.”
The good news is, that while a change may be approaching for the Senators, there is comfort in knowing that no one will be going anywhere until the season is over, which ultimately boots the morale of the team. "It's a good thing, because it would have been our fault if something had happened," Fischer said to TSN.com. "I think we can all just try to relax and play and worry about doing the best job we can moving forward."
While what the future holds is uncertain, Underwood is currently settling into her new life as a wife. "It is nice being a hockey wife,” Underwood said to K102 Radio in Minneapolis. “I can spend hours in a grocery store and I'm the happiest person in the universe."
And, though their demanding schedules tend to drive the still-newlyweds apart, they still try to spend as much time together as possible. “We're together a lot more than people think we are," Underwood said. "Even if it's just for a day, we get to pop in. We'll make sure we put the extra time and effort to do that."
Source: http://www.theboot.com/2011/01/28/mike-fisher-nashville-predators/
Fischer’s team, the Senators’ have the third worst record in the Eastern Conference with a record of 17-35-8. There has been rumors, however, from the general team manager, as well as the team owners, that at the end of the season several players may be traded. Names in this conversation included Fischer’s and the Nashville Predators.
Sports Haze Canada has reported that Fischer has a limited no-trade clause in his contract. Fischer’s manager, Mike Reynolds, has also said that Fischer will only list a name of the teams he does not want to play for when asked, but those questions have yet to be asked. While Fischer’s contract with the Senators has another two years remaining, it was reported from The Bleacher Report that Fischer “would be a pricey acquisition, but could be a very useful player on the right team.”
The good news is, that while a change may be approaching for the Senators, there is comfort in knowing that no one will be going anywhere until the season is over, which ultimately boots the morale of the team. "It's a good thing, because it would have been our fault if something had happened," Fischer said to TSN.com. "I think we can all just try to relax and play and worry about doing the best job we can moving forward."
While what the future holds is uncertain, Underwood is currently settling into her new life as a wife. "It is nice being a hockey wife,” Underwood said to K102 Radio in Minneapolis. “I can spend hours in a grocery store and I'm the happiest person in the universe."
And, though their demanding schedules tend to drive the still-newlyweds apart, they still try to spend as much time together as possible. “We're together a lot more than people think we are," Underwood said. "Even if it's just for a day, we get to pop in. We'll make sure we put the extra time and effort to do that."
Source: http://www.theboot.com/2011/01/28/mike-fisher-nashville-predators/
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