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Jason Aldean’s “Just Gettin’ Started” claims the #1 spot at country radio. The latest Chris Young and Darius Rucker songs go top 5.
While its airplay total is not the week’s greatest, its Mediabase chart point total is. Jason Aldean’s “Just Gettin’ Started,” therefore, rises to #1 on the official Mediabase country radio chart.
Aldean’s tune seizes the throne from Blake Shelton’s “Lonely Tonight (featuring Ashley Monroe),” which descends to #2 this week.
Despite its deficit in chart points, the Shelton song nonetheless repeats as the format’s most played song this week. It received 7,761 spins during the March 1-7 tracking week, while “Just Gettin’ Started” earned only 7,718.
The Aldean track did, however, reach the format’s largest audience this week. Its weekly impression count of 60.23 million bests the 59.80 million earned by “Lonely Tonight.”
Other top five songs this week: Brett Eldredge’s “Mean to Me” (#3), Chris Young’s “Lonely Eyes” (#4) and Darius Rucker’s “Homegrown Honey” (#5).
“Just Gettin’ Started” is the follow-up to lead “Old Boots, New Dirt” single “Burnin’ it Down.” That, too, hit #1.
Read more →Encino, CA (February 26, 2015) – The Academy of Country Music announced today the Industry Award and Studio Recording Award nominees for the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards. Industry and Studio Recording awards will not be televised due to time constraints during the live telecast of the 50th ACM Awards co-hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan from AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, in Arlington, TX on Sunday, April 19th at 8:00PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
Industry Award and Studio Recording Award honorees will be feted at the 9th Annual ACM Honors event on September 1, 2015 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN.
INDUSTRY AWARD NOMINEES:
CASINO OF THE YEAR – SMALL CAPACITY Hard Rock Live – Biloxi, MS Peppermill Concert Hall – West Wendover, NV Riverwind Casino – Norman, OK Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort – Mount Pleasant, MI WinStar World Casino –Thackerville, OK
CASINO OF THE YEAR – MEDIUM CAPACITY Caesars Windsor Hotel & Casino – Windsor, ON, Canada Casino Rama – Rama, ON, Canada Choctaw Casino Event Center – Durant, OK MGM Grand Casino – Las Vegas, NV The Colosseum at Caesars Palace – Las Vegas, NV
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR Country Thunder USA: East – Twin Lakes, WI Faster Horses Festival – Brooklyn, MI Stagecoach Festival – Indio, CA Watershed Festival – George, WA Windy City Smokeout: BBQ & Country Music Fest – Chicago, IL
Read more →Aldean Scores Only PLATINUM Certification For A Country Album Released In 2014
Nashville, TN – Dec. 8, 2014 – Less than eight weeks after debuting at No. one on Billboard’s Top 200 chart with over 280,000 copies, two-time ACM “Male Vocalist of the Year” Jason Aldean continues to conquer unchartered territory as OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT becomes the only country album released this year to be certified PLATINUM, for sales of over one million units, by the RIAA. Additionally, Aldean is one of only three artists in all genres to release an album and see it earn PLATINUM certification in 2014.
“We put so much time and passion into choosing the best songs for this album, and this brings a lot of hard work full circle for me,” said Aldean. “It’s like Christmas came early! I couldn’t do it without the best country music fans in the world, who never stop believing in what I do and always follow me, even if I may take a creative left turn every now and then.”
Each of Aldean’s previous five studio albums have been certified at least Platinum, tallying over 10 million career album sales. OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT has already produced the multi-week No. one smash hit “Burnin’ It Down” as well as the current chart-climber “Just Gettin’ Started.” Aldean will perform the new track on the upcoming American Country Countdown Awards airing Dec. 14 on FOX where he is also nominated for four awards including “Artist of the Year.” For a full list of upcoming appearances and tour dates, visit www.jasonaldean.com.
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