On the BBC Radio 2 Playlist
for the week commencing Saturday 15 September 2018
A Playlist:
Kylie Minogue – A Lifetime To Repair
Carrie Underwood - Love Wins added to the “A” Playlist
UK CHART NEWS
Official UK Top
100 Singles Chart (Week
Ending 20 September 2018)
14 September 2018 - 20 September 2018
Calvin Harris & Sam Smith’s Promises lengthened its
lead at the top of the singles chart, where its second week of supremacy see
its consumption rise 1.85% to a best yet 62,958 units, including 47,251 from
sales-equivalent streams (15,707 pure sales).
Official UK Top
100 Albums Chart (Week
Ending 20 September 2018)
14 September 2018 - 20 September 2018
Hip-hop heavyweight Eminem’s Kamikaze attack on the
chart was a success following the surprise release storming to the top of the
album charts, while spinning off three Top 10 singles for the 45-year-old.
The album dropped suddenly Friday (August 31).
Eminem’s 10th solo studio effort, it racked up first week sales of 55,115 copies
(including 30,041 from sales-equivalent downloads + 25,074 pure sales) to
become his 10th No.1 album.
nly the fourth act to have four No.1 albums in the
2010s – the others are X Factor graduates Olly Murs and One Direction and X
Factor judge Robbie Williams – Eminem retained pole position with Kamikaze,
which suffers a comparatively small second week consumption decline of 35.12%
to 35,761 units (including 18,094 from sales-equivalent streams), buoyed by its
release on CD, which accounted for 11,254 sales.
Kylie Minogue with GOLDEN
reentered the chart at No.62 (1,400
estimated units) in her 17th chart frame following her TV performance
at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park.
In her second week Clare Bowen
with her eponymous first
album fell off the top 100 after a No.65 debut the previous week (1,359 sales)
Official UK
Country Album Top 20 (Week
Ending 20 September 2018)
14 September 2018 - 20 September 2018
Clare Bowen with CLARE BOWEN held at #1 (2 weeks; #1
peak)
The Shires with ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE held at #2 (21 weeks; #1 peak)
Catherine McGrath with TALK OF THIS TOWN rose 4-3 (7 weeks;
#1 peak)
Kacey Musgraves with GOLDEN HOUR fell 3-4 (24 weeks; #1
peak)
Wandering Hearts with WILD SILENCE rose 8-5 (31 weeks; #1
peak)
Steve 'N' Seagulls with GRAINSVILLE climbed 11-6 (2 weeks; #6
peak)
Brothers Osborne with PORT SAINT JOE held at #7 (21 weeks;
#2 peak)
Chris Stapleton with FROM A ROOM - VOL 2 rose 13-8 (41
weeks; #1 peak)
Luke Combs with THIS ONE'S FOR YOU TOO rose 12-9 (15
weeks; #5 peak)
Chris Stapleton with FROM A ROOM - VOL 1 fell held at #10
(71 weeks; #1 peak)
Outside the Top 10
John Prine with THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS fell 5-6 (22
weeks; #2 peak)
Gretchen Peters with Dancing With The Beast fell 9-12 (17
weeks; #2 peak)
Devil Makes Three with CHAINS ARE BROKEN fell 5-15 (3 weeks;
#5 peak)
Official
Americana Albums Chart Top 40 (Week
Ending 20 September 2018)
14 September 2018 - 20 September 2018
1 1 Runaway Passenger
2 3 From The Fires Greta Van Fleet [Tagged Rock]
3 30 Earthly Days William
Prince
4 NEW Young Sick Camellia St Paul & The Broken Bones
5 4 Ruins First
Aid Kit [Tagged Alternative]
6 6 Isacc Gracie Isaac
Gracie [Tagged Alternative]
7 7 Be More Kind Frank
Turner [Tagged Alternative]
8 10 Nation Of Two Vance Joy [Tagged Alternative]
9 5 High Water I Magpie
Salute [Tagged Rock]
10 11 A Deeper Understanding War On Drugs
Outside The Top 10
11 8 God's Favourite Customer Father John Misty [Tagged Alternative]
12 9 Adios Glen
Campbell [Tagged Country]
14 2 Weed Garden Iron
& Wine
COUNTRY ALBUM
& SINGLES RELEASES
(12 Sept 2018) Ritchie Remo - Shine Up My Boots (Single)
IRE
Time: 2:59 UK iTunes
(14 Sept 2018) Carrie Underwood – Cry Pretty (Capitol
Nashville)
13 Tracks/Time: 50:26
Amazon UK
- UK iTunes
- Amazon.com
Debut #1 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#4 UK
iTunes all-genres) | Sat Sept 15: #1 (#8 UK iTunes all-genres) | Debut #1 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(#1 US iTunes all-genres) |
In addition to co-writing the lead-off single single with Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose (aka
The Love Junkies), Carrie is co-producing her album with fellow
writer/producer David
Garcia.Underwood says, “At this point in my career, I feel
stronger and more creative than ever. I think you can hear that in this new
album. It’s emotional, it’s soulful, it’s real, and we also have some fun on
there too. I hope everyone loves it as much as I have loved making it.”
(14 Sept 2018) Willie Nelson – My Way (Legacy
Recordings)
11 Tracks/Time: 35:21 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
11 Tracks/Time: 35:21 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Debut #3 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#67 UK
iTunes all-genres) | Sat Sept 15: #6 (#237 UK iTunes all-genres) | Debut #2 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(#11 US iTunes all-genres)
Willie Nelson pays tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, with a new album of
standards and classics made famous by Sinatra, My Way.
The project is Nelson’s second new studio album this
year, following the release of his critically-acclaimed Last Man Standing in
April.
The collection features Nelson swinging his way through some of the most beloved classics in the Great American Songbook backed by lush string and horn arrangements and was produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings. Among the gems are Nelson’s take on “Fly Me To The Moon,” “It Was A Very Good Year,” “Young At Heart,” and a duet with Norah Jones on “What Is This Thing Called Love.”
The collection features Nelson swinging his way through some of the most beloved classics in the Great American Songbook backed by lush string and horn arrangements and was produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings. Among the gems are Nelson’s take on “Fly Me To The Moon,” “It Was A Very Good Year,” “Young At Heart,” and a duet with Norah Jones on “What Is This Thing Called Love.”
Debut #5 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#30 US
iTunes all-genres)
The first new material in over a decade, embarking on
a new chapter in the group’s 48 year history with a fresh group of musicians
and nimble musical palette. The 11-track collection of both new and familiar
country, jazz, jump blues, rockabilly, Western Swing and folk, offers a blend
of originals, vibrant covers, superior musicianship, and a guest vocal
appearance by Seth and Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers.
Comprised of founder/leader Ray Benson (lead guitar and vocals), Katie Shore (fiddle and vocals), Eddie Rivers (steel and sax), David
Sanger (drums), Dennis Ludiker
(fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Josh Hoag
(bass), Connor Forsyth (piano and
vocals), and Jay Reynolds (sax and
clarinet), Asleep at the Wheel’s performance agility takes centerstage on the
record.
For the first time since the 80’s, Benson co-wrote
with a member of the Wheel for the record. “Call It A Day Tonight” is co-penned
with fiddler and recent band addition, Katie Shore. The Ft. Worth, Texas,
native follows in the long tradition of strong and talented women who have been
an integral part of the band’s identity for decades. From founding vocalist
Chris O’Connell to Mary Ann Price, Rosie Flores, Cindy Cashdollar, Elizabeth
McQueen and Emily Gimble, female vocalists and musicians have shaped the band’s
legacy.
(14 Sept 2018) David Nail & The Well Ravens – Only
This And Nothing More
7 Tracks/Time: 26:04
Amazon UK
- UK iTunes
- Amazon.com
Debut #3 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#12 US iTunes all-genres)
(14 Sept 2018) Holloway Road – Broke (EP; Spinnup) UK
Debut #5 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#159 UK iTunes all-genres), then #4
(#160 all-genres) | Sat Sept 15: #13 (#328 UK iTunes all-genres) | Sun Sept 16:
#34 (below Top 1500 all-genres), then #50 | Mon Sept 17: #64
(14 Sept 2018) Terri Clark - Raising the Bar (Baretrack Records) CAN
(14 Sept 2018) Terri Clark - Raising the Bar (Baretrack Records) CAN
13 Tracks/Time: 45:30 Amazon
UK - UK iTunes -
Amazon.com
Debut
#9 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#228 UK iTunes
all-genres) | Sat Sept 15: #21 (#714 UK iTunes all-genres) | Debut #6 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(#36 US iTunes all-genres)
(14 Sept 2018) Alejandro Escovido – The Crossing (Yep
Roc Records)
14 Tracks/Time:
59:32 Alt-Country & Americana Amazon UK - UK iTunes
- Amazon.com
Debut #36 UK Country iTunes Album Chart
(14 Sept 2018) Loudon Wainwright III – Years In The
Making 2-CD (StorySound Records)
42 Tracks/Time: 2:01:53
Folk Amazon UK
- UK iTunes
- Amazon.com
-
Debut #19 UK Country iTunes Album Chart (#729 UK iTunes all-genres)
(14 Sept 2018) Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
– Forget About Georgia (EP; Fantasy Records)
5 Tracks/Time:
23:49 Amazon UK
- UK iTunes
- Amazon.com
-
Debut #90 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#680 US iTunes all-genres)
(14 Sept 2018) Bill Anderson – Anderson (TWI Records, Inc).
11 Tracks/Time: 40:33
Amazon UK
- UK iTunes
- Amazon.com
-
Debut #91 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#684 US iTunes all-genres)
Country Music Hall
of Famer Whisperin’ Bill Anderson is readying the release of his 72nd album,
Anderson, available on Sept. 14. The 11-song project was produced by Anderson,
Thomm Jutz and Peter Cooper, recorded and mixed by Jutz at TJ Tunes with
assistant engineer Andy Kern and mastered by Alex Mccullough at True East
Mastering. The Grand Ole Opry veteran co-wrote each of the additional tracks
with venerable songwriters including John Paul White, Buddy Cannon, Paul
Overstreet, Erin Enderlin and more.
“You might think
after my having released 71 albums during my career that I’d be tempted to yawn
my way through the release of album No. 72,” expressed Anderson. “Well, that’s
not the case at all. I’m looking forward to this one as much as any record I’ve
ever put out. I know I’ve never enjoyed the recording process more than working
here with Thomm Jutz and Peter Cooper. They had the vision…I just tried to
follow their lead and bring their ideas to life. I only hope that as folks
listen, they’ll feel we succeeded.”
(14 Sept 2018) Malcolm Holcombe – Come Hell Or High
Water (feat. Iris Dement) (Gypsy Eyes Music)
13 Tracks/Time:
48:59 Amazon UK
- UK iTunes
- Amazon.com
Debut #131 US Country iTunes Album Chart (#1054 US iTunes all-genres)
(14 Sept 2018) Jonboy Storey - Mr. Heartbreaker (Jonboy Storey)
6 Tracks/Time: 20:23 Amazon UK - UK iTunes
- Amazon.com
-
Debut #57 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(14 Sept 2018) Chris Turner – American Made (EP; )
6 Tracks/Time: Amazon UK
- UK iTunes
- Amazon.com
Debut #62 US Country iTunes Album Chart
(16 Sept 2018) Tempting Fate - Skinny-Dip Creek
(Single) UK
A fun, mid-tempo
country pop song, hopefully our first of many
TEMPTING FATE is
country rock pop country Lisa Monroe, Craig Chapman & Pete Townsend Burton
On Trent the UK. Long time country music fans, "Skinny-Dip Creek" is
our first recording, with plenty more original songs to come. We're recruiting
a band and will be looking to play UK country festivals, hopefully meeting up
with some of the bands who have inspired us.
NEWS
(13 Sept 2018) In The Pink: Capitol's Carrie Underwood
has teamed with the Grand Ole Opry in the fight
against breast cancer. On Oct. 26 Underwood will flip the switch on the
Opry's signature barn backdrop, turning it pink for the night at the 10th
Annual Opry Goes Pink.
(14 Sept 2018) Garth
Brooks at Notre Dame
PEARL RECORDS' Garth Brooks sold
just shy of 85,000 tickets in under three hours for his one-night-only show at
NOTRE DAME's college football stadium in South Bend, IN. The show is slated for
Saturday, October 20th at 7p (ET); BROOKS will be the first artist -- of any
genre -- to play the stadium at NOTRE DAME
(15 Sept 2018) Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles has been announced as one of the cast
members of an upcoming feature film about the life of iconic abolitionist
Harriet Tubman.
Nettles will appear in Harriet, an upcoming film from
Focus Features. Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo will portray Tubman in the
film, and in addition to Nettles, the cast will include Tony and Grammy Award
winner Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn and Clarke Peters. Their specific roles have
not yet been revealed.
According to a statement announcing the project,
Harriet "follows Tubman on her escape from slavery and subsequent missions
to free dozens of slaves through the Underground Railroad in the face of
growing pre-Civil War adversity."
AWARDS
(12 Sept 2018) Nominees were announced for the "2018 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
(AMAs)." Across the Country categories, RCA NASHVILLE's Kane Brown, who helped announce
nominees live on YOUTUBE Tuesday morning (Sept 11), leads the way with three
nominations in the Favorite Male Artist, Country; Favorite Album, Country; and
Favorite Song, Country categories. BMLG RECORDS' Florida Georgia Line got a nod in the all-genre Collaboration Of
The Year category with their hit, "Meant To Be," with BEBE REXHA;
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE's Maren Morris is also nominated in that category for her
collaboration with ZEDD on "The Middle."
The 2018 AMAs will air live on ABC-TV from Microsoft
Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 9th at 8p (ET). The complete list of
nominees in the Country AMAs categories is as follows:
Favorite Male Artist, Country:
Kane Brown; Luke Bryan; Thomas
Rhett
Favorite Female Artist,
Country: Kelsea Ballerini;
Maren Morris; Carrie Underwood
Favorite Duo Or Group,
Country: DAN + SHAY; FLORIDA
GEORGIA LINE; LANCO
Favorite Album, Country: Kane Brown - KANE BROWN; Luke Combs - THIS
ONE'S FOR YOU; Thomas Rhett - LIFE CHANGES
Favorite Song, Country: Kane Brown - "Heaven"; Dan +
Shay - "Tequila"; Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line - "Meant
To Be"
(13 Sept 2018) 2018 Josie Music Awards
The Josie Music Awards was held on Sat September 8 in
the Celebrity Theatre at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN.
Dani-Elle Kleha:Fans Choice
Entertainer of the Year (Female Artist Modern Country): Cherish
Lee
Entertainer of the Year (Male Artist of the Year Modern Country):
Donnie Lee Strickland
Entertainer of the Year (Male Traditional/Classic Country): Bobby
Flores
Entertainer of the Year (Duo): Terra
Bella Aspiring performer and recording artist,
Dani-elle Kleha, a Pennsylvania native, walked away with the coveted 2018 Josie
Music Awards "2018 Fans Choice Award," the only award determined by
her peers and submitted for
The awards show is centered around recognizing the
talent of independent artists.
he Josie Music Awards is a brand of The Josie Network,
LLC owned by the highly-respected partnership team of Josie Passantino and Tina
Passantino.
This team set out and successfully created an award
show where winners are selected on their talent, skill, material,
professionalism, and more and not by button pressing voting. Nominee
suggestions go through a lengthy review process by a team of industry leaders
and the official nomination list is created from their final decisions. Winners
are also selected by this industry leader team with no connection to
independent artists. The Josie Music Awards is an all genre music award show
ceremony which includes a lavish red carpet and many performances.
TV
(14 Sept 2018) Caitlyn
Smith Performs On 'Late Night With Seth Meyers'
Monument Records' Caitlyn Smith performed her song, "Before
You Called Me Baby," on Thursday night's (Sept 13) episode of
NBC-TV's "Late Night With SETH MYERS." Enjoy
the performance here.
MUSIC NEWS
(14 Sept 2018) Paid
Music Streaming Subscribers Surpass 50 Million in US, But There's a Twist:
Exclusive
An estimated 51
million people in the U.S. are now paying monthly subscriptions for music
streaming services -- nearly double the number of subscribers at the end of
2016, according
to research by MusicWatch that was provided exclusively to Billboard.
The new milestone underscores the sustained popularity
of Spotify, Apple Music and other paid streaming services -- which collectively
generated 65 percent of recorded-music revenue in the U.S. in 2017, according
to the RIAA, and is currently fueling the domestic music industry’s fourth
consecutive year of growth after nearly 20 years of decline. MusicWatch last
reported 26 million subscribers to on-demand streaming services in 2016, which
was already a 150 percent increase from the year prior.
But there’s a twist: an estimated 20 million separate
users in the U.S. are currently sharing one of these paid accounts without
shelling out money themselves, says MusicWatch. In addition, at least 29 million
users are either on free trials of streaming services without having yet
converted to paid tiers, or are automatically subscribed to bundled music
services without necessarily being active users (e.g. Amazon Prime Music). In
total, 157 million people in the country still stream music for free without
trials, on platforms like YouTube or Spotify's free tier
(14 Sept 2018) She Believed She Could So She Did: Country
Content "She-EO" Christa
Williams has launched the all-female
streaming channel She. "She
plays Country's greatest hits, the current stars and album cuts, plus
independent and unsigned singer/songwriters," says Williams. "After
our soft launch, we'll add She-Jays, artist interviews, album specials and
invite guest hosts to sit in." The channel will air a Carrie Underwood Cry
Pretty album special today (9/14) at 6pm ET. Former Rubber City/Akron
VP/Operations and WQMX PD Sue Wilson is the imaging voice. Listen via the
TuneIn app or here.
WATCH
(12 Sept 2018) Carrie Underwood -
Love Wins (Official Music Video)
COUNTRY FASHION
(12 Sept 2018) These Boots Were Made For Hawking: Miranda Lambert's partnership with Boot Barn, Idyllwind Fueled by
Miranda Lambert (CAT 11/14), is now available nationwide. The collection
includes apparel, accessories and cowboy boots. More here.
COUNTRY GOSSIP
(14 Sept 2018) Carrie
Underwood Revealed Recent Hospitalization
Carrie Underwood had to scrap a couple of scheduled shows in the U.K. earlier this month for an undefined illness that was serious
enough to put her in a hospital.
Talking to Jimmy Fallon during her Tonight Show visit
on Thursday (Sept. 13 >> YouTube),
Underwood revealed
she woke up with vertigo and needed to be admitted. "They were so sweet
and so nice," she says of her caretakers.
No, she didn't come away from the experience fluent in
German. Underwood learned the phrase for "no meat, please," to let
people know she was vegetarian. As a result of the illness, the 35-year-old
pregnant country singer had to cancel appearances at the Long Road Festival and
Radio 2 in London's Hyde Park.
(15 Sept 2018) Carrie
Underwood Suffered Multiple Miscarriages in Journey to Become Pregnant
Carrie Underwood is currently pregnant and riding high on both a
personal and professional level, but in an interview with CBS This Morning on Sunday (Sept. 16) she revealed she suffered multiple miscarriages in her
journey to get pregnant. The 35-year-old singer told host Tracy Smith that
she'd suffered three miscarriages in two years. "I’d kind of planned that
2017 was, you know, going to be the year that I work on new music, and I have a
baby,” Underwood related.
“We got pregnant early 2017 and didn’t work out.”
PHOTO
(17 Sept 2018) Bill.i.am: Singer/songwriter Erin Enderlin
with WSM-AM/Nashville's Bill Cody.
BIRTHDAYS
Birthdays in the week ahead
17 the late Hank Williams (Sept 16, 1923; died Jan 1, 1953 (aged 29))
18 Carl
Jackson (1953), Tae Dye (Maddie & Tae) (1995)
19 Trisha
Yearwood (1964), Charlene Burch
(Burch Sisters) (1962), Jeff Bates (1963),
Chase Rice (1986)
20 the late Stu Stevens (Sept 20, 1937; died Sept 25th 2016 (aged 79), Garth Fundis (1949)
21 Faith
Hill (1967), Ronna Reeves
(1966), Dickey Lee (1941), Don Felder (Eagles) (1947)
22 June
Forester (Forester Sisters) (1956), Debby
Boone (1956)
23 Rodney Clawson (1965)
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