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Billboard’s Executive West Coast / Nashville editor Melinda Newman presents Seth England with Executive of the Year at Billboard’s Country Power Players 2024. Melinda Newman:Before we have the next presentation, I’d like to acknowledge the winner of Billboard‘s Country Power Players Choice Award, voted on by the members of Billboard Pro. This year’s recipient is […]
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The brightest stars in country music are getting ready for the 59th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire.
The show will air live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on Thursday (May 16) at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT (7 p.m. CT) and will stream exclusively on Prime Video and Amazon Music’s Twitch channel.
The ceremony will feature a tribute to Toby Keith performed by Jason Aldean.
Other performers include Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Cody Johnson, Noah Kahan, Avril Lavigne, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone, McEntire, Parker McCollum, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton and Nate Smith.
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Presenters include Alabama, Breland, Tyler Cameron, Jordan Davis, Sara Evans, Carin León, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Dion and Rozene Pride, Noah Reid, Richard Sherman, Charissa Thompson, Randy Travis, and Clay Walker. Amber Anderson and Kelly Sutton will host the AMC Awards red carpet.
The 59th Academy of Country Music Awards is produced by Dick Clark Productions. (DCP is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a Penske Media Corporation subsidiary and joint venture between PMC and Eldridge. PMC is the parent company of Billboard.)
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Nate Smith accepts the Rookie of the Year award at Billboard’s Country Power Players 2024. Nate Smith:I love Ashley Gorley so much. He is one of the nicest guys in the world. He took me in right away, and I appreciate you so much for everything you’ve done for me. It’s really funny to get […]
Billboard honored the country music industry’s most impactful, influential artists and executives during the 2024 Billboard Country Power Players Awards, held at Gilley’s in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday (May 14), just ahead of the ACM Awards slated for May 16. Lainey Wilson, the cover star of Billboard’s Country Power Players issue, received the Record Breaker […]
Ashley Gorley presents Nate Smith with Rookie of the Year at Billboard’s Country Power Players 2024. Ashley Gorley:It is my privilege to present this year’s Billboard Rookie of the Year Award to my friend Nate Smith. Any Nate Smith fans in the house, come on. Within the first few minutes of my first writing session […]
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Marshmello and Kane Brown combine for a first on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and Hot Country Songs charts (dated May 18) with the arrival of their new collaboration, “Miles On It.”
The single becomes the first to hit the top five of both Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – where it soars in at No. 1 – and Hot Country Songs. (The surveys have coexisted since the former launched in January 2013; the latter list became country music’s all-encompassing genre songs chart in October 1958.)
“Miles On It,” released May 3, drew 11.3 million official streams and 7.6 million in radio airplay audience and sold 4,000 in the U.S. in the week ending May 9, according to Luminate. It also debuts at No. 30 on the Country Airplay chart – where Brown boasts 11 career No. 1s, while Marshmello makes his first appearance – and No. 40 on Pop Airplay.
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Marshmello earns his fourth Hot Dance/Electronic Songs No. 1, tying Calvin Harris and Zedd for the most in the chart’s decade-plus archives. Among all acts, only The Chainsmokers have more leaders (six). Marshmello previously reigned with “Happier,” with Bastille, for a record 69 weeks in 2018-20; “Silence,” featuring Khalid (one week, 2017); and “Wolves,” with Selena Gomez (11 weeks, 2017-18).
Brown leads with his first Hot Dance/Electronic Songs entry.
“Miles On It” is Marshmello and Brown’s second chart-topping team-up, as they become the only pair with a shared No. 1 on both Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and Hot Country Songs: they crowned Hot Country Songs with “One Thing Right” (which did not appear on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs) for a week in October 2019.
Harris Extends Dance/Mix Show Airplay Record
As for another notable No. 1 collaboration, also by acts known for different core styles and who previously recorded together, Calvin Harris and Rag‘n’Bone Man’s “Lovers in a Past Life” ascends to the top of the Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart.
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Harris scores his record-padding 15th No. 1 on the tally (which began in 2003).
Most No. 1s on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart:
15, Calvin Harris
13, David Guetta
12, Rihanna
8, The Chainsmokers
7, Madonna
6, Anabel Englund
6, Ellie Goulding
Rag‘n’Bone Man rules Dance/Mix Show Airplay in his second visit to the chart, both made with Harris: their single “Giant” hit No. 17 in 2019. The former has reached multiple Billboard rock charts since breaking through with his worldwide hit “Human,” which marked his sole airplay No. 1 prior to “Lovers in a Past Life,” as it led Adult Alternative Airplay for five weeks in 2017.
Zayn is dipping his toes into the country world with his upcoming album, Room Under the Stairs, but he isn’t just going along with the recent music trend.
“I was pretty much on my farm having a glass of whiskey and listening to a bit of [Chris] Stapleton by the fire with my dog, playing guitar,” Zayn told Nylon of his inspiration to go country in a story published on Tuesday (May 14). However, he added that while he’s “proud” of the upcoming album, he still worries about comparisons to people like Beyoncé, Post Malone and other pop acts who have forayed into country music recently. “People need to know I didn’t jump on the bandwagon,” he said.
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He continued, “People are in search of a little bit more depth from the lyrics. In the Top 40 charts, a lot of mainstream music feels a bit wishy-washy. The songs are f—ing fire. You know what I mean? They’re catchy. They’re playing on the radio and they do their job, but people are looking for a little bit more.”
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Zayn then doubled down on how much Stapleton inspired him, as well as icons like Willie Nelson. “I could really hear their lyrics and their pain and their growth and the life lessons,” he explained. “I didn’t feel like there was a Chris Stapleton song that comes on and he sounds like a f—boy, right? He doesn’t do it! He’s not out here saying, ‘B—-es in the club! We’re drinking Bacardi!’ Or whatever these young kids use now. He’s not like that. He’s got class, right? He’s telling you a real grown man’s story. And I respected the f— out of it. I was like, ‘This is cool. It’s something I can do.’”
The 15-track album, out May 17, will feature lead single “What I Am,” as well as tracks including “Alienated,” “My Woman,” Stardust,” “Something in the Water,” “Fuchsia Sea” and more.
Room Under the Stairs will mark Zayn’s first full-length solo project since 2021’s Nobody Is Listening. After leaving One Direction in 2015, the singer launched his solo music career with 2016’s Mind of Mine and followed it up with 2018’s Icarus Falls.