Best Country Solo Performance Beautiful Crazy – Luke Combs GIRL – Maren Morris God’s Country – Blake Shelton Bring Me Flowers Now – Tanya Tucker Love Wins – Carrie Underwood (Alternatives: Living – Dierks Bentley, Look What God Gave Her – Thomas Rhett, Whiskey Glasses – Morgan Wallen) Best Country Duo/Group Performance Speechless – Dan … Continue reading
Ropin’ The Wind – Garth Brooks – 1992 Claimed Sales: 13m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Digital Download I could probably just copy and paste the words I wrote about Garth Brooks’ breakthrough album No Fences here as a year later very little has changed. The focus is still on good ol’ country fun on the likes of Rodeo, … Continue reading
No Fences – Garth Brooks – 1990 Claimed Sales: 17m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Amazon Music One of the artists who was bound to appear on a bestsellers list once I expanded out of just the UK charts, Garth Brooks is definitively the biggest selling country act of all time and in fact is second only to … Continue reading
I have managed to post just one of these Definitive Ranking articles in each of the last 4 years, at least I’m consistently slow! In a bid to bring this type of article back to life I’m looking at one of Pop music’s most well known, most divisive and most successful recording artists. Taylor Swift … Continue reading
Always the most frustrating genre to predict for the Grammy Awards thanks to the bafflingly long build up time most Country records have on radio. There’s a song that has only just reached #1 on the Country Airplay chart, but was released BEFORE the eligibility period for the 2018 Grammy Awards. Despite this, there are … Continue reading
Best Country Solo Performance Heartbeat – Carrie Underwood Nobody To Blame – Chris Stapleton My Church – Maren Morris Humble and Kind – Tim McGraw Die a Happy Man – Thomas Rhett Alternatives: Record Year – Eric Church, Peter Pan – Kelsea Ballerini, Vice – Miranda Lambert Best Country Group/Duo Performance Go Ahead and Break My Heart … Continue reading
Releases performed by Sam Hunt and Little Big Town will be nominated and will probably win all 4 of these categories between them, with just Country Album that they might miss out on on the night. Girl Crush and Take Your Time have been such huge hits that I’ll be baffled if a different song picks up the Best Country Song award. Continue reading
I thought I’d take a look at some of the artists I’m tipping for a place on the bill for Country2Country 2016, with some returning C2C alumni next to some fresh faces. Continue reading
As Carrie Underwood releases her first Greatest Hits collection, I take a look at my personal favourite songs from the album and try to make some sort of definitive ranking. Continue reading
‘They’re the in crowd, we’re the other ones, it’s a different kind of cloth that we’re cut from’ is a line that pretty much sets the tone for The Outsiders the fourth album from Eric Church the country star who’s never quite enjoyed fitting in. His last album, Chief, was a huge success on the … Continue reading
