This week is all about Tim McGraw. The cowboy crooner climbs back in the saddle and releases his first studio effort, "Southern Voice" today, which is a long-awaited album of all new material, since 2007's "Let It Go" album.
McGraw's career has been one of the brightest in any genre for more than a decade, encompassing hit albums, lucrative touring and notable revenue generated by music publishing, films, TV shows and books, as well as branding and licensing. Since his career began in the early 1990s, he has sold over 40 million albums, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and dominated the charts with 30 No.1 singles. He has won 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 11 Country Music Assn. Awards, 10 American Music Awards, three Grammy Awards and three People's Choice Awards. But there has been a dearth of new studio material from McGraw in recent years. The wheels of Nashville often turn slowly, but he feels he has waited an inordinately long time for the release of "Southern Voice."
The new album, "Southern Voice" on Curb Records, is the 42-year-old country singer's 10th with veteran producer Byron Gallimore in a collaboration that has yielded tremendously successful results at retail and on radio. The lead-off single from "Southern Voice" album is "It's a Business Doing Pleasure With You," which is an up-tempo, tongue-in-cheek tale about the price paid for loving a woman who loves designer labels, and was shipped to radio outlets in late June and peaked at No.13 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The album's title track was released last month as the second single from the set. The music video for "Southern Voice" premiered CMT on October 2.
The two-time Grammy winner has lined up a few concert appearances this fall to support "Southern Voice." His itinerary includes a record-release party today in Chicago. In addition, he'll appearances in Las Vegas on Oct.23, The Jay Leno Show on Oct.27 with guest Gregg Allman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Oct.29 and Highland, CA on Nov.19. McGraw is also working on his 2010 tour plans, and expected to announce tour dates in the near future, according to his website.
McGraw's career has been one of the brightest in any genre for more than a decade, encompassing hit albums, lucrative touring and notable revenue generated by music publishing, films, TV shows and books, as well as branding and licensing. Since his career began in the early 1990s, he has sold over 40 million albums, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and dominated the charts with 30 No.1 singles. He has won 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 11 Country Music Assn. Awards, 10 American Music Awards, three Grammy Awards and three People's Choice Awards. But there has been a dearth of new studio material from McGraw in recent years. The wheels of Nashville often turn slowly, but he feels he has waited an inordinately long time for the release of "Southern Voice."
The new album, "Southern Voice" on Curb Records, is the 42-year-old country singer's 10th with veteran producer Byron Gallimore in a collaboration that has yielded tremendously successful results at retail and on radio. The lead-off single from "Southern Voice" album is "It's a Business Doing Pleasure With You," which is an up-tempo, tongue-in-cheek tale about the price paid for loving a woman who loves designer labels, and was shipped to radio outlets in late June and peaked at No.13 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The album's title track was released last month as the second single from the set. The music video for "Southern Voice" premiered CMT on October 2.
The two-time Grammy winner has lined up a few concert appearances this fall to support "Southern Voice." His itinerary includes a record-release party today in Chicago. In addition, he'll appearances in Las Vegas on Oct.23, The Jay Leno Show on Oct.27 with guest Gregg Allman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Oct.29 and Highland, CA on Nov.19. McGraw is also working on his 2010 tour plans, and expected to announce tour dates in the near future, according to his website.
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