Multi-platinum global entertainer Chris Young has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments, including membership in the iconic Grand Ole Opry, over 5 billion on-demand streams, 13 career No. 1 singles, 25 R.I.A.A. certified projects, and numerous ACM, AMA, CMA, and GRAMMY nominations, as well as wins for Performance of the Year and Collaborative Video of the Year at the CMT Music Awards. These milestones and more landed the RCA Records Nashville artist among Billboard’s top country artists of the decade. Young’s ninth studio album, Young Love & Saturday Nights, was recently released on March 22 on Sony Music Nashville. The project features 18 songs, 15 of which Chris had a hand in writing. He is the sole producer on three of the songs and shares co-producer credits with longtime creative partners Chris DeStefano and Corey Crowder. The album’s title track and current single leans into David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” signature guitar lick, making the legendary rocker a writer on the song. Named “one of his era’s finest traditionalists” by the Associated Press, Chris is an international ambassador for country music, performing to capacity crowds around the world. With a hit-packed set that highlights his thirteen chart-toppers — including back-to-back No. 1s “Famous Friends” and “At The End Of A Bar” — the GRAMMY and ACM nominated vocalist’s most recent headlining tour played to over 400,000 fans in three countries. He launched his “Young Love & Saturday Nights” headlining tour in April with twelve shows spanning the spring. chrisyoungcountry.com
Yola is a six-time GRAMMY-nominated artist, songwriter, and actor who has achieved critical acclaim, breakout success, and has been proclaimed as one of the most exciting and innovative artists in music today. NPR called her latest album, Stand For Myself (2021), the “best soul record of the past 20 years,” while Rolling Stone championed her as “one of contemporary pop’s greatest singers, who just so happens to also be one of its sharpest songwriters.” Yola made her acting debut as the founder of rock and roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, in Baz Luhrmann’s musical drama, ELVIS, and earned a NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture. She made her awards show performance debut at the American Music Awards in November 2022, as their featured Song of the Soul performer. That same evening the ELVIS movie soundtrack won the Favorite Soundtrack award. Yola is a member of The Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective, and to celebrate Yola’s impact and influence on music, her guitar was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Right Here, Right Now exhibit. Yola is currently working on a R&B/Soul project that will surely add another gem to her genre-fluid catalog. iamyola.com
Three siblings unlock one harmony to unite the world as Girl Named Tom. The trio—Bekah, Joshua, and Caleb Liechty—notably made history as “the only group to ever win NBC’s The Voice.” Along the way, they’ve impressively generated over 25 million streams across chart-rattling covers such as “River,” “The Chain,” and “Dust in the Wind.” They gained further traction with the independent release of Another World EP. Inking a deal with Republic Records, they served up their debut holiday EP, One More Christmas, which reached No. 1 on the iTunes Charts and embarked on a massive arena tour supporting Pentatonix for “A Christmas Spectacular.” Since 2022, the group has been living life on the road, performing over 200 shows to date. The sibling trio has captivated millions on television, appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, singing for the Indy500, and returning for a performance on The Voice Finale a year after their win. Their inimitable harmony will only continue to resound louder with the 2023 release of the single “What A View” and with new music on the way in 2024, including their most recent release of “Get A Little Lost.” girlnamedtom.com
Since the debut of his album My Tribe, two-time GRAMMY Award nominee and GMA Dove Award winner Blessing Offor has established himself as a true artist’s artist with a voice as bright and authentic as his personality. My Tribe debuted in early 2023 and quickly hit the Top 20 on three Billboard charts. It is the biggest streaming debut from a solo male artist on Capitol CMG. The album’s title track was featured in a global Coca-Cola ad campaign, his “The Goodness” with TobyMac became his first No. 1, and My Tribe’s lead single “Brighter Days” became a bastion for mainstream radio, hitting Top 25 on the mainstream AC radio charts with over 100 million views on TikTok. Blessing has won two 2023 GMA Dove Awards for Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year and Short Form Music Video of the Year (Performance); has appeared on Good Morning America, Kelly Clarkson, and The Jennifer Hudson Show; and was named both an Amazon Breakthrough Artist and Pandora Artist to Watch. Blessing hit the road in February 2024 as the support act on Lauren Daigle’s Kaleidoscope Tour. blessingoffor.com
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