Grammy Award for Best Country Album

From Country Hits to Inspiring Kids: Country Music Hit-Maker RaeLynn Brings Life to "Raisin' Me A Country Girl" with Her Debut Children's Book Out Today

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

"Raisin' Me A Country Girl" is based on her hit song and is also the book's namesake.

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  • "Raisin' Me A Country Girl" is based on her hit song and is also the book's namesake.
  • Her book describes the adventures of a little country girl who is not afraid to be, you guessed it, a country girl!
  • This is why I'm excited to partner with BRAVE for my new kid's book.
  • RaeLynn is a country music singer and songwriter with gold and platinum singles who is a two-time ACM "New Female Vocalist" nominee.

Four-Time GRAMMY-Nominated Country Artist Mickey Guyton Releases New Performance Video for Alzheimer's Association Music Moments Campaign in Honor of Her Grandmother

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Friday, June 2, 2023

CHICAGO, June 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Association has joined forces with four-time GRAMMY-nominated country artist Mickey Guyton to raise awareness for Alzheimer's disease during Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month. Music Moments — a digital storytelling series — highlights the emotional connection between music and the moments in life that we never want to lose to Alzheimer's and all other dementia.

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  • Mickey Guyton performed a heartfelt rendition of her song "How You Love Someone" for Music Moments, coupled with an intimate behind the scenes interview sharing her personal connection to the cause through her grandmother.
  • "Music can transcend you to a moment in time shared with a loved one, and that's the power of music and sound," Guyton said.
  • "A lot of who I am today and what brought me to country music is because of my grandma Rosemary, who had Alzheimer's.
  • In 2021, Guyton made history as the first Black female artist to receive a GRAMMY nomination in a country category, Best Country Solo Performance.

Home Grown: University of West Georgia Awards Honorary Degree to Zac Brown

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Sunday, May 14, 2023

Multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning, Zac Brown Band has released numerous chart-topping albums and singles – including “Chicken Fried,” “Toes” and “Knee Deep” – with Brown becoming a household name.

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  • Multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning, Zac Brown Band has released numerous chart-topping albums and singles – including “Chicken Fried,” “Toes” and “Knee Deep” – with Brown becoming a household name.
  • “Awarding him this honorary doctorate instills a sense of pride in the institution for everyone in our university community.
  • “I am deeply honored and humbled to receive an honorary degree from the University of West Georgia,” Brown said.
  • Zac Brown Band is a multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning, Southern rock group led by frontman, Zac Brown.

'Not Just A Girl' Documentary Feature from Five-Time Grammy Award-Winning, Global Icon Shania Twain Coming to Netflix July 26th

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Icon Shania Twain's Not Just A Girl, a brand new, career-spanning documentary produced by Mercury Studios and directed by Joss Crowley, will be available Tuesday, July 26 on Netflix. Since the '90s, Shania has led the way as a genre-defying, iconic, and empowered female, who has smashed records, amassed an enormous international fanbase, and generated a catalog of some of the biggest hits that have stood the test of time. Not Just A Girl takes viewers from her humble beginnings in Timmins, Ontario, where she was raised poor and inspired by the story of Dolly Parton, through her initial record label signing in Nashville, and onto her career-defining moment meeting her future husband and rock producer Mutt Lange ahead of writing, recording and releasing her breakthrough album The Woman In Me. Produced by Mercury Studios, the documentary features studio session footage from throughout her career and brand new interviews with Shania at home. The documentary is a definitive look at the making of one of the world's most adored superstars and fashion-forward female pioneers in pop, country, and rock. The doc brings us right up to the present day and the recording of Shania's forthcoming sixth record.

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  • Produced by Mercury Studios, the documentary features studio session footage from throughout her career and brand new interviews with Shania at home.
  • Among the guest voices in Not Just A Girl are Lionel Richie, Diplo, Avril Lavigne, and Orville Peck.
  • "Shania Twain brought a rebellious spirit to the genre that hadn't existed for a couple of decades," says music journalist Eve Barlow.
  • Mercury Studios present A Mercury Studios Production in association with EMI Records & Universal Music Group: SHANIA TWAIN 'NOT JUST A GIRL.'

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Signs Ian Fitchuk to Worldwide Publishing Deal

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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

NEW YORK, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced it has signed a worldwide publishing deal with the Grammy award-winning songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ian Fitchuk.

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  • NEW YORK, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced it has signed a worldwide publishing deal with the Grammy award-winning songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ian Fitchuk.
  • Fitchuk also wrote several chart-topping songs on Kacey Musgrave's 2018 album Golden Hourincluding "Slow Burn" and "Lonely Weekend".
  • Ian said, "I'm honored and beyond excited to partner with Jon Platt, Amanda Hill and the entire Sony/ATV family in this new chapter of my artistic journey.
  • I'm so inspired by their creative vision and looking forward to all the music ahead of us!"