Nashville Music News Roundup
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- Nashville Songwriter Awards set for Sept 19
- Half of UMG up for sale
- Kenny Chesney breaks Nashville attendance record
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- R.I.P. Aretha Franklin
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Nashville Songwriter Awards set for Sept 19
The star-studded line-up continues to grow for the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) annual Nashville Songwriter Awards presented by City National Bank.
This event is always a ‘must’ on my calendar as we show our appreciation and respect for Nashville’s incredibly talented songwriters. Country megastar and five-time CMA ‘Male Vocalist of the Year’ Blake Shelton, along with eleven-time GRAMMY nominated singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson and ACM, BMI, and CMT Award winning artist Scotty McCreery will participate in the evening dedicated to songwriters. They will join previously confirmed artists Bill Anderson, Chris Janson and LANCO.
Awards given will include Song, Songwriter, and Songwriter-Artist of the Year as well as the coveted ‘10 Songs I Wish I’d Written’ awards. As previously announced, country legend Bill Anderson will receive the Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement Award. This year’s Nashville Songwriter Awards will take place on September 19, 2018 at 7:30pm at the historic Ryman Auditorium. More details and tickets available here.
Half of UMG up for sale
If you’ve got some spare cash laying around, here’s an opportunity: Vivendi is looking for investors to buy 50% of Universal Music Group. UMG includes: Capitol Music Group, Republic Records, Island Records, Def Jam, UMG Nashville and more. UMG revenues were up 6.8 percent for the first half of 2018 compared to 2017 (although physical record sales and downloads were down). The 50% share could be worth around ten billion dollars, but would probably not require the new investment partner to come up with anything like that much cash. See a full report at Billboard here.