CountryBreakout winners hailed for radio spins
The MusicRow CountryBreakout Awards were once again the unofficial kickoff to the Country Radio Seminar (CRS). Air personalities, program directors, radio execs, recording artists and record label folks gathered at the Listening Room in Nashville, Wednesday, February 12 for the 17th annual MusicRow CountryBreakout Award show.
Each year, MusicRow magazine recognizes the artists and songwriters who have made the greatest impact on the secondary-market radio stations whose airplay reports provide the statistics for MusicRow’s weekly charts.
Attendees were treated to performances from CJ Solar, who opened the proceedings with an energetic and rockin’ full-band set, and Chase McKinney who closed the show with a cool acoustic set. In between, MusicRow owner and publisher Sherod Robertson announced the winners for 2018 and presented the awards.
CJ Solar
CJ Solar was called back to the stage to receive the Independent Artist of the Year Award. CJ’s two singles, “Airplane” and “American Girls,” together totaled 38,689 spins. Both singles entered the MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart, and appear on his five-song EP, Get Away With It (Sea Gayle Records). An accomplished songwriter, CJ scored his first No. 1 as a writer in 2018 with “Up Down,” recorded by Morgan Wallen featuring Florida Georgia Line. Continue reading “Aldean, Ballerini top MusicRow Awards”