With 411 million streams, Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” (Warner Music Nashville) was the most-streamed country song of 2020, while Big Loud’s Morgan Wallen placed no less than four tracks in the Top 10 during a breakthrough year for the genre.
UMG Nashville sliced off the biggest piece of the country-marketshare pie with 22.1%, three percentage points above that of Sony Music Nashville, while Columbia—the home of Lil Nas X and The Chicks—was the top non-Nashville major with 3.9%.
DODGING BULLETS AND DIVINE PURPOSE
Kamasi Washington answers our questions. (2/26a)
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
A jazz chronicle of fighting the power.
GRAMMYS: WHERE TO FROM HERE?
After the snubs, the show.
ACQUITTED
In a phenomenal display of cowardice.
MOVING THE NEEDLE
When vaccination schedules and touring schedules meet.
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