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%.
NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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