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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WHAT IT IS: Performing at bars and posting covers on TikTok, Georgia native Dalton Dover caught the attention of producer Matt McV and A&R veteran Jim Catino, who inked him to Droptine Recording. After his debut track, “You Got a Small Town,” garnered critical acclaim, he signed with UMG Nashville and dropped his first official single, “Giving Up on That,” which earned Most Added honors at Country radio.
SINGLE: “Giving Up on That”
TV: NBC’s The Voice
LIVE: International debut at C2C Festival’s CMA Songwriters Series; joining Chase Rice’s Way Down Yonder Tour (spring); CMA Fest debut (summer); opening for Luke Combs’ Gillette Stadium tour stop in Boston (July); opened for Priscilla Block’s Welcome to the Block Party tour; Grand Ole Opry debut (December 2022)
INTERNET: 1.4m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 104k+ Instagram followers; 688k+ TikTok followers, 4.3m+ likes
RADIO: Made Mercury Nashville history with 60 stations first week
PRESS: MusicRow’s 2022 Discovery Artist of the Year nominee, Spotify Hot Country 2022 Artist to Watch, Pandora 2023 Artist to Watch, Amazon Music 2023 Breakthrough Artist to Watch, CMT Listen Up Class of 2023, more
BOOKING: UTA
PUBLISHING: Sony Music Publishing, in partnership with Droptine Music Publishing
MANAGEMENT: Charly Salvatore/Underscore Works