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: Singer-songwriter MacKenzie Porter will make her Big Loud debut with Nobody’s Born With a Broken Heart. The emotive 19-song album pairs deeply honest country storytelling with shimmering vocals as Porter narrates her experiences with heartbreak, friendship, career, health, family and love. The LP follows six #1 singles across the U.S., Canada and Australia.
ALBUM: Nobody’s Born With a Broken Heart
RELEASE DATE: 4/26/24
SINGLE: “Bet You Break My Heart”
TV: Kimmel, GMA
LIVE: Headlined her first Canadian tour last fall; previously toured with Walker Hayes, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, more
INTERNET: 2.5m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 590k+ social followers; “Pickup” was #2 most-streamed song of 2022 on Spotify’s Hot Country; New Music Friday, New Boots, Apple Music’s Today’s Country, Country Risers, Pandora’s Rising Women in Country, more; 22 CCMA noms; nominated at 2022 American Music Awards; 2023 CMT Music Awards
RADIO: “Bet You Break My Heart” climbing Canadian Country radio following her sixth #1 single, “Chasing Tornadoes”; featured on 2X platinum, six-week #1 “Thinking ’Bout You” with Dustin Lynch
PRESS: American Songwriter, Women’s Wear Daily, People, MusicRow, CMT, more
BOOKING: Jeff Krones & Bennet Beckner/CAA
PUBLISHING: Rusty Gaston & Anna Weisband/Sony Music Pub.MANAGEMENT: Greg Thompson & Drew Magid/Big Loud