‘NSYNC, Shaggy and Tim McGraw are slated to perform at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards, taking place December 4 in Las Vegas. The event will be held at the MGM Grand Garden and broadcast live on Fox, according to the trade magazine. The Billboard Music Awards are given out based on year-end sales. John Mellencamp will be given the 2001 Billboard Century Award, the magazine’s highest recognition for distinguished creative achievement, at the ceremony. Mellencamp will become the 10th Century Award recipient since the honor’s inception in 1992. Randy Newman received the prize last year. Sisqó took home the lion’s… Read more »
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw today revealed that they are expecting their third child. Already blessed with two girls, Gracie 4, and Maggie, nearly 3, Hill confirmed, after a visit to her doctor, that the couple would expect its new arrival sometime in January 2002. “All four of us are beyond excited,” said the couple in a joint statement. “Gracie and Maggie can’t understand why they have to wait until January to see the baby.” Meanwhile times are certainly good on the career front as well. McGraw is getting ready for the June 20th launch of his tour in support… Read more »
Kid Rock, Justin Timberlake, Shania Twain, Luther Vandross, Celine Dion, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Missy Elliott and Sean Paul are among the artists receiving multiple nominations for the American Music Awards (AMAs). “American Idol” second-season runner-up Clay Aiken also received his first awards show nod, with a nomination for favorite pop/rock male artist. The AMAs, which present 20 awards in eight musical genres, will be held Nov. 16 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and televised live on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel will host the three-hour show. Winners are selected by a poll of 20,000 music fans. There are actually two… Read more »
Destiny’s Child was one of the night’s big winners, taking home artist of the year, artist of the year duo/group, Hot 100 artist, Hot 100 duo/group artist, and soundtrack single. Backstage, Beyonce Knowles told us how much the awards meant to her. “Well, this definitely is important. I know it’s one of the most accurate awards, its based on Billboard, and that means a lot. When you win a Billboard award for artist of the year, that’s facts. It’s amazing, you know, we’re so blessed, ’cause last year we won the award and it’s incredible that again we had another… Read more »
Jules Wortman serves as president and CEO of Wortman Works Media & Marketing based in Nashville, Tennessee. Wortman is a veteran public relations and marketing strategist who has developed a number of national and international campaigns for record labels, brands, commercial developments, authors, music, sports entertainment, special events and many others. Her clients include or have included Country Music Television (CMT), Warner Bros. Records, Universal Music, Sony Music, The GMA Dove Awards, The ACA Awards on Fox TV, Time Life Music, TNA Entertainment, Red Light Management, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, Deana Carter, Big & Rich, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kid Rock, The Charlie Daniels Band and many others. She currently manages The SteelDrivers, a GRAMMY® winning super group on Rounder Records.
God is real, and her name is Taylor Swift. Whether or not you’re on board with Swiftie mania, it’s impossible to deny that the record-breaking artist is an industry-changing champion. From country to pop and rock to indie, she defies genre and definitely has a streak of emo running through her veins, as she’s noted Pete Wentz as a major songwriting inspiration in the past. After all, her vault tracks from Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) include collaborations with Fall Out Boy and Paramore’s Hayley Williams. You also can’t forget “Two Is Better Than One” with Boys Like Girls or… Read more »
Country singer Jason Aldean barely concealed his bigotry with the “Try That In A Small Town” single. It’s reassuring to know that these violently evil views are not the norm. Not in music, not in country music, not anywhere.
Today we chat with Nashville music publicist, Jules Wortman! Wortman is a veteran public relations and marketing strategist who has developed a number of national and international campaigns for record labels, brands, commercial developments, authors, music, sports entertainment, special events and many others. Her clients include or have included Country Music Television (CMT), Warner Bros. Records, Universal Music, Sony Music, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, and so many more. She currently manages The SteelDrivers, a GRAMMY® winning super group on Rounder Records.
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from The Offspring, De’Wayne, MxPx, and more.
Today we have Chrissy Teigen’s departure from Twitter, allegations against cereal shrimp guy Jensen Karp, a new trailer for The Suicide Squad, and When We All Vote’s campaign to pass the For The People Act.
