CHRIS YOUNG’S “FAMOUS FRIENDS” EARNS THREE CMA AWARDS NOMINATIONS AS TRACK SPENDS 14 WEEKS INSIDE THE TOP 5 AT COUNTRY RADIO (AUDIO)
CHRIS YOUNG’S “FAMOUS FRIENDS” EARNS THREE CMA AWARDS NOMINATIONS AS TRACK SPENDS 14 WEEKS INSIDE THE TOP 5 AT COUNTRY RADIO (AUDIO)
CHRIS YOUNG AND MITCHELL TENPENNY COLLABORATION – “AT THE END OF A BAR” – SCORES 2ND MOST ADDED SINGLE HONORS AT COUNTRY RADIO
Nashville, TN — RCA Records Nashville multi-platinum, global entertainer Chris Young and Riser House/Columbia Nashville’s multi-platinum No. 1 hitmaker Mitchell Tenpenny score the 2nd most added single at country radio this week as “ At The End Of A Bar” tallies a total 44 stations on board at impact. “At The End Of A Bar,” the “booming duet” (Tennessean) from Chris’s new album, Famous Friends, is the follow-up to the chart-topping title track, which has accumulated an impressive 14 weeks in the Top 5 on Billboard’s country radio chart. Chris Young and Kane Brown’s “Famous Friends” – the 12th No. 1 single for Chris and 6th for Kane – also just added to its extraordinary list of accomplishments, earning three Country Music Association nominations for the artists and song – Single of the Year, Musical Event of the Year, and Music Video of the Year. Watch “The 55th Annual CMA Awards” LIVE from Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 10 (8:00 – 11:00 PM/EST) on ABC.
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ABOUT CHRIS YOUNG:
Multi-platinum RCA Records Nashville global entertainer Chris Young has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments, including membership in the iconic Grand Ole Opry, more than 4 Billion on-demand streams, 13 Million singles sold, 12 career No. 1 singles, 23 R.I.A.A. Gold/Platinum/Multi-Platinum certified projects, 2 Grammy nominations, 3 Country Music Association nominations and 4 Academy of Country Music nominations along with wins for Performance of the Year and Collaborative Video of the Year at the CMT Music Awards. These accomplishments and more landed him in the Top 20 of Billboard’s top country artists of the decade.
Chris’s multi-week chart-topping single, “Famous Friends” with Kane Brown is the title track to his “most personal album to date” (Forbes). Released August 6, Chris set a career first-week streaming record for Famous Friends, his 8th studio album.
Named “one of his era’s finest traditionalists” by the Associated Press,Chris is an international ambassador for country music, performing to capacity crowds around the world. With a hit-packed set that highlights his twelve chart-toppers — including back-to-back No. 1s “Losing Sleep,” “Sober Saturday Night,” “Think Of You,” and “I’m Comin’ Over” — the Grammy and ACM nominated vocalist’s 2019 headlining tour played to over 400,000 fans in 3 countries. He’ll headline the “Famous Friends Tour 2021” with Mitchell Tenpenny and Callista Clark starting in October.
For more information and to purchase tickets to the “Famous Friends Tour 2021,” visit chrisyoungcountry.com and join @ChrisYoungMusic and his more than 6 Million fans on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
ABOUT MITCHELL TENPENNY:
Since the release of his debut single, “Drunk Me,” Riser House/Columbia Nashville artist Mitchell Tenpenny has set new standards for breakout success in country music. The 2X Platinum-certified, No. 1 hit that has amassed over 500 million on-demand streams was taken from his introductory 2018 album, Telling All My Secrets, and earned him the best first week showing for any major label country debut LP. Since that time, the “winning” singer (the New York Times) was nominated for New Male Artist of the Year at the ACM Awards and Breakthrough Video (“Drunk Me”) at the CMT Music Awards and saw his “Alcohol You Later” and “Anything She Says” singles certified gold
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Media Contacts for Chris Young:
Sony Music Nashville
Allen Brown
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Monarch Publicity
Cindy Hunt / Heather Conley / Taryn Pray
