The project features AGT fan favorite “ Kiss Goodbye All Night,” along with others like Milligan’s new single “Sounds Like Something I’d Do,” which will be impacting Country radio Monday (9/19).īoth tracks were part of a recent feat that found Milligan dominating multiple iTunes charts, hitting #1 on both the iTunes Country Songs and the all-genre iTunes songs chart with his single “Kiss Goodbye All Night,” and also sending his self-tilted EP to #1 on both the iTunes Country Albums and the All-Genre iTunes Album chart, among other stats. The timing couldn’t be better for the rising star, whose Country-to-the-core full-length album debut arrives today (9/15), adding yet another milestone to his incredible story. Milligan made it to the Top 3 on Wednesday’s AGT finale (9/14), following a superstar duet with five-time Billboard Chart topper Jon Pardi, and a rowdy, rollicking romp through his debut single “Sounds Like Something I’d Do” the night prior (9/13).Īll season long, press outlets have praised the high-energy honky-tonker and his infectious, trad-country spirit, with everyone from Entertainment Tonight, PEOPLE, USA Today, Hollywood Life and Parade, to Billboard, American Songwriter, Taste of Country, The Boot and more hailing Milligan’s latest and greatest accomplishment. The feat comes after just last night wrapping an incredible season on NBC‘s highest rated show of the summer America’s Got Talent. Chapman herself approved of the cover (and will profit handsomely from it, in both direct royalties and exposure) and because her original was a Grammy-winning Top 10 hit.Billboard Emerging Artist’s Full-Length LP Out TodayĪfter delivering electrifying performances, winning over fans and judges like the legendary Simon Cowell and dominating the Billboard/iTunes charts, Stoney Creek Records recording artist Drake Milligan has charged out of the gates this morning with his debut LP Dallas/Fort Worth sitting simultaneously at #1 on the iTunes All-Genre Top Albums and iTunes Top Country Albums charts. The article was widely derided both because Ms. Luke Combs’ hit “Fast Car” is a cover of a 1980s hit by Tracy Chapman, and the Washington Post published an article saying that a White male star was getting successes that would have been denied to a Black, LGBTQ woman such as Ms. iTunes chart also is a country music song that has been at the center of a racial criticism. “While I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far,” he said. Aldean said in a statement posted to Twitter. There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it - and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage,” Mr. “These references are not only meritless, but dangerous. There were other charges of love for “sundown towns,” where blacks dared not enter after the sun set during the Jim Crow “lynch law” era. SEE ALSO: CMT pulls music video for Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ “Well, try that in a small town / See how far ya make it down the road / Around here, we take care of our own … I recommend you don’t / Try that in a small town,” the song states. The video also includes images of riots and police-protester clashes. The song, backed by a video that went online last week, skewers the riots and rampant crime in America’s big cities, saying it wouldn’t happen in rural America.īut according to Vulture, the video features news footage projected on the Maury County courthouse, where a lynching took place in the 1920s. One Twitter user responded with a GIF of Barbra Streisand and the word “oops,” referring to what’s been called “the Streisand effect,” a term used for when efforts to hide or censor information backfire by raising awareness of that information.
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