New Single “Heaven” Impacts Country Radio Today as 2nd Most-Added Song with 55 Stations On
Brown Receives Two Rare Country Awards Nominations Following TV-Packed Week
Including CMA Awards, ABC Nightline and Entertainment Tonight
Nashville, Tennessee – Breakthrough country star Kane Brown has much to celebrate today! Not only has his self-titled debut album been certified Gold by the R.I.A.A, but also his new single, “Heaven,” becomes one of the most-added song at country radio with 55 combined Country Aircheck/Mediabase and Billboard stations on. Add to this that he appeared before millions of TV viewers last week, and he starts off this week by receiving 2017 Rare CountryAwards nominations for “Male Artist of the Year” and “Duet of the Year.”
The follow-up to Brown’s #1 Platinum-certified smash “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina, “Heaven” is one of four new tracks on the Deluxe Edition of his debut album which dropped October 6 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and Top 5 on the Billboard 200. The original Kane Brown album released December 2, 2016, and remains the best-selling debut of a new country artist in the past three years. “What Ifs” held the #1 position on theBillboard Hot Country Songs chart for five consecutive weeks; and, it has been #1 for multiple weeks on the Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales charts. Fans can download or stream the Deluxe Version of Kane Brown , which includes the four new tracks “Heaven,” “Setting the Night on Fire” featuring Chris Young, “What’s Mine Is Yours” and “Found You,” HERE.
“Heaven,” produced by award-winning producer Dann Huff and written by Matthew McGinn, Lindsay Rimes and Shy Carter, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Digital Songs Sales chart during the Deluxe album’s first week of availability. In fact, Kane Brown made history this same week by becoming the first artist ever to take the #1 slot on all 5 Billboard country charts simultaneously – Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Digital Song Sales and Country Streaming Songs charts. Since “Heaven” hit #1 on the Country iTunes chart, solidifying Brown’s track record of having every single, EP, and album the singer/songwriter has released go to #1 on the Country iTunes chart.
The video clip of “Heaven,” directed by Alex Alvga, has already exceeded 8.6 million YouTube/VEVO views. View a video clip of “Heaven” HERE.
Last week, Brown made his CMA Awards debut alongside country superstar Brad Paisley who invited him to perform “Heaven South,” Paisley’s current single. Also the same evening, Brown was featured in a post-CMA Awards profile piece on ABC’s Nightline about “changing perceptions about what country music looks like”; view it HERE. Last Friday,Entertainment Tonight aired a special feature on the rising star, and it is online HERE.
Announced earlier today, Kane Brown is double-nominated for the 2nd Annual Rare Country Awards. Last year’s winner of the “New Artist” trophy, Brown is nominated for “Male Artist of the Year” and “Duet of the Year” for “What Ifs” featuring Lauren Alaina. The Rare Country Awards are the leading, all-digital country music awards experience, honoring the year’s best in country music, as determined by fans. Voting is now live at RareCountryAwards.com and runs through Wednesday, December 13. Winners will be revealed at a live concert event in Nashville on Thursday, December 14.
Brown recently finished tour dates with Jason Aldean’s They Don’t Know Tour and he will be joining Chris Young’s Losing Sleep 2018 World Tour in January. For more information, visit http://kanebrownmusic.com/