TAYLOR SWIFT DELUXE ALBUM RELEASE

Big Machine Recording artist and 2007 CMA Horizon award winner, Taylor Swift, released a deluxe edition of her debut album. With first week sales of 68,000 copies, it was Swift's highest sales week-to-date. Ten Ten writer and producer, Robert Ellis Orrall contributed three compositions to the album, "Invisible", "I'm Only Me When I'm With You" and "A Place In This World". Orrall is also producer of the track entitled "The Outside". Taylor Swift has been nomated for a GRAMMY for Best New Artist.

 

 

 

 

TEN TEN WELCOMES ODIE BLACKMON!

Ten Ten Music welcomes award winning songwriter and GRAMMY nominee, Odie Blackmon to their family. Odie Blackmon is known for such #1 hits as "I May Hate Myself In The Morning" - Lee Ann Womack, "She'll Leave You With A Smile" - George Strait and "Nothin' On But The Radio" - Gary Allan. "I May Hate Myself In The Morning" received the Country Music Association's award for Single of The Year and received GRAMMY and ACM nominations for Song of the Year. Blackmon co-produced two tracks on Gary Allan’s Universal platinum release Alright Guy.  He also co-produced Jason McCoy’s Universal album Honky Tonk Sonatas.  Blackmon has compositions on Jim Lauderdale’s latest album The Bluegrass Diaries, which has been nominated for a GRAMMY for Bluegrass Album of The Year.  His songs have been recorded by Elliot Yamin, Gary Allan (9 Cuts), Martina McBride, Cyndi Thomson, Andy Griggs, Rachel Proctor, Aaron Tippin and others.

 

   

TIM FINN WINS BEST MALE ARTIST 2007

Tim Finn recently won Best Male Solo Artist at the 2007 New Zealand Music Awards. Finn was recognized for his current album Imaginary Kingdom. Finn rose to fame with his legendary group, Split Enz and later with Crowded House. Split Enz is currently planning a reunion tour for 2008. For more on Tim Finn, visit Tim Finn on Myspace and www.timfinn.com.

 


 

NICKY CHINN ON TOP WITH WESTLIFE

UK pop sensation, Westlife, debuted at #1 on the BBC Radio 1 chart with their new album, Back Home. The group's new album contains "You Must Have Had A Broken Heart" co-written by Ten Ten writer Nicky Chinn and Jorgen Elofsson. Westlife has enjoyed fourteen number one singles in the United Kingdom, the third-highest such total in UK history, behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles.

 


 

 

HARLEY ALLEN RECEIVES BMI AWARD

BMI Awards 2007 - Ten Ten writer, Harley Allen received honors for his composition, "I'll Wait For You", recorded by Universal South Recording artist, Joe Nichols. Allen composed the song with Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson. "I'll Wait For You" stayed on the country singles charts for 37 weeks.



ANGALEENA PRESLEY TOP FIVE IN AUSTRALIA

Compass Bros recording artist, Kirsty Lee Akers has zoomed to the top of the Australian singles chart with her new debut single and title cut, "Little Things" written by Ten Ten writer Angaleena Presley. The album contains four Angaleena Presley compositions, as well as three other songs by Ten Ten writers Angela Kaset, Harley Allen and Bruce Woodley.


 

   

KEITH URBAN GREATEST HITS

Keith Urban has released his first Greatest Hits album on Capitol Records covering eight years of his solo career. The compilation contains 18 tracks including the Ten Ten Music hits "Somebody Like You", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", "But For The Grace of God", "You're My Better Half" and "Tonight I Wanna Cry".

Keith Urban's Greatest Hits is also availble in a limited special edition digipack with a bonus DVD containing videos of several of his Ten Ten hit singles.


CHUCK MEAD WINS A MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET



Ten Ten artist / writer Chuck Mead has been working as the official Music Director for the musical production of Million Dollar Quartet. Million Dollar Quartet retraces the fateful day on December 4, 1956 when four rock and roll legends Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley came together for an impromptu jam session at Sam Philips’ Sun Records studio. It chronicles the legendary session of these innovators of rock and the music that made history. The story was written by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. In addition to his roll as Music Director, Chuck Mead arranged three public domain songs for the musical, "Rock Island Line", "Wreck of The Old 97" and "Down By The Riverside".

 

CURRENT ALBUMS FEATURING TEN TEN SONGS

George Strait
22 More Hits


Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift


Keith Urban
Greatest Hits


Jimmy Buffett
Live In Anguilla

Shannon Noll
Turn It Up

Keith Urban
Greatest Hits
Special Edition

Tim Finn
Tim Finn
Imaginary Kingdom

Gary Allan
Greatest Hits

Gene Watson
In A Perfect World
Title Cut


Kirsty Lee Akers
Little Things
Title Cut

Jimmy Buffett
Take The Weather With You
Title Cut
Crowded House
Crowded House
Farewell To The World

Sara Evans
Real Fine Place


Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
George Strait
George Strait
Somewhere Down In Texas
The Grascals
The Grascals
Long List Of Heartaches

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
More Behind The Picture
Than The Wall


Wynonna
Her Story 

Del McCoury Band
The Company We Keep

George Jones
50 Years Of Hits

 


 
 
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