Gloriana - Grammy Nominated

Top new country group Gloriana will be featured on the AT&T Team USA Soundtrack for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. The foursome recorded a brand new song, “The World Is Ours Tonight,” for the soundtrack which is available now for purchase on iTunes.  Shop at the iTunes Music Store.

The proceeds from the tracks purchased during the Olympic Games, which take place through February 28th, will benefit Team USA. Gloriana, Rascal Flatts, Mariah Carey, and 3 Doors Down also recorded exclusive music videos that will appear during broadcasts of the Olympic Games on NBC.

“To be able to team up with such amazing artists including Rascal Flatts and Sugarland on this soundtrack and support Team USA and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games is an opportunity we are so grateful for,” said Mike Gossin. “We hope it helps Team USA to win Olympic Gold across the board!”

Gloriana joins other well-known artists on the soundtrack including Sugarland, Rascal Flatts, Mariah Carey, 3 Doors Down, and Train among others, to help support the men and women on Team USA competing at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. AT&T wireless customers can purchase songs, ringtones, and answertones through the MEdia Mall (AT&T App Center), and can access a link to these never-before-released tones by texting*USA to 2257 (standard text messaging rates apply). In addition, the music videos which will be featured during NBC’s Olympic Games coverage will be available via TV, PC and wireless device through AT&T U-verseSM TV, AT&T Fan Zone and wirelessly through AT&T Mobile Video.

Rounding out an extremely successful start to 2010, Gloriana has been nominated for an Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Vocal Group of the Year. Fan voting for the three newcomer categories will begin at VoteACM.com on Friday, February 26th, and will close on Friday, March 12th. The 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 18th at 8:00pm EST on the CBS Television Network

For more information on Gloriana visit: www.gloriana.com.

The Big Dog Daddy, Toby Keith is turning up a bit of corporate synergy with is new Show Dog Universal  labelmate Trace Adkins… Toby Keith will resume his American Ride tour with Trace Adkins on June 19^th in Holmdel, New Jersey. The 39-city tour concludes on September 25^th in Boston. A complete list of tour dates are below:

June 19 – Holmdel, NJ

Trace Adkins Joins Toby Keith

June 20 – Cleveland, OH

July 10 – Raleigh, NC

July 11 – Charlotte, NC

July 15 – Sioux Falls, SD

July 16 – Minneapolis, MN

July 17 – St. Louis, MO

July 18 – Des Moines, IA

July 22 – Boise, ID

July 23 – Portland, OR

July 24 – Seattle, WA

July 25 – Vancouver, BC

July 29 – Sacramento, CA

Aug. 1 – Fresno, CA

Aug. 6 – Mountain View, CA

Aug. 7 – San Diego, CA

Aug. 8 – Phoenix, AZ

Aug. 12 – Albuquerque, NM

Aug. 13 – Denver, CO

Aug. 14 – Salt Lake City, UT

Aug. 20 – Scranton, PA

Aug. 21 – Philadelphia, PA

Aug. 22 – Pittsburgh, PA

Aug. 26 – Moline, IL

Aug. 27- Cincinnati, OH

Aug. 28 – Indianapolis, IN

Aug. 29 – Detroit, MI

Sept. 2 – Atlanta, GA

Sept. 3 – Tampa, FL

Sept. 4 – West Palm Beach, FL

Sept. 9 – Toronto, Ontario

Sept. 10 – Darien Lake, NY

Sept. 11 – Washington, DC

Sept. 16 – Kansas City, MO

Sept. 17 – Omaha, NE

Sept. 18 – Chicago, IL

Sept. 23 – Albany, NY

Sept. 24 – Hartford, CT

Sept. 25 – Boston, MA

Wy and Naomi Tour Again

Legendary country soul diva Wynonna Judd announced Saturday on The CBS Early Show, Saturday edition that she will reunite with her mother, Naomi Judd, for a final “The Judds” tour.   The tour has been rumored for a few months.

As part of CBS News’ broadcast plans leading up to Super Bowl XLIV, THE EARLY SHOW, Saturday edition broadcast from Lummus Park in South Beach. The broadcast, anchored by Chris Wragge and Erica Hill, featured a special live performance by Wynonna Judd.

Five-time GRAMMY winner Wynonna Judd first gained fame as part of one of the most successful musical duos of all time, The Judds. She also holds multiple gold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications from the RIAA in excess of 30 million units sold for albums released throughout her illustrious 25-year career. In addition to her countless musical achievements, Wynonna became a New York Times best-selling author in 2005 with the release of her long-awaited autobiography, Coming Home to Myself, released in conjunction with her live CD and DVD, Her Story: Scenes from a Lifetime.

Tour Dates to be announced soon.

Michael Rosen is the executive producer of THE EARLY SHOW, Saturday edition.

And a Grammy... good week.

Hats off (no pun intended for hat act lovers) to Lady Antebellum’s Charles, Dave and Hillary on topping the overall and country album sales charts with 481,000 debut-week sales for the group’s Need You Now. The Nielsen SoundScan total is the biggest debut by a country artist since Taylor Swift’s Fearless bowed with 592,000 units in November 2008.

A large percentage is suspected to attributed to massive downloads of the smash multi week title track. Combined single downloads are figured into the tally. Christmas iTunes cards must’ve helped here. Record breaking January sales.

Dave Tweeted -”We’re Absolutely stunned!”

The band used their weekly webisode to thank the fans — see the brilliant thank you below…