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Lady Antebellum - "I Run To You"

With a pair of hit singles, a few awards and a coveted Grammy Award nomination for "Best New Artist," to say that 2008 was a great year for Lady A is an understatement.  With the new year a few weeks old, the trio is now out to make 2009 even greater.  Will this single help them?
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Joey+Rory - The Life Of A Song

At the suggestion of friends, Joey+Rory entered CMT's "Can You Duet" despite not really being an active duo before.  They didn't win the show but are the first artists from it to release their debut album. And what a fine album it is.
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Tim McGraw - "Nothing To Die For"

With this single, Tim's label Curb has culled a seventh radio track from "Let It Go," a record which was released nearly two years ago.  While some of those singles failed to do much, the last one, "Let It Go," Went Top 5.  Will this ballad have similar success?
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Todd Fritsch - "Texas Talkin'"

Warning: Tradtional country music ahead.  With Todd Fritsch having secured a successful regional career, he continues to turn out solid traditional songs (with steel guitar solos no less) that should please many people but will radio give this fine
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Chuck Wicks - "Man Of The House"

Known more for his good looks and his relationship to the equally good-looking Julianne Hough, Chuck Wicks returns to radio with the very strong "Man Of The House," probably the most traditional-sounding track on his debut single.  That being said, why should we care about it?
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Richie Fields - "Devil In The Mirror"

With an ominous melodic backdrop, "Devil In The Mirror" comes at you quickly.  By the time Richie Fields' his you with that voice of his, you're sure to have bought into what he's singing, without even really listening to the lyrics.  He's that good. Is the song worth this praise?
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Shane O'Dazier - "I Hate This Town"

We're not even a week into the New Year yet here we are with the year's first new single from the year's first new artist.  The theme of the song isn't original but does it have enough to inspire folks to get out of their post-holiday "back to the grind" depression?
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Country Music Sales Down in 2008, How Can This Trend Be Reversed?

What's that you hear? Is it the sound of another label closing or the sound of traditionalists closing up their instrument cases?  Whatever the sound is, it wasn't good for Country music in 2008.  What can be done in '09 to stop the bleeding? Anything?
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Taylor Swift Is Music's Top-Selling Artist For 2008

For the second time in three years a Country music artist has topped Neilsen SoundScan's year-end, all-genre cumulative album sales chart.  Rascal Flatts did so in 2006 and Teen Queen Taylor Swift takes home the honor this year, beating out the likes of Lil' Wayne.