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  • Andy Link

    The AMA’s ratings stayed even between 2016 and 2017 at about 9 million viewers.

    The Latin Music Awards got almost 5 million viewers – impressive considering the show broadcast in Spanish.

  • Modulo Myself Link

    The only thing I know about this year’s Grammys is that they said nothing about Mark E. Smith’s death. Not exactly surprising…

    But the weird thing about modern CMA-style country is how it does not exist outside a certain region. Ray Price? Hank Williams? Yes. Taylor Swift? Sure. Alt-country? Yes. But Garth Brooks? I’ve never heard Garth Brooks in any bar outside of the south.

  • Maybe it’s the bars you go into. Garth Brooks is the best-selling recording artist in Massachusetts and Maryland as well as the more-expected North and South Carolina. Blake Shelton is the best-selling recording artist in more states than any other.

    The best-selling recording artist in California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan is Adele.

    New York is the only state in which Billy Joel is the best-selling recording artist.

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