2024 ARTISTS
Ever since Martina McBride released her debut album in 1992, she has been unstoppable. She is now one of the most popular and respected women in country music, with multiple No. 1 singles and over fourteen million albums sold. She even earned fourteen nominations from the Grammys and was hailed CMA Female Vocalist of the Year for four times throughout her career. For more than twenty-five years, she has been creating substantive, socially aware country music, her anthems of personal empowerment—including “Independence Day” and “A Broken Wing”—contributing a much-needed perspective to the genre. The exhibition Martina McBride: The Power of Her Voice explores one of country music’s most distinctive voices.
Dylan Scott is a triple threat - a powerful vocalist with a deep, unmistakable drawl; an old-soul songwriter with a young spirit; and a family man with a tender heart. The multi-Platinum singer has notched two No. 1 singles at radio, as well as Top 5 hit “Hooked.” Following his first career nomination for “Best New Country Artist” at the all-genre iHeartRadio Music Awards and a coveted spot among Country Radio Seminar’s New Faces of Country Music, his Platinum-certified “Nobody,” earned him a 2021 CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year.
Dylan presented the CMT Breakthrough Video of the Year Award at the 2022 CMT Music Awards on CBS. With career streams exceeding 1.3 billion, the Louisiana native has provided tour support for Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, and Chris Young, among others, cementing him as an in-demand live act.
After almost a decade as a major-label artist, prolific Nashville hitmaker Jerrod Niemann has put his heart on his sleeve like never before with the patriotic anthem, “Old Glory.” Known for clever wordplay and attention-grabbing lyrics, the engaging singer-songwriter topped Country charts with his PLATINUM-certified anthem “Drink to That All Night,” a multi-week #1 from the 2014 album HIGH NOON – on which he co-wrote eight of the 12 tracks.
From Academy of Country Music, Country Music Association and CMT Award nominations, to headlining and touring with some of Country’s hottest acts – Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, and Keith Urban – Niemann continues to make his mark by creatively pushing boundaries while still offering a sincere nod to the legends before him.
Breaking into the Nashville mainstream with a slick and catchy bro-country style, singer/songwriter Dustin Lynch went on to blend his rural tones with more R&B and pop elements. Following his chart-topping eponymous 2012 debut, he was rewarded with a string of hits in the middle part of the decade including "Where It's At (Yep Yep)" and "Small Town Boy." He earned an induction into the Grand Ole Opry before returning in 2020 with his fourth album, Tullahoma, which kept him at the top of the Billboard Country charts. He retained that position with 2022's Blue in the SkyBlue in the Sky and extolled the single life on 2023's Killed the Cowboy.
With momentum still high following their fourth career #1, MULTI-PLATINUM hitmakers ELI YOUNG BAND are releasing an introspective new single with “Break It In” via The Valory Music Co. Under producer Dann Huff, the tune explores lessons in life and love that are only learned over time well spent. As showcased through vivid Benjy Davis, Brandon Day, Daniel Ross, and Michael Whitworth-penned lyrics, EYB further delivers a booming chorus. While selling out venues as a headliner from coast-to-coast, EYB has toured with Jason Aldean, Dave Matthews Band, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, and Darius Rucker. They will continue to bring these fan-favorites and more on the road this summer with several festival appearances.
David Lee Murphy is best recognized by his massive hit single “Dust On The Bottle”. But he is also known as one of Country Music’s best songwriters. He has written songs for superstar artists like Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Hank Williams, Jr. and others.
His latest album titled No Zip Code, contains 11 songs written by Murphy with some of Nashville’s finest songwriters. It yielded the # 1 single and duet with Chesney, “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” and earned Murphy his first CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year. He was inducted into the esteemed Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Class of 2023!