The Two-Faced Cole Swindell and His Impact in Country Music

If someone is very good at singing, it is rare for him or her to excel in songwriting as well. The industry has come to see ambivalent singers slash songwriters make it huge with respect to their staying power and career highlights. Usually dubbed as one-hit wonders, these musicians will float after a smash hit and slowly be flushed into oblivion, forcing them to go back into writing, which makes them even more successful.

But after a lot of drama, pushes and pulls, one country singer has debunked this wrong notion and is reverberating through the halls of mainstream. Though he focused on a lesser patronized genre which is country, many music analysts have come to adore the skills of Cole Swindell to entertain, and with how things are rolling for him, he’s quite fit to be a mainstream superstar one day.

Originally, Cole Swindell focused his talents in music by prolifically writing songs for famous artists such as Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Scotty McCreery and Craig Campbell. The now 32-year old singer and songwriter proved to the world that his talent in crafting lyrics is indispensable to country music.

Born Colden Rainey Swindell, this Glennvile, Georgia progeny revealed all of his aces when he also ventured into singing, which was something so risky and bold from his original work of songwriting. Some of the huge hits that Swindell have written or co-written include Just a Sip, Outta My Head, I’m Hungover, Roller Coaster, Love in College Town, Nothin’ but the Cooler Left and Water Town Water.

It was in the year 2013 that Cole Swindell took the leap and released his first track entitled Chillin’ It. Luckily for this previous neophyte, a radio channel in Sirium XM paid attention and aired it on the radio waves, making it reach a wider audience. This specific song is Swindell’s offering to showcase his unmistakable talent in singing and his flexibility in playing different instruments; something that Warner Music Nashville adored.

This eponymous music firm signed Cole Swindell as a full-pledged talent, introducing him to even more exposures and bigger platforms to entertain. Easily, Chillin’ It climbed the charts and ended up as the number 1 song to beat in the Hot Country Songs list and finished at the 5th spot on the Country Airplay charts.

A year later, Cole Swindell ventured a notch higher and was able to release his self-titled debut album in February. As usual, this very talented budding country supernova has written some of the tracks included in this album such as the second single to be released entitled Hope You Get Lonely Tonight.

Some of the other songs that are recommended if you’re quite addicted to country music include Ain’t Worth the Whiskey and Let Me See Ya Girl, both of which received tons of positive reviews and applauded feedback. Following the release of the album, Cole Swindell put forth his five-track extended play entitled The Down Home Sessions.

In May 2016, Cole Swindell will further cement his name to be recognized as a relevant country singer with the album You Should Be Here, which is initiated by a track of the same title, making rounds on country radio stations.

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Strengthening Country Music with Maddie and Tae

With the advent of solo acts being successful in mainstream music and across all genres, it is such a refreshing sight to see artists who have the capacity to work as a duo, without the pressure of competition. Creating a career with someone else by your side all the time might be irksome for a few, but it is through the power of combining two talents that the chance for success becomes clear and bright.

It has been a long time since there has been a duo who dominated the charts. It is usually a group or a band, but after we heard of the pair Maddie and Tae, we know that we’re off to musical bliss.

Maddie and Tae is a girl duo that puts forth the best in country music. Many music fans have commented their awe-inspiring vocal prowess and the innate ability to work harmoniously, shown in performances that are enjoyable and pleasant. Comprised of singers Madison Marlow and Taylor Dye, Maddie and Tae is slowly etching their names on the music industry after several appearances and performances within the country music field.

Furthermore, both country singers are admirable as they not only course their talents through singing, they are also known songwriters and guitarists. More than their pretty faces, Maddie and Tae will definitely captivate you once they begin performing, and with a career start that’s as impressive as what they have now, they are certain to last in the industry for as long as they would like.

Despite coming from two different towns and states, the duo behind Maddie and Tae was fated to have the same vocal coach. An Oklahoma descendant and a Texas local are quite a combination, but the two have remained friends while going to school.

With sparks flying and passions colliding, Maddie and Tae decided to push through with their career as a single act, moving to Nashville and signing a contract in 2014. The illustrious Dot Records acquired these country music gems and made them their first signees of the label, after its necessary overhaul from Big Machine Productions.

The track Girl in a Country Song was the duo’s first offering, which they both performed and co-written. Immediately, it left a deep impression in country music listeners and hoisted the track to the 58th spot a few days after its release on the Country Airplay Charts.

Due to its impact to listeners, the track glided on the radio waves for 23 weeks until it reached number 1 spot, a feat that followed The Wreckers’ Leave the Pieces in 2006. Due to the imminent patronage of their debut single, an EP release was announced, carrying three refreshing tracks entitled Your Side of Town, Sierra and Fly.

The extended play release further established them as essential contemporary artists as it topped the US Heat Charts, and ended at the 28th spot in the US Country Charts. In August 2015, Maddie and Tae crafted another genius album entitled Start Here, which peaked at number 2 on the US Country Charts and sold 83,000 copies in the United States alone.

Due to the potential seen from the duo, it was never a surprise that they won the 2015 ASCAP Country Music Awards for Best Performed Song (Girl in a Country Song) and they are nominees in the upcoming Academy Awards of Country Music for Vocal Duo of the Year and New Vocal Duo/Group of the Year.

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Country Music’s Newfound Jewel: Cam

The music industry knows no age, no boundaries, no gender and no place of origin. This flourishing industry has thrived on talents coming from all walks of life, and certainly, it has approved of solo acts or groups for as long as they have the talent to prove that they are worthy.

Just recently, the music scene has proven once again that no matter how you started out, if a shining career is for you, it would come running at the best possible time. She might have started as someone ‘behind’ the music or the most popular track as a songwriter, but the passion to perform never escaped Cam, and now that she’s out in the open, she’s more than willing to show the world how great she is as an artist.

Born as Cameron Marvel Ochs, the now 31-year old singer from Lafayette, California is set to blaze her musical career as a singer despite the fact that she has always been around as a songwriter. Now, Cam is focusing on country music, a genre that she wanted to revolutionize after being exposed to too much pop and contemporary music.

Her controlled vocal calisthenics and her wit in writing songs easily are some of the many assets that Cam has, and since her first dip into the music industry in 2010, she’s now an unstoppable superstar.

Some of the songs that Miley Cyrus sang recently were actually influenced by the songwriting skills of Cam, and so it is a definite that she’s off to a career that’s fully interesting and refreshing. Since Cam’s potential is brimming, the huge music firm Sony Music Entertainment didn’t waste the opportunity of signing her up and made her release her first EP entitled Welcome to Cam Country in March, 2015.

The said extended play garnered favorable responses from those who have heard her sing for the first time and the track Burning House is considered to advance her career to stardom.

Burning House has been played multiple times on country radio stations and has been used by the Bobby Jones Show, making it reach a wider and more receptive audience. Cam never faltered in exposing the musical genius in her and immediately followed-up with the sophomore album Untamed in December, 2015.

Cam, during her starting years as a full-pledged singer, has managed to release the album Heartforward, showing her unmistakable knack to sing country music, coupling it up with her impeccable guitar skills. The album Untamed has been received well as it peaked at the 2nd spot on the US Country Charts, earning a whopping estimate of $95,300 in total album sales.

Some of the other tracks that made Cam a valuable contemporary artist nowadays include Down This Road, My Mistake and Mayday. The Grammy Awards paid much attention to Cam’s career development and gave her a nomination for her track Burning House as a possible winner for Best Country Solo Performance.

On the upcoming Academy Awards for Country Music, Cam is also nominated in four categories: Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Video of the Year and New Female Vocalist of the Year.

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