Young joins Billion Airs club
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Young joins Billion Airs club

Monday, June 10, 2019 – Chris Young officially joined the "Billion-Airs" club as the singer was surprised onstage during his Artist of the Day play at CMA Music Fest with plaques commemorating his more than 2 billion career streams and 12 million singles sold.

Young shared the honor with fans at Fan Fair X floor. "This is thanks to every single person here who has bought a CD, streamed a single or come to my concerts. I can't thank you enough for all the support you've shown me and can't wait to share more music with you soon."

As his current single "Raised On Country" is on the country radio charts, Young is adding to his total with 2 new songs out in the past few days. On Thursday, the Grand Ole Opry member stood in the hallowed circle for an emotionally charged performance of "Drowning," written with Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge. On Saturday, Spotify House at Ole Red was the scene for another surprise as Young welcomed Lauren Alaina to the stage for the first-ever performance of their duet, " Town Ain't Big Enough." Both songs will drop to digital and streaming services in the coming weeks and will be found on his upcoming album, "Raised On Country," out later this year.


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CD review - Famous Friends Given the massive success of Chris Young's award-winning collaboration with Kane Brown on the title track, it would be an easy assumption to make that his eighth studio album would tow the same contemporary line that landed him a bevy of hits. The result is exactly that. But with some contingencies The opener, "Raised on Country," starts out with a raucous groove that may get your toes tapping for the entirety, but the lyrics devolve into some painfully tired cliches like ...
CD review - Losing Sleep Chris Young has one of the best country voices, and it's always a pleasure to hear him sing. But it's disappointing when the title cut sounds more like the groove to a Justin Bieber song than anything truly country. When, say, someone like Jason Aldean performs music with barely any resemblance to real country music, it's not that big a deal; he's not a great natural singer to begin with. However, Young's voice is just too good to waste on mere pop. ...
CD review - It Must Be Christmas Song selection can sometimes seem fairly inessential whenever chosen by a master singer. Such is the case with "It Must Be Christmas," Chris Young's new holiday collection. He sounds as perfectly comfortable with the jazzy "I'll Be Home for Christmas," where its supper club vibe takes a little of the edge off one seriously sad song, as he does with the Phil Spector rock nugget "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." Young is also helped out by a few special guests. ...


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