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Swindell has million reasons to be happy

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 – Cole Swindell received great news on his late father's birthday on Tuesday - the song he wrote about his father was certified Platinum for sales of 1 million.

After spending the morning with CMT staffers planning his upcoming headlining tour, CMT Presents the Cole Swindell Down Home, Swindell stopped by the Country Music Association to share his new video for his Top 20 single "Middle of a Memory."

While there, Swindell was surprised with the news that his hit "You Should Be Here," a song he co-wrote with Ashley Gorley to honor and remember his father who passed away shortly after he signed his recording contract with Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville, was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

At first speechless, Swindell said it was special to learn this news on his father's birthday. He later sang the song at the Grand Ole Opry. Swindell walked off the stage greeted and surprised by his team with a plaque celebrating the milestone of "You Should Be Here" having surpassed over 1 billion audience impressions (Mediabase audience: 979 million, on-demand audio/video streams: 53 million, digital track sales: 714,000) including 26 million streams of the video on his own YouTube channel alone. The single has achieved more than 1 million equivalent track sales.

Swindell is charting now with his follow-up single "Middle of a Memory." He also is now touring with Florida Georgia Line's Dig Your Roots Tour. He will hit the road on Oct. 26 for his own headlining CMT Presents the Cole Swindell Down Home Tour in tandem with the Oct. 28 release of his "Down Home Sessions III" EP.


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CD review - Stereotype Already successful as both a songwriter and a headlining performer, Cole Swindell's showcases both sides of that equation. The album includes seven co-writes of his own among the 13 tracks and some solid vocal turns on the hits that continue to prove that he is more than just a hit songwriter. "Never Say Never, a duet with Lainey Wilson, is the powerful centerpiece. The song is arranged so the two singers' lines snake around each other as a bona fide 80's power ballad unfurls ...
CD review - All of It Cole Swindell's" All Of It" is a little different from many of contemporary artists' current releases in that there is a whole lot of country - thematically anyway - in it. The 40-plus minutes are all about drinking, regret, appreciation of people who matter and breakups. It starts off with a bang with the up-tempo rocker "Love You Too Late." The best track is its most poignant song penned by Jessi Alexander and Chase McGill, "Dad's Old Number," ...
CD review - Down Home Sessions EP Upon first glance at the track list of Cole Swindell's fourth installment of the "Down Home Sessions" series, one may get the impression that it is a covers EP. It features several chart toppers from other artists, including Luke Bryan's "Roller Coaster" and Thomas Rhett's "Get Me Some Of That." Swindell has 10 number 1 singles as a songwriter to his name had a hand in penning both all five songs, so technically, it's original material. ...


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