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Express Tribune
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Haley Cavinder gets engaged to Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson in surprise beach proposal shared on TikTok
College basketball standout Haley Cavinder is engaged to Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson. The couple announced their engagement on April 17 via social media, with Cavinder posting a photo of herself on a beach in front of a floral display, showing off her engagement ring on her Instagram Story. A TikTok video on the Cavinder Twins' page captured the moment, with Ferguson appearing first before Cavinder joins him and shows off her ring. A second post provided a behind-the-scenes look at the surprise proposal, including moments with her twin sister Hanna Cavinder. In the video captioned, 'OOTN (my twin doesn't know she's getting engaged),' the sisters are seen getting ready for what Haley believed was a celebratory dinner in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Cavinder and Ferguson made their relationship public in 2023. Since then, Cavinder has regularly supported Ferguson during his NFL season. In January, the pair shared a light-hearted TikTok wearing matching pink sweatsuits and gray tank tops during a breakfast outing. They also attended the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards together in May 2024. The couple celebrated their one-year anniversary last September with a post on Cavinder's Instagram captioned, 'A year w ferg.' Cavinder recently completed her college basketball career, averaging 18.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game in her final season. Ferguson, who earned Pro Bowl honors, finished the latest NFL season with 59 receptions for 494 yards. Despite his individual performance, the Cowboys concluded their campaign with a 7-10 record and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Forbes
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Chris Stapleton's Debut Album Makes History
Chris Stapleton's debut album Traveler has now spent 500 weeks on the Billboard 200, solidifying its ... More status as a modern country classic. FRISCO, TEXAS - MAY 16: Chris Stapleton performs onstage at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards at The Star in Frisco on May 16, 2024 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo byfor ACM) Chris Stapleton reaches a massive milestone this week on the Billboard charts in America, thanks to the album that started it all. The country singer-songwriter, who transformed himself into one of the genre's most consistent commercial and critical favorites over the past decade, sees his breakout solo set Traveller manage a feat that would have seemed far-fetched even after it first made him a star. Traveller, Stapleton's first album as a solo act, is still present on the Billboard 200 more than nine years after it was released. This week, the full-length reaches 500 frames spent on the tally, which ranks the most-consumed albums in the U.S. each week with both sales and streaming data. That's a rare milestone, as only a few dozen titles in history have made it to that point. This week, Traveller slips slightly from No. 87 to No. 91, though it's still moving thousands of copies. Luminate reports that the title shifted another 12,700 equivalent units in the past frame. Of that sum, nearly 1,000 were pure purchases. Stapleton released Traveller in early May 2015, and while it didn't immediately become a juggernaut, it soon became impossible to ignore. Thanks to a career-making performance at the 2015 Country Music Awards Awards, the collection shot up the charts, and it hasn't really left since. In just a few weeks, the title will officially turn 10, and unless something wildly unexpected happens, it's all but guaranteed to hit a full decade on the Billboard 200 later this year. This frame, Traveller isn't only sticking around on the Billboard 200, as the title also appears on two genre-specific rosters. It holds steady at No. 15 on the Top Country Albums chart, where it's been a mainstay since 2015. Next week will officially mark its tenth year on that list. On the Top Americana/Folk Albums ranking, the record improves a bit. It lifts a single space to No. 9 this time around. Traveller may be the only Stapleton album to reach 500 weeks on the Billboard 200, but it's not his only set that's performing well right now. Two of the country star's other efforts — Starting Over and Higher — can be found on all three of the same charts. In most cases, the singer-songwriter's studio efforts are on the rise. Traveller is Stapleton's first project to cross the 500-week threshold on the Billboard 200. It's an incredible achievement for any artist, let alone one whose career as a solo act only began a decade ago. Most musicians would be lucky to have a release spend even half that amount of time on the chart. None of Stapleton's other full-lengths have passed the 250-week mark yet — though Starting Over is getting closer with every frame.
Korea Herald
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Hybe America's Big Machine Music wins publisher of the year at AIMP Nashville Awards
Songwriter of the year went to the country music label's songwriter, Jessie Jo Dillon Big Machine Music, a label under Hybe America, was named publisher of the year at the 10th AIMP Nashville Awards, the company announced Thursday. The awards, hosted annually by the Association of Independent Music Publishers, recognize outstanding achievements by independent publishers and songwriters in the American country and pop music scene. Big Machine Music earned the honor for a second time, following its previous win in 2021. 'This is an amazing honor, but being part of Nashville's vibrant, independent publishing community is the reward in itself,' Big Machine Music President Mike Molinar said in a statement. 'Thank you to our incredible writers and staff. This is a reflection of all of their talent and work.' Jessie Jo Dillon, a songwriter affiliated with Big Machine Music, was named songwriter of the year, marking her second win at the event. Dillon is a highly acclaimed songwriter who also won songwriter of the year at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards and was nominated for the 'songwriter of the year — non-classical' category at both the 66th (2024) and 67th (2025) Grammy Awards. Big Machine Music represents a roster of acclaimed songwriters including Dillon, Laura Veltz and Ryan Hurd. Their works have been featured in releases by global artists such as Bad Bunny, Ariana Grande, Carin Leon, The Kid Laroi, Diplo, Demi Lovato and Jessie Murph.
