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Tim McGraw Returns To Big Machine Records

Tim McGraw has returned to Big Machine Records after leaving the label for Sony Music in 2017. McGraw was at the Big Machine CRS Luncheon to announce that he had…

Tim McGraw Returns To Big Machine Records
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Tim McGraw has returned to Big Machine Records after leaving the label for Sony Music in 2017. McGraw was at the Big Machine CRS Luncheon to announce that he had returned on Friday (2/21).

The label president Scott Borchetta said, "I am so proud to welcome Tim McGraw back home to Big Machine Records. We can't wait to jump back into the mix with Tim and his great team and get his incredible new music out to the world."

According to Billboard, Tim's first release on Big Machine will be Here on Earth, a previously announced album that shares its name with McGraw's headlining arena/amphitheater tour that kicks off July 10. Every online ticket comes with the ability to redeem one CD of Here on Earth. The album’s release date is pending.

He released three albums in the label: 2013’s Two Lanes of Freedom and 2014’s Sundown Heaven Town, both of which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, and 2015’s Damn Country Music.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.