LITTLE BIG TOWN CELEBRATES THE BREAKER LAUNCH WITH THE TONIGHT SHOW, TODAY SHOW, ELLEN AND THE TALK
Lead Single “Better Man” No. 1 on Country Radio Airplay Charts
PAIN KILLER RIAA-Certified Platinum
The Platinum-selling, GRAMMY Award-winning Little Big Town releases its seventh studio album The Breaker this Friday, Feb. 24 on Capitol Records Nashville.
The band kicks off a week of media appearances starting with performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this Thursday (2/23) and the TODAY Show this Friday (2/24) before returning to Nashville for the first of nine Ryman Auditorium residency dates – “Little Big Town at the Mother Church” –on Friday evening (2/24). The reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year will also perform on Ellen Feb. 28 and will take their award-winning harmonies to The Talk, airing March 14.
Listed as one of Rolling Stone’s “Most Anticipated Albums of 2017,” The Breaker’s smash lead single, “Better Man,” is Little Big Town’s fastest-rising radio single to date and in only 18 weeks, it is No. 1 this week on both the Billboard and MediaBase country airplay charts. The Taylor Swift-penned tune has over 35M combined streams and nearly 500,000 digital downloads. Additionally, Little Big Town’s previous album Pain Killer, featuring the history-making “Girl Crush,” is now RIAA-certified Platinum.
Little Big Town, consisting of members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman and Jimi Westbrook, recently earned its 23rd career Academy of Country Music award nomination with a nod for Vocal Group of the Year. The group was awarded the same category last year along with Vocal Event of the Year and the ACM’s prestigious Crystal Milestone Award.
Fans can still pre-order The Breaker and instantly receive “Better Man” along with album tracks “Happy People,” “We Went to the Beach” and “When Someone Stops Loving You.” To pre-order The Breaker, visit Http://umgn.us/LBTBREAKER .
For more information on Little Big Town, The Breaker and “Little Big Town at the Mother Church,” visit www.LittleBigTown.com.