April 2009
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> Fearless Named ACM Album of the Year; 'Teardrops' Named First U.K. Single

Fearless, the remarkable chart-topping album from Taylor Swift that features three ole cuts, captured Album of the Year honors at the recent Academy Of Country Music (ACM) Awards held April 5 in Las Vegas ...
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> Lucky 13

ole’s creative group has pulled off an astounding 13 songs on the Top 10 albums on the Billboard Top Country Album chart during the week of April 11 ...
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> ole Strikes Super WHY! Worldwide Admin Deal With Out of the Blue

New York-based Out of the Blue Enterprises, creators of the top-rated, literacy-powered animated preschool series, Super WHY!, has signed a worldwide administration deal with ole.

Under the terms of the agreement, ole will administer the global ...
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> ole Launches “” -
State-of-The-Art Song Search Database May 4, 2009
ole is about to release olenow, a suite of e-tools designed to deliver excellent customer service to our creative and admin clients. Our customers told us they wanted a search engine that was fast, easy to use and one that made the licensing process quick and painless ...
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> ole New Releases: A Top 30 Hit And Dru's The One For Japan

ole/tanjola’s Dru is on a roll.

He’s currently enjoying Top 30 success with the Doman & Gooding song “Runnin’,” (number 23 with a bullet on Radio & Records’ Canadian CHR chart) which he co-wrote and guests on, and ...
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> ole Syncs Grab TV and Ad Audiences
ole has great songs that are perfectly suited for all types of media.

For example, Linda Good’s “Love Is” – 100% administered by ole – is featured in an upcoming episode of the CW’s 90210, while The Road Hammers song ...
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> On the Road With ole's Rebecca Everett

Rebecca Everett has been spending a lot of time recently on airplanes and in hotels.

It’s all been with a singular goal in mind, however: the ole songwriting artist recently spent two weeks in London, England and one week in Sweden to collaborate with some ...
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> ole Sponsors Magmito Mobile Application At ASCAP I Create Music Expo
Thanks to a new innovative cell phone application sponsored by ole, delegates at ASCAP’s recent I Create Music Expo 09 were able to create, publish and share content on their mobile phones. ...
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> ole's Jennifer Hyland Segues Into Strategic Marketing

ole’s Jennifer Hyland officially has a new gig: Manager, Strategic Marketing.

As she has proven in the past by bringing the ole Songcamp to fruition, Hyland has a penchant for thinking innovatively and out of the box. In this day and age, you ...
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> Doc Walker's Beautiful Life Scores Juno Country Album of the Year

Some albums are so good that they attract constant attention.

A case in point is Beautiful Life, the fifth and latest album from Manitoba country act – and ole/roots three music writers – Doc Walker. ...
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> ole/Sound of Pop signs Coco Love Alcorn to an Admin Deal

The latest publishing admin signing to ole/Sound Of Pop can do it all.

Not only does Coco Love Alcorn possess a fine voice, but she shares the love – and ability – to perform several styles and pull them all off with equal integrity ...
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> ole's SRO Showcase Opens NSAI's 17th Annual Tin Pan South

What a smash success!

Music lovers, fellow songwriters and folks who just appreciate good music packed Nashville music venue The Rutledge on March 31 to witness ole songwriters Willie Mack, Kelly Archer and roots three music’s Kaci Bolls and ...
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> ole's Stevie Erickson's Top 10

Each month we feature the top ten songs in the ole catalogue as selected by one of the staff in our creative Group. Here are the Top 10 pics from our Creative Manager in Nashville, ...
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> Meet ole's Anna Malinski: Financial Accountant

Assisting ole’s rapid growth, newcomer Anna Malinski has joined the Finance department as our newest Financial Accountant.

An experienced Certified Management Accountant with an Honors BA in Economics and Financial Management, Malinski has a varied background. ...
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> ole notes

ole Signing The New Deal Reaches For A New Live Frontier: Japan

Although they regularly draw thousands of fans to their pioneering livetronic performances, The New Deal has largely been a North American phenomenon. ...
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 > FOCUS SONGS
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SELECTS
"Perfect Fit"
  - David Kopatz
(Male/Pop/R&B/Midtempo)

"Army Of One"
  - Rupert Gayle / Hipjoint
(Female / Pop / Rock / Midtempo)

"No More Songs To Sing"
  - Roger Springer / Robert Ellis Orrall / Tony Ramey

PICTURE THE MUSIC
"Runnin’"
  - Doman & Gooding feat. Dru & Lincoln
(Dance / Pop / Uptempo)

"Longer Gone"
  - Eric Church
(Country / Alternative / Midtempo)

"Revolution"
  - Coco Love Alcorn
(Pop / Alternative / Anthem)

VIDEOS
"White Horse"
Taylor Swift
"Runnin’"
Doman & Gooding ft. Dru & Lincoln
"Goodbye, You Suck"
Shiloh
"Homegrown"
The Road Hammers
"One Last Sundown"
Doc Walker
"Body of Years"
Mother Mother
> NEW RELEASES


Taylor Swift
Fearless
(Big Machine)
"Fearless"
"Tell Me Why"
"White Horse"
"Teardrops On My Guitar"
"Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)"

Doman & Gooding
Runnin’ ft. Dru & Lincoln
(Positiva Records)
"Runnin’"

Martina McBride
Shine
(RCA)
"Lies"
"Walk Away"

Loverboy
Greatest Hits…The Real Thing
(Sony Music Entertainment Canada)
"The Real Thing"

Eric Church
Carolina
(Capitol Nashville)
"Longer Gone"

The Lost Fingers
Lost In The 80’s
(Tandem/Distribution Select)
"Black Velvet"

Theo Tams
Give It Away
(Sony Music Entertainment Canada)
"Here We Go Again"

The Road Hammers
The Road Hammers II
(Open Road Recordings)
"Homegrown"
"Cowboy Til I Die"
"Girl Who Likes To Truck"
"Goodbye Dust"
"I’ve Got The Scars To Prove It"

Beyoncé
I Am…Sasha Fierce
(Columbia)
"Disappear"
"Satellites"
*Canada Only

Younha
Part A: Peace, Love & Ice Cream
(Lion Media)
"Breakout"

Shea Fisher
Shea
(ABC)
"My Suitcase"

Kevin Borg
The Beginning
(Sony BMG Sweden)
"Streetlights"

Coco Love Alcorn
Joyful
(Sound Of Pop)
"All Songs"
 

DOMESTIC SINGLES CHARTS (week ending April 21, 2009)
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 ARTIST/SONG/LABEL CHART
44 39 22 Taylor Swift /White Horse /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Hot 100 Singles
43 32 16 Taylor Swift /White Horse /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Hot 100 Airplay
52 50 21 Taylor Swift /White Horse /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Hot Digital Songs
7 2 19 Taylor Swift /White Horse /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Hot Country Songs
33 27 - Taylor Swift /White Horse /BIG MACHINE Canadian Hot 100 (Airplay) Singles
50 52 - Deric Ruttan /California Plates /ON RAMP Canadian Hot 100 (Airplay) Singles
71 60 - Road Hammers /Homegrown /OPEN ROAD Canadian Hot 100 (Airplay) Singles
90 New - Doman & Gooding /Runnin' /POSITIVA/EMI Canadian Hot 100 (Airplay) Singles
99 94 - Doc Walker /One Last Sundown /OPEN ROAD Canadian Hot 100 (Airplay) Singles
20 - - James Blunt /You're Beautiful /WARNER Canadian AC Recurrent Airplay
31 39 4 Doman & Gooding /Runnin' /POSITIVA/EMI Canadian CHR/Mainstream National Airplay
1 - - Doman & Gooding /Runnin' /POSITIVA/EMI Canadian CHR/Mainstream Most Added
9 7 17 Taylor Swift /White Horse /BIG MACHINE Canadian Country National Airplay
14 14 12 Deric Ruttan /California Plates /ON RAMP Canadian Country National Airplay
24 20 19 Road Hammers /Homegrown /OPEN ROAD Canadian Country National Airplay
33 33 22 Doc Walker /One Last Sundown /OPEN ROAD Canadian Country National Airplay
4 - - Doc Walker /Beautiful Life /OPEN ROAD Canadian Country Recurrent Airplay
DOMESTIC ALBUM CHARTS (week ending April 21, 2009)
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LW
WKS
 ARTIST/ALBUM/SONG(s)/LABEL CHART
6 10 22 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE Billboard: 200
21 38 129 Taylor Swift /Taylor Swift /Tim McGraw, Picture To Burn, Teardrops On My Guitar, Tied Together With A Smile, Stay Beautiful, Cold As You, Mary's Song (Oh My My My) /BIG MACHINE Billboard: 200
47 111 11 Taylor Swift /Radio Disney Jams 11 /Teardrops On My Guitar /DISNEY Billboard: 200
52 37 3 Martina McBride /Shine //Lies, Walk Away /RCA Billboard: 200
81 138 54 George Strait /Troubadour /It Was Me /MCA NASHVILLE Billboard: 200
110 85 3 Eric Church /Carolina /Longer Gone /CAPITOL NASHVILLE Billboard: 200
194 Re-Entry 31 Dierks Bentley /Now That's What I Call Country /Trying To Stop Your Leaving /UMVD
Taylor Swift /Now That's What I Call Country /Picture To Burn /UMVD		 Billboard: 200
197 198 45 Tim McGraw /Greatest Hits: Limited Edition /Something Like That /EMI (USA-WALMART ONLY) Billboard: 200
6 10 22 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
29 39 129 Taylor Swift /Taylor Swift /Tim McGraw, Picture To Burn, Teardrops On My Guitar, Tied Together With A Smile, Stay Beautiful, Cold As You, Mary's Song (Oh My My My) /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
48 116 11 Taylor Swift /Radio Disney Jams 11 /Teardrops On My Guitar /DISNEY Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
54 38 3 Martina McBride /Shine //Lies, Walk Away /RCA Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
84 151 54 George Strait /Troubadour /It Was Me /MCA NASHVILLE Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
119 86 3 Eric Church /Carolina /Longer Gone /CAPITOL NASHVILLE Billboard: Comprehensive Albums
42 35 52 Jason Aldean /Relentless /I Break Everything I Touch /BROKEN BOW Billboard: Top Pop Catalog Albums
50 Re-Entry 111 Jason Aldean /Jason Aldean /Lonesome, USA /BROKEN BOW Billboard: Top Pop Catalog Albums
12 22 22 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Top Digital Albums
14 Re-Entry 21 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Top Internet Albums
2 5 11 Taylor Swift /Radio Disney Jams 11 /Teardrops On My Guitar /DISNEY Billboard: Top Compilation Albums
8 13 33 Dierks Bentley /Now That's What I Call Country /Trying To Stop Your Leaving /UMVD
Taylor Swift /Now That's What I Call Country /Picture To Burn /UMVD		 Billboard: Top Compilation Albums
3 2 22 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Top Country Albums
6 8 129 Taylor Swift /Taylor Swift /Tim McGraw, Picture To Burn, Teardrops On My Guitar, Tied Together With A Smile, Stay Beautiful, Cold As You, Mary's Song (Oh My My My) /BIG MACHINE Billboard: Top Country Albums
16 7 3 Martina McBride /Shine //Lies, Walk Away /RCA Billboard: Top Country Albums
19 20 54 George Strait /Troubadour /It Was Me /MCA NASHVILLE Billboard: Top Country Albums
23 16 3 Eric Church /Carolina /Longer Gone /CAPITOL NASHVILLE Billboard: Top Country Albums
36 32 33 Dierks Bentley /Now That's What I Call Country /Trying To Stop Your Leaving /UMVD
Taylor Swift /Now That's What I Call Country /Picture To Burn /UMVD		 Billboard: Top Country Albums
37 29 50 Tim McGraw /Greatest Hits: Limited Edition /Something Like That /EMI (USA-WALMART ONLY) Billboard: Top Country Albums
47 43 49 Dierks Bentley /Greatest Hits: Every Mile A Memory /Trying To Stop Your Leaving /CAPITOL NASHVILLE Billboard: Top Country Albums
48 41 33 Jimmy Wayne /Do You Believe Me Now /True Believer /VALORY Billboard: Top Country Albums
50 48 28 Craig Morgan /Greatest Hits /That's What I Love About Sunday /BROKEN BOW Billboard: Top Country Albums
58 54 76 Josh Turner /Everything Is Fine /South Carolina Low Country, Why He Was Raised /MCA NASHVILLE Billboard: Top Country Albums
6 5 96 Jason Aldean /Relentless /I Break Everything I Touch /BROKEN BOW Billboard: Top Country Catalog Albums
8 6 154 Jason Aldean /Jason Aldean /Lonesome, USA /BROKEN BOW Billboard: Top Country Catalog Albums
14 9 28 Peter Fox /Stadtaffe /Schüttel Deinen Speck (Samples "Temptation") /DOWNBEAT/UNIVERSAL Billboard: Top 100 European Albums
42 35 5 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Mary's Song (Oh My My My), Teardrops On My Guitar, Tell Me Why /UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL Billboard: Top 100 European Albums
16 18 3 Doman & Gooding /Runnin' /Runnin' /POSITIVA/EMI Billboard: Top Emerging Canadian Artists
17 20 6 Shiloh /TBD /Goodbye You Suck /UNIVERSAL Billboard: Top Emerging Canadian Artists
23 18 20 Beyoncé /I Am...Sasha Fierce /Disappear, Satellites /WORLD MUSIC/COLUMBIA Top Selling Albums in Canada
24 20 21 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE Top Selling Albums in Canada
63 28 2 Martina McBride /Shine //Lies, Walk Away /RCA Top Selling Albums in Canada
106 94 8 Taylor Swift /Family Jams 2 /Teardrops On My Guitar /UNIVERSAL Top Selling Albums in Canada
117 105 115 Taylor Swift /Taylor Swift /Tim McGraw, Picture To Burn, Teardrops On My Guitar, Tied Together With A Smile, Stay Beautiful, Cold As You, Mary's Song (Oh My My My) /BIG MACHINE Top Selling Albums in Canada
131 113 6 Kreesha Turner /Passion /Dear John /EMI Top Selling Albums in Canada
135 112 48 Lost Fingers /Lost In The 80's /Black Velvet /DISTRIBUTION SELECT Top Selling Albums in Canada
137 124 6 Road Hammers /II /Cowboy 'Til I Die, A Girl Who Loves To Truck, Goodbye Dust, Homegrown, I've Got The Scars To Prove It /OPEN ROAD Top Selling Albums in Canada
196 164 20 Jaydee Bixby /Country Hits 2009 /Old Fashioned Girl /UNIVERSAL CANADA
Aaron Pritchett /Country Hits 2009 /How Do I Get There /UNIVERSAL CANADA 		Top Selling Albums in Canada
26 26 21 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE Top Selling Digital Albums in Canada
48 29 20 Beyoncé /I Am...Sasha Fierce /Disappear, Satellites /WORLD MUSIC/COLUMBIA Top Selling Digital Albums in Canada
3 2 21 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
7 3 2 Martina McBride /Shine //Lies, Walk Away /RCA Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
12 9 115 Taylor Swift /Taylor Swift /Tim McGraw, Picture To Burn, Teardrops On My Guitar, Tied Together With A Smile, Stay Beautiful, Cold As You, Mary's Song (Oh My My My) /BIG MACHINE Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
16 11 6 Road Hammers /II /Cowboy 'Til I Die, A Girl Who Loves To Truck, Goodbye Dust, Homegrown, I've Got The Scars To Prove It /OPEN ROAD Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
26 19 20 Jaydee Bixby /Country Hits 2009 /Old Fashioned Girl /UNIVERSAL CANADA
Aaron Pritchett /Country Hits 2009 /How Do I Get There /UNIVERSAL CANADA 		Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
31 26 21 Doc Walker /Country Heat 2009 /Beautiful Life /SONY BMG
Jason Blaine /Country Heat 2009 /Flirtin' With Me /SONY BMG 		Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
32 20 18 Road Hammers /CMT Number Ones /I'm A Road Hammer /KOCH Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
33 37 53 George Strait /Troubadour /It Was Me /MCA NASHVILLE Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
41 25 2 Eric Church /Carolina /Longer Gone /CAPITOL NASHVILLE Top Selling Country Albums in Canada
2 1 20

Beyoncé /I Am...Sasha Fierce /Disappear, Satellites /WORLD MUSIC/COLUMBIA

Top Selling R&B Albums in Canada
13 11 34 Kreesha Turner /Passion /Dear John /EMI Top Selling R&B Albums In Canada
45 40 125 Akon /Konvicted /Once In A While /UNIVERSAL Top Selling R&B Albums In Canada
47 39 82 Kanye West /Graduation /Drunk And Hot Girls /UNIVERSAL Top Selling R&B Albums In Canada
INTERNATIONAL ALBUM CHARTS (week ending April 21, 2009)
TW
LW
WKS
 ARTIST/ALBUM/SONG(s)/LABEL CHART
4 4 26 Peter Fox /Stadtaffe /Schüttel Deinen Speck (Samples "Temptation") /DOWNBEAT/UNIVERSAL Austria Top Albums
3 3 14 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE ARIA (Australia) Top 50 Albums
1 1 20 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE ARIA (Australia) Top 20 Country Albums
9 8 26 Taylor Swift /Taylor Swift /Tim McGraw, Picture To Burn, Teardrops On My Guitar, Tied Together With A Smile, Stay Beautiful, Cold As You, Mary's Song (Oh My My My) /UNIVERSAL ARIA (Australia) Top 20 Country Albums
11 9 2 Shea Fisher /Shea /My Suitcase /ABC ARIA (Australia) Top 20 Country Albums
40 26 105 Akon /Konvicted/Once In A While /UNIVERSAL ARIA (Australia) Top 40 Urban Albums
7 11 5 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Mary's Song (Oh My My My), Teardrops On My Guitar, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE IRMA (Ireland) Top 100 Individual Artist Albums
3 2 4 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Tell Me Why, White Horse /BIG MACHINE RIANZ (New Zealand) Top 40 Albums
9 7 5 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Mary's Song (Oh My My My), Teardrops On My Guitar, Tell Me Why /BIG MACHINE VG (Norway) Top 40 Albums
25 31 24 Jill Johnson /Baby Blue Paper /Baby Blue Paper, If You're Looking For The Real Thing, Say Something, You Think You're The Man /LION HEART Official Sweden Charts Top 60 Albums
31 50 4 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Mary's Song (Oh My My My), Teardrops On My Guitar, Tell Me Why, White Horse /UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL Official Sweden Charts Top 60 Albums
61 58 6 Justin Nozuka /Holly /After Tonight /MUSIKVERTRIEBL Official Swiss Charts Top 100 Singles
15 14 26 Peter Fox /Stadtaffe /Schüttel Deinen Speck (Samples "Temptation") /DOWNBEAT/UNIVERSAL Official Swiss Charts Top 100 Albums
22 21 5 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless; Mary's Song (Oh My My My); Teardrops On My Guitar; Tell Me Why; No Man, No Cry/MERCURY Official UK Charts Co. Top 200 Albums
1 2 5 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Mary's Song (Oh My My My), Teardrops On My Guitar, Tell Me Why /UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL Taiwan G-Music Western Top Albums Chart
12 7 5 Taylor Swift /Fearless /Fearless, Mary's Song (Oh My My My), Teardrops On My Guitar, Tell Me Why /UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL Taiwan G-Music Combo Top Albums Chart
2 2 - Peter Fox /Stadtaffe /Schüttel Deinen Speck (Samples "Temptation") /DOWNBEAT/UNIVERSAL German Top 100 Longplay Albums
 
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