Oh, It’s ON: NASH Next 2018
• Cumulus Media just kicked off NASH NEXT 2018 — its fourth annual grassroots national search for the nation’s newest star. The campaign is now underway in over 54 markets across the United States. artists who want to take their career to the next level may enter the competition via the NASH Next website or one of the 62 local station websites. The winner of this four-month-long national competition will receive a record deal with Big Machine Label Group as well as substantial national exposure, commensurate with a major label release, on Cumulus Media radio stations.
Aspiring local artists can enter the competition via the NASH Next website or participating local station websites. Local listeners and local music industry pros will rate each competitor’s original song. Local markets will then host live events or select their finalist by judging the contestants in a video performance of that original song.
The top 10 finalists will be selected to compete at the national finale event — a live concert in Nashville in early October, where a panel of celebrity judges will announce the NASH Next 2018 winner. Those judges include Scott Borchetta, Founder, President & CEO of Big Machine Label Group, and Kix Brooks, half of legendary Country duo Brooks & Dunn. Additional celebrity judges to be announced later.
The NASH Next 2017 winner, Radio Romance (pictured here with Scott Borchetta) released their debut single “Weekend” in April 2018 and cracked the top 50 country charts their first week on the radio. They also appeared at CMA Fest this June and will start their Summer/Fall tour this August.
