<p><strong>“<a title="Cole Swindell" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cole-swindell-announces-his-2024-tour/">Cole Swindell</a> Stakes An A-List Claim With ‘You Should Be Here’”</strong><br />
<i><strong> Rolling Stone Country</strong></i><br />
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<em>During CMA Music Festival,fans light up Nissan Stadium with their cell phones during </em><br />
<em><a title="Cole Swindell" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cole-swindell-announces-his-2024-tour/">Cole Swindell</a>’sperformance of “You Should Be Here” </em><br />
<em>which USA TODAY claimed as <a href="mailto:%20http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/06/12/5-biggest-moments-cma-fest-saturday/85789434/">“Biggest Moment”</a> of the night.</em></p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-26474" src="http://www.countrymusicnewsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Cole-Swindell-200x3008-80x120.jpg" alt="Cole-Swindell-200x3008" width="80" height="120" />NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (August 15, 2016) – Platinum-selling recording artist and record-breaking five-time No. 1 hit maker <a title="Cole Swindell" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cole-swindell-announces-his-2024-tour/">Cole Swindell</a> is celebrating again with the continued success and emotional impact of his fifth No. 1 hit “You Should Be Here.” His career-defining single just surpassed over <strong>1 BILLION</strong> audience impressions <i>(Mediabase audience: 979m, On-demand audio/video streams: 53m, digital track sales: 714,000+) </i>including 25 million streams of the video on his own YouTube channel alone. The single has achieved more than <strong>1 MILLION</strong> track equivalent sales. The Georgia native tops his own record with his multi-week No. 1 single “You Should Be Here” and becomes the only solo artist in the history of <i>Country Aircheck/Mediabase</i> to top the chart with his first FIVE singles.</p>
<p>As “You Should Be Here” continues to rack up sales, streaming numbers and overall impressions, Swindell already has a Top 20 and rising hit with the followup single “Middle of a Memory.”</p>
<p>Cole is currently on tour with <a title="Florida Georgia Line" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/florida-georgia-line-tour-tickets/">Florida Georgia Line</a>’s Dig Your Roots Tour. He will hit the road this Fall for his own headlining <i><a title="Cole Swindell" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cole-swindell-announces-his-2024-tour/">Cole Swindell</a>’s Down Home Tour Presented by CMT On Tour </i>in tandem with the release of his <i>Down Home Sessions III</i> EP. Details to be announced soon.</p>
<p><u><strong>ABOUT <a title="COLE SWINDELL" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cole-swindell-announces-his-2024-tour/">COLE SWINDELL</a>:</strong></u><br />
Swindell, who has a record-breaking five consecutive No. 1 singles <i>(first four being off his self-titled debut alb um)</i> and who<i> Rolling Stone </i>declared is “clearly ready to move on to significance,” kicked off a national launch of his sophomore album <i>You Should Be Here</i> with performances on <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/wd15hf"><i>Good Morning America</i></a><i> </i>and <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/c615hf"><i>TODAY</i></a>, and the history-making first-ever live radio and TV event from the 57<sup>th</sup> floor <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/sy25hf">terrace of 4 World Trade Center, broadcast on </a><i><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/sy25hf">Fox &; Friends</a></i><i>. </i>The hit singer/songwriter debuted his <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/8q35hf">new single “Middle of a Memory” on </a><i><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/8q35hf">Jimmy Kimmel Live!</a></i>.“Middle of a Memory” was released to country radio and was the No. 1 most added that week. It currently sits in the Top 20 on the country singles chart.</p>
<p><a title="Cole Swindell" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cole-swindell-announces-his-2024-tour/">Cole Swindell</a>, Platinum-selling recording artist and record-breaking five-time No. 1 hit maker, released his second album<i> You Should Be Here</i> and it shot to No. 1 on the iTunes Top Country Albums Chart and No. 3 All Genre within hours of release. Its lead single and title track held a four week run on top of <i>Billboard</i>’s Hot Country songs chart (tally of digital streams, radio airplay and sales) in addition to multiple weeks sitting at No. 1 on country airplay. His Gold-certified “You Should Be Here” already boasts over 50 million streams, 700,000 tracks sold and more than 25 million YouTube views. The song joins Swindell’s first four No. 1 consecutive singles as a solo artist (including Gold-certified “Let Me See Ya Girl,” along with Platinum-certified hits “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight,” “Ain’t Worth The <a title="Whiskey" href="https://whiskeychick.rocks/branded">Whiskey</a>” and “Chillin’ It”) from his Platinum selling self-t itled debut album. In 2015 the Georgia native won the ACM New Artist of the Year, was named to <i>Billboard’</i>s Top New Country Artists, awarded CMA’s “Triple Play Award” for having (at least) three No. 1 songs in the past twelve months, and was the only performer to claim the title in 2015. He was nominated for <a title="CMA Awards" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/cma-awards-tickets-pre-sale-starts-now/">CMA Awards</a>&#8217; “New Artist of the Year” and named <i>Music Row</i>’s Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year, with celebrated songwriting credits which include not only his own five No. 1 hits but “This Is How We Roll” by <a title="Florida Georgia Line" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/florida-georgia-line-tour-tickets/">Florida Georgia Line</a>, “Get Me Some of That” by Thomas Rhett, and several songs with <a title="Luke Bryan" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSLukeBryan/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fluke-bryan-tickets%2F">Luke Bryan</a> such as his No. 1 single “Roller Coaster,” among others. He is currently touring with <a title="Florida Georgia Line" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/florida-georgia-line-tour-tickets/">Florida Georgia Line</a>’s “Dig Your Roots Tour.” This fall, Swindell will begin his headlining tour, Down Home Tour Presented by CMT, after opening for <a title="Florida Georgia Line" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/florida-georgia-line-tour-tickets/">Florida Georgia Line</a>’s Dig Your Roots Tour. The Down Home Tour coincides with the release of his third and newest EP, <i>Down Home Sessions III</i>. To date, Swindell has sold over 1.4 million total album equivalents in the two years since his debut, including 4.9 million tracks sold and 340 million on-demand streams.</p>
<p>For more information and tour dates, please visit <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/oj45hf">www.coleswindell.com</a> and follow @coleswindell on <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/4b55hf">Twitter</a>, @cswinde2 on <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/k455hf">Instagram</a> and on <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/wdd7q/wx4h1b/0w65hf">Facebook</a>.</p>