Thompson Square sets personal mark
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 – Thompson Square earned the biggest radio debut of its career with the first single from the duo's sophomore album, If I Didn't Have You.
The latest from Stoney Creek Records' Thompson Square earned 56 first-week adds, making it the most added song at country radio this week. The song reached 46 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and 50 on the USA Today/ Country Aircheck chart, powered by Mediabase. The song marks the biggest add week of the award-winning duo's career.
The fast-paced ballad is available at digital retailers now Written by Keifer and Shawna Thompson alongside Jason Sellers and Paul Jenkins, If I Didn't Have You was penned by the same foursome that collaborated on Thompson Square's hit I Got You.
Thompson Square will compete for "Duo of the Year" and "New Artist of the Year" this Thursday at the 46th Annual CMA Awards, broadcast live on ABC from Nashville.
Thompson Square will join Luke Bryan on his first headlining tour, the 2013 Dirt Road Diaries Tour, beginning Jan. 17 in Evansville, Ind.
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The ever-so-happily married Keifer and Shawna Thompson, equal halves of the duo Thompson Square, wasted no time taking the world by storm on their debut record. That disc went on to spawn 2011's most-played song on country radio, Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not. The curse of the sophomore jinx looms large, and many bands have fallen trying to hammer out a follow-up while navigating newfound stardom. Not, however, these two.
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Real-life couple duets carry an honorable tradition in country music. Who could forget the flirtatious sparring of Carter/Cash, the hard-times love of Jones/Wynette or swooning of Hill/McGraw? But rarely does a married couple enter into a musical partnership quite like Keifer and Shawna Thompson, aka Thompson Square. After two respective solo careers failed to catch fire, the Thompsons are now a full-time personal and professional team with a debut record.
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When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
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