Scotty has possibly been dropped from his label.
His picture (and that of a few other artists) no longer appears on their website. Lauren's is still there.
MJ's:
Quote:“Southern Belle,” which Scotty has been promoting since last year, didn’t gain traction on the country music charts. It went recurrent a few weeks ago after only reaching #45 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. It never charted on the hybrid (sales/streams/airplay) Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, either. In other words, sales were also low. A failed first single could have given UMG pause in terms of spending money to promote an entire album.
...Additionally, Scotty is not on the bill for the popular Team UMG at the Ryman artists showcase, set for next Tuesday (Feb 9) during Country Radio Seminar, a major event in Nashville where country radio programmers come to town and are wined and dined by labels seeking airplay for their artists. It’s not proof that he’s no longer on the label. But, with a record coming up and new music in the pipeline, one would think Scotty would have a spot in the lineup, like his fellow season 10 alum, Lauren Alaina does. It’s also telling there doesn’t seem to be another single ready to launch to radio now that “Southern Belle” is done.
http://www.mjsbigblog.com/has-scotty-mcc...el-umg.htm
Someone noted:
"His last album sold about 300,000 units. Which is a lot, especially for a 3rd album."
Someone else noted of Lauren:
Quote:She's on a country playlist right now on Spotify, with all of the big dogs in country music. (Hot Country). A small sampling of whom she's getting played with are Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Sam Hunt, Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett and more. Her career still looks promising.
She has twice as many monthly listeners on Spotify than Scotty and her latest single as twice as many streams as Scotty's.
