Austen Adams has been named president of Warner Chappell Music Nashville. The former chief operating officer at Big Loud follows WCM Nashville president/CEO Ben Vaughn, who died in January.

 “Austen is a class act, with trusted relationships across the industry, and a holistic understanding of both the creative and the commercial,” said WCM co-chairs, CEO Guy Moot and COO Carianne Marshall, to whom Adams will report. “Given our longstanding, successful partnership with Austen, [Big Loud CEO] Seth [England], and the Big Loud team, this is a very natural move for both him and us. We’re excited about what he’ll contribute to Warner Chappell and the songwriting community, nurturing the culture in Nashville, while finding fresh ways to bring its talent global opportunities. With Austen and our amazing team on Music Row, we know the commitment, integrity, and humanity of Ben Vaughn’s legacy will be carried into the future.”

WCM Nashville and Big Loud have jointly signed writers to publishing deals in the past and a number of Big Loud’s artists, including Wallen, have publishing deals with WCM Nashville.

Adams added, “I’ve always believed that songs and songwriters are the soul of our business, which is why I’ve been a longtime admirer of what Ben Vaughn and the Warner Chappell team have built. I’m deeply honored to be entrusted with leading the next chapter. Together, we’ll champion storytelling, protect creativity, and help songwriters share their visions in bold and impactful ways. Thank you to Guy and Carianne for their trust in me, and to everyone at Big Loud – especially Seth, Craig and Joey for their faith and support these last six years.”

Adams, who has been named to Billboard’s Country Power Players list numerous times, worked in artist management prior to Big Loud and as an entertainment attorney, where he structured many label and publishing deals.

WCM Nashville was named both SESAC and BMI’s country publisher of the year in 2024. Vaughn joined WCM Nashville in 2012 and was named president in 2017 and president/CEO in 2019.

Lauren Daigle, Fred Hammond featuring The Choir Room, Josiah Queen and Gaither Vocal Band are set to perform at the 2025 GMA Dove Awards. The show will be held Oct. 7 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

Daigle and Queen are competing for artist of the year at the annual awards show, along with Brandon Lake, CeCe Winans, Forrest Frank and Phil Wickham.

Presenters include John Crist, Sadie Robertson Huff, David and Tamela Mann, and Chris Tomlin. More performers and presenters will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Lake leads this year’s artist nominees with nine nods, including artist of the year, song of the year and pop/contemporary recorded song of the year. Lake landed his first top 10 album on the all-genre Billboard 200 in June with King of Hearts. He also landed his first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in May with “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” a collab with country star Jelly Roll.

Eight-time GMA Dove Awards winner Tauren Wells is set to return as host and performer for the show for a third consecutive year. As Billboard previously reported, the GMA Dove Awards are relocating from Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena to the Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville for this year’s show. Bridgestone Arena also hosts the annual Country Music Association Awards.

The show will air exclusively on TBN and the TBN+ app on Friday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET, and will be simulcast on SiriusXM The Message. An encore presentation will air on TBN and the TBN+ app on Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET.

Prior to the broadcast, viewers can watch the official red-carpet coverage, TBN’s Red Carpet Hosted by Kristin Adams, on Friday, Oct. 10, exclusively on the TBN+ app and TBN YouTube.

The GMA Dove Awards are voted on by the Gospel Music Association’s professional membership, and this year’s nominees were chosen from more than 2,800 submitted entries. Final round voting began on Aug. 7 and ends on Thursday (Aug. 14).

The 56th Annual GMA Dove Awards, presented in partnership with the Cantinas Art Foundation, are produced by the Gospel Music Association. Jackie Patillo and Justin Fratt serve as showrunners and executive producers; Curtis Stoneberger and Paul Wright as producers; and JoAnna Illingworth and Shama Mrema as scriptwriters. Russell E. Hall returns as director and Scott Moore and Go Live Productions as production manager.

Tickets and a limited number of Music City Fan Experiences are on sale at the Dove Awards site.

Everything’s coming up billions for Miley Cyrus. The singer is celebrating the news that her fifth video has crossed the one billion views mark on YouTube. The latest track to reach that hallowed height is Miley’s 2013 lead Bangerz single “We Can’t Stop,” the party-starting anthem written and produced by Mike Will Made It, P-Nasty and R. City, with additional lyrics from the singer and a sample of Doug E. Fresh’s hip -hop classic “La Di Da Di.”

The turn-up tune topped out at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time of release, notably blocked from No. 1 by Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” — Cyrus and Thicke would perform a legendarily raunchy, suggestive medley of their respective hit songs at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.

Despite some grumbling about the suggestive content of the “We Can’t Stop” clip at the time from critics struggling to wrap their heads around the then-21-year-old Disney star’s transition from kid-friendly pop singer to hip-hop adjacent provocateur, the video blew up right away. It set a record at the time on Vevo for most views in the first 24 hours, then another record after getting hitting Vevo Certified status for 100 million views in just over a month for a visual Billboard described at the time as “subversive, mesmerizing and unhinged.”

The Diane Martel-directed video definitely painted Cyrus in a whole different light. Wearing golden grillz and writhing on a bed in a white bra and hot pants, it finds the singer surrounded by friends who eat sandwiches made out of $100 bills, building french fry skulls, twerking and butt-slapping, pretending to slice off their fingers and dirty dancing with giant teddy bears.

From scenes of Miley in a fishnet bathing suit making out with a doll wearing a similar outfit to the singer smashing a giant beer bottle piñata filled with hot dogs and winking drug references to “dancing with Molly”, the loud and proud debauchery finds its thesis statement in the refrain, “And we can’t stop/ And we won’t stop/ We run things they don’t run we/ Don’t take nothing from nobody.”

Cyrus had previously crossed the one-billion views mark with 2013’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Wrecking Ball,” as well as 2009’s “Party in the U.S.A.,” 2013’s “23” with Mike WiLL Made-It, Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J and her other No. 1 hit, 2023’s “Flowers.”

Watch the “We Can’t Stop” video below.

Morgan Wallen is No. 1 again on the fledgling TouchTunes Artists Chart, and for the second quarter of 2025, he was an even more ubiquitous presence on the company’s jukeboxes, racking up 10 appearances between the songs-based Frontline and Catalog rankings as well.

The TouchTunes charts for the second quarter of the year track the most played songs and artists on TouchTunes jukeboxes from April 1 to June 30, with the Frontline ranking inclusive of music released in the last 18 months, followed by the Catalog tally for any music that was released more than 18 months ago. The TouchTunes Artists Chart tracks the same period, combining all of an artist’s plays across both rankings. TouchTunes has jukeboxes in more than 60,000 locations worldwide. Its data is not factored into other Billboard charts.

Wallen claimed the No. 1 spot on the inaugural TouchTunes Artists Chart last quarter (January-March), racking up the most plays by any act those three months. Not only is he tops among all acts again – his 10 appearances are also the most of any artist at one time since the Frontline and Catalog charts began being published every quarter a year ago (representing the second quarter of 2024), exceeding the eight he snagged in the first quarter of 2025.

That’s thanks in part to the release of I’m the Problem, Wallen’s fourth studio album, which was released halfway through the quarter on May 16. The LP, which has reigned on the weekly Billboard 200 chart for 10 of the 12 weeks since its release, accounts for six of the 25 spots on the latest Frontline list, paced by the title track, which leaps nine spots to No. 2 in its second quarter on the survey.

Three of the remaining five songs are debuts (“Just in Case,” No. 8; “I’m a Little Crazy,” No. 16; the Tate McRae-featuring “What I Want,” No. 24), while “Love Somebody” (No. 10) and “Lies Lies Lies” (No. 21) are holdovers from the previous iteration.

Wallen’s other appearances on the latest charts? As the featured act on Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help” (No. 5, Frontline) and via “Whiskey Glasses” (No. 8, Catalog), “Cowgirls” (featuring ERNEST; No. 19, Catalog) and “Last Night” (No. 20, Catalog). The latter is the Catalog ranking’s top debut of the month following multiple quarters on the Frontline tally (it was released in January 2023).

But while Wallen is a formidable presence across the latest TouchTunes charts, one accomplishment eludes him: a No. 1 song. That distinction again goes to Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” on the Frontline tally and Chris Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey” on Catalog. Both songs have led every iteration of their respective charts so far.

That said, Shaboozey’s day in the sun (atop the Frontline chart, at least) could be nearing its end. In addition to an obvious time limit (only songs 18 months old and newer are eligible for Frontline, with exceptions given to tracks that may be older but are breaking in the U.S. for the first time), Shaboozey himself drops three positions on the latest Artists tally to No. 5 after debuting at No. 2 on the inaugural list.

He’s passed by Toby Keith (up three spots), Stapleton (up one) and AC/DC (up two). Keith’s “I Love This Bar” concurrently rebounds one place to No. 2 on Catalog, behind Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey” and AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” appears at No. 18 on Catalog.

Drake and George Strait, meanwhile, are the two debuts on the 10-position list.

On Frontline, Wallen isn’t behind the only newer songs making waves. Jessie Murph’s “Blue Strips” is the quarter’s top debut at No. 7, while Drake’s “Nokia” premieres just outside the top 10 at No. 11.

Other debuts include tunes from Riley Green, BigXthaPlug and The Red Clay Strays on Frontline, plus Def Leppard and Eric Church on Catalog.

For the second quarter in a row, the rock genre accounts for 38% of TouchTunes plays across both Frontline- and Catalog-eligible titles, the most of any genre, ahead of country at 23%. Country, however, makes up 44% of Frontline songs, while rock accounts for 10%.

See all rankings below.

TouchTunes Frontline Chart

TouchTunes Catalog Chart

TouchTunes Artists Chart