You love to see it. About a week ago, Cody Johnson finally released his official studio cover of “Travelin’ Soldier,” which fans have been begging him to do for years at this point. You’ve probably seen the mega viral video of Cody’s acoustic performance of the song, which first went viral back in June of 2020 during the height of the pandemic when CoJo did a live stream with his backing band. He eventually release an acoustic cover on his YouTube channel in March of 2022, and it exploded from there. As of today, the video has over 58 million views and 247,000 likes on YouTube alone. That’s not even counting the countless number of TikToks and other reposts of the cover on various platforms. It took nearly six years for us to finally get to this point, but I’m not complaining… it’s perfect. Cody explained that he’s known he would cut it for a while, and it’s been an incredible journey getting to hear so many stories from his fans about what this song means to them: “It’s been three years since we released an acoustic cover of ‘Travelin’ Soldier.’ The fans responded so enthusiastically and began requesting it during our live shows, so it’s remained on the set list. I had no idea that it was going to give me the opportunity to hear, see, and bring words to y’all’s stories. I knew at some point, when the time felt right, we needed to record it in the studio.  He says people constantly come up to him and ask him to perform it at live shows, so he’s known how special it is for a long time now, and I have had it on repeat since the morning it was released. And it sounds like I’m not the only one, as “Travelin’ Soldier” is officially the highest charting song of Johnson’s career, debuting at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart this week, which encompasses all musical genres. It also got nearly 15 million global streams in its first week, making it the No. 1 streamed country song for the week and placed it at No. 11 across all genres. The track also debuted Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Chart, and clearly, it’s off to a hot start and it’s not hard to understand why when you listen to it. While many of us longtime fans were waiting on the edge of their seats for this release, it’s neat that so many others have clearly taken to it and proved that it’s the hit we all have known it is for years now. Who knows just how far it could go, and it would be incredible to see it crack the Top 1o on the Hot 100, which is pretty feasible at this point considering it only has to move up two spots for that to happen. “Travelin’ Soldier” was first written, recorded and released by Bruce Robison in 1996 on his self-titled debut album, and the song would then later be re-recorded by Ty England on his 1999 album, Highways & Dance Halls, before The Chicks, who were still going by Dixie Chicks at the time, released the song in 2002 and eventually scored a #1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart along with a platinum certification from the RIAA. Cody is also a four-time 2025 CMA Award nominee this evening, including his first-ever Entertainer of The Year nomination, as well as nods for Male Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year and Music Video of the Year with Carrie Underwood for their song “I’m Gonna Love You (with Carrie Underwood),” so he’s likely to take home at least one or two of those, as well. He won’t be performing as he’s recovering from surgery for a ruptured eardrum that occurred in October. The 59th Annual CMA Awards will air live tonight from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena at 8PM ET on ABC, hosted by Lainey Wilson. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Cody’s rendition of “Travelin’ Soldier” is just perfect: “Travelin’ Soldier” The post Cody Johnson Scores Highest Charting Song Of His Career As “Travelin’ Soldier” Enters The Billboard Hot 100 Chart first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

New hardware for Post. Post Malone has seemingly done it all throughout his career. First beginning on SoundCloud as a rapper, the Texas native scored an incredible amount of success in the genre with smash hits like “White Iverson,” “Congratulations” and “Rockstar.” Throughout his time in hip-hop, he’d score five American Music Awards, 11 Billboard Music Awards, six MTV Music Awards along with an additional 18 Grammy nominations (with five of those coming off the release of F-1 Trillion last year). After receiving four nominations at last year’s CMA Awards for Single, Song, Music Video and Musical Event of the Year, all for his all-genre Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit with Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help,” Post was left searching for his first CMA Award heading into this year after “I Had Some Help” was shutout in all four of its categories. Heading into this year at the 59th annual CMA Awards, Post is up for two awards: Album of the Year (F-1 Trillion) and Musical Event of the Year (“Pour Me A Drink” feat. Blake Shelton). While most artists will have to wait until the ceremony is held live at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville tonight at 7 p.m. ET, the CMAs revealed their first two awards early this morning. Just announced, Post Malone and Blake Shelton’s “Pour Me a Drink” took home Musical Event of the Year while Ella Langley and Riley Green’s “you look like you love me” won Music Video of the Year, marking a clean sweep at this year’s ACM and CMA Awards in the music video category. View this post on Instagram “Pour Me A Drink,” which beat out the likes of Jelly Roll and Brandon Lake’s “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” Cody Johnson and Carrier Underwood’s “I’m Gonna Love You,” Megan Moroney and Kenny Chesney’s “You Had to Be There” and Riley Green and Ella Langley’s “Don’t Mind If I Do,” marks Post’s first-ever CMA Award win. As for Shelton, this Musical Event of the Year win pushes his career CMA Award total to 11, allowing him to pass the likes of Willie Nelson and The Chicks for eight-most all time and tie the likes of Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney to seventh-most all time. As for “Pour Me A Drink” itself, the song was nothing short of a success for Post and Shelton. Though it didn’t receive the massive virality that “I Had Some Help Did” (which cannot really be blamed due to the massive star power Morgan Wallen possesses), the still put up huge numbers both online and on the radio. Written by Post himself along with John Byron, Rocky Block, Jordan Dozzi, Charlie Handsome and Louis Bell, the song would go #1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, #3 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, #12 on the all-genre Hot 100 and additionally score a #1 on Billboard’s Canadian Country chart. Additionally, “Pour Me A Drink” has racked up over 235 million streams on Spotify alone since its release on June 21, 2024. The rest of this year’s CMA winners will be announced live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville tonight at 7 p.m. CT on ABC. The full list of nominees, with the early winners highlighted in bold, can be found below. Entertainer of the Year Morgan Wallen Luke Combs Lainey Wilson Cody Johnson Chris Stapleton Album of the Year Am I Okay? – Megan Moroney Producer: Kristian Bush Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank Cold Beer & Country Music – Zach Top Producer: Carson Chamberlain Mix Engineer: Matt Rovey F-1 Trillon – Post Malone Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore I’m The Problem – Morgan Wallen Producers: Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi Mix Engineers: Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson Producer: Jay Joyce Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce Male Vocalist of the Year Chris Stapleton Morgan Wallen Luke Combs Cody Johnson Zach Top Female Vocalist of the Year Lainey Wilson Ella Langley Megan Moroney Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Vocal Group of the Year Old Dominion The Red Clay Strays Little Big Town Lady A Rascal Flatts Vocal Duo of the Year Brooks & Dunn Dan + Shay Brothers Osborne The War and Treaty Maddie & Tae Single of the Year “4X4XU” – Lainey Wilson Producer: Jay Joyce Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” – Luke Combs Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews “Am I Okay?” – Megan Moroney Producer: Kristian Bush Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank “I Never Lie” – Zach Top Producer: Carson Chamberlain Mix Engineer: Mat Rovey “You Look Like You Love Me” – Ella Langley ft. Riley Green Producer: Will Bundy Mix Engineer: Jim Cooley Song of the Year “4X4XU” – Lainey Wilson Songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson “Am I Okay? – Megan Moroney Songwriters: Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, Megan Moroney “I Never Lie” – Zach Top Songwriters: Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, Zach Top “Texas” – Blake Shelton Songwriters: Johnny Clawson, Josh Dorr, Lalo Guzman, Kyle Sturrock “You Look Like You Love Me” – Ella Langley ft. Riley Green Songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere New Artist of the Year Zach Top Ella Langley Stephen Wilson Jr. Tucker Wetmore Shaboozey Musician of the Year Jenee Fleenor (Fiddle) Paul Franklin (Steel Guitar) Brett Mason (Guitar) Rob McNelley (Guitar) Derek Wells (Guitar) Music Video of the Year “Am I Okay?” – Megan Moroney Directors: Alexander Gavillet, Megan Moroney “I’m Gonna Love You” – Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood Director: Dustin Haney “Somewhere Over Laredo” – Lainey Wilson Director: TK McKamy “Think I’m In Love With You” – Chris Stapleton Director: Running Bear “You Look Like You Love Me” – Ella Langley & Riley Green Directors: Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney Musical Event of the Year “Don’t Mind If I Do” – Riley Green ft. Ella Langley Producers: Scott Borchetta, Jimmy Harnen, Dann Huff “Hard Fought Hallelujah” – Brandon Lake w/ Jelly Roll Producer: Micha Nichols “I’m Gonna Love You” – Cody Johnson w/ Carrie Underwood Producer: Trent Willmon “Pour Me A Drink” – Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome “You Had to Be There” – Megan Moroney ft. Kenny Chesney Producer: Kristian Bush  The post Post Malone Takes Home First-Career CMA Award, “Pour Me A Drink” Featuring Blake Shelton Wins Musical Event of the Year first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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