MusicRow
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{{short description|American trade publication}}
{{Distinguish|text = Music Row, the Nashville historic district}}
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| publisher = Sherod Robertson
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| frequency = Bi-monthly
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| founded = 1981
| country = United States
| based = Nashville, Tennessee
| language = English
| website = {{URL|musicrow.com}}
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MusicRow is a Nashville music industry trade publication.{{cite web|title=Ian Rogers-This Week in Music w/David M. Ross|url=http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-music/david-ross-co-founder-of-music-row/|work=This Week in Music|publisher=Ian Rogers|access-date=August 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012053504/http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-music/david-ross-co-founder-of-music-row/|archive-date=October 12, 2012|url-status=dead}} The publication delivers online content in addition to six annual print magazines including its InCharge, Artist Roster and Publisher directories.{{cite web|title=MusicRow CountryBreakout Chart|url=http://honkytonktv.com/music-row-country-breakout-chart/|publisher=Honky Tonk TV|access-date=August 27, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Print Issues|url=http://www.musicrow.com/subscribe/|publisher=MusicRow Magazine|access-date=August 10, 2012}} MusicRow Enterprises is also home to song pitch-sheet RowFax, and the MusicRow radio chart.
''MusicRow'' magazine history
David M. Ross founded the enterprise in Nashville beginning April 1981 as a one-page directory and fostered its growth for almost three decades. The publication was acquired from Ross in 2008 by SouthComm Communications.{{cite web|title=SouthComm Buys MusicRow|url=http://www.southcomm.com/news/southcomm-buys-music-row|publisher=SouthComm|access-date=August 31, 2012}}{{cite web|title=MusicRow Acquisition|date=November 19, 2010 |url=http://www.musicrow.com/2010/11/musicrow-acquisition-returns-robertson-to-the-row/|publisher=MusicRow Magazine|access-date=August 10, 2012}} In 2010, Sherod Robertson acquired the enterprise and is currently its publisher.{{cite web|title=30 Years of Monitoring Nashvilles MusicRow|url=http://kchelemagazine.com/2012/04/10/david-ross-recounts-30-years-of-monitoring-nashvilles-musicrow/|publisher=Kchele Magazine|access-date=August 27, 2012}}
''RowFax''
RowFax began in 1992, sending out breaking news, song pitch lists and industry news each Friday by fax machine. Today, the service digitally distributes weekly information about current recording projects searching for songs to record. The service is used primarily by professional music publishers, songwriters, producers, artists, and A&R executives. Each entry contains artist, label, producer, recording schedule, project description and contact details when available.{{cite web|title=About|url=http://rowfax.com/about/|publisher=RowFax|access-date=August 10, 2012}} The publication is not involved in pitching, reviewing, listening to or owning songs.{{cite web|title=Song Plugging With Tip Sheets|url=http://jagmmp.com/music_articles/song_plugging_with_tip_sheets.html|publisher=Jerry Greene|access-date=August 27, 2012}}
''MusicRow'' chart
The MusicRow Country Breakout Chart is published each week, with spin-based measurement used to determine single rankings. Primarily, the chart is focused on exposing new music played on secondary market radio stations.{{cite web|title=10th Annual CRS Meet & Greet Awards|url=http://jthodges.com/news/10th-annual-crs-meet-greet-and-cbo-awards|publisher=JT Hodges|access-date=August 27, 2012}} The annual MusicRow Chart Airplay Awards are presented to those who accrued the most total spins in categories: Artist of the Year, Label of the Year, Breakout Artist of the Year, and Independent Artist of the Year.{{cite web|title=CRS Awards|date=February 22, 2012 |url=http://www.musicrow.com/2012/02/musicrowpics-10th-annual-crs-meet-greet-and-cbo-awards/|publisher=MusicRow|access-date=August 10, 2012}}
Events and awards
MusicRow hosts its MusicRow Country Breakout Awards during the Annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville recognizing the highest number of spins artists or labels receive from chart reporting stations throughout the year.{{cite web|title=MusicRow Reveals A STELLAR Lineup for its 2012 CRS Meet & Greet and CountryBreakout Awards|work=All Access |url=http://www.allaccess.com/nashville-iq/archive/12349/headline-of-the-day---january-20-2012|publisher=All Access Media|access-date=August 27, 2012}}{{cite web|title=MusicRow CountryBreakout Awards|date=February 22, 2012 |url=http://www.musicrow.com/2012/02/bobby-karl-works-musicrows-countrybreakout-awards/|publisher=MusicRow|access-date=August 22, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Find Out About: Music Row Magazine, Nashville's Premier Music Industry Publication|url=http://www.musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=6851|work=Anne Freeman|publisher=The Aspiring Songwriter|access-date=August 27, 2012}} In addition, the enterprise hosts its annual MusicRow Awards honoring the Top Ten Album All-Star Musicians, determined by album credits, and the reader-voted awards Breakthrough Artist, Breakthrough Songwriter, Song of the Year and Producer of the Year.{{cite web|title=BMI Hosts Music Row Awards|date=June 22, 2012 |url=http://www.bmi.com/photos/entry/557891|publisher=BMI|access-date=August 27, 2012}}{{cite web|title=MusicRow Awards|date=June 21, 2012 |url=http://www.musicrow.com/2012/06/musicrowpics-2012-musicrow-awards/|publisher=MusicRow|access-date=August 10, 2012}} In 2012, Robertson introduced the Rising Women on the Row event to salute up-and-coming women who have made substantial contributions to the Nashville music industry early in their careers.{{cite web|title=Inside Track on Music Row April 2012: INDUSTRY NEWS|work=Nashville Music Guide |date=April 15, 2012 |url=http://www.nashvillemusicguide.net/inside-track-on-music-row-april-2012/|access-date=August 27, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Rising Women|date=February 3, 2012 |url=http://www.musicrow.com/2012/02/musicrow-to-honor-rising-women-on-the-row/|publisher=MusicRow|access-date=August 10, 2012}}