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    • Dec 31, 2003
    Country music sales dropped 10% during the year, to 69.3 million CDs sold, according to figures released by SoundScan. The overall music industry slipped 0.8%, with 687 million units sold
    Apr 22, 2004
    Vanguard announces the signing of Deana Carter to a recording contract
    May 6, 2004
    The Vivaton label announces the signing of Mark Chesnutt
    Aug 5, 2004
    Sony and BMG announce that their corporate merger is complete, establishing the new firm Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Among the affected labels: Columbia, Epic, RCA, BNA, Arista and Monument
    Jan 5, 2005
    The Country Music Association reports 77.9 million country albums were sold during 2004, an increase of 12% over 2003. The top seller during the 12-month period: Kenny Chesney's "When The Sun Goes Down," which sold more than 3 million
    Nov 22, 2005
    Warner Bros. agrees to pay $5 million to settle a payola investigation being conducted by the state of New York. In the process, the company acknowledges some of its employees engaged in illegal activity to gain airplay
    Jan 5, 2006
    The Tennessean reports country album sales for 2005 numbered 75.33 million, a 3.3% decline from the prior year's 77.91 million, tabulated by SoundScan. The genre's market share increased from 11.7% to 12.2%
    Apr 11, 2006
    Founder Joe Chambers unveils plans for the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville. Attending are musicians Steve Wariner, Duane Eddy, Reggie Young, David Hungate, Scotty Moore, Bob Moore, James Burton, Pig Robbins and Garry Tallent
    May 11, 2006
    The Universal Music Group agrees to pay $12 million to charity after settling with New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer in a payola case that hinged partially on emails from Universal South offering free goods to radio stations for airplay
    Jul 6, 2006
    VNU, the parent company of Billboard magazine, announces it's purchasing the publication's leading competitor, Radio & Records



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