NASHVILLE, TN (December 9, 2024) — To close out an incredible breakout year, award-winning artist Ella Langley has earned her first No. 1 single on Country radio with “you look like you love me.” The song, taken to the top of the charts in partnership with Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment, marks Riley Green’s fourth No. 1. The song reached the No. 1 spot on Mediabase’s Country Radio Chart and makes Ella the first female artist to lead the Billboard Country Airplay Chart in 2024. The RIAA PLATINUM-certified hit recently took home the CMA Award for ‘Musical Event of the Year’ and was featured on Ella’s debut album, hungover. “you look like you love me” has emerged as Ella’s most-streamed song to date with more than 260M worldwide streams and counting. After peaking in the Top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song has also peaked at No. 7 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs this week. Ella and Riley graced the stage and performed the playful duet on the CMA Awards, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Today Show. The two will also reunite on the season finale of NBC’s The Voice tomorrow night.
About Ella Langley:
Ella Langley is just the kind of maverick country music needs. She’s got a rafter-reaching voice and she’s a straight-shootin’ songwriter who pulls no punches when it comes to life, love, and everything else under the sun. Hailing from Hope Hull, Alabama, she tirelessly gigged in bars and at local festivals before relocating to Nashville in 2019. Spiking her unfiltered true stories with unapologetic rock ‘n’ roll grit and unassuming pop appeal, she quietly emerged as a phenomenon with millions of streams and a growing fan base. Following a series of buzz-building singles and her debut EP Excuse The Mess in 2023, Ella arrived at a landmark moment in her career with the release of her debut 14-track album, hungover, on August 2, 2024. Co-writing every song on the album, Ella describes these songs as raw, fun, and emotional, and a peek into her diary entries. Music Row hailed it as “a fantastic display of the young artist’s boldness and creative assuredness,” and GRAMMY.com christened her “one of country’s most promising new stars.” The album includes her CMA Award-winning and RIAA-Platinum certified hit “you look like you love me” featuring Riley Green, which has become Ella’s most streamed song of her career, marked her Billboard Hot 100 debut, and received widespread critical acclaim for its classic sound. With tours supporting names like Jon Pardi, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Riley Green, HARDY, Morgan Wallen, Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley under her belt, Ella also embarked on her first-ever North American headline tour this year with all sold out shows. Ella has been named to CMT’s 2024 LISTEN UP Roster, their Next Women of Country Class of 2024, as well as to Opry’s NextStage Class of 2024. She has also been included on ‘Artists To Watch’ lists from All Country News, The Country Wire, Holler Country and more. Ella still has plenty up her sleeve and shows no signs of slowing down.
About Riley Green:
CMA award winner, Riley Green has been compelling Country music fans to raise a drink, shed a tear, and, above all, celebrate where they are from, since first releasing his self-titled EP in 2018 with Big Machine Label Group. His songs like the No. 1 PLATINUM hit “There Was This Girl,” the 3X-PLATINUM-certified heart-tugger “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” (which he performed live at the 55th ACM Awards), and his chart-topping collab with Thomas Rhett, “Half of Me,” have made Riley synonymous with what Country music does best: making listeners feel something with his no-gimmick, relatable writing and classic feel.
An avid sports fan, former athlete (Jacksonville State University quarterback) and outdoorsman, Riley is riding a wave of success after being named the Academy of Country Music’s 2020 New Male Artist of the Year, a former MusicRow Breakout Artist of the Year, a CMT “Listen Up Artist,” and one of CRS’s 2020 New Faces. In 2023 Green served as direct support for Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, playing to an average of 65,000 fans each night. Recently Green has wrapped his own headlining Ain’t My Last Rodeo Tour, bringing out Tracy Lawrence and Ella Langley with him. Combs joined Riley on his third No. 1 single “Different ‘Round Here (Ft. Luke Combs),” the title track to Riley’s 2019 debut album that he re-recorded with Combs after seeing how fans connected to it.
The singer-songwriter’s third studio album, Don’t’ Mind If I Do, produced by Dann Huff, arrived on his birthday, October 18 with more of the signature Riley Green fans have come to know and love from the good ol’ boy who still lives in his hometown of Jacksonville, AL. Currently on an incredible hot streak, Green’s well-earned confidence in his work shines through across the 18-track set with five of the tracks being solely written including standouts “Jesus Saves,” “Worst Way” and the title track—which finds Green reuniting with his “you look like you love me” duet partner and recent tourmate Ella Langley. See tour dates and learn more at rileygreenmusic.com.
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