Laura Bell Bundy Announce Major Label Debut

03/15/2010
. Laura Bell Bundy's major label debut album Achin' And Shakin' is slated for release April 13 on Mercury Nashville. The infectious lead single "Giddy On Up" has been described as "a breath of fresh air" and "nothing short of a new female anthem" amongst industry critics since the premiere of the music video on January 18.

With the support of massive websites such as CMT.com, Perezhilton.com, People.com, Usmagazine.com and Monstersandcritics.com "Giddy On Up" has received almost 1 million streams in a month and has sold over 30,000 digital singles.

"Our gut said Laura Bell Bundy would be a big hit and it exceeded our expectations," said Jay Frank, SVP Music Strategy, CMT. "#1 on CMT.com right out of the box and immediate sales from the first spin�she is a definite star in CMT's future."

In addition to the astounding web buzz, numerous radio markets have jumped on board and added Bundy's single to total over 28 stations countrywide in just 3 weeks.

"Giddy On Up" is the number one requested song at KILT, in Houston," said Jeff Garrison, PD KILT, VP of Country Programming, CBS.

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