The Royalty group of companies would like to thank the CCMA and its membership
for the following CCMA Industry Award nominations:

*Music Publishing Company Of The Year
*Record Company Of The Year
*Record Company Person Of The Year (Ed Harris)
*Record Company Person Of The Year (Rob Smith)

We would also like to congratulate Royalty artist, Joyce Smith, on her induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Honour. Joyce Smith was born and raised in Alberta. Smith started out performing on radio and television shows before joining a band and opening up for touring acts passing through. Smith went on to have international success in the United States while signed to MCA Nashville. Her biggest hit was Leavin’ On Your Mind, which was later recorded by Patsy Cline.

The nominations for the 2010 CCMA Awards were released and Gord led the list with six nominations including the prestigious "Fans Choice Award". He was also nominated for "Male Artist", "Single", "Album", "CMT Video" and "Songwriter Of The Year". The nominations came on the heels of the release "Put Some Alcohol On It", the second single and video from Gord's latest album "Day Job". It was also announced that Gord will appear on the nationally televised CCMA Award Show, airing on CBC, Sunday September 12th.

Hey Romeo

The nominations for the Canadian Country Music Awards were announced and Hey Romeo received nominations for Group Of The Year, Web Site Of The Year and Darren Gusnowsky received a nomination for Best Guitar and Rob Shapiro for Best Keyboards. Their sophomore album "That's What I Am" was released on June 1. The trio has just seen recent chart success with the first single "Searchin' For You" hitting top twenty in Canada. In 2008, Hey Romeo won the CCMA Award for "Top New Group" and in 2009 received a nomination for "Group Of The Year".

Marlee Scott

Marlee Scott also joined the CCMA nomination list with a nod for "Rising Star". Marlee's self-titled album was released on Royalty in 2009 and she cracked the Top 30 in Canada with the single "Yesterday, Today,and Tomorrow". She just recently performed at the Big Valley Jamboree.

Jason Greeley

Jason Greeley has been active on the peformance front lately in support of his latest single "Around for a Reason.” Jason appeared at the Calgary Stampede's Nashville North and in Camrose at the Big Valley Jamboree. The single was co-written by the album’s producer and three time CCMA award winner Joel Feeney.

Chris Cummings

Royalty Records is pleased to announce that a distribution deal has been finalized with Chris Cummings. Since the beginning of his career, Chris Cummings has released five extraordinary studio albums, racked up multiple hits at Canadian country radio, and had several number one videos on CMT Canada. In addition, multiple CCMA, RPM, ECMA, and Juno nominations as well as a Grammy nominated song recorded by American country group Alabama. The album, "Give Me Tonight" is scheduled for a early fall release.