Lineup features Frank Ray, Lily Rose, Conner Smith and Morgan Wade
The much-anticipated talent lineup has been released for the fifth annual “Amazon Music Presents: Country Heat at CRS.” The show, to be held February 23rd, will be headlined by Thomas Rhett, and will also feature performances by Frank Ray, Lily Rose, Conner Smith, and Morgan Wade. The evening will be hosted by Nashville insiders, Kelly Sutton and Amber Anderson of Amazon Music’s original podcast, Country Heat Weekly.
“We’re thrilled to bring Country Heat back to CRS this year,” states Michelle Tigard Kammerer, Head of Country Music for Amazon Music. “We’ve curated a lineup leading with superstar, Thomas Rhett, and featuring four stars on the rise who were also selected as 2022 Artists to Watch by our programming team, and we can’t wait for attendees to watch.”
Thomas Rhett has had 18 multi-Platinum and Gold-certified No. 1 hits, 12 billion streams and the longest current active streak of consecutive No. 1s in the format (Mediabase/Country Aircheck Chart).
The “Amazon Music Presents: Country Heat at CRS” showcase will take place from 6-8 pm in Omni Nashville Hotel’s Broadway Ballroom and will close out the first day of Country Radio Seminar (CRS) 2022. “Country Heat” is the ultimate Amazon Music playlist for today’s country music fan, updated each week to feature a mixture of country hits and breaking singles from both new and established acts. Last fall, Amazon Music announced that its global music brand Country Heat had surpassed 13 billion streams in the U.S. since its first station launched in October 2016.
“Amazon Music Presents: Country Heat at CRS” is one of many exciting events scheduled to take place during CRS 2022. Some of this year’s agenda highlights include a full-day Streaming Summit, 18 informative panels, six “CRS Heads of State” sessions, four mentoring breakfasts, three label-sponsored luncheons, a featured artist interview with Blake Shelton, “Bob Kingsley’s Acoustic Alley,” the annual New Faces of Country Music Show, and much more.
Registration for CRS 2022 is open and available for purchase at CountryRadioSeminar.com. CRS will be held Wednesday, February 23rd through February 25th. Single-day passes are also being made available for $249 each. Day passes include access to panels, speakers, luncheons and networking destinations on the day of pass purchase, with the exception of Friday’s New Faces of Country Music show. Day passes will only be available for purchase on-site.
Everyone attending CRS 2022 will be required to provide documentation of full COVID-19 vaccinations or a negative COVID test result, to be completed within 48-hours of arrival at the event. If attendees cannot provide either, rapid antigen and PCR tests will be available upon arrival and conducted on-site at no cost to attendees. CRB has engaged the services of 3P America for end-to-end digital compliance, using its mobile-based, proprietary application, 3P Smart Verify.
