BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville hosted its second annual  brunch at the 2024 ACM Awards at the Stonebriar  Country Club in Frisco, Texas, on May 16.  Held the morning of the awards, the brunch included greater than 150 attendees from the label, radio, streaming companies and different business executives.

Jon Loba, president of frontline recordings for BMG North America, opened the brunch, which was moved inside as a result of stormy climate. Lainey Wilson, who went on to win entertainer of the yr at the ACM Awards just a few hours later, launched her new single, “Hang Tight Honey,” from her for forthcoming album, Whirlwind, earlier than the label and Melinda Newman, Billboard’s government editor, West Coast and Nashville, offered Wilson with a plaque for having the shortest stint of any girl artist between No. 1 songs on the Country Airplay chart. Later, Billboard’s exec vp of charts and information partnership Silvio Pietroluongo offered Jelly Roll, a plaque for touchdown three No. 1s on the Country Airplay chart in 2023, whereas the artist performed a recording of his new single, “Liar,” which he later performed on the ACM Awards.

The brunch additionally included celebrity Jason Aldean and his writing collaborator-turned-duet accomplice John Morgan  performing “Friends Like That,” their present single, in addition to “Trouble with a Heartbreak,” a 2022 No. 1 hit for Aldean, co-written by Morgan. The Frontmen, a supergroup comprised of the Richie McDonald (previously of Lonestar), Larry Stewart (previously of Restless Heart) and Tim Rushlow (previously of Little Texas), additionally carried out two of their songs, together with new single, “Beatles and Eagles,” in addition to a mini-medley of their earlier teams’ hits.

Additionally, Frank Ray performed his new Latin-tinged tune, “Uh Huh (Ajá)” and Blanco Brown sang alongside as his new Diane Warren-penned music, “Snapshot,” performed.

See images from the occasion, sponsored by Heineken Silver, Zilzie Wines and Billboard,  beneath.