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Country music sensation James Otto is back with his new single “Since You Brought It Up,” from his forthcoming new album due from Warner Bros. Records Nashville this fall. The track was co-written by Otto with Rivers Rutherford and Dave Berg, and co-produced by Otto and Grammy Award-winning record producer and session guitarist Paul Worley (Big & Rich, Dixie Chicks). “It is just a pleasure to get to work with Paul Worley because he has been such a major part of my career,” Otto says. “He signed me to Warner Bros. Records and now we get to work together as a producer team, which is awesome.”

Otto's debut Warner Bros. Records release Sunset Man, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, scored three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and remained in the Top 5 Country Albums chart for six weeks after its release in April 2008. James co-wrote nine of Sunset Man’s 11 tracks and co-produced the CD with Big & Rich’s John Rich and Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus. The album’s first single, “Just Got Started Lovin’ You,” was the Most Played Single of 2008 at Country radio and Billboard’s No. 1 Hot Country Song of 2008. The track was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. James was also an ACM Award winner in the Song of the Year category as a co-writer for Jamey Johnson’s “In Color” (a track that also earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song). In addition, he was nominated in the Top New Male Vocalist category at the ACM Awards and in the New Artist of the Year category at CMA Awards. Sunset Man has sold almost 400,000 copies.

Gloriana and James Otto Nominated for the Nationwide Insurance Award For the 2009 CMT Music Awards

Submitted by Team WBRN on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 2:51pm.
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Gloriana and James Otto are nominated for the Nationwide Insurance On Your Side® Award for the 2009 CMT Music Awards. Your votes will determine the winner so vote as often as you want, and spread the word for your favorite new artists. The polls close June 5, and CMT reveal the winner during the 2009 CMT Music Awards on June 16. Vote now at CMT.com

JAMES OTTO WINS ACM AWARD AS CO-WRITER FOR JAMEY JOHNSON'S "IN COLOR"

Submitted by Team WBRN on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 12:29pm.
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Warner Bros. Records Artist James Otto was definitely thinking "These Are The Good Ole Days" last night when he won an Academy Of Country Music Award in the Song Of The Year category as co-songwriter for Jamey Johnson's "In Color." Otto co-wrote the single with Johnson and Lee Thomas Miller. The award marks the first ACM award for Otto. After their ACM win, Otto went out with the fans to watch Johnson perform their award winning song, “In Color.”

JESSICA HARP AND JAMES OTTO ADDED TO CMA FEST LINEUP

Submitted by Team WBRN on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 7:14am.
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The excitement is building for 2009 CMA Music Festival, Thursday through Sunday, June 11-14 in Downtown Nashville, as the first artists performing on the free Daytime Stage at Riverfront Park are announced. Jessica Harp and James Otto have both been added to the official lineup with Otto performing on June 11 and Harp on June 14. Click more for all the details.

New A&R Team Surveys!

Submitted by Team WBRN on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 8:57am.
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We want your opinions! There are some new tracks up from both Jason Jones and James Otto on the A&R Team page. These are the latest cuts of songs that will potentially end up as singles and tracks off both of their upcoming albums. So take a listen and let us know what you think! Visit the A&R Team page here.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 51st ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARD NOMINEES - RANDY TRAVIS AND JAMES OTTO

Submitted by Team WBRN on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 11:37am.
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Nominations for the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards were announced December 3 by The Recording Academy® and both Randy Travis and James Otto came away with four nominations.

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