Rascal Flatts and Lyric Street Records Have 6 Million Reasons to Celebrate

Rascal Flatts and Lyric Street Records Have 6 Million Reasons to Celebrate

Label Honors Group's Success With Exclusive Party at Country Music Hall Of Fame

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- This evening, Lyric Street Records hosted a party for Rascal Flatts to celebrate the group's achievement of selling over 6 million albums. Close to 300 invited guests joined Lyric Street Records at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to celebrate with Rascal Flatts. Just five years into a career marked by superlatives, Rascal Flatts has reached the benchmark of exceeding sales of 6 million with just three albums worth of material.

"It's an amazing thing, to do the kind of music that you love ... ," said the members of Rascal Flatts, "to pour your heart and soul into an album. Sort of lay it all out on the line. It's even more amazing when millions of people think it's good enough to go and lay their hard-earned money down to buy it. We are humbled, grateful, and feel so incredibly blessed. 'Thank you' does not even begin to cover it."

After showing a video reel containing highlights from Rascal Flatts' career, Lyric Street Records President, Randy Goodman brought the trio onstage, surprising them by revealing seven plaques -- each of them six feet tall -- commemorating the 6 million albums sold. In addition to the Artists; Gary Levox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney, plaques were also dedicated to Lyric Street Records, Turner, Nichols & Associates, Universal Music and Video Distribution, Producers Marty Williams and Mark Bright, Country Radio and the songwriters and musicians who contributed to each of the group's first three albums. The latter plaque was given by the Label to the CMHF for permanent keeping and display within the Museum.

Rascal Flatts acknowledged each of the songwriters, musicians, and engineers that have contributed to their albums, all of whom received individual plaques.

By any measure, Rascal Flatts has entered elite territory. In addition to selling over 6 million records, hits like These Days, I'm Movin' On, I Melt, Mayberry and Bless The Broken Road have taken them repeatedly to the top of the charts. They have pulled in a host of awards and accolades, and are the reigning 2003 & 2004 CMA & ACM Vocal Group of the Year as well as the 2004 CMT and ASCAP Vocal Group of the Year. They have played for the President and First Lady, become national spokesmen for the American Red Cross, and have headlined 3 sell-out tours. Even after racking up all of these accomplishments with the group's first three albums, both Rascal Flatts and Lyric Street Records have no plans of slowing down in the near future and look forward to working together towards taking the trio's extraordinary career to yet another level.

Lyric Street Records is a part of the Buena Vista Music Group. The Buena Vista Music Group is the recorded music and music publishing arm of the Walt Disney Company.

Source: Schmidt Relations

CONTACT: Lisa Bell of LGB Media (Lyric Street Records), +1-615-963-4865; or Jessie Schmidt of Schmidt Relations, +1-615-846-3878

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