Arts

Issue #1446 (2026 Nashville Special / Megan Moroney)

By HITS

Published

Sep 22, 2026

Pages

1

Language

English

In what is clearly shaping up as the year of the woman in country music, Sony Nashville/Columbia’s Megan Moroney blasted through the glass ceiling in February when her Cloud 9 debuted at #1 with 147k, the biggest week for a country album by a female artist in almost two years. The emo cowgirl followed that up with a field-leading nine ACM nominations, including Entertainer of the Year, and is set to embark on a largely sold-out arena tour. SMN boss Taylor Lindsey has done everything right, except prevent Megan from appearing on this cover.