Mike
Dungan

With the Nashville imprints of Capitol, Mercury, EMI and MCA, Dungan’s portfolio commands a 21.7% country market share — the only label above 20% — and no shortage of success stories. Carrie Underwood extended her record streak of consecutive No. 1s on Top Country Albums to nine with “My Savior,” which also topped the Christian chart. Mickey Guyton became the first Black female to be Grammy nominated in a country category, even co-hosting the Academy of Country Music Awards. In May, Eric Church replaced himself at No. 1 on the all-genre Album Sales chart, while Sam Hunt’s “Southside” was the only 2020 country album certified platinum last year. With all that and recent No. 1 country albums by Luke Bryan, Keith Urban and Chris Stapleton, no wonder Dungan always seems to be smiling.