Bucky Covington Video Debuts at #1 CMT Pure Country  3/5/07

Bucky Covington Video Debuts at #1 on CMT Pure Country

Fan Excitement Builds for American Idol Finalist's April 17th CD Release

NASHVILLE, Tenn./PRNewswire/ -- Fan excitement is growing exponentially in the weeks leading up to the April 17th release of American Idol Season 5 finalist Bucky Covington's self-titled debut CD.

The video for his first single, "A Different World," debuted this week in the #1 position atop CMT's fan-voted CMT Pure Country video playlist. Additionally, the video debuted this week at an impressive #36 on Yahoo Music's all-genre video chart, putting Covington in the company of fellow American Idol alum Carrie Underwood as the only two country artists with videos in Yahoo's Top 50.

On-line fan support is also mounting on MySpace, where Covington's MySpace friends increased 19% following the premiere of his video on CMT, GAC, and Yahoo Music. Covington's was the second greatest increase of all country music artists for the week. Over at CMT.com, Covington ranks in the Top 25 artists, and is the only artist in the Top 50 who has yet to release a debut CD.

At radio, phone lines are lighting up at stations across the country and station message boards are buzzing everywhere - all with excited fan response to "A Different World." The single is one of the most requested songs at stations nationwide and had over 4 million audience impressions just this week.

Bucky Covington will be released on Lyric Street Records on April 17th, 2007.

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 Studios.

SOURCE Erickson Public Relations and Lyric Street Records