Tenille Arts Hits #1, COLD FEET Tops CMT Music 12 Pack Countdown

New Reviver Records artist Tenille Arts racked up her first #1 this week, when her "Cold Feet" video topped the fan-voted CMT Music 12 Pack Countdown. Voting continues for two more weeks at http://www.cmt.com/shows/cmt-music-12-pack-countdown/vote.

Tenille was also announced as one of three new additions to the CMT Artist Discovery program. The multi-platform promotion includes exclusive world video premieres on CMT Music and CMT.com with custom on-air and cross-platform promotion to better connect emerging artists with a passionate new fan-base.

"WE DID IT!!! Last night," Tenille posted on Facebook. "'Cold Feet' became the #1 video on the CMT Music 12 Pack!! Thank you so much to everyone who has been voting. This means so much to me."

A native of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada, Tenille has been nominated in five categories in this year's Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards. Nods include Album of the Year for Rebel Child, Female Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Interactive Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for "Cold Feet." Awards will be given out at the 29th Annual SCMA Awards Weekend & Country Music Festival April 27-29 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Fans can catch Tenille performing on WSMV-TV's "Today In Nashville" show tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. Central to promote her Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival appearance that night at Nashville's famed Station Inn. Details at www.tinpansouth.com.

Tenille gained national notoriety when she performed an original song on this season's top-rated ABC show The Bachelor. Her Rebel Childalbum was released in October of last year. The success of the album prompted PopCulture.com to name Tenille one of their "Country Artists to Watch in 2018." Streaming giant Pandora named her one of their new artists to watch for 2017, and other media outlets have touted her insightful songwriting and powerful vocals.

The 23-year-old behind all of this recent attention is quietly confident country music lover raised in the small prairie town of Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She picked up the guitar and penned her first song at the age of 13 and has been performing across the US and Canada ever since. She made the move to Nashville almost three years ago, and a songwriting session brought her to the attention of award-winning producer Matt Rovey (Craig Campbell, Dean Brody), songwriter/producer Adam Wheeler and Noble Vision head Hal Oven.

Tenille's music tallied over two million streams in 2017 and over three million overall. Her "Cold Feet" single so moved noted music critic Tom Roland that he penned a rare full-page feature about the recording in a recent issue of the Billboard Country Update. Music Row Magazine critic Robert K. Oermann called Tenille "Promising in the extreme." Pandora said, "with songwriting inspired by Don Henley and reminiscent of early Taylor Swift, and vocals the size of her native Canada, Arts' future is bright," and popular country websitewhiskeyriff.com labeled Tenille a "new country artist name you need to know immediately."

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