Cody Jinks Hits Massive Milestone with TWO (2) Gold Singles

In yet another sign that the country music revolution is taking hold, Texas-based and completely independent country music singer and songwriter Cody Jinks has officially minted not one, but two Certified Gold singles according to the RIAA. That’s right, an artist with no major label backing, and limited radio play on independent stations has done something usually only reserved for big mainstream acts. And it doesn’t stop there.
Unreported at the time as everyone was swept up in the madness of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Cody Jinks song “Loud and Heavy” from his 2015 album Adobe Sessions was Certified Gold on March 31st for selling half a million units in the United States. Obviously these days with the emphasis on streaming, digital equivalents also factor into that equation, but the accomplishment remains just as lofty and difficult to attain. Just on Spotify, the song has been streamed some 75 million times, speaking to the wide appeal and resonance of Cody Jinks’ music.
Not to be outdone, on August 5th, Cody’s “Hippies and Cowboys” from his 2010 album Less Wise also went Certified Gold. Aside from the song “Feathered Indians” from Tyler Childers—which went Gold itself in February—these are two of the first tracks to be certified by the RIAA from an independent, non-radio country music artist in the modern era.
Not only that, but the accolades are not over just yet. Word is that “Loud and Heavy” has actually accumulated enough sales and streams to be Certified Platinum by the RIAA. It’s just a formality of getting everything in order and for the plaque to be issued. Stay tuned for that news in the offing.
Meanwhile Cody Jinks has been staying busy throughout the pandemic, recently releasing a special video presentation performing his 2015 breakout record Adobe Sessions acoustically and talking about the record that is now available. Jinks has also launched his A Couple In podcast, with recent episodes featuring Clint Black, Nikki Lane, and Wade Bowen available in most podcast formats.
Cody Jinks also recently announced he has numerous other projects on the way, including an acoustic album, a Lefty Frizzell covers album, a live album from Red Rocks, a rock EP, along with new studio projects and other stuff all on the way.
September 14, 2020 @ 10:58 am
Awesome! He’s got amazing songwriters in his orbit that he will bring with him. This news is just as great for Ward, Morningstar, Tennessee Jet and friends.
September 14, 2020 @ 12:43 pm
Speaking of which, please review Tennessee Jet’s latest, Trigger. I know you get these requests all the time, but people need to hear this guy!
September 14, 2020 @ 1:36 pm
Couldn’t agree more, Brian. Tennessee is a special artist who deserves more attention.
September 14, 2020 @ 2:31 pm
Hey Trig, how about a review on the new Casper Mcwade album?
September 14, 2020 @ 3:20 pm
Thanks for the tip, cousin. I’ve never heard of Casper.
September 14, 2020 @ 3:24 pm
I appreciate the interest on the new Casper McWade and Tennessee Jet albums. There are a ton of albums out there to review right now and I’ve been pushing out reviews left and right. But reviews take a lot of listening time and a lot of writing energy.
September 14, 2020 @ 4:32 pm
Regular readers will understand we’re not knocking you’re output at all. There are just so many great artists out there these days. Just mentioning them in the comments section is great exposure. I’d never heard of Casper, and there have been many other artists I’ve been turned on to by the comments section.
September 15, 2020 @ 6:32 am
Heck, yeah; great album recommendation!
If you like the music of Jason Boland, Cody Jinks, and Stoney Larue, Casper’s album is well worth a test ride.
September 17, 2020 @ 7:00 am
Since people are making suggestions I want to point out that Zach Aaron wrote the very best country album this year so far with Fill Dirt Wanted but seems to fly waaayyyy under the radar of nearly all publications.
September 14, 2020 @ 12:07 pm
More proof that Real country music can and is viable. I don’t know why radio won’t play artist like Jinks when they can make money on them. It confuses me why artist are able to be so big yet they are pretty much ignored for award shows or accolades. Hopefully radio will come back. Yes my phone is nice, but sometimes it’s nice not to know what will play next in my truck and cranking it up.
September 14, 2020 @ 12:09 pm
my ole lady said his voise is flat and u no wut else Sam Hunt wood ring him out like a wet towel if he tried eem but I like his tunes
September 14, 2020 @ 1:21 pm
I don’t understand what just happened here…
September 14, 2020 @ 2:27 pm
keep it up with that lip n u mite just find out the hard way now get the hell outta here
September 14, 2020 @ 3:19 pm
You’re an SCM treasure, Dale.
September 15, 2020 @ 7:37 pm
Cody would run circles around Sam Hunt
September 14, 2020 @ 12:43 pm
Lefty Frizzell covers album. Can’t wait.
September 15, 2020 @ 3:04 am
I’m pretty sure Brennen Leigh also did an album of Lefty’s covers..
September 14, 2020 @ 4:13 pm
I watched a part of his latest faceplant deal- my son recorded it on his TV. It’s cool that he still can’t believe he’s done so well- he talked about his first bus, then the second one then his first private plane ride- among other topics during the stream- my son paid 32 bucks to gain access and I was thinking just the night before, there is a ton of money to be made that way- it costs less and is more of an intimate gathering than a full blown concert- hell I’d pay it if i did faceplant- but I don’t.
If there was a network, like say Dirtvision or Floracing dedicated purely to events like that I’d subscribe for sure! Dirtvision is 39 bucks a month and you can cancel anytime you want- a capable entrepreneur could make some big bucks.
September 14, 2020 @ 5:56 pm
Trig: do you think there’s any reason a real Country Music fan should listen to the radio?
Do you think that radio is totally irrelevant?
How has the landscape changed since… say 2013 and “Old Farts” or Mitchell Tenpenny?
September 14, 2020 @ 6:05 pm
Radio still has a massive audience of millions of people and still constitutes what millions of people think of when they think “country music.” I wouldn’t recommend anyone listen to it. But you can’t save country music by ignoring it.
September 14, 2020 @ 6:16 pm
But is it “better” or “more of the same” or “better but not for actual country fans” or what
Like I’m not angry all the time like I was when cole Swindell and chase rice and that party down south show came out
But like
Is it because the quality is up? Or is the quality bad but not in ways that bother me personally?
Are you doing less rants because there’s less to rant about?
September 14, 2020 @ 6:35 pm
I definitely think we’ve been seeing a slow improvement in radio since the height of the Bro-Country/Sam Hunt era in 2014/2015. There is still a long way to go, and there have been songs that have slipped it back in the wrong direction. But overall, I think it’s going in the right direction.
The reason I have been doing less rants and negative coverage is because of COVID-19 and the general political acrimony this year. I still have done some stuff here and there, but I just don’t see the value in contributing to all the negativity of this time. Ironically, when I do pot something negative or about the mainstream, people freak out, especially on social media, like I’m selling out or going in some different direction, when in truth I am covering the mainstream much less these days.
This is one of the reasons I’m on the fence about what to do with the ACM Awards coming up on Wednesday. Normally I’d do a snarky live blog. That just doesn’t feel appropriate now. I’ll probably do something, but I’ll try to keep it a little bit more above board than normal. We’ll see.
September 14, 2020 @ 6:52 pm
Trig
It was rants that brought me here
I was angry
And you gave me an outlet
And being angry with others was better than being angry alone feeling like a madman without any friends
I encourage you not to give up your sarcasm snark and insults
It’s something you’re good at
That said
I think the comments section here has thinned since those days
I feel like a lot of the old know it alls moves on since there’s less rants and more Americana
That’s the one thing I miss
I feel like scm isn’t the community it used to be
A lot of the old commenters have gone on
September 15, 2020 @ 9:22 am
The turnover in commenters has nothing to do with the lack of rants around here. And again, I’m still posting that stuff. It’s just fewer and farther between both due to the lack of really bad songs being released as singles, and a slight change in approach to the site. The reason for the turnover is the political acrimony throughout society, which has always eroded Saving Country Music’s readership during Presidential election years.
September 15, 2020 @ 7:46 am
For me, country radio is dead. I don’t think I even have any FM presets in my car or truck.
St Louis has two country stations, and they’re basically Dumb and Dumber. I used to hear them in the farm stores, but the Rural King has ditched them for a contemporary Christian station, and the Tractor Supply is using Pandora or something (their mix includes the likes of Rogers. Bowen, Canada, Bolen, etc). The nearest good country station is in Farmington, MO, and there’s enough hills between here and there to garble the signal.
My phone has a 128GB card in it, so who needs them, anyways.
As far as I’m concerned, the only way to save country radio is for the stations to escape the Nashville feedlot, and go free range, following more of a TX, Red Dirt model. Music Row is the shortest route to the rendering works.
September 14, 2020 @ 6:17 pm
Congrats to Cody. Hippies and Cowboys my favorite of his. I remember listening to it when nobody had ever heard of Cody Jinks. Well deserved.
September 15, 2020 @ 8:42 am
Cody really changes the definition of the word, “jinxed.”
September 15, 2020 @ 8:45 am
Off topic slightly but I’d like to see an article series on something like Texas/Red Dirt country vs Appalachian/Kentucky. Seeing you mention Tyler Childers in this article about Cody Jinks made me think about it haha. Could go way back to the 70s and 80s too. Just thought itd be interesting lol