{"id":4881,"date":"2023-09-02T09:50:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T09:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=4881"},"modified":"2023-09-02T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T09:50:34","slug":"country-sensation-oliver-anthony-making-an-estimated-40000-a-day-from-chart-topping-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/02\/country-sensation-oliver-anthony-making-an-estimated-40000-a-day-from-chart-topping-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Country sensation Oliver Anthony making an estimated $40,000 a day from chart-topping music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oliver Anthony has legitimate staying power if he continues to be authentic, author says<\/a><\/h4>\n

Marcus Collins has worked with artists including Beyonc\u00e9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Oliver Anthony<\/a>, the rising star behind the viral hit “Rich Men North of Richmond,” is reportedly making tens of thousands of dollars a day thanks to his music.<\/p>\n

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The now-iconic red-bearded Virginia farmer and musician rose from relative obscurity to ranking #1 on Billboard Hot 100 for a song he recorded while out in the American wilderness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The song’s video, posted on August 8, has already reached over 33 million views on YouTube and has made headlines in news outlets across the political spectrum. The video’s description said the intent behind the song was to “give hope to the working class and your average hard working young man who may have lost hope in the grind of trying to get by” and it indeed has become widely viewed as a blue-collar anthem<\/a> across the United States<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Times pop music critic Mikael Wood noted that Anthony himself has become a “rich man south of Richmond.” After his song “topped the iTunes chart” and “Spotify\u2019s U.S. Top 50,” Anthony was “raking in an estimated $40,000 a day from sales and streams of his music, according to the trade journal Hits.”<\/p>\n

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Oliver Anthony performs at the Eagle Creek Golf Club on August 19, 2023 in Moyock, North Carolina. Photo illustration.<\/span> (Mike Caudill for Billbaord\/Billboard via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

OLIVER ANTHONY SAYS HE’S TURNED DOWN $8 MILLION OFFERS SINCE GOING VIRAL: \u2018NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT ME\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Wood also drew negative parallels between Anthony\u2019s smash hit<\/a> and Jason Aldean\u2019s “Try That in a Small Town” for being “similarly naive in its political calculation.”<\/p>\n

“Where Aldean paints a hysterical portrait of urban chaos, Anthony muddies his critique of government malfeasance by complaining about obese people \u2018milking welfare\u2019 to buy \u2018bags of Fudge Rounds,\u2019 as though food stamps are the reason he\u2019s been working \u2018overtime hours for bulls\u2014 pay,\u2019” the LA Times critic said, appearing to agree with other cultural commentary websites that the song featured “childish and mean-spirited thinking, with its tired echoes of Ronald Reagan\u2019s blame-the-poor rhetoric.”<\/p>\n

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Oliver Anthony performed in front of thousands of fans in Moyock, North Carolina, as part of a free concert on Saturday.\u00a0<\/span> (Fox News)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last week, Anthony claimed to have “brushed off” $8 million offers<\/a> from “people in the music industry.”<\/p>\n

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Americans have flocked to see Anthony at multiple music venues since his meteoric rise to overnight fame earlier this month. He soon will be performing at the sold out Blue Ridge Rock Festival alongside famous bands such as Pantera, Megadeth, and Evanescence.<\/p>\n

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For more Culture, Media, Education, Opinion, and channel coverage, visit\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>foxnews.com\/media<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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Alexander Hall is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Alexander.hall@fox.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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