Dec 1, 2006

"If You're Going Through Hell" Named 2006 Billboard Music Awards Finalist
For Country Single of the Year

Country music's singer/songwriter Rodney Atkins climbs into the Top 10 again
with his latest single, "Watching You."  This week the hit song continues
its sprint towards the top as it moves up four spaces to #9 on Radio and
Records' Country Chart.  Atkins wrote this latest single about his son
Elijah, who co-stars in the music video clip which is airing on both country
music video channels CMT and GAC.

This most recent increase in spins helps make Atkins the most played artist
on country radio in 2006.  Just three weeks ago, he had two singles on the
country charts with "Watching You" bulleting up and the first single, "If
You're Going Through Hell" from his latest Curb Records release of the same
name, at #10.  With a 40-plus-week run on the airwaves which included four
weeks at #1, "Hell" was named SESAC's Song of the Year and just announced as
a 2006 Billboard Music Awards finalist for Country Single of the Year.  The
album, which hit #1 on Billboard's country album chart and #3 on the
all-genre Top 200 chart week of release, was recently RIAA Gold Certified.

Rodney kicks off December with a trip to Charlotte on December 7th to tape a
performance on the second-annual Southern Sports Awards which will air
nationally on December 9.  On December 8, he'll head up to New York to
appear live on The Fox News Channel's morning program.   Visits to CNN and
Sirius Radio's New Country Channel are also on the schedule.  Fans can also
catch Rodney on his ongoing tour including stops in New Mexico this week.
(Visit http://www.rodneyatkins.com/ for tour updates.)