| Songland | |
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | David A. Stewart |
| Directed by | Ivan Dudynsky |
| Starring | Ester Dean Shane McAnally Ryan Tedder |
| Composer | Jared Gutstadt |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Audrey Morrissey Ivan Dudynsky Adam Levine Dave Stewart Chad Hines |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Production companies | Universal Television Alternative Studio 222 Productions Live Animals Productions Dave Stewart Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | May 28, 2019 – June 15, 2020 |
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Songland is an American songwriting competition series that aired on NBC from May 28, 2019, to June 15, 2020.[1] The show, produced in cooperation with the Universal Television Alternative Studio, 222 Productions, Live Animals Productions and Dave Stewart,[2] sets out to give undiscovered songwriters a chance to create a hit. It gives the viewers a look at the creative process in action.[3] Contestants are selected to work with producers and a recording artist to release a song.[4] The show tries to elevate the traditional role of the songwriter in the process of creating music from "unpleasant secret" to being the celebrated "magic ingredient".[5] Stewart, a musician and composer formerly of Eurythmics, conceived Songland.[3]
The show premiered in May 2019, with three producer-hosts: producer and songwriter Ester Dean; producer and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder; and songwriter Shane McAnally. In September 2019, the series was renewed, and the second season premiered in April 2020.[6][7]
According to Heavy.com, many of the first season's songs picked by the guest artists for release hit No. 1 on an iTunes chart.[8] Songland was the top new show of summer 2019 "in the key adults 18-49 demographic and among total viewers, according to Nielsen's "most current" metric, which counts a week's worth of delayed viewing per episode where available".[9]
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (March 14, 2019). "NBC Sets Summer Competition Series 'Songland' & 'Bring The Funny'". Deadline. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ Baltin, Steve. "Who I Am: Dave Stewart On 'Songland,' Eurythmics, George Harrison And More". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Otterson, Joe (September 10, 2019). "'Songland' Renewed for Season 2 at NBC". Variety. Archived from the original on September 11, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ^ "Season 2 premieres April 13 on NBC". February 12, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ Reiher, Andrea (April 14, 2020). "'Songland' Judges & Guest Artists 2020". Heavy.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ^ "NBC's 'Songland' Has Already Churned Out Multiple Hit Singles - in Just 4 Weeks". TheWrap. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2020-04-29.