Songland

Songland
Songland Title Card
GenreReality competition
Created byDavid A. Stewart
Directed byIvan Dudynsky
StarringEster Dean
Shane McAnally
Ryan Tedder
ComposerJared Gutstadt
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes21
Production
Executive producersAudrey Morrissey
Ivan Dudynsky
Adam Levine
Dave Stewart
Chad Hines
Running time43 minutes
Production companiesUniversal Television Alternative Studio
222 Productions
Live Animals Productions
Dave Stewart Entertainment
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseMay 28, 2019 (2019-05-28) –
June 15, 2020 (2020-06-15)
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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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Baltin, Steve. "Who I Am: Dave Stewart On 'Songland,' Eurythmics, George Harrison And More". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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  4. ^ Otterson, Joe (9 October 2018). "NBC Greenlights Songwriter Competition Series 'Songland'". Variety. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Season 2 premieres April 13 on NBC". February 12, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  8. ^ Reiher, Andrea (April 14, 2020). "'Songland' Judges & Guest Artists 2020". Heavy.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "NBC's 'Songland' Has Already Churned Out Multiple Hit Singles - in Just 4 Weeks". TheWrap. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2020-04-29.