Type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Music, retail |
Founded | 2006 |
Headquarters | United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kevin Swint, Cameron Janes |
Products | Live music albums |
Parent | Walmart |
Walmart Soundcheck was a series of musical performances and interviews released exclusively by Walmart, starting in 2006. Each recording consisted of a four-to-six-song set performed live, plus an interview, and was released as a digital album as well as played on televisions inside Walmart retail stores. [1] [2] The debut performances for the series were by rock bands Switchfoot and Yellowcard. [3] [4] Walmart later began a special series called Risers for less established artists.
In 2013, the Now That's What I Call Music! series released a full album of Soundcheck songs titled Now That's What I Call Soundcheck. [5]
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Yellowcard | February 1, 2006 | |
Switchfoot | March 1, 2006 | |
Ne-Yo | 2006 | [2] |
Rascal Flatts | April 4, 2006 | [6] |
Miranda Lambert | March 14, 2006 | [6] |
Jewel | May 2, 2006 | [6] |
Keyshia Cole | 2006 | [2] |
Goo Goo Dolls | April 25, 2006 | [6] |
Nelly Furtado | June 20, 2006 | [2] |
Julie Roberts | June 27, 2006 | [2] |
Five for Fighting | 2006 | [7] |
John Mayer | 2006 | [8] |
Clay Aiken | 2006 | [9] |
Diddy | 2006 | [10] |
RBD | November 14, 2006 | [11] |
Sugarland | 2006 |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Norah Jones | 2007 | [12] |
Pretty Ricky | January 2007 | [13] |
Fall Out Boy | 2007 | [14] |
John Mellencamp | 2007 | [15] |
Joss Stone | 2007 | [16] |
Good Charlotte | 2007 | [17] |
Avril Lavigne | April 20, 2007 | [15] |
Calle 13 | 2007 | [18] |
Jennifer Lopez | 2007 | [19] |
Linkin Park | 2007 | [20] |
Maroon 5 | 2007 | [21] |
Big & Rich | March 7, 2007 | [22] |
Toby Keith | 2007 | [23] |
Bon Jovi | 2007 | [24] |
Mandy Moore | June 2007 | [25] |
Enrique Iglesias | 2007 | [26] |
Chris Cornell | July 12, 2007 | [27] |
Chris Brown | 2007 | [28] [29] |
James Blunt | 2007 | [30] |
Foo Fighters | 2007 | [31] |
Rascal Flatts | 2007 | [32] |
Josh Turner | 2007 | [33] |
Little Big Town | 2007 | |
Jason Aldean | 2007 | |
Rihanna | November 7, 2007 | |
Wyclef Jean | December 4, 2007 | |
Rodrigo y Gabriella | December 18, 2007 | |
Natasha Bedingfield | 2007 | |
RBD | November 15, 2007 | |
Lenny Kravitz | 2007 | |
Matchbox Twenty | November 26, 2007 |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Lenny Kravitz | February 2, 2008 | |
Simple Plan | February 22, 2008 | |
Sara Bareilles | March 14, 2008 | |
Colbie Caillat | March 28, 2008 | |
Sheryl Crow | April 11, 2008 | |
Panic at the Disco | May 5, 2008 | |
Ashanti | June 13, 2008 | |
Danity Kane | April 25, 2008 | |
Paramore | 2008 | |
Ne-Yo | June 27, 2008 | |
Yuridia | July 1, 2008 | |
The Cheetah Girls | July 16, 2008 | |
The Laurie Berkner Band | August 15, 2008 | |
The Pussycat Dolls | September 12, 2008 | [34] |
New Kids on the Block | August 29, 2008 | |
Jennifer Hudson | 2008 | |
Jenni Rivera | September 12, 2008 | |
Solange | September 12, 2008 | |
Gym Class Heroes | August 18, 2008 | |
Beyonce | November 14, 2008 | |
Dave Cook | November 28, 2008 | |
Nickelback | December 12, 2008 | |
All American Rejects | December 26, 2008 | |
Lee Ann Womack | November 30, 2008 | |
Val Emmich | November 24, 2008 |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Martina McBride | January 16, 2009 | |
Hinder | February 27, 2009 | |
The Fray | February 13, 2009 | |
India.Arie | March 13, 2009 | |
Kelly Clarkson | March 17, 2009 | |
Martina McBride: In Concert | April 10, 2009 | |
Rascal Flatts | April 24, 2009 | [35] |
Lil Wayne | May 12, 2009 | |
Jonas Brothers | November 10, 2009 | [36] |
Mandy Moore | 2009 | [37] |
Demi Lovato | November 10, 2009 | [36] |
Black Eyed Peas | December 1, 2009 | |
Adele | March 15, 2009 | |
Paulina Rubio | July 10, 2009 | |
Ashley Tisdale | August 14, 2009 | |
Rob Thomas | July 3, 2009 | |
Lady Gaga | May 31, 2009 | |
Colbie Caillat | September 28, 2009 | |
Mitch Musso | May 22, 2009 | |
Keri Hilson | August 14, 2009 | |
Reba McEntire | September 11, 2009 | |
Miranda Lambert | September 25, 2009 | |
Shakira | September 25, 2009 | |
Creed | October 15, 2009 | |
American Idols | November 13, 2009 | |
Carrie Underwood | November 6, 2009 | |
Norah Jones | November 2009 | [38] [39] |
OneRepublic | December 15, 2009 |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Corrine Bailey Rae | January 26, 2010 | |
Nelly Furtado | October 2010 | [40] [41] |
Maroon 5 | November 2010 | [42] [43] |
Allstar Weekend | June 15, 2010 | [44] |
Mary J. Blige | February 2010 | |
Camp Rock 2 | August 10, 2010 | |
Katy Perry | December 15, 2010 | |
Blake Shelton | August 2010 | [45] [46] [47] |
Josh Turner | 2010 | [48] [49] |
Josh Groban | December 2010 | |
Melanie Fiona | 2010 |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Adele | February 15, 2011 | |
Avril Lavigne | March 2011 | [50] [51] |
David Cook | June 14, 2011 | |
Boyz II Men | October 14, 2011 | |
Mana | May 1, 2011 | |
Lupe Fiasco | 2011 | |
The Script | 2011 | |
Pitbull | July 2011 | [52] |
Keith Urban | 2011 | [53] |
Chris Cornell | 2011 | [54] [55] |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Ne-Yo | November 2012 | [56] [57] |
Nelly Furtado | September 2012 | [58] [59] |
Trey Songz | August 2012 | [60] [61] |
Josh Turner | 2012 | [62] |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Selena Gomez | August 2013 | [63] |
Five Finger Death Punch | August 2013 | [64] [65] |
Bon Jovi | 2013 | [66] |
Keith Urban | 2013 | [67] |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Lea Michele | March 2014 | |
Magic! | 2014 | [68] [69] |
Seether | 2014 | |
Lenny Kravitz | September 23, 2014 |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Fall Out Boy | 2015 | [70] |
Artist | Release date | Ref |
---|---|---|
Parachute | August 2009 | [71] |
The JaneDear girls | February 2011 | [72] |
The Black Keys | March 2011 | [73] |
Kimberly Caldwell | April 2011 | [74] |
Mindless Behavior | October 2011 | [75] |
David Nail | December 2011 | [76] |
Kip Moore | May 2012 | [77] |
Jana Kramer | August 2012 | [78] |
Ed Sheeran | January 2013 | [79] |
Florida Georgia Line | February 2013 | [80] |
Tegan and Sara | June 2013 | [81] |
Sick Puppies | July 15, 2013 | [82] |
Olly Murs | 2013 | [83] |
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown | [84] | |
Tyler Farr | [85] | |
We Are the Fallen | ||
We the Kings | ||
Zion I | [86] |
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