Steve Nedved
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Jun 28
It’s “Simple”: FGL was “Meant to Be” setting Billboard records
ABC/Image Group LA Another week, another record for Florida Georgia Line: They’ve topped three different Billboard charts with three different songs. Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, and Kane Brown have all been #1 simultaneously on Billboard’s Country Airplay, Country Digital Song Sales and Country Streaming Songs charts, but FGL is the first act ever to do it with three separate tracks. …
Jun 28
Dolly Parton will serve up six new tunes for “Dumplin'”
ABC/Lou RoccoThere are six new Dolly Parton songs on the way, all from the soundtrack of the new movie, Dumplin’. The Country Music Hall of Famer worked on the new music with Linda Perry, who produced the album and wrote the score for the film. Perry, former leader of the band 4 Non Blondes, is no stranger to working with …
Jun 28
Watch now: Get “Day Drunk” with Morgan Evans and Kelsea Ballerini in carefree new music video
ABC/Image Group LA Kelsea Ballerini not only co-stars in Morgan Evans’ new video for “Day Drunk,” but she also helped him shoot it. The country couple captured the footage themselves on a recent getaway on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. “I’ve never been the ‘drinking song’ guy,” Morgan tells Entertainment Tonight, “but this song came from a real …
Jun 28
“Friends Don’t,” but siblings do: Maddie Marlow co-opts her sister’s love life for Maddie & Tae’s new song
Mercury NashvilleMaddie & Tae‘s autobiographical new single, “Friends Don’t,” explores the possibility that a friendship could turn into something more. But the inspiration didn’t come from the CMA-winning duo’s own lives. Instead, Maddie Marlow confesses it was based on something that happened to her sister. “She was telling me about this situation with this guy where they’re …
Jun 28
Chris Lane relives the LakeShake moment that gave him chills
Big Loud “Take Back Home Girl,” Chris Lane‘s duet with pop star Tori Kelly, enters country’s top ten this week. But Chris says he really realized his song is a hit when he played the Country LakeShake Festival on Sunday. “I had a moment this past weekend in Chicago, playing at Lake Shake,” he tells ABC Radio, “where …
Jun 27
Tune in: Morgan Evans encourages “The Bachelorette” to “Kiss Somebody” on Monday
ABC/Image Group LA Morgan Evans will be serenading The Bachelorette next Monday night. The Australian singer — who’s also Kelsea Ballerini’s husband — will perform his top-ten hit “Kiss Somebody” for Bachelorette Becca Kufrin and one of her suitors on Monday’s show. You can watch for him starting at 8 p.m. ET July 2 on ABC. Morgan taped his appearance …
Jun 27
Watch now: Rascal Flatts become professors in the School of Rock
ABC/Image Group LA Rascal Flatts gave a group of up-and-coming musicians a night they’ll never forget earlier this month during the Charlotte, North Carolina stop of their Back to Us Tour. Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus invited a group of music students from School of Rock in Cornelius, North Carolina to spend the day with them, hang …
Jun 27
Blake Shelton on his happiness with Gwen Stefani: “I would just like to ride this wave until I die”
ABC/Mark LevineThree years into their relationship, Blake Shelton doesn’t hesitate to admit that he and girlfriend Gwen Stefani are something of an odd match. “It’s interesting. Even I know that,” he says in the new issue of People. “Like, ‘She’s with him?’” “When we first started seeing each other,” Blake explains, “friends of mine would be like, ‘What the hell is …
Jun 27
Watch now: Walker Hayes’ impressive roadside workout
Monument RecordsWhat you do when your bus breaks down and you’re nowhere near the gym? Well, if you’re Walker Hayes, you get on the ground and crank out some push-ups by the side of the road. The “You Broke Up with Me” hitmaker shared a quick clip of himself doing just that on Wednesday, and he exhibited some …
Jun 27
Buy Me a Boat: Luke Bryan shows off his new toy as he shoots “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” video
Capitol NashvilleLuke Bryan’s been busy this week shooting the music video for his latest hit, “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset.” Even though he shared a short video from the set late Tuesday, the “Most People Are Good” hitmaker didn’t reveal many details, except for the fact that he was “on the lake.” He did, however, give a shout-out to …
