Trae Patton/NBC The Voice season 21 premiere got off to a star-studded start Monday night as Blake Shelton and his fellow judges Ariana Grande, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson came in with a bang with a soul-filled medley. The four stars took the stage together to open the show with a mashup of classics by Aretha Franklin and Sam & Dave. Blake and John kicked it off, dueting on “Hold …
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Sep 21
Tim McGraw honors wife Faith Hill’s birthday with “Breathe” video
Robby Klein Tim McGraw is celebrating wife Faith Hill‘s birthday with a throwback clip of one of her famous music videos. In honor of his wife’s 54th birthday, the singer shared a compilation video on Instagram of Faith’s sultry “Breathe” video, followed by a clip from an interview of Tim with Diane Sawyer, who asked him, “when you see that …
Sep 21
Jimmie Allen does the tango during his ’Dancing with the Stars’ debut
ABC/Eric McCandless Jimmie Allen made his debut on Dancing with the Stars Monday night with an elegant tango. Jimmie and his dance partner, Emma Slater, blended two worlds, tangoing to Timbaland and Keri Hilson‘s chart-toping 2007 hit, “The Way I Are.” The country star was decked out in a black leather outfit, spinning Emma around the ballroom with a disco ball hanging …
Sep 21
Mickey Guyton calls ‘Remember Her Name’ a form of “therapy”
Capitol Records Nashville Mickey Guyton says creating her upcoming debut album, Remember Her Name, was therapeutic. The project features songs like the affirming “Love My Hair” and empowering “Black Like Me” and “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” that detail the racism and misogyny she’s experienced. “A lot of these songs were just kind of therapy for me. I never wrote …
Sep 21
Blake Shelton joins ‘The Voice’ judges for mashup of soulful classics
Trae Patton/NBC The Voice season 21 premiere got off to a star-studded start Monday night as Blake Shelton and his fellow judges Ariana Grande, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson came in with a bang with a soul-filled medley. The four stars took the stage together to open the show with a mashup of classics by Aretha Franklin and Sam & Dave. Blake and John kicked it off, dueting on “Hold …
Sep 21
Tim McGraw honors wife Faith Hill’s birthday with “Breathe” video
Robby Klein Tim McGraw is celebrating wife Faith Hill‘s birthday with a throwback clip of one of her famous music videos. In honor of his wife’s 54th birthday, the singer shared a compilation video on Instagram of Faith’s sultry “Breathe” video, followed by a clip from an interview of Tim with Diane Sawyer, who asked him, “when you see that …
Sep 21
Jimmie Allen does the tango during his ’Dancing with the Stars’ debut
ABC/Eric McCandless Jimmie Allen made his debut on Dancing with the Stars Monday night with an elegant tango. Jimmie and his dance partner, Emma Slater, blended two worlds, tangoing to Timbaland and Keri Hilson‘s chart-toping 2007 hit, “The Way I Are.” The country star was decked out in a black leather outfit, spinning Emma around the ballroom with a disco ball hanging …
Sep 21
Kacey Musgraves’ ‘star-crossed’ debuts at #3 on the ‘Billboard’ 200
Interscope Records/UMG Nashville Kacey Musgraves‘ new album star-crossed has debuted inside the top 10 on the Billboard 200. With 77,000 equivalent album units earned since its September 10 release, Kacey’s latest effort bows at #3 on the all-genre chart, coming in behind Drake and Kanye West. star-crossed‘s sales make up 47,000 of those units, marking it the best-selling album of the week and …
Sep 21
Blake Shelton warns his ‘Voice’ competitor Ariana Grande: “The bigger the star, the harder they fall”
Art Streiber/NBC As Blake Shelton kicks off the latest season of The Voice, the veteran judge is happy to have some new blood joining the panel, as pop superstar Ariana Grande takes over one of the big red chairs, alongside Kelly Clarkson and John Legend. “To be honest, I was really excited when I heard that Ariana was coming to join the coaching group …
Sep 21
Nashville notes
Keith Urban will be honored with the CRB Artist Career Achievement Award at the Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Awards Ceremony in Nashville on October 13. Tenille Townes‘ debut single, “Somebody’s Daughter,” has been certified gold by the RIAA, signifying sales of more than 500,000 copies in the U.S. Ray Stevens is releasing a new …