Courtesy BillboardKacey Musgraves is one of several women who’ll be honored at Billboard‘s 13th annual Women in Music event in New York City. The CMA Album of the Year winner will be recognized with the publication’s Innovator Award next month. According to Billboard, the Innovator Award recognizes a female artist who “challenges musical convention, creates positive change and contributes …
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Nov 19
Dan + Shay to perform “Speechless” on “Dancing With the Stars” tonight
ABC/Image Group LADan + Shay are set to grace the stage for the two-hour season finale of Dancing With the Stars tonight. The country duo will perform their latest single, “Speechless.” The season finale will include additional performances by Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider, who was voted off the competition earlier this season, as well as Lauren Daigle and pop stars Avril Lavigne and Robin …
Nov 19
Jimmie Allen makes chart history with number-one single, “Best Shot”
ABC/Image Group LAJimmie Allen‘s “Best Shot” has hit number one this week on both the Billboard and Mediabase/Country Aircheck Country Airplay charts. It marks the first time a black country music artist has garnered a No. 1 hit on country radio with their career-launching single. While Darius Rucker claimed the top spot on the country charts with his debut …
Nov 19
Chris Stapleton, Tim McGraw, Jake Owen & Dallas Smith to headline Country Thunder Saskatchewan 2019
ABC/Image Group LAThe lineup for 2019’s Country Thunder Saskatchewan is a stacked one. Chris Stapleton, Tim McGraw, Jake Owen and Dallas Smith are set to headline the Canadian country music festival. The festival marks Chris’ only Western Canadian performance for next year. Additional acts set to take the stage include Canadian native Terri Clark, as well as Steve Earle and the Dukes, Lonestar, Travis Tritt, Gord …
Nov 19
Cole Swindell releases “Love You Too Late” to radio
ABC/Image Group LACole Swindell has released the second single from his third studio album, All of It, to country radio today. “Love You Too Late” was penned by Cole, Michael Carter and Brandon Kinney. The heartbreak ballad has Cole looking back on a love that he regrets losing. It’s the follow-up single to his eighth career chart topper, “Break Up …
Nov 19
Thomas Rhett announces Very Hot Summer Tour
ABC/Image Group LAThomas Rhett will be spending the majority of next summer on the road. Fittingly, he’s titled his 2019 trek the Very Hot Summer Tour. Joining TR on the road for the tour, which kicks off May 17, is Dustin Lynch, Russell Dickerson and his father, Rhett Akins. The tour runs through October and tickets go on sale beginning …
Nov 19
Kane Brown achieves chart milestone with “Experiment”
Sony Music NashvilleKane Brown finds himself on the top of two charts this week with the success of his sophomore album, Experiment. The singer debuted at number one on the all-genre Billboard 200 and Billboard Top Country Albums charts this week with 124,000 units sold. The singer is the third country artist this year to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, …
Nov 19
Khalid’s “Location,” Chris Stapleton, Imagine Dragons, Beyonce all hailed at Waffle House’s Tunie Awards
ABC/Kelsey McNealWith more than 1,900 restaurants spread across 25 states, it’s safe to say Waffle House is popular — so popular, in fact, that its jukeboxes have spawned their own music awards. That’s right, the first-ever Tunie Awards show happened in Georgia Friday night, and based on the plays from the eateries’ TouchTunes Jukeboxes, Khalid‘s “Location” was named …
Nov 19
Carrie Underwood stands up for working moms, as she balances motherhood and music
ABC/Image Group LANow that Carrie Underwood‘s finished hosting the CMA Awards for the eleventh time, the chances are good we may be seeing less of her, as she focuses on giving birth to her second son. While her next major event isn’t until next May’s launch of her Cry Pretty Tour, the Oklahoma native says there’s …
Nov 16
Chris Stapleton, Sam Hunt among most played artists at Waffle House
Courtesy Waffle House Tunie AwardsCountry music was well represented at the first-ever Tunie Awards on Thursday. The TouchTunes Jukeboxes, located in over 1,900 Waffle House restaurants, celebrated the most selected songs over the past 12 months. Chris Stapleton, Sam Hunt and Keith Urban were among the winners. Chris, who ranked at number six with “Tennessee Whiskey,” had the most country …