Category: Country

ABC/Image Group LA Brett Young will soon be a married man. The California native proposed to longtime girlfriend Taylor Mills earlier this month in Oxford, Mississippi, where he went to college. The “In Case You Didn’t Know” hitmaker popped the question at the Graduate hotel near Ole Miss, with a ring he helped design that includes both of …

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ABC/Image Group LA Lady Antebellum’s official music video for “Heart Break” was shot on location in Puerto Rico, before the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria. Now, Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood want to see what you can do with their latest single. The trio is partnering with the website Genero to create a new series of “Heart Break” clips. …

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ABC/Image Group LA Reba McEntire will reveal the nominees for the 53rd ACM Awards Thursday, March 1, live on CBS This Morning. The 14-time ACM winner will unveil this year’s contenders during the show’s 8 a.m. hour, and she’ll go live on Facebook prior to that to announce the ACM Song of the Year nods. Entertainment Tonight’s Nancy O’Dell will finish announcing …

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Thirty TigersMore than six years after winning the tenth season of American Idol, Scotty McCreery now has his first #1 single on the country chart. The North Carolina native, who was crowned the Idol champ in 2011, wrote “Five More Minutes” in 2015 after the passing of his paternal grandfather. “There was a time I thought this song would never …

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Art Streiber/NBCNever in the history of The Voice has Blake Shelton spoken so kindly about one of his competitors, as he does about new coach Kelly Clarkson. “I’ve known Kelly for about ten years now,” he explains, “and we’ve been great friends. In fact, to the point where she’s such great friends, she ended up marrying my manager.” “It’s just …

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UMG NashvilleNewcomer Jordan Davis can claim a bit of an edge over his brother Jacob, as he enjoys his first top ten hit with “Singles You Up.” Other than that, the Louisiana natives are pretty similar:  they both have record deals with Nashville labels, and they even studied the same thing in college. “Me and Jacob both have …

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Essential Broadcast MediaKing George is adding two more dates to his Las Vegas run in 2018. George Strait will play his final two shows of the year December 7 and 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Fellow Texans Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen will open.   Tickets for the new concerts will go on sale Friday, April 6 …

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MCA NashvilleThe release date for Kacey Musgraves’ fourth album is a little more than a month away, the Texas native revealed Friday on social media. Kacey also unveiled the cover for Golden Hour, which comes out March 30. She shared part of the record’s liner notes as well, which explain its title:  “There we were in the middle …

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Warner Music Nashville“It’s here! Hope this song hits y’all like it hit me,” Cole Swindell shared on his socials Friday morning, as he premiered the lead single from his forthcoming third album. “Break Up in the End” is a departure for the Georgia native, because he didn’t write it. So far, Cole’s penned seven number ones for himself, and …

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Warner Music NashvilleAshley Monroe will release her fourth album, Sparrow, on April 20 — the sultry first single, “Hands on You,” is available now. Miranda Lambert’s bandmate in Pistol Annies made the record in Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A with producer Dave Cobb, who’s known for his work with Chris Stapleton. “I knew I wanted to work with Dave,” Ashley says. …

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