Taylor Swift has extended her record for the most weeks atop the Billboard Artist 100 to 62. Nine of Swift’s albums are placed on the Billboard 200 chart, including the hit Midnights at No.2 with 73,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Luminate. “Anti-Hero” from Midnights is ranked second on the Billboard Hot 100. SZA…… read more
Country singer-songwriter Tracy Lawrence will receive the 2023 CRS Artist Humanitarian Award. Announcing the award, Country Radio Broadcasters said Lawrence was selected in recognition of his dedication to philanthropy and service. Lawrence’s charity organization Mission:Possible addresses homelessness. The proceeds of his annual Turkey Fry and Benefit Concert in Nashville during Thanksgiving season are used to…… read more
The NFL has announced the pregame entertainment lineup for Super Bowl LVII in Arizona, which will be played at State Farm Stadium on February 12 and broadcast on FOX. Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Stapleton will sing the national anthem. Stapleton is one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians. Twelve-time Grammy Award-winning recording…… read more
Brooks & Dunn have announced their 2023 return to arenas with the “Reboot 2023 Tour.” Seventeen new cities will now experience their show featuring multiple timeless hits. Kicking off in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 4, the Live Nation-produced nationwide tour will see the duo on the road with opener Scotty McCreery. “Last year, you…… read more
Responding to overwhelming demand for his eagerly-anticipated “The Outsiders Revival Tour,” Eric Church has added eight new shows to the calendar. More than 10 dates were sold out during the first day of public sales of tickets. In addition to the originally announced slate of 27 dates, Church will also bring the outdoor experience -…… read more
A video recently released by Tyler Hubbard for “Dancin’ In The Country,” a song from his debut self-titled solo album, sees him and Terry Crews in a dance-off. The visual, directed by Stephen Kinigopoulos and Alexa Stone and choreographed by Maya Taylor, shows Crews and his group of biker friends walking into a bar where…… read more
Country superstar Thomas Rhett recently released a new single, “Angels Don’t Always Have Wings.” Previously titled “Angels,” the track first appeared on Rhett’s most recent album Where We Started and was written by Rhett, Julian Bunetta, Jaten Dimsdale and Josh Thompson. “This is my favorite song from the album. I wrote it from a personal…… read more
Dan + Shay’s Shay Mooney and his wife Hannah Billingsley welcomed their third child last week. Mooney and Billingsley shared the news of their newborn on social media. “Abram Shay Mooney 1/17/23,” Shay captioned a video. “Grateful doesn’t begin to cover it.” In the video, the singer is seen sitting shirtless in a hospital room…… read more
Country pop singer-songwriter Mitchell Tenpenny recently shared a music video for “We Got History.” The video was filmed near Cocoa Beach, Florida, and was directed by Brenton Giesey. In the clip, two people get connected romantically after meeting each other at a bar. The track is the new radio single from Tenpenny’s This Is The…… read more
Rising country superstar Zach Bryan plans to embark on a North American tour in 2023. The “Burn, Burn, Burn Tour” kicks off on May 10 at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, and concludes at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 30. The trek will also include several festival appearances. “I’ve tried…… read more
Morgan Wallen recently took to social media to tease a reflective new song, “I Wrote The Book.” “Figured I’d let y’all hear another one real quick before we all get to head banging to Hardy’s new album tonight,” Wallen captioned the clip on Instagram, referencing HARDY’s new album, the mockingbird & THE CROW. Hardy’s album,…… read more
Legendary country singer Dolly Parton recently shared a new song, “Don’t Make Me Have to Come Down There.” “I got up, I started writing this song over a period of weeks, months,” Parton said in an Instagram video announcing the song’s release. “I finished it as things would come to me, and I just felt…… read more
Eric Church, Maren Morris, Jon Pardi and Parker McCollum have been confirmed as headliners of GoldenSky 2023. The festival is set to take place on October 14 and 15 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California. Pardi and Morris will headline on October 14, while Church and McCollum will headline on October 15. The festival also…… read more
“Gonna Be You,” featuring an all-star cast of legendary singers – Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and Debbie Harry – has been released via RAF/BMG. The song for the upcoming Paramount Pictures film 80 For Brady was penned by Diane Warren. “When I wrote ‘Gonna Be You’ for 80 FOR BRADY, I…… read more
Willie Nelson has announced that he will release a new studio album, I Don’t Know A Thing About Love, on CD and digital on Friday, March 3, via Sony Legacy Recordings. Nelson also said that Vinyl Me, Please (VMP) will be offering an exclusive 12-inch vinyl edition of the project, which is his 73rd studio…… read more
Dolly Parton confirmed during a recent appearance on “The View” that her new Rock Star album will feature Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, and several other top stars. “If I’m gonna be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame I’m gonna have to do something to earn it,” she told the show’s hosts. Dolly said…… read more
Luke Bryan and Kane Brown are set to headline the iHeartCountry Festival this year. Country music’s biggest artists will be taking over the stage at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on May 13. Other performing artists include Sam Hunt, Elle King, Parker McCollum, Justin Moore, Jordan Davis, and Mitchell Tenpenny. Bailey Zimmerman will appear…… read more
Television network CMT has unveiled its Next Women Of Country class Of 2023. CMT has selected 16 rising female country music artists for the 10-year anniversary of the franchise. They are Sony Music Nashville/Columbia artist Alana Springsteen, Angie K, Big Loud’s Ashley Cooke, Warner Music Nashville’s Avery Anna, Carter Faith, Catie Offerman, Sony’s Georgia Webster,…… read more
Tyler Childers, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are set to headline the inaugural edition of the Echoland Music Festival. The inaugural edition of the three-day camping festival is schedule to take place May 11-13 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Echoland will feature wide-ranging acts across four stages featuring…… read more
Country music superstar Tim McGraw is set to headline BetMGM West Fest at Westgate in Glendale during Super Bowl weekend. BetMGM’s West Fest will take place at the Westgate Entertainment District on Saturday, February 11. Tickets are on sale now. McGraw and fellow country star Bailey Zimmerman will perform at the outdoor venue. “BetMGM will…… read more
Taylor Swift has extended her record the most weeks atop the Billboard Artist 100 chart to 61, thus once again cementing her rank as the top musical act in the United States. Nine of Swift’s albums are placed on the Billboard 200 chart, including the hit Midnights at No.2 with 81,000 equivalent album units earned.…… read more
Breakout country star Priscilla Block recently released her latest song, “Me Pt. 2.” Written by Block, “Me Pt. 2” is one of the 16 songs on her upcoming album, Welcome to the Block Party Deluxe Album. The new album is set to be released on February 10. Block explains about “one of the most honest…… read more
Dierks Bentley recently released a performance video for “Same Ol’ Me” that was shot at the Nashville’s iconic Exit/In venue in late December 2022. “Same Ol’ Me” is the opening song from Bentley’s upcoming 14-track 10th studio album Gravel & Gold, due out on February 24th. “My first time playing Exit/In was just as meaningful…… read more
Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” has retained the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. With “Anti-Hero” earning an eighth total week atop the chart dated January 21, it becomes Swift’s longest-reigning song on the Hot 100. It surpassed her “Blank Space,” which dominated the chart for seven weeks during 2014-15. “Anti-Hero” tallied 16.8 million…… read more
Amy Grant has responded sharply to homophobic criticism against her over hosting her niece’s same-sex wedding. The 62-year-old “Queen of Christian Pop” was hit by discriminatory comments when she revealed her intentions to host her first “bride and bride wedding” at her Hidden Trace Farm in Franklin, Tennessee, in December. It was the same venue…… read more
