Blake Shelton is on a mission. Country music’s most powerful social media influencer has been imploring his 20.6 million Twitter followers to help Craig Morgan’s touching new song, “The Father, My Son & the Holy Ghost” reach No. 1 on the iTunes Country chart. And it’s working. From Sept. 9—the date of Blake’s first tweet……
Brantley Gilbert & Wife Welcome Baby Girl, Braylen Hendrix
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Ring in the New Year in Nashville With Free Show Featuring Keith Urban, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, The Struts & More
You can ring in the New Year in Nashville with a free show featuring Keith Urban, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, The Struts, Amanda Shires and the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The free event—dubbed the Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve in Nashville—will take place at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park (approximately……
Listen to Florida Georgia Line’s Grateful New Single, “Blessings”
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Luke Combs Is 3 Weeks Shy of Shania Twain’s All-Time Chart Record
Luke Combs is inching closer to one of country music’s most impressive records. Once again this week, Luke’s 2017 debut album, This One’s for You, is No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. The double-Platinum album, which has moved 2 million units according to the RIAA, has now spent 47 weeks at No. 1.……
Watch Jason Aldean Perform New Single, “We Back,” at Surprise Show in Nashville
After announcing his new album, 9, and dropping lead single, “We Back,” on Sept. 9, Jason Aldean performed a surprise concert for a few hundred Amazon truckers and freighters in Nashville. Amazon Music hosted the event outside Nissan Stadium at a pop-up “truck stop” to celebrate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. In addition to performing……
Watch Carrie Underwood’s New “Sunday Night Football” Opening With Joan Jett
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Luke Bryan Scores 23rd No. 1 Single With “Knockin’ Boots”
Luke Bryan scored the 23rd No. 1 single of his career as “Knockin’ Boots” ascended to the top of both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and the Mediabase chart this week. Co-penned by Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson and Jon Nite, “Knockin’ Boots” is the lead single from Luke’s upcoming seventh studio album, which is tentatively slated……
Watch Luke Combs’ New Performance Video for Tender Single, “Even Though I’m Leaving”
Luke Combs dropped a new video for his current single, “Even Though I’m Leaving,” which features the North Carolina native performing the song live for the first time. Luke is trying to score his seventh consecutive No. 1 single with the release of the new tune. Penned by Luke, Wyatt B. Durrette and Ray Fulcher,……
Little Big Town Announces New Album, New Tour & New Single, “Over Drinking” [Listen]
Little Big Town announced a new album, single and tour on Sept. 9. LBT will release their ninth studio album, Nightfall, on Jan 17. Buoyed by lead single, “Over Drinking,” which was penned by Jesse Frasure, Cary Barlowe, Hillary Lindsey, Ashley Gorley and Steph Jones, the upcoming album follows 2017’s The Breaker, which spawned the……
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