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Blake Shelton: “I Wouldn’t Be Sitting Here With a Career Right Now If It Wasn’t for the Songwriters in Nashville” [Watch Video]
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Watch Thomas Rhett’s Daughters Meet for the First Time
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Social Media Roundup: Total Eclipse Coverage With Luke Bryan, Brett Eldredge, Darius Rucker & More
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Justin Moore Scores Seventh No. 1 With “Somebody Else Will” + Listen to His New Single
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Watch the Lyric Video to Thomas Rhett’s Serious New Love Song, “Grave”
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Martina McBride: The Joy of Christmas Tour
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Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott Is Pregnant With Twins
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