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Kelly Clarkson hosted the 2018 Billboard Music Awards on May 20 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. On the country front, Chris Stapleton took home three awards, including Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist and Top Country Album. Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” earned Top Country Song, while Luke Bryan copped…… MORE
Sugarland released a new song, “Babe,” from its upcoming sixth studio album, Bigger, which drops on June 8. The new album, which was co-produced by Julian Raymond and Sugarland’s Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles, features 11 songs, 10 of which were co-written by Kristian and Jennifer. The outlier is “Babe,” a song penned by Taylor…… MORE
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is celebrating its 60th anniversary of honoring music’s best through its Gold and Platinum Awards Program. The RIAA trademarked the Gold record (500,000 units) and formalized the industry practice of presenting awards to artists for music sales achievements, including the Platinum Award (1 million), Multi-Platinum Award (2 million+)…… MORE
When Billboard released its Top Country Albums chart this week, a familiar name kept popping up in the Top 25: Taylor Swift, who had the No. 47 (Taylor Swift), No. 21 (Speak Now), No. 19 (Fearless) and No. 13 (Red) albums on the chart. In addition, 1989 (her non-country album) was No. 31 on the…… MORE
From dancing in lines in cowboy boots to saying “y’all” through missing teeth, country music artists and their fans can be subjected to particularly cartoonish caricatures and stereotypes. Elaina Doré Smith, co-host of national radio show Nash Nights Live, got some of today’s biggest country music stars together to put these misconceptions to rest in a hilarious…… MORE
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Trisha Yearwood met her match Thursday night (April 13) when her look-a-like wax figure was unveiled during Madame Tussauds Nashville grand opening ceremony. Industry folks gathered at the new location, in Opry Mills Mall, to get a first look at the never-before-seen attraction the day before it opened to the public. In a surprise turn,…… MORE
Taylor Swift may be ruling the pop charts now instead of country radio, but she’s still country enough to pen “Better Man,” a song that Little Big Town recorded for their upcoming record, The Breaker. The tune, which Taylor wrote by herself, is currently No. 4 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. At the DirectTV Now…… MORE
It’s not exactly da Vinci’s The Last Supper, but one of Nashville’s favorite honky-tonks recently unveiled a new mural depicting some of country music’s biggest stars, both past and present. The mural appears on one of the outside walls of Legends Corner on Lower Broadway. Any country music fan worth his or her weight in…… MORE
Which country artists and bands are bringing home the bacon and frying it too? Not surprisingly, Garth Brooks, who is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year tops our list of the 20 best-selling acts in country music history as reported by the Recording Industry…… MORE
While they couldn’t top Taylor Swift ($170 million), One Direction ($110 million) or Adele ($80.5 million), a handful of country crooners made Forbes’ 2016 World’s Highest-Paid Musicians list, including Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and Toby Keith. Forbes’ list measured pretax income from June 1, 2015, to June 1, 2016 before deducting management fees.…… MORE
