Shaboozey’s smash hit, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” sits atop Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a milestone seventh week. In the process, the crossover No. 1 hit surpasses Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” which spent six weeks at No. 1 in 2006, as the longest-leading Country Airplay hit to start out a country career. This…… Read More
The second annual People’s Choice Country Awards is set to take place at the historic Grand Ole Opry on September 26. And it has been revealed on People’s Choice Instagram that Kane Brown will be honored during the ceremony with this year’s Country Champion Award. The award recognizes an artist’s passion for service and groundbreaking…… Read More
After Dwight Yoakam and Post Malone were recently spotted on horseback riding along Hollywood’s Sunset Strip while filming a music video at the end of August, their mysterious musical collaboration has finally been revealed. On Friday (September 6), Yoakam shared his new song featuring Posty, “I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom…… Read More
Will Jennings, a distinguished Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter and lyricist, has died at the age of 80. No cause of death was publicly announced, although Jennings had apparently been ill for quite some time. Jennings will be remembered for co-writing two emotional Academy Award-winning anthems, “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic that was recorded…… Read More
Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet remains on top of the Billboard 200 chart for a second week, after debuting at No. 1 a week ago. Short n’ Sweet had a big second week, with the album earning 159,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. Only three other albums have topped Carpenter’s second week sales total…… Read More
Lainey Wilson scores her first ever Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart for her fifth studio album, Whirlwind, and also racked up her best sales week ever in the process. Whirlwind debuts at No. 3 with 34,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week. Wilson’s new album is the follow-up to her…… Read More
On Thursday (September 5), Blake Shelton announced the dates for his upcoming Friends & Heroes Tour 2025. The 12-date run will feature dates throughout North America, and include special guests Craig Morgan, Deana Carter, Trace Adkins, and The Voice alum Emily Ann Roberts. Shelton made the announcement with a clever Instagram video, featuring a car…… Read More
The 2025 Stagecoach Festival is set to take place from April 25-27 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, with headliners Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, and Zach Bryan. This will be the first time that Bryan and Jelly Roll will headline the main stage, while Combs will headline for the first time since 2022.…… Read More
During a recent episode of Nova 96.9’s Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie in Sydney, Australia, Keith Urban was busy praising Miley Cyrus when he paid the Grammy-winning singer a strange compliment. Urban had just performed a cover of Cyrus’ hit song, “Flowers,” on the show, and the 56-year-old country superstar then gushed about how…… Read More
49 Winchester just released their new album, Escape The Holler, last month, and the Appalachian country sextet is currently touring the U.S. in support of the record. Opening for Tyler Childers this past spring showed the band just how big their star could rise, and how easily their rousing sound transfers to larger venues. “Those…… Read More
