Taylor Swift’s re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), has debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart dated July 22, giving the singer her 12th No. 1 on the list. The record’s strong debut sees Swift surpassing Barbara Streisand for the most No. 1 albums among women. According to Luminate, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) earned 716,000 equivalent…… Read More
Toby Keith is set to be honored with the Country Icon Award at the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards. The People’s Choice Country Awards are scheduled to take place at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Thursday, September 28. “We’re overjoyed to honor legendary artist Toby Keith with the first-ever Country Icon Award,” said…… Read More
On September 5, Permuted Press will publish “The Singers Talk,” a new book featuring interviews with an historic roster of artists by author and musician Jason Thomas Gordon. The book’s distributor Simon & Schuster described it as “A groundbreaking collection of inspiring and instructive conversations about the beauty, brutality, discipline, and technique of being a…… Read More
Carly Pearce is set to sing the National Anthem at the third annual Big Machine Music City Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR Series race on August 6. The event will start airing at 11:30 AM CST on NBC and Pearce’s National Anthem rendition will air live at 11:11 AM CST, just ahead of the race. The…… Read More
Jason Isbell and Devon Gilfillian will join a slew of talented singer-songwriters in Nashville to play at a gun violence prevention benefit concert. Chris Housman, Julie Williams, Autumn Nicholas, and The Kentucky Gentlemen are the other artists on the Together In Action lineup. The August 15 event at City Winery in Nashville, presented by Country…… Read More
Country superstar Jason Aldean has issued a lengthy statement defending his new single, “Try That in a Small Town,” as well as its music video. Aldean’s new song “Try That In A Small Town” has been criticized as racist dog-whistling and a glorification of “sundown towns,” a term that refers to towns or neighborhoods that…… Read More
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” has returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. This marks the 14th total week that the song has earned the No. 1 rank on the chart. With this, “Last Night” has tied with seven other songs for the fifth-longest reign in the Hot 100 chart’s history. They are: “Uptown…… Read More
Taylor Swift has become the first woman to simultaneously have four albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Swift achieved this milestone with Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) topping the chart dated July 22. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is her 12th No. 1 album on Billboard 200. Midnights (No. 5), Lover (No. 7) and…… Read More
Country star Jason Aldean’s “Highway Desperado Tour” show in Hartford, Connecticut, on July 15, which was cut shot after the country star suffered heat exhaustion, has now been rescheduled to a later date. Hartford’s Xfinity Theatre, which had said the show will be rescheduled for a future date, announced on Monday (July 17) that Aldean…… Read More
Carly Pearce slipped and fell onstage during her performance at the Delaware County Fair in Manchester, Iowa, last Friday (July 14) but has laughed off the incident. Pearce was performing her hit “Next Girl” from the studio album 29: Written In Stone, when the mishap took place. She slipped and fell while attempting to make…… Read More
