A pair of country acts scored Top 10s on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, which ranks the most popular albums of the week in the US based on traditional album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming equivalent albums. Little Big Town’s The Breaker landed at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, with 51,000 equivalent units…
There’s a reason Keith Urban scored seven ACM nominations in five categories—including Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year—and it’s not because he sports a great head of hair. Keith’s current album, Ripcord, is one of the best-selling country albums of 2016, according to Billboard and Nielson Music.…
According to Old Dominion’s Instagram page this morning (March 6), the members of the hit-making band have suffered a “great loss” in their family. Members Whit Sellers, Brad Tursi, Matthew Ramsey, Geoff Sprung and Trevor Rosen posted a message informing fans of the loss. “Dear fans and friends, We have sad news to share. We’ve…
Break out the champagne. Chris Young’s “Sober Saturday Night” reached the top of both Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and the Mediabase chart this past week. “Sober Saturday Night,” which features Vince Gill on background vocals and guitar, was co-written by Chris, Brad Warren and Brett Warren. The tune is Chris’ third consecutive single from his…
The Radio Disney Music Awards were announced on Friday, March 3, across multiple social media platforms, including YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Kelsea Ballerini, who will be co-hosting the awards show on April 29, picked up four nominations, including two in all-genre categories (Breakout Artist of the Year, Best Crush Song). Hunter Hayes also picked…
A couple of weeks ago Jason Aldean said he and wife Brittany were “down” to add to their family. Today (Feb. 5), the couple doubled-down on that statement by announcing the addition of Boss to their troupe. Jason and Brittany posted a video on Twitter with their new French bulldog after alluding to the aforementioned…
Arguably one of the greatest voices in country music, Patsy Cline would have celebrated her 85th birthday this year on Sept. 8. As a tribute to Patsy, the American Masters series is honoring the country legend—who died in a plane crash 54 years ago on March 5, 1963, at the age of 30—with the world…
In honor of college basketball’s craziest month, I created a bracket with 16 of the hottest acts in country music. I seeded them based on the strength of their current “season,” which ran from the ACM Awards in April 2016 to the Grammy Awards in February 2017. Now they are pitted against each other in…
John Anderson will kick off his new tour on March 3 in Red Rocks, Okla., before making multiple stops throughout Texas and the Southeast, as well as dates in Ohio, Minnesota, West Virginia, Iowa and more. Fans can expect to hear plenty of John’s hits during his intimate, acoustic sets, including “Seminole Wind,” “Straight Tequila…
Justin Moore has been forced to postpone scheduled shows due to illness. The singer posted a message on his Instagram account on Wednesday (March 1) to announce that he was sick and apologize to fans for having to postpone his show in Omaha on Thursday night (March 2). The post read: “Sorry to postpone the…