With his recent No. 1 single, “Make You Miss Me,” Sam Hunt has become the first solo artist to earn four Billboard Country Airplay No. 1s from a debut album. The Airplay chart launched in 1990, and since then, only three groups have copped four No. 1s from a debut album. Any guesses who they…
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Iowa native Ashton Kutcher joined Thomas Rhett during Thomas’ Saturday night concert in Cedar Rapids. Click the link below for a closer look via Thomas Rhett’s Instagram. Thanks for helping me out @aplusk your hometown crowd in Iowa City brought the heat! #Kinnickstadium #Nativefund A video posted by ThomasRhettAkins (@thomasrhettakins) on Aug 28, 2016 at…
35 years ago today (Aug. 29), Ronnie Milsap’s “(There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me” topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The tune, which was written by Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield, also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 (#5) and the Billboard Adult Contemporary (#2) charts.
Chase Rice will play his current single “Everybody We Know Does” on NBC’s Today show on Tuesday, Aug. 30. This will be Chase’s first time performing the song live on national television and his first time appearing on Today.
The Academy of Country Music announced that Miranda Lambert, Alicia Keys, Chris Young, Dan + Shay and The Band Perry will all perform at the 10th annual ACM Honors on Aug. 30 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Previously announced performers include Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Cam, Maren Morris, Cole Swindell, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley,…
Happy birthday to Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley, who turns 31 years old today (Aug. 26). BK and his FGL cohort, Tyler Hubbard, are celebrating by releasing their new album, Dig Your Roots, which is available today.
To gear up for the Sept. 9 release of his seventh studio album, They Don’t Know, Jason Aldean is taking his talents to Good Morning America‘s Summer Concert Series on Friday, Aug. 26. Tune in to ABC at 8 a.m. CT for all of the fun.
Kip Moore is gearing up for his Me and My Kind Tour with a TV performance of fan-favorite track “Wild Ones” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert tonight (8/24) at 10:35 p.m. CT on CBS.
The Academy of Country Music announced the inception of the ACM Merle Haggard Spirit Award, which will honor uncompromising artists in the spirit of Merle Haggard, while acknowledging a man who has figured prominently in ACM history. The Academy will bestow the inaugural ACM Merle Haggard Spirit Award at the 10th annual ACM Honors on…
Happy 35th birthday to Texas country stalwart Randy Rogers. The frontman of the Randy Rogers Band will celebrate the occasion with a performance in Nashville on Aug. 24. photo by Jim McGuire