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  • Justin Moore's #1 across the board with 'Time's Ticking'
    Justin Moore's 'This Is My Dirt' (Blue Highway Records)Justin Moore manages to top both major Country Airplay charts this week, as "Time's Ticking" rises to #1 on the Mediabase tally, as well as the previously reported Billboard ranking.“It’s beyond exciting, and humbling, to celebrate our 14th number 1 with 'Time’s...Read more
    Published 6 hours ago
  • Miranda Lambert, LBT and Kacey Musgraves join 61st ACMs, with noms coming Thursday
    The 61st ACM Awards (Academy of Country Music) Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town and Kacey Musgraves have been added to the performance lineup as the 61st ACM Awards return to the traditional Sunday time slot on May 17. Kacey will do a song from her upcoming sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere,...Read more
    Published 7 hours ago
  • Ella Langley picked 'Dandelion' very deliberately
    Ella Langley's 'Dandelion' (SAWGOD/ Columbia Records)Ella Langley not only chose the title of her second album very deliberately, she decided on Dandelion long ago."I'm so excited for these new songs," she tells ABC Audio. "We've been working so hard on it. ... I've known the title for this record, I mean,...Read more
    Published 14 hours ago
  • Nashville notes: Charley Crockett's Age of the Ram + Corey Kent's 'Wannabe'
    Charley Crockett's 20-song Age of the Ram is out now. It's the culmination of his three-album Sagebrush Trilogy.The latest song from newcomer Emily Ann Roberts, titled "My Future," will arrive on Friday. Corey Kent's set to drop his new track, "Wannabe," on April 17, but you can preview it now on TikTok. Copyright...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Hear Cody Johnson step into the 'Footlights' with Merle Haggard
    Cody Johnson's "Footlights" (Cojo Music/Warner Records Nashville)Cody Johnson's paying tribute to Merle Haggard on what would've been his 79th birthday. It's also the 10th anniversary of his passing. The reigning CMA male vocalist of the year recorded his own version of the legend's self-penned "Footlights," which opens his 1979 album, Serving...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • 'Beautiful Things': Megan Moroney will 'Be Unforgettable' in new cosmetics campaign
    Megan Moroney (Revlon/PR Newswire)Megan Moroney is the newest face of Revlon's "Be Unforgettable" campaign, the esteemed cosmetics brand announced on Monday. "This campaign represents a truth I believe in," Megan says in a news release. "Beauty is only one part of what makes someone unforgettable.""There's power in reminding women they can...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Darius Rucker's ready for Riverfront Revival #5
    Darius Rucker's Riverfront Revival (Courtesy Darius Rucker/SRE Entertainment)Darius Rucker's gearing up to lead his fifth annual Riverfront Revival Oct. 9 and 10 in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Old Dominion, Gavin Adcock, BigXthaPlug and Chase Matthew are booked to play the shows at Riverfront Park, along with Nelly, Charles Wesley Godwin,...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Keith Urban sails back to Vegas for Fontainebleau shows
    Keith Urban 'Live in Las Vegas' (Live Nation)Keith Urban will revisit his residency at Fontainebleau Las Vegas with two concerts in the fall.The Aussie superstar returns to the BleauLive Theater Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, with a show simply titled Live in Las Vegas this time. He previously played 10 HIGH in...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Justin Moore is the king of the long run with latest #1
    Justin Moore's "Time's Ticking" (Blue Highway Records) Justin Moore now wears the crown as the artist with the longest trip to #1, as "Time's Ticking" rather ironically takes its place atop the Billboard Country Airplay ranking. Justin's 11th #1 took 67 weeks to make it to the pinnacle, unseating Michael Ray's "Whiskey and...Read more
    Published 1 day ago
  • Cody Johnson hopes 'The Fall' will find you when you need it
    Cody Johnson performs on ABC's ‘CMA Fest presented by SoFi' (Disney/Connie Chornuk)When Cody Johnson recorded his current top-10 hit for Leather Deluxe Edition, it was a decision he made quite intentionally, because he connected so much with the message of "The Fall.""I was in the mode of cutting an album...Read more
    Published 2 days ago
  • New Music Friday: Josh Ross, Lee Brice & more
    Josh Ross, "Give 'Er Hell' (Universal Music Canada / MCA / CORE Records) Josh Ross' current single, "Hate How You Look," is climbing the chart, and he's just dropped a new single called "Give 'Er Hell." The Canadian singer says in a statement, "I’ve had moments where things weren’t going...Read more
    Published 4 days ago
  • Zach Bryan forced to cancel Friday night homecoming show in Tulsa due to bad weather
    Zach Bryan performs during BST Hyde Park, June 29, 2025 in London, England. (Lorne Thomson/Redferns)Zach Bryan was supposed to perform Friday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma — about a 30-minute drive from where he was born — but he's now been forced to cancel the show due to inclement weather.In a...Read more
    Published 4 days ago
  • Megan Moroney celebrates '6 Months Later' two months later
    (L-R): 'Six Months Later' producer Kristian Bush, co-writer Ben Williams, Megan Moroney, co-writers David 'Messy' Mescon and Rob HatchMegan Moroney celebrated the success of her single "6 Months Later" Thursday night in Nashville — two months after it first topped the charts.At the celebration — where many attendees wore pink...Read more
    Published 4 days ago
  • George Birge namechecks a Tim McGraw hit on nostalgic single 'Whatever That Was'
    George Birge, "Whatever That Was' (Corey Miller)George Birge has dropped a new single about looking back on a youthful romance and yearning to capture that feeling again.In the song, "Whatever That Was," George sings, "Maybe it was autumn, maybe it was 18/ spinning on whiskey and wintergreen/ maybe it was...Read more
    Published 4 days ago
  • Hear Lainey Wilson and Brandon Lake duet on 'The Jesus I Know Now'
    Lainey Wilson performs on the 59th Annual CMA Awards on ABC, Nov. 19, 2025 (Disney/Frank Micelotta); Brandon Lake performs on ABC's 'CMA Fest presented by SoFi,' June 26, 2025 (Disney via CMA/Acadia Evans)Just in time for Easter, Lainey Wilson and Brandon Lake have released a faith-based duet."'The Jesus I Know...Read more
    Published 4 days ago

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