ABC/Image Group LAIn 2018, there was no shortage of new acts who made impressive strides on the country chart: Devin Dawson, Russell Dickerson, Morgan Wallen, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jimmie Allen, and Morgan Evans, are just a f...
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Jimmie Allen’s "Best Shot" rebounds for a third week at #1, putting him in the company of FGL and Blake Shelton
ABC/Image Group LAAfter falling to #2 last week, Jimmie Allen’s “Best Shot” returns to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for its third week at #1. It’s a rarity for a song to return to the top of the c...
Read More »More "Beer" in the new year: Luke Combs extends his sold-out tour
ABC/Image Group LAEvery date on Luke Combs’ 2019 Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour is sold out, save for his February 7 stop in Wichita, Kansas. So the Best New Artist Grammy nominee is extending the trek into the summer. Luke’s adding si...
Read More »Dolly Parton deals with the loss of her brother, Floyd, in the midst of promoting "Dumplin’"
ABC/Lou RoccoDolly Parton’s been busy lately promoting the new Dumplin’ movie and its soundtrack. But in the middle of making the media rounds, the superstar has also been dealing with a family tragedy: her brother, Floyd, pa...
Read More »Dolly Parton deals with the loss of her brother, Floyd, in the midst of promoting "Dumplin’"
ABC/Lou RoccoDolly Parton’s been busy lately promoting the new Dumplin’ movie and its soundtrack. But in the middle of making the media rounds, the superstar has also been dealing with a family tragedy: her brother, Floyd, pa...
Read More »"Can’t Say I Ain’t Country": FGL’s fourth album coming February 15
ABC/Image Group LAFlorida Georgia Line’s fourth album is right around the corner. Titled Can’t Say I Ain’t Country, it'll arrive February 15. "You can say a lot of things,” Brian Kelley tells Entertainm...
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Comstock/ThinkstockThis CMA Female Vocalist of the Year was one of the first non-gospel artists to record "Mary, Did You Know?" It appeared on her Grammy-winning 1993 Christmas album, Good News. Can you name her? ANSWER: Kathy Mattea. Copyright ©...
Read More »We wish you a "Country Christmas": CMA delivers the Christmas cheer on its 9th ABC special
ABC/CMAFor the ninth year of the CMA Country Christmas special, ABC's annual greeting from the Country Music Association relocated to The Curb Center on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville. Reba McEntire returned for the s...
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Burke/Triolo Productions/Thinkstock Dolly Parton's "Girl in the Movies" has been nominated for Best Song at the 24th Annual Critics' Choice Awards, which will air live on The CW Network on Sunday, January 13. The song, from the Netflix movie Dumplin...
Read More »"There Was This Girl": Riley Green reveals his debut hit was inspired by some of "the dumber things [he’s] done"
Big MachineTonight in Nashville, newcomer Riley Green makes his Grand Ole Opry debut at the historic Ryman Auditorium, as he enjoys his first top twenty hit with "There Was This Girl." The Alabama native says he's loving watching fans discove...
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