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It’s a new year, but chartwise, it’s much the same old news: Garth Brooks’ Man Against Machine and Tim McGraw’s “Shotgun Rider,” respectively, continue to crown Billboard’s country albums and country airplay songs rankings. Brooks has claimed the top spot for six of the past seven weeks, while McGraw has boasted the most played song… Read more »

Fifteen years ago today (Jan. 3, 2000), LeAnn Rimes kicked off the new year — and the new millennium — on a high note. It was on this date that her eponymous studio album, released on Oct. 26, 1999, went platinum, the first record to do so in the 2000s. Continue reading…

Although he stood less than 5 feet tall, country music lost a giant when longtime Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens died Friday (Jan. 2) a Nashville-area hospital at age 94. A master showman and a fan favorite at the Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame member made his final Opry appearance on… Read more »

Grand Old Opry star and Country Music Hall of Famer Little Jimmy Dickens has died at the age of 94. Continue reading…

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