After unveiling its first wave of nominees in June, The Teen Choice Awards announced its second round of nominations on July 12. In the Choice Country Song category, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett (feat. Maren Morris), Blake Shelton, Keith Urban (feat. Carrie Underwood), Florida Georgia Line and Brett Young picked up nominations. In addition, FGL, Sam,…… MORE
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Forbes magazine released its annual list of the World’s Highest Paid Country Musicians, and once again Garth Brooks was at the top of the queue. No. 1: Garth Brooks, $60 million No. 2: Kenny Chesney, $42.5 million No. 3: Luke Bryan, $42 million No. 4: Dolly Parton, $37 million No. 5: Toby Keith, $34.5 million…… MORE
New Zealand-born Keith Urban has been one of the hardest working men in Music City since moving to Nashville in 1992. Over the past 25 years, the guitar virtuoso has won just about every major award the industry has to offer, including multiple Grammy Awards, CMA Awards and ACM Awards. Just this past month, Keith…… MORE
Although the Nashville Predators’ season came to a close last night (June 11) as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Preds in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, Smashville can still be proud of its incredible season. During the Preds playoff run, the hockey-loving world took notice of Nashville’s fanfare, crowd support and love of…… MORE
CMA Fest came to a close last night (June 11) as 50,000 fans packed Nissan Stadium for Night 4 to see performances by Tracy Lawrence, Brothers Osborne, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town, Keith Urban and Brad Paisley, as well as a surprise duet between Darius and LBT’s Karen Fairchild. Check out our photo gallery from…… MORE
We thought it would be interesting to crunch a few numbers to see which country stars have the biggest reach on social media. Taking into account an artist’s total number of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followers, we compiled a list of the Top 20 country stars with the biggest social media reach. While total Twitter,…… MORE
Memorial Day is an opportunity to pay tribute to all of the veterans who died serving our great nation. As we relax with family and friends today (May 29), let’s be sure to remember those who lost their lives protecting our freedom and thank those who serve or have served in our Armed Forces. Many…… MORE
Country stars from Jason Aldean and Keith Urban to Little Big Town and Lady Antebellum reached out via social media to share their remembrances of Southern rock pioneer Gregg Allman, who passed away at age 69 on May 27 at his home in Savannah, Ga. This one hurts a lot. This was one of my…… MORE
In addition to host Charles Esten and performers Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett and Brett Eldredge, the 2017 CMT Music Awards on June 7 will feature a trio of collaborative performances, including: Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban Florida Georgia Line and The Chainsmokers Lady Antebellum and Earth, Wind & Fire More performers…… MORE
From dancing in lines in cowboy boots to saying “y’all” through missing teeth, country music artists and their fans can be subjected to particularly cartoonish caricatures and stereotypes. Elaina Doré Smith, co-host of national radio show Nash Nights Live, got some of today’s biggest country music stars together to put these misconceptions to rest in a hilarious…… MORE
