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“Billboard” Names Merle Haggard Greatest Country Artist of the Modern Era

Capitol RecordsMerle Haggard is the Greatest Country Artist of the Modern Era, according to Billboard’s new Greatest of All Time ranking. The Man in Black, Johnny Cash, comes in second, with Willie Nelson and Hank Williams checking in at third an...

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Country Star Trivia

Comstock/ThinkstockWhich country star has daughters named Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret? ANSWER:  Keith Urban. Copyright © 2015, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.

By |2015-11-16T10:00:13-06:00November 16th, 2015|Music News|Comments Off on Country Star Trivia

Chris Stapleton Stays on Top of “Billboard” 200

ABC/Image Group LAChris Stapleton continues to capitalize on his success at the CMA Awards. His CMA-winning album, Traveller, is number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the second week in a row. It sold 97 thousand copies and 124 thousand equ...

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Brantley Gilbert Postpones European Dates After Paris Attack

Photo Credit: James MinchinBrantley Gilbert is postponing his remaining shows overseas after Friday’s violence in Paris. The “Stone Cold Sober” singer made the announcement Saturday on social media. “Out of respect for the li...

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Nashville Notes

Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockLee Greenwood sang “God Bless the USA” Sunday before the Washington Redskins took on the New Orleans Saints, as part of a ceremony honoring fallen military heroes.

The Wabash County Historical Museum has christened the Crystal Gayle Theater in honor of its most famous native. The Wabash, Indiana facility has also expanded its exhibit paying tribute to Loretta Lynn’s younger sister. Born in Paintsville, Kentucky, then-Brenda Gail Webb moved with her family to the small town in northern Indiana after the coal mines closed. Loretta would later rename her youngest sibling Crystal Gayle.

You can watch Chris Young buy seven copies of I’m Comin’ Over in a Muncie, Indiana Walmart Friday when it came out. In a Facebook video, he explains he needs seven copies of his fifth album because that’s his lucky number.

LIVE at Walmart buying #ImCominOver

Posted by Chris Young on Friday, November 13, 2015

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Cam to Spend Her Album Release Day with Cyndi Lauper

Sony Music Nashville/Ninelle EfremovaCam will spend the release day for her first full-length album, Untamed, hanging out with Cyndi Lauper. The “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” legend has invited the country newcomer to perform at her 5th ann...

By |2015-11-15T05:00:39-06:00November 15th, 2015|Music News|Comments Off on Cam to Spend Her Album Release Day with Cyndi Lauper

Lee Brice Plays All 50 States in 46 Weeks

Photo Credit: Joseph LanesWhen Lee Brice plays his show this Sunday night at Brewhouse Music & Grill in Rome, Georgia, he’ll have completed his goal to play all 50 states in one year in record time. Once a member of his band pointed out ho...

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Ashley Monroe Says Get Ready for More Music from Pistol Annies

Pistol Annies (Randee St. Nicholas)With two critically acclaimed collaborations with Pistol Annies already under her belt, Ashley Monroe tells Billboard there’s likely to be another one. “I think definitely there’s going to be more m...

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Country Dominates the “Billboard 200” Post-CMAs

ABC/Image Group LAFor the first time in five years, country albums occupy the top three spots on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, in the week immediately following the 49th Annual CMA Awards. Virtually unknown outside of Nashville before winning thre...

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Eric Church, Chris Stapleton & Willie Nelson to Salute John Lennon on AMC All-Star Tribute Concert

Courtesy Blackbird PresentsThe late John Lennon would have been 75 this past October, and to mark that milestone, AMC will air an all-star special December 19 called Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert. Eric Church, Willie Nelson, Chris Stap...

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