The Country Music Association on Wednesday announced the Country Music Hall of Fame’s 2020 class of inductees. The new inductees are Dean Dillon in the songwriter category, Marty Stuart in the Modern Era Artist category, and Hank Williams Jr. in the Veterans Era Artist category. Sometimes referred to as “the last of the troubadours,” Dillon…… Read More
Dan + Shay have announced new dates for their Arena Tour for 2021 after the trek was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year. The Arena Tour will now kick off on September 9, 2021, at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, and will conclude on December 7 at TD Garden in…… Read More
Maren Morris has donated $70,000 to the band program at East Nashville Magnet High School through her HEROES Fund charity. The school plans to use the funds to purchase instruments, uniforms, tuxedos and gowns. “Now that I am where I am, it gives me so much joy to give back money to the spark that…… Read More
Tucker Beathard paid tribute to his late brother Clayton Beathard with a heart-touching new song, “I Ain’t Without You.” “So I keep holdin’ on with everything that got me to every piece of your memory / So the world could see / I ain’t without you / Let me carry on / Keep movin’ on…… Read More
Country superstar Keith Urban has dropped another new song, “Change Your Mind,” from his upcoming album. The song was written by Matthew Bair and Fransisca Hall. In the song, Urban says that his former lover has changed since leaving him, and he wonders whether he could change her mind about him. “You changed your world…… Read More
Kane Brown has teamed up with Nelly to drop a remix of his hit song “Cool Again.” The country star and the rapper dropped the remix on Friday, August 7, along with a video, which was filmed on a beach in Miami. Nelly called the song “one of the dopest tracks that I’ve done thus…… Read More
Darius Rucker’s annual Darius & Friends benefit concert raised over $255,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This year’s event, which was conducted virtually due to the pandemic, featured Rucker, Clint Black and Tracy Lawrence and was held at the Grand Ole Opry on July 30. “When we first started talking about this year’s concert,…… Read More
Kelly Clarkson will fill in for an injured Simon Cowell on upcoming episodes of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” On Monday, Clarkson announced that she will temporarily take over the judging role as Cowell recovers from an accident. “My friend, Simon Cowell, is doing better now but was in an accident and won’t be able to…… Read More
Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore has remained at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the second straight week. Folklore earned 135,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending August 6, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The album has seen an 84 percent drop from 846,000 units in its opening…… Read More
Aaron Dessner and Taylor Swift have climbed to the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 Producers and Hot 100 Songwriters charts (dated August 8), respectively, thanks to Swift’s new album, Folklore. According to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, Folklore rose to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, logging 846,000 equivalent album units and becoming 2020’s top-selling album…… Read More
