Lionel Richie Receives First CMA Nomination

Music icon Lionel Richie received his first-ever Country Music Association nomination on Wednesday for his duet with Darius Rucker on Richie’s “Stuck On You” in the Music Event of the Year category.

“I am thrilled to receive my first nomination from the CMA. I am so grateful to the country music community for embracing this Read more…

Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus Busy With New Son

Rascal Flatts is plenty busy these days promoting their latest single, “Come Wake Me Up,” and traveling the country with their Changed Tour, and on July 20th things got a little busier for Jay DeMarcus with the birth of his son Dylan Jay DeMarcus. Fortunately his wife Allison does an amazing job of taking care Read more…

Hunter Hayes Wins His First Award Ever

Atlantic recording artist Hunter Hayes was awarded the “Choice Male Country Artist” Award last night at the Teen Choice Awards, marking his first ever award win for his self-titled debut album. “This is unbelievable,” said Hayes. He added, “So stoked to win my first award and to know it was FAN voted makes it so Read more…

Luke Bryan & Kimberly Perry To Host CMA TV Special

Luke Bryan and The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry host the summer’s hottest television music event “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” airing Monday, Sept. 17 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.

The three-hour special features the A to Z of Country Music’s hottest stars with a stellar lineup including: Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Kix Read more…

Lionel Richie: Best-Selling Album First Half Of 2012

Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee is the best-selling album released in 2012 for the first half of the year.

Tuskegee sold approximately 912,000 copies, more than any other album released in 2012, at the year’s mid-year point that ended July 1 and is the halfway point of SoundScan’s tracking year, according to Billboard. It comes in second only Read more…

Rascal Flatts Has A Lot Of Mouths To Feed

Rascal Flatts just kicked off their Changed Tour this past weekend and they’re excited about having Little Big Town, Eli Young Band and Edens Edge on the road with them. One special part of the nightly show is a huge group version of Grand Funk Railroad’s “American Band.” Gary explains, “We went to Jay’s house Read more…

Rascal Flatts Celebrates ‘Banjo’ With Songwriters
Pictured (l-r) are songwriters Tony Martin and Wendell Mobley, Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney and Gary LeVox, songwriter Neil Thrasher, Big Machine's Scott Borchetta and producer Dann Huff. Photo by Ed Rode.

Pictured (l-r) are songwriters Tony Martin and Wendell Mobley, Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney and Gary LeVox, songwriter Neil Thrasher, Big Machine’s Scott Borchetta and producer Dann Huff. Photo by Ed Rode.

ASCAP and BMI co-hosted a #1 Party for recent chart-topper “Banjo,” recorded by Rascal Flatts, on Monday, June 11th, 2012 at Read more…

Country Stars And Football Stars Turn Out For ALS Research

L to R: Kevin Turner, Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney and KTF Advisory Board member Rob Burton on the golf course for the Kevin Turner Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament

A mix of Country stars and former football players gathered in Nashville, Tenn., recently to show support for ex-NFL player Kevin Turner at the Kevin Turner Read more…

Lionel Richie Back On Top

Lionel Richie has the best-selling album in the nation this week with Tuskegee, his country duets project that has claimed the No. 1 spot on the overall Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Tuskegee also sits at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart for the second week.

With the week’s sales of 128,553, Tuskegee is Read more…

Keith Urban All Better For “All for the Hall”

Keith Urban, along with his co-host Vince Gill, will play host to several country music bands at this year’s All for the Hall concert. The show, taking place Tuesday, April 10th at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, will feature Alabama, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Diamond Rio, Exile, The Oak Ridge Boys, Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry, Read more…