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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…
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…
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…
Music icon Lionel Richie will release Tuskegee, a collection of 13 of his international hits recorded with some of the biggest names in country music, on March 27 on Mercury Nashville.
His duet partners on Tuskegee include Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington and Little Read more…
Superstar Shania Twain in the studio with Lionel Richie to record Richie’s “Endless Love”. Photo by Photo Alan Silfen
Lionel Richie will release Tuskegee, his much-anticipated country duets album, in March on Mercury Nashville, after debuting songs on the national broadcast of the 45th Annual Country Music Association Awards, airing live Wednesday, Nov. 9 at Read more…
Kenny Chesney is taking his “Going Coastal” tour to Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey on August 18th. To most people, this may seem like any other concert, but for Kenny it’s one for the books. The show, which includes Billy Currington, Uncle Kracker and the Zac Brown Band, has already sold over 43,000 tickets, which Read more…
Country music is filled with men who have laid down a strong foundation for the genre over the past two decades. For this reason, CMT plans to honor these men in the special, “What’s Your 20? 20 Greatest Men, 20 Years.” The two-hour, fan-voted countdown will air Wednesday, August 10.
The countdown will pay tribute to Read more…
This week Cracker Barrel released a new three-CD series, “Grand Ole Opry Classic Collection,” as well as a contemporary “Our Kind Of Country” CD.
“The Classic Collection” includes live performances on the Opry stage from the mid-1950s to the 2000s from artists like George Jones, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. It is divided into three segments: Read more…
Randy Houser has not always been one to follow the rules. His record label was still promoting his sophomore album when he wrote his latest single, “In God’s Time.” They weren’t ready for a new song that wasn’t on a full album. Randy, however, wasn’t too concerned with not having a full album ready to Read more…
Craig Campbell was raised by his stepfather, he explained to The Boot, and if it weren’t for him, he would not be where he is today. This is becoming more evident to Craig now that he is raising two children of his own.
“If it wouldn’t have been for him, I don’t know what I’d do,” Read more…
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