Nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards were announced on Nov. 24. On the country music front, Ingrid Andress, Miranda Lambert, Brandy Clark and Little Big Town earned multiple nominations. Ingrid, Miranda, Brandy, Little Big Town and Ashley McBryde will vie for Best Country Album, while Miranda, Brandy, Vince Gill, Mickey Guyton and Eric Church will…… MORE
1990s Country Star Hal Ketchum Dead at 67
1990s country star Hal Ketchum, 67, died on Nov. 23, according to a post made by his wife Andrea on Hal’s official Facebook page on Nov. 24: “With great sadness and grief we announce that Hal passed away peacefully last night at home due to complications of Dementia. May his music live on forever in…… MORE
Vince Gill & Amy Grant
One of Nashville’s longstanding holiday traditions—Vince Gill and Amy Grant’s Christmas at the Ryman shows—will not take place in 2020 because of the ongoing pandemic, but plans have already been announced to bring the festive shows back to the Mother Church in 2021. Vince and Amy announced their 2021 Christmas at the Ryman shows will…… MORE
Brett Eldredge Releases New Version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” Featuring Sofia Reyes [Listen]
Country music’s resident Christmas crooner, Brett Eldredge, released a new rendition of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” featuring Latin star Sofia Reyes. Brett and Sophia recorded the track at the historic Capitol Studio in Los Angeles—the same studio where Frank Sinatra, one of Brett’s biggest influences, recorded many of his songs. For the new duet, Sophia…… MORE
Gabby Barrett Approaches Chart Milestone as “I Hope” Spends 17th Week at No. 1
Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart (streaming, sales and airplay-based) for the 17th week, which is the second-longest run by a solo female artist in the history of the chart. Only Maren Morris’ “The Bones” enjoyed a longer reign with 19 weeks atop the chart. The longest…… MORE
Garth Brooks Reveals Why He Ditched Track No. 13 on New “Fun” Album
Garth Brooks released his new album, Fun, on Nov. 20. While there are 14 songs on the new project, fans will notice that Track 13 is actually two seconds of emptiness. Don’t worry, it’s not a glitch from the production team, according to Garth. Track 12 on Fun is the album’s most serious song, “Where…… MORE
Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani Release New Performance Video for “Happy Anywhere” [Watch]
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani released a new performance video for their single, “Happy Anywhere.” Penned by Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne and Matt Jenkins, “Happy Anywhere” is currently No. 4 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart after 18 weeks. “As I’ve said, ‘Happy Anywhere’ feels like the perfect song for right now,” Blake said. “I’m…… MORE
Morgan Wallen Scores 4th Consecutive No. 1 Single With “More Than My Hometown”
Morgan Wallen scored his fourth consecutive No. 1 single as “More Than My Hometown” ascended to the top of both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase chart this week. Co-penned by Morgan, Michael Hardy, Ernest Keith Smith and Ryan Vojtesak, “More Than My Hometown” will be featured on Morgan’s upcoming sophomore album, Dangerous: The…… MORE
Kacey Musgraves Releases “Glittery” Holiday Tune [Listen]
Kacey Musgraves released a new holiday tune, “Glittery,” featuring Troye Sivan, on Nov. 23. Penned by Kacey and Daniel Tashian, “Glittery” was featured on Kacey’s 2019 holiday variety show on Amazon, The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show. The special featured Kacey performing holiday tunes with a number of guests, including Fred Armisen, Leon Bridges, Camila Cabello,…… MORE
Chris Stapleton’s “Starting Over” Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Top Country Albums Chart
Chris Stapleton’s new studio album, Starting Over, which dropped on Nov. 13, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Starting Over moved 102,733 equivalent units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, which was also good enough for the No. 3 spot on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. Starting Over features 11 songs…… MORE
