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Sarah Kay's Nashville News, Week of 2/6/17

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Thursday, 2/9

Lady A to announce some of the ACM nominees...
Miranda Lambert’s fans are helping out animal shelters...

Lady Antebellum will reveal some of the nominees for the 52nd ACM Awards on February 16th on CBS This Morning.
After Lady A name a few of categories, Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier will announce the rest of the nominees at ETOnline.com.
The ACMs will air live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on April 2nd on CBS. 

Miranda Lambert's fans are filling up a wagon with dog food and supplies at her Highway Vagabond tour stops to support local animal shelters. 
The Fill the Little Red Wagon campaign is an initiative of her MuttNation Foundation. Some of her lucky fans who donate to the campaign will get a chance to meet Miranda before each of the shows.

 

Wednesday, 2/8

Kelsea Ballerini is performing at the Grammys...
Brantley Gilbert has a #1 album...

Kelsea Ballerini isn't just up for the Best New Artist Grammy -- she's the latest artist to be added to the list of Grammys performers. 
Also performing- Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris performing with Alicia Keys, and Little Big Town.
The Grammys will air live on Sunday on CBS. 

 

Big congrats to Brantley Gilbert as The Devil Don’t Sleep debuts in a big way at No. 1 on Billboard‘s country albums chart and at No. 2 on the magazine’s all-genres list. You can see Brantley at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown on February 17th!

 

Tuesday, 2/7

The Band Perry is going pop...
Thomas Rhett is at #1...

The Band Perry is going the way of Taylor Swift. They will release their first pop album, My Bad Imagination, this year. 
A letter posted on social media read, "We've made an album for you. Creating it has been the most exciting thing we've ever done. It's led us to disrupt everything that was comfortable and familiar to us a short year ago. If there's one thing we've learned in making it, it's this -- being yourself matters. It matters even when not everyone agrees that you should be or understands why it's important that you are."

 

Thomas Rhett is the star of the charts this week- he is at #1 on Mediabase Country Airplay chart with "Star of the Show". This was the first song he wrote about his wife Lauren and fans have been requested the tune at concerts for years. This is his 7th #1 single.

 

Monday, 2/6

CMT Next Women of Country Tour is on the road...

Kelsea and Maren are happy to be nominated for Best New Artist together...

Maggie Rose and Post Monroe will join Martina McBride and Lauren Alaina on the third annual CMT Next Women of Country Tour, which kicked off last week in St. Louis. The new tour is an extension of Martina’s Love Unleashed Tour. Tickets on sale now and available through Martina’s website.

 

Getting nominated for the all-genre Best New Artist at the Grammys is a pretty huge deal. What makes it even more special is getting nominated with your friend. 
On the morning of the nominations, Maren Morris texted fellow New Artist nominee and friend Kelsea Ballerini, bubbling over with excitement. Kelsea says it's nice to be able to experience the Grammys with a friend. We will find out who wins this Sunday the 12th!

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