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Dustin and MacKenzie remain at #1...Lauren Alaina is invited into the Opry... Congratulations go out to Dustin Lynch and MacKenzie Porter. The pair's collaboration, "Thinking 'Bout You," claims the top spot on the Mediabase country singles chart for a second week. It's official. Over the weekend, Trisha Yearwood invited Lauren Alaina to become the next member of the Grand Ole Opry.Before Trisha could actually get the words out, Lauren realized what was happening and dropped to her knees in tears. Lauren made her Opry…
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Pistol Annies talk about their Christmas album...Dolly Parton has more world records... Pistol Annies' Christmas album, Hell of a Holiday, might not have happened if it hadn't been for pop singer Sia.Ashley Monroe and Angeleena Presley had been wanting the trio to do a Christmas album, but Miranda Lambert was a holdout. She wasn't a fan of stale, old holiday music. That is, until she heard Sia's Every Day Is Christmas album.Miranda says, "It was like, 'Oh, fresh and originals.' That got me loving Christmas music…
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CMA Country Christmas to air again...Brad Paisley to host Ellen... ABC will air an encore presentation of CMA Country Christmas on December 23rd.Jimmie Allen, Breland, Brett Eldredge, Lady A, Pistol Annies, Carrie Underwood and Lainey Wilson join hosts Gabby Barrett and Carly Pearce for the 12th annual show. Brad Paisley will guest host Ellen DeGeneres on December 29th.This will be the first time Brad has hosted the show, though he's been on as a guest seven times.
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Luke Bryan is this year's top tour...Garth Brooks is going to Vegas for a bit... Congratulations go out to Luke Bryan. According to Pollstar, Luke was the top-grossing touring country artist of 2021. Luke lands at number-seven on the overall chart, selling over a half-million tickets during a year that got a late start due to COVID. Chris Stapleton also landed in the all-genre Top 10, selling over a half-million tickets as well.Here's the Top 5 country artists:1. Luke Bryan2. Chris Stapleton3.…
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Shania Twain is done in Vegas...Tim McGraw can ride a horse... Shania Twain has announced the final dates for her residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.The Let's Go show will wrap its run at the Zappos Theater with performances June 3rd through 16th and August 26th through September 10th. Tim McGraw grew up around horses, so he says all the riding scenes in the series 1883 came naturally to him. The streaming series, which also stars Faith Hill and Sam Elliott, premieres Sunday on Paramount Plus.
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Dustin and MacKenzie are at #1...Keith Urban is a toad... Congratulations go out to Dustin Lynch and MacKenzie Porter. The singer's collaboration, "Thinking 'Bout You" tops the Mediabase country singles chart this week, marking MacKenzie's first country number one. Keith Urban is not hurting in the looks department, but in the new animated Netflix feature Back to the Outback he plays a rather robust but extremely talented toad named Doug.He shared a clip from the film on Instagram and, sure enough,…
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Everyone is performing at the New Year's Eve Live in Nashville...Tim McGraw is going on tour... Lady A, Ingrid Andress, Breland, King Calaway, Riley Green, Sam Hunt, Chris Janson, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce andLainey Wilson have been added to the lineup for New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash.They join the previously announced performers Jason Aldean, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, Elle King, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell and Zac Brown Band.The…
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Kelsea wants to record a Christmas album...Thomas wants to record a Christmas classic... Kelsea Ballerini hasn't recorded a holiday album yet, but she really wants to.She says, "It's been on my goal list for awhile. I just want to make sure I do it in the right time and I would love to write some Christmas songs. Down the road, I would love to when I have time, but I have a mad love for Christmas."…
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FGL is getting an exhibit at the Country Music HOF...Gary Allan is engaged... Florida Georgia Line is the subject of a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Florida Georgia Line: Mix It Up Strong tells he story of how Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley went from friends to award-winning musical collaborators. The exhibit opens January 21st and includes instruments, photographs and personal artifacts from the pair. Tyler and Brian will visit the Hall of Fame on February 6th…
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Lauren Alaina is touring...Mark from Midland is a dad again... Lauren Alaina will kick off her second headlining tour, the Top of the World tour, on February 24th in Maryland and wrap things up on April 15th in Charleston, South Carolina. She will stop in Columbus on March 25th. Tickets go on sale December 10th. Midland's Mark Wystrach shared a first photo on Instagram of his new baby boy, whom they are calling Champie. The baby arrived December 5th and came in at a…
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Kenny Chesney scored his 34th #1...Dustin Lynch talks about MacKenzie Porter... Congratulations go out to Kenny Chesney. His single "Knowing You" jumped over Dustin Lynch and MacKenzie Porter to the top of the Mediabase country singles chart this week. This is his 34th #1! Dustin Lynch's duet with MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking About You,” was originally a song he did with Lauren Alaina. But because of promotional conflicts, Dustin re-recorded the song with MacKenzie. Dustin heard her sing during a blind audition and knew she…
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Country is representing on Billboard... 17 country artists made it onto Billboard's Hot 100 Songs list for 2021. Luke Comb's ranked the highest at #18 with Forever After All and again at #57 with Better Together. Walker Hayes landed at #27 with Fancy Like. Gabby Barrett is at #40 with I Hope and Chris Stapleton is at #53 with Starting Over. Ryan Hurd, Maren Morris, Dan and Shay, Chris Young, Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban and Niko…
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Maren and Chris are lighting the tree...Carrie Underwood adds Vegas dates... Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton will perform for the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Washington D.C. on Sunday. The show, hosted by LL Cool J, airs on CBS. Following a sold-out debut show at Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas, Carrie Underwood announced six more performances in the Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency.The new shows are all in May, and tickets go on sale December 6th.
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