Dierks Bentley & Chris Young Among CMA Triple Play Award Recipients

Dierks Bentley, Chris Young and Eric Church were among a dozen songwriters honored at the annual CMA Songwriters Luncheon. They were each presented with the CMA Triple Play Award honoring songwriters who pen three chart-topping hits in a 12-month period. “People from all over the world recognize that Nashville is not only Music City, but […] Continue Reading →

Lady Antebellum Scores Highest Chart Debut of Their Career

Lady Antebellum scored the highest chart debut of their seven-year career with the release of their new single, “Downtown,” the lead single from their upcoming album, on January 28. 109 radio stations added the song, putting them at No. 25 on the Billboard charts and No. 34 on Mediabase charts. “We really wanted to come […] Continue Reading →

Listen to the New Single from Lady Antebellum

Lady Antebellum just released their new song “Downtown,” which is the lead single off their upcoming fourth studio album. “There’s some sass to this track that makes it really fun to sing…it’s definitely a roll down the windows and bob your head kind of thing,” said Lady A’s Hillary Scott. “We thought it was a […] Continue Reading →

Lady Antebellum Discusses All Things “New” in the New Year

Lady Antebellum has a whole lot of “new” to talk about in the new year! In their first Webisode Wednesday of 2013, the trio sat down to discuss their new single, the new album they’re working on and Hillary’s new baby! They even gave fans a quick listen to the new single. Besides sharing all […] Continue Reading →

Top 10 Country Tweets of the Week

Country music stars sure love Twitter! This week, Dierks Bentley is reunited with his best friend, Keith Urban makes his American Idol debut between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj, Thompson Square scares fans with a sneak peek of their new video, Kacey Musgraves issues a cry for help and Taylor Swift’s exes have been warned. […] Continue Reading →

Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town & Carrie Underwood to Play CMA Music Festival

The first artists to play the 2013 CMA Music Festival have been announced! The lineup will include Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Carrie Underwood, and more artists to be announced soon. The CMA Music Festival takes over downtown Nashville for four days this summer, Thursday through Sunday, June 6-9. The Ultimate Country Music Fan […] Continue Reading →

Top 10 Country Tweets of the Week

Country music stars sure love Twitter! This week, Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman gets friendly with a goat while her band mate Jimi Westbrook plus Sara Evans and her husband celebrate Alabama’s BCS Championship. Meanwhile, Sarah Darling shows off how she spent New Year’s Eve and Brad Paisley deems he and his awards show co-host […] Continue Reading →

Eric Church & Carrie Underwood Pick Up Year-End Touring Honors

Eric Church’s The Blood, Sweat and Beers Tour has picked up a couple of coveted year-end honors. The tour came in at No. 11 on Pollstar’s Worldwide Ticket Sales 2012 chart which includes names like Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay and Lady Gaga. He was also the only country artist to included in The New York Times feature, […] Continue Reading →

GAC’s Top 50 Videos of 2012

Each year we ask fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year-end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2012 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2011 to […] Continue Reading →

Dixie Chicks Replace Lady Antebellum at Craven Country Jamboree

The Dixie Chicks will replace Lady Antebellum as the Saturday headlining act for the 2013 Craven Country Jamboree. Lady A canceled a number of their summer dates after Hillary Scott announced her pregnancy. “We are extremely excited that we can offer a taste of country music royalty to the Craven Country Jamboree,” Kim Blevins, director […] Continue Reading →