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Koe Wetzel's 'The Night Champion' (Columbia Records) Koe Wetzel took the "High Road" to land the most-played song at country radio in 2025.Now he's following up the double Platinum, five-week #1 with Jessie Murph with a new radio single from his upcoming sixth studio album. “‘Hurts Like You’ was one of the first songs that we wrote for the record,” Koe says. “It’s kind of about a toxic relationship; whenever you […]

Lauren Alaina's The Stages Tour (Courtesy Lauren Alaina/Big Loud) Lauren Alaina's 15-date fall headlining tour borrows its name from her upcoming album, Stages, which drops Aug. 28. The trek kicks off Oct. 1 in Milwaukee and wraps Nov. 12 at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium. “This tour feels like my most personal yet,” Lauren says. “Stages is all about the different chapters I've lived through: the highs, the heartbreaks, the growth, and finding […]

Tucker Wetmore (Denise Truscello/WireImage) Tucker Wetmore claims his first #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart as "Brunette" rises to the top.His previous hits "Wind Up Missin' You" and "3,2,1" both made it to #2 on the tally, in January and December 2025, respectively, while simultaneously making it to #1 on the comparable Mediabase ranking. "Brunette" completed its climb to the Billboard pinnacle in only 23 weeks, well ahead of the 30-week […]

Luke Combs joins Alex Warren onstage as he kicks off his Finally Finding Family on the Road Tour at Bridgestone Arena on May 25, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Live Nation) Luke Combs and Alex Warren put out a live duet of the pop star's hit "Ordinary" last year, recorded at Lollapalooza. On Monday night, the two reunited onstage to perform the song again.On Alex's Instagram Story, […]

Even though Keith Urban's a country star, in concert, he often seems like a rock star, typically grabbing his guitar and going all around arenas to get closer to his fans. While it might be easy to assume the Aussie superstar's dynamic charisma was present from birth, he insists that's not the case. "I had a bit of an epiphany," he explains. "I was playing in a band, and the lead singer […]

The 2026 American Music Awards took place Monday in Las Vegas. Here are the winners:Artist of the yearBTSNew artist of the yearKATSEYEAlbum of the yearSabrina Carpenter – Man's Best FriendSong of the yearHUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami – "Golden"Collaboration of the yearPinkPantheress, Zara Larsson – "Stateside"Social song of the yearTyla – "CHANEL"Best music videoKATSEYE – "Gnarly"Best soundtrackKPop Demon HuntersTour of the yearShakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World TourBreakout […]

Brad Tursi's 'Colorado' (Universal Music Corp./Turs and Chorus) "Hard to Get High" is the newest preview of Brad Tursi's second solo album, Colorado, which comes out June 12. “‘Hard to Get High’ is a song about the slippery slope of excess,” the Old Dominion guitarist says. “The stuff that feels good in life is, unfortunately, sometimes also bad for you. Unless it’s good love, of course! You can never get enough […]

Avie Lee Parton's 'Smoky Mountain Mama' (Owepar Entertainment) It's well known that Dolly Parton traces her musical talent to her mother's side of the family, but did you know her mom actually recorded an album?Avie Lee Parton's Smoky Mountain Mama record has now been remastered and is available to stream. The collection of mountain ballads and folk songs was recorded in 1974 and 1979 at Dolly's urging, as a way to preserve […]

Bailey Zimmerman's "The Climb" (Atlantic Records) Bailey Zimmerman's cover of Miley Cyrus' "The Climb" was such a hit on his Different Night Same Rodeo Tour, he went into the studio to record it. "I haven’t covered many songs in my career but over the last few months of playing this night after night and seeing all the excitement from everyone, not only at the shows but online as well, just made me […]