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Kenny Chesney's 'Heart Life Music' (William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) Kenny Chesney's first book is now a bestseller, debuting atop two New York Times rankings.Heart Life Music tops both the Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers and Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction Best Sellers lists."When it sunk it, and it took a minute, I was thrilled," Kenny says. "Talk about the unthinkable: I had a New York Times No. 1 […]

59th CMA Awards, hosted by Lainey Wilson (ABC/Country Music Association) You can add Kelsea Ballerini, Brandi Carlile, Kenny Chesney, Riley Green, Miranda Lambert, Patty Loveless, Old Dominion, The Red Clay Strays and Chris Stapleton to the list of performers who'll take the stage at the 59th Annual CMA Awards. Kelsea will debut her new song, "I Sit in Parks," while Riley will deliver his #1, "Worst Way."Old Dominion will perform a medley of their […]

Madeline DeMarcus, Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts, Allison DeMarcus & Dylan DeMarcus (Omar Vega/WireImage) While some country stars prefer to keep their awards away from their family life, others take inspiration from seeing their accolades on display in everyday life. For Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus, his trophies are front and center, though that has a lot to do with the decorating choices of his wife, Allison DeMarcus. "When we bought the house […]

Aaron Watson will kick off his Horse Named Texas Tour Jan. 10, 2026, at Billy Bob's Texas in Forth Worth. The trek shares its name with his new album, which arrives March 6, 2026. HARDY made his third appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, performing "Bottomland" from his new COUNTRY! COUNTRY! album.You can check out Jason Michael Carroll's new track, "What Ever Happened to Heroes," now. It'll appear on […]

Trisha Yearwood (Disney/Connie Chornuk) Trisha Yearwood will bring a few of her "Favorite Things" to ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular this year.Trisha will sing the holiday favorite from The Sound of Music on the annual special. It's one of 12 tracks on her new Christmastime album, which came out Nov. 7.Gwen Stefani will also perform her new holiday single, "Shake the Snow Globe." It's from the soundtrack of the new movie Oh. […]

LOCASH's 'Bet the Farm' (Galaxy Label Group) LOCASH is getting romantic — just in time for the Christmas season — with their new holiday song, "Snow Angel."“Personally, I’m a traditional Christmas song guy, and I know there’s a lot of people just like me,” Chris Lucas says. “But this one is something special - it’s the ‘Hometown Home’ of Christmas songs! We felt good writing it and feel even more […]

Breaking Rust (Breaking Rust) A song created through artificial intelligence has made history topping a Billboard country music chart, but it has also sent shockwaves through the music industry, with artists getting vocal about the AI-generated hit.The new country tune "Walk my Walk" by Breaking Rust recently hit #1 on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart, reaching over 3 million streams on Spotify in less than a month.That success has garnered […]

Chris Stapleton (Jon Morgan/CBS) More than two years after its release, Chris Stapleton's "White Horse" is getting the cinematic treatment with a new music video. Filmed in Marfa, Texas, the clip stars actor Josh Brolin, Mae McKagan and Tommy Martinez, alongside Chris and Morgane Stapleton.“Listening to ‘White Horse’ over and over again, we visualized a couple on the run and wanted to add some complexity with the parental sheriff relationship between […]

Parker McCollum's "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (Apple Music) Parker McCollum's unwrapping his take on a Christmas classic just in time for the 2025 holidays, and it's one that dates back to the beginning of his career. “I covered the Bruce Springsteen version on Fox News in Austin, Texas, at 5:30 in the morning,” he recalls. "It was one of the first times I ever played with a full band. […]