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Events leading up the 61st ACMS (Academy of Country Music) The list of stars headed to Vegas for the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards is growing. Randy Houser, Lauren Alaina and Rodney Atkins are now set to play ACM Lifting Lives Country on the Green: Riley Green & Friends on Friday, May 15, taking the stage before the "Don't Mind If I Do" hitmaker at Topgolf Las Vegas.Tucker Wetmore joins […]

'Main Street Country' (Disney Music Group) In 1996, Walt Disney Records put out The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney with contributions from Faith Hill, Tanya Tucker, Alison Krauss, George Jones and more. On April 3, the concept gets an update with the new Main Street Country EP. On the new record, Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown, Maddie & Tae, Dasha, Breland and Restless Road cover their favorite songs from the […]

Tucker Wetmore (Disney/Frank Micelotta) As Tucker Wetmore admits in his latest hit, he typically has a type — and it hasn't always worked out well. So, he's vowing to forsake blondes for a "Brunette."Still, that didn't keep him from bringing a couple blondes on tour."Isn't that ironic, though? It’s the Brunette World Tour with blond special guests is how we announced it," he says. "My manager actually thought of that, […]

The sophomore album from 18-year-old Ty Myers, Heavy on the Soul, is out now. The 17-song collection was created at the legendary FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.Braxton Keith's debut album, Real Damn Deal, is set to arrive May 15. The Amazon exclusive vinyl features Braxton's cover of George Strait's 1985 classic "The Chair." If you want to see Blake Shelton's April 29 concert at Ole Red Nashville, time is slipping away. March 31 […]

Mitchell Tenpenny's "Speed of Light" (Sony) Mitchell Tenpenny walks the night streets of Gallatin, Tennessee, in the video for his new single, "Speed of Light."He also plays the piano in the middle of the road in the new clip shot on the outskirts of Nashville. “I wrote ‘Speed of Light’ with some of my best friends, including one of my favorite artists and close friends—Teddy Swims," Mitchell says. "We started the […]

Preston Cooper's "One for the Road" (Blue Highway Records) You may have heard Preston Cooper's "One for the Road" while you were watching sports, and soon, you'll likely be hearing it on the radio. “I’m so excited to send ‘One For The Road’ to radio,” Preston says. “It’s one that people have been requesting so we’re giving it to them just in time to turn it up with the windows down.""When […]

Graham Barham's "Breakup (Down)" (Sony) Up until now, Graham Barham found his biggest success at country radio by co-writing Blake Shelton's most recent #1, "Stay Country or Die Tryin'." Now, he aims to change all that by releasing a single of his own. "Breakup (Down)" is Graham's first radio tune, based on Jay Sean's Diamond-certified hit from 2009, "Down."“‘Down’ was my favorite song on my iPod Nano,” Graham says. “This song […]

Carly Pearce & Riley Green's "If I Don't Leave I'm Gonna Stay" (Blue Highway Records) Just how powerful is Carly Pearce's new radio single, "If I Don't Leave I'm Gonna Stay"?Check out a new acoustic performance on her socials, and you're likely to have an opinion. In the clip, Carly sings the chorus of the song alone, accompanied by only an acoustic guitar and a violin while sitting on a […]

Shaboozey & Jelly Roll (Disney/Connie Chornuk) Billboard's saying "Amen" to another week at #1 for Shaboozey and Jelly Roll, as their collaboration manages to stay atop the Country Airplay ranking.Both artists have had previous multi-week chart-toppers, with Shaboozey's "Good News" enjoying two weeks at #1 in 2025 and "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" hanging around for seven weeks in 2024."Amen" is Jelly Roll's sixth multi-week #1 since 2023, when "Liar" stayed at the […]