Category Archives: Country Music News
Nominees Announced For 2025 CMA Touring Awards, With Keith Urban Set To Host Ceremony
Keith Urban will host the 2025 CMA Touring Awards for the fourth consecutive year on January 27 in Nashville, honoring the top country music tours and touring professionals. Veteran artist manager Jim...
Nov 24, 2025
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ Claims No. 1 On Billboard 200 Chart For Seventh Consecutive Week
Taylor Swift's album The Life of a Showgirl tops the Billboard 200 chart for a seventh consecutive week (ending Nov. 20), earning 93,000 equivalent album units on the strength of 75,000 streaming equi...
Nov 24, 2025
Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” Tops Billboard Hot 100 For Seventh Straight Week, While Mariah Carey Surges Back Into Top 10
Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" leads the Billboard Hot 100 for a seventh consecutive week, becoming her third song to rule the chart for at least seven weeks, and the first track to spend its fi...
Nov 24, 2025
Gwyneth Paltrow Joins Holly Williams For Surprise Performance At The Grand Ole Opry 100-Year Celebration
At the Grand Ole Opry's 100th anniversary celebration on Thursday night (November 20), actress Gwyneth Paltrow surprised the Nashville crowd by joining country singer Holly Williams and her husband Ch...
Nov 23, 2025
HARDY Notches His Fifth Top 10 On Country Airplay Chart With “Favorite Country Song”
HARDY has scored his fifth Top 10 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, as "Favorite Country Song" rose five places to reach No. 7. The track garnered 20.5 million audience impressions for the week of...
Nov 23, 2025
Jelly Roll Unveils New Look After Shaving His Beard For The First Time In A Decade
Jelly Roll finally revealed his clean-shaven look on Thursday (November 20) via an Instagram video, after the Grammy-nominated country superstar shaved his beard for the first time in over ten years. ...
Nov 23, 2025
Dolly Parton Set To Open ‘Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop’ In 2026
Dolly Parton is expanding her empire into the truck stop business by partnering with Tennessean Travel Stop to rebrand their flagship location in Cornersville, Tennessee, as 'Dolly's Tennessean Travel...
Nov 23, 2025
The Mavericks Reveal Lineup Of Special Guests For Raul Malo Tribute Show At The Ryman
The Mavericks will honor frontman Raul Malo with a special two-night tribute event, Dance the Night Away: A 35 Year Musical Legacy, at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on December 5 and 6. The shows will ...
Nov 20, 2025
Cody Johnson Scores Career Best Debut On Hot Country Songs Chart With “Travelin’ Soldier”
Newly crowned CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Cody Johnson has achieved his highest ever debut on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, landing at No. 2 with his cover of The Chicks' "Travelin' Soldier."...
Nov 20, 2025
Dolly Parton Misses Another Event Due To Ongoing “Health Challenges”
On Wednesday (November 19), Dolly Parton took to Instagram to share an apology video for missing the Nov. 17 induction of her Dollywood theme park into the International Association of Amusement Parks...
Nov 20, 2025
