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Better Than Jail, a benefit album to raise support for improving our criminal justice system, is set to be released on October 4. The record features music by Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, Steve Earle, the War and Treaty, Lukas Nelson, Hayes Carll and Allison Moorer, Bonnie Raitt, Margo Price, Old Crow Medicine Show, Taj Mahal,…

The Country Music Association revealed nominees for the 58th Annual CMA Awards. Morgan Wallen leads the way with seven total nods, followed by Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton with five nominations each. Post Malone and Lainey Wilson both received four nominations, while Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney, and Kacey Musgraves each received three noms.…

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” sits at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth nonconsecutive week, extending 2024’s longest stint at the top of the singles chart. Shaboozey’s crossover chart-topping hit became the singer-songwriter’s first career No. 1 back in July. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” also extends its rule over the Hot…

Country singer Laine Hardy revealed on Saturday (September 7) that he is engaged to Jordan Gautreau, and the soon-to-be-married couple are also expecting their first child together. The 23-year-old Hardy, who won Season 17 of American Idol back in 2019, and Gautreau, a cheerleader for the New Orleans Saints, made the happy announcement with a…

On Friday (September 6), Danielle Bradbery ushered in her “self-healing” era by releasing her first new album in six years, Danielle. On her record, the 28-year-old country pop singer, who won The Voice back in 2013, captured “the ebbs and flows” of a toxic relationship that is now thankfully in her past. Bradbery reveals that…

Shaboozey’s smash hit, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” sits atop Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a milestone seventh week. In the process, the crossover No. 1 hit surpasses Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” which spent six weeks at No. 1 in 2006, as the longest-leading Country Airplay hit to start out a country career. This…

After Dwight Yoakam and Post Malone were recently spotted on horseback riding along Hollywood’s Sunset Strip while filming a music video at the end of August, their mysterious musical collaboration has finally been revealed. On Friday (September 6), Yoakam shared his new song featuring Posty, “I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom…

The second annual People’s Choice Country Awards is set to take place at the historic Grand Ole Opry on September 26.  And it has been revealed on People’s Choice Instagram that Kane Brown will be honored during the ceremony with this year’s Country Champion Award. The award recognizes an artist’s passion for service and groundbreaking…

Will Jennings, a distinguished Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter and lyricist, has died at the age of 80. No cause of death was publicly announced, although Jennings had apparently been ill for quite some time. Jennings will be remembered for co-writing two emotional Academy Award-winning anthems, “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic that was recorded…

Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet remains on top of the Billboard 200 chart for a second week, after debuting at No. 1 a week ago. Short n’ Sweet had a big second week, with the album earning 159,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. Only three other albums have topped Carpenter’s second week sales total…