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Following the record-breaking release of three award-winning albums in a single year, Taylor Swift has won the National Music Publishers’ Association’s Songwriter Icon Award. Swift, the winner of 11 Grammy Awards, will be presented the award at the NMPA’s virtual annual meeting on June 9. This year’s NMPA Industry Legacy Award will be presented to…

Kacey Musgraves revealed in an interview for a cover story in Elle magazine that she got inspiration from some unusual electronic dance music and rock sources for her upcoming album. The singer, who told Elle that she has tackled her recent divorce from Ruston Kelly, said she wrote as many 40 songs during the pandemic.…

Despite being excluded from attending or performing at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, Morgan Wallen won three awards. Wallen, who was nominated in six categories, won the awards for top country artist, top country male artist, and top country album for Dangerous: The Double Album. He was denied entry to the award ceremony, held…

Gabby Barrett won in three categories at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, including for Top Country Female Artist. The rising country star, who was nominated for nine awards, beat out superstars Maren Morris and Carrie Underwood for the top country female artist award. Her smash vengeance anthem “I Hope” was selected as the Top Country…

Morgan Wallen has been ruled ineligible to compete in individual artist categories at this year’s CMA Awards. The CMA Board of Directors have voted to amend Morgan Wallen’s 2021 Awards eligibility over an incident in January in which he used the “N-word” with friends as they were entering his Nashville home. TMZ released a video…

Superstar country band Old Dominion released their breezy new summer jam “I Was on a Boat That Day” on Friday, May 21. Frontman Matt Ramsey told Country 101.3 KFDI in Wichita, Kansas, the idea for the song began six or seven years ago, around the same time as the band was writing their hit “Break…

“I Wanna Remember,” a nostalgic track featuring Carrie Underwood teaming up with Needtobreathe, was released on Thursday, May 20. The song is from the Christian rock band’s upcoming album, Into the Mystery, which is scheduled for release on July 30. “‘I Wanna Remember’ is a nostalgic track and takes you back to the moments you…

Kelsea Ballerini will join The Jonas Brothers for a 44-city summer tour later this year. Ballerini will open the “Remember This Tour” when it kicks off at the Park Theater in Las Vegas on August 20. “We couldn’t be more excited to officially announce we are going on tour THIS summer and bringing our friend…

Blake Shelton has announced that he will make his long-anticipated return to the road alongside his friends and heroes on August 18. The country music superstar will visit 16 cities for a 17-date run, including a stop at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena and a two-night residency in Washington D.C. The tour, titled “Friends and Heroes 2021,”…

Kelsea Ballerini’s music video for her “Half of My Hometown” sees the singer taking a nostalgic trip to her hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee. Ballerini co-wrote “Half of My Hometown” with Jimmy Robbins, Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman. The visual sees Ballerini exploring what would have happened if she’d not moved out of her…