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Morgan Wallen has returned to Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for the first time since his “N-word” controversy. Wallen’s “Sand in My Boots” debuted at No. 56 on the Country Airplay chart with 699,000 audience impressions, up 105%, in the week ending July 4, according to MRC Data. This is for the first time Wallen has…

CBS announced Thursday that it will present its inaugural broadcast of the CMT Music Awards live from Nashville on April 3, 2022. CMT will kick off the company’s first ever Country Music Week by hosting week-long special programming and events capped by exclusive director’s cut airings of the CMT Music Awards later on CMT and…

George Strait and Metallica are set headline the second annual ATLive festival in Atlanta later this year. Country music stars Strait, Eric Church and Caitlyn Smith will be kicking off ATLive 2021 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 5. Metallica will be headlining the second night, hitting the stage along with special guests…

Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris are set to headline the upcoming Come Together: Feeding Nashville Benefit concert organized by FGL’s Tyler Hubbard and his wife Hayley. The concert, which aims to create awareness and raise funds to combat hunger in and around Nashville, is scheduled to take place on August 3 at…

Kelly Clarkson covered Starship’s 1987 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” during the Kellyoke segment of her talk show on Tuesday, July 6. “And we can build this dream together/ Standing strong forever/ Nothing’s gonna stop us now,” Clarkson sang on a purple-lighted stage. “And if this world runs out…

Country legend Garth Brooks has announced that he will play a concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, as part of his Stadium Tour. The concert is scheduled for Saturday, October 9, 2021, and will be Brooks’ first ever performance at the home of the New England Patriots. Tickets for the show will go on…

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” has entered YouTube’s Billion Views Club, giving Rexa her second entry in the club and the FGL duo their first break into the list. Rexha had earlier hit the one billion views mark through her 2014 hit “Hey Mama,” which also featured Nicki Minaj and Afrojack.…

Star couple Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani finally tied the knot on Saturday, July 4, at the country singer’s Tishomingo ranch in Oklahoma. According to TMZ, citing the Johnston County Court Clerk, the couple applied for their marriage license in Shelton’s home state on Tuesday, June 29. Oklahoma law requires couples to wed within 10…

Midland released a new song “Sunrise Tells the Story” last week and also announced that their five-song collection The Last Resort will be out on July 16. Midland’s Jess Carson co-wrote “Sunrise Tells the Story” with Jessi Alexander and Aaron Raitiere. Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne co-produced the track with Dann Huff. According to Rolling…

Country singer Kane Brown has teamed up with pop singer-songwriter Blackbear for a new single called “Memory,” which will drop on Friday, July 9. Brown and Blackbear, whose real name is Matthew Musto, had co-wrote “Memory” with Andrew Goldstein, Joe Kirkland and Ernest Smith. Brown had previously teased this collaboration on his Instagram when he…