Former American Idol singer Scotty McCreery was nominated for this year’s ACM New Artist of the Year Award by The Academy of Country Music and Great American Country (GAC). The ACM and GAC announced today that Scotty McCreery, Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes were nominmated as New Artist of the Year read more
Taylor Swift released a new behind-the-scenes preview of “Ours” in which Swift plays a slacker in a parody of The Office. In the latest webisode by Taylor Swift for her new video “Ours”, Swift flexes her acting chops in a parody of The Office. In the “Ours” video, Taylor Swift read more
Former American Idol finalist Lauren Alaina is celebrating the end of her biggest year yet with a performance on Fox’s American Country New Year’s Eve Live special in Las Vegas. The New Year’s Eve bash airs live on Friday, December 31 from 11:00pm-12:30am EST (CT/MT/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. As far read more
Singer Jason Aldean was the big winner at the American Country Awards in Las Vegas on Monday night after Aldean walked away with six awards. According to CBS News, Jason Aldean picked up six awards at the second annual American Country Awards in Las Vegas on Monday night, which included read more
Singer Mindy McCready and her 5-year old son Zander were found in Arkansas on Friday night by police. According to CNN, country singer Mindy McCready and her son Zander were found hiding in a home in Heber Springs, Arkansas. U.S. Marshal David Rahbany told CNN that both McCready and her read more
Taylor Swift was named Woman of the Year by Billboard magazine on Friday at the Billboard Women in Music event at Capitale in New York City. Swift, who turns 22 years-old on December 13, is the youngest artist to ever win the Billboard Woman of the Year honor. The recent read more
Country duo Sugarland has been named in a lawsuit filed by survivors and victims’ families of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse. According to USA Today, Sugarland is being sued by 44 survivors of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse plus the families of four people who died in the read more
The 2011 Country Music Awards honored various country stars on Wednesday night in a celebrity filled ceremony that saw Taylor Swift take home Entertainer of the Year for the second year in a row. The stars of country music were out in full force for the 2011 CMAs at the read more
Ahead of the 2011 Country Music Awards on November 9, CMT released a new CMA preview with four time hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. In the new CMA preview, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley find themselves competing to host the annual country ceremony against such celebrities as Miss Piggy, read more
Country singer Keith Urban is scheduled to undergo throat surgery later this month to remove a polyp that was recently was discovered on Urban’s vocal chords. According to CNN, country singer Keith Urban had to scale back future live appearances in order to make room for the surgery to remove read more
The country duo Sugarland returned to Indianapolis for a free concert on Friday after a fatal stage collapse in August killed fans and injured several more at the Indiana State Fair. According to USA Today, Sugarland performed to a large crowd of fans at the Conesco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis where read more
Country singer Loretta Lynn was released from a Kentucky hospital after being admitted over the weekend with bacterial pneumonia, which caused Lynn to cancel two shows. USA Today reports that singer Loretta Lynn is now at home and recuperating after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. Lynn reportedly woke up read more
