Blake Shelton‘s “God’s Country” is the 2020 ACM Award winner for Single of the Year. The song, from Blake’s Fully Loaded: God’s Country album, was written by HARDY, Devin Dawson and Jordan Schmidt. “This is a complete shock and an absolute honor,” Blake said. “I want to take just a second to thank Scott Hendricks for producing this record,…
The 2020 ACM Awards just got a LOT more star power! Blake Shelton with Gwen Stefani and Carrie Underwood have been added to the list of performers, while Bobby Bones, Lauren Alaina, Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black, Cam, Lily Aldridge, Darius Rucker and Runaway June will present the trophies. Blake and Gwen will perform his current single, “Happy…
When HARDY joined Devin Dawson and Jordan Schmidt for a writing session in early 2019, he had no idea that only a few months later, one of country music’s biggest superstars, Blake Shelton, would not only record the song, but make it a multi-platinum No. 1 hit as well. For HARDY, the success of the song changed almost everything…
Randy Travis is receiving a huge honor this year. The Grand Ole Opry member, along with longtime Warner Music Nashville CEO John Esposito, will both receive the Nashville Symphony’s 2024 Harmony Award. The two will be honored together during the Nashville Symphony’s 40th annual Symphony Ball, held on Saturday, December 14, 2024, at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. “My passion…
Kelsea Ballerini will serve as a coach for the upcoming Season 27 of The Voice, airing in 2025. Although it will be a few months until Ballerini’s season is on TV, she has already been taping the Blind Auditions, and getting extra close to her fellow coaches Adam Levine, John Legend and Michael Bublé. “We have a group chat and…
When Toby Keith was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, he was honored with tribute performances by Blake Shelton, Post Malone and Eric Church. It was Church who performed an acoustic, stripped-down version of “Don’t Let the Old Man In,” one of Keith’s numerous No. 1 hits. Keith wrote the song, by himself, inspired by a…
Jelly Roll is on a roll, literally. When he released his massive, 22-track Beautifully Broken album on Friday, October 11, the Nashville native also dropped a surprise deluxe edition, Beautifully Broken (Pickin’ Up the Pieces), with six more songs, all collaborations, with Keith Urban, ERNEST, Halsey, mgk, Russ, and Skylar Grey. It was Jelly Roll watching his mother’s struggle…
Randy Owen is being honored for his songwriting. The Alabama frontman will receive the BMI Icon Award at the annual BMI Awards, held this year on November 19 in Nashville. “Randy Owen’s impact on country music is immeasurable and his songwriting has left an undeniable mark on the genre,” VP of Creative Clay Bradley says. “His talents have solidified…
It was Brad Paisley who invited Post Malone to make his Grand Ole Opry debut, right before Post Malone’s first country album, F-1 Trillion, was released. The record, which includes collaborations with Lainey Wilson, Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Jelly Roll, Chris Stapleton, Blake Shelton, Luke Combs and more, might have seemed like a diversion for some for the rapper-turned-singer, but according to Paisley, Post Malone…
We now know who two of the performers will be for New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash. Jelly Roll and Kane Brown have been announced as headliners for the star-studded show, which will air on CBS on December 31, from 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET and 10:30 PM to 1:30 AM ET, and stream on Paramount+. The free…
