Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett have each won an ACM Award! Allen has been named the ACM New Male Artist of the Year, while Barrett was named the ACM New Female Artist of the Year. Allen was given the good news by ACM Awards host, Keith Urban , in a video that was shared with Allen while Allen was…
Gwen Stefani never imagined she would have one song on the country charts, let alone two. The future wife of Blake Shelton has joined Shelton on both “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere,” opening up the No Doubt singer to a genre she now loves. “I would have never imagined that,” Stefani says on Jimmy Kimmel Live of being…
When Todd Tilghman auditioned for Season 18 of The Voice, he was pastoring a church in Meridian Mississippi, and raising eight children. Tilghman always loved music, and knew he had a gift for singing, but he wasn’t sure if his talent was meant for more than just his local community. But when he auditioned for the reality TV…
When The Voice premiered in 2011, no one — not even Blake Shelton — thought it would last 20 seasons. The premise of having contestants sing without the coaches knowing what they looked like, seemed ludicrous at the time. But now, as Season 20 of the show just kicked off, The Voice has proven to not only stand…
Exactly one year ago, Todd Tilghman made his debut on The Voice. The Mississippi native, who was ultimately crowned the winner, auditioned for Season 18 of the reality TV talent show, singing Bob Seger’s “We’ve Got Tonight.” Within seconds of his first notes, Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and Nick Jonas turned their chairs around, with John Legend also turning…
Natalie Hemby has penned some of the biggest hits in music, for people like Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Lady Gaga and others, often times writing with the artist. She has also added background vocals for artists like Maren Morris, Dierks Bentley and Blake Shelton, among others, and even performed with Lambert for the recent 2020 ACM Awards. But…
Gabby Barrett didn’t win American Idol, but Luke Bryan knew early on that she had star potential. The judge on Idol recalls when Barrett first auditioned for the reality TV talent show, and he knew right away she was destined for greatness in music. “Nothing is more fun than being in the room when a star is born,” Bryan…
Add Thomas Rhett to the long list of artists who are putting their name, and hard work, behind a type of alcohol. The singer just announced that he and his cousin, Jeff Worn, have launched their own line of tequila, Dos Primos, which is Spanish for “two cousins.” “Our decision to create a new tequila brand grew out of…
When Chevel Shepherd auditioned for Season 15 of The Voice in 2018, she was only 16 years old. Still, she remained surprisingly unafraid as she performed “If I Die Young” for the blind audition, with Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Blake Shelton all turning their chairs around for the young singer. “Actually, I was not nervous,” Chevel tells Everything…
It’s hard to imagine The Voice without Blake Shelton on it, but it turns out, he wasn’t the first pick for a country music artist turned coach. Reba McEntire was first pitched the idea of being on the reality TV talent show, but ultimately passed on it, and with good reason. “It was a very popular show in Holland,…
