Two country stars are featured on Forbes’ 2019 list of the Top 100 World’s Highest-Paid Celebrities. No. 78: Luke Bryan, $42.5 million No. 95: Zac Brown Band, $38.5 million With that kind of earning power, don’t let your parents talk you out of pursuing your country music dreams—or any kind of music for that matter.…… MORE
Over the course of his 16-year career, Dierks Bentley has accumulated enough hardware to fill more than a few trophy cases, including 18 No. 1 singles, eight No. 1 albums, two platinum albums, four platinum singles, five gold albums, nine gold singles, three CMA Awards, five ACM Awards and more. The 43-year-old Arizona native is…… MORE
Blake Shelton scored the 26th No. 1 single of his career as “God’s Country” ascended to No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart this week. Blake’s new chart-topper puts him in a tie with George Strait (26) and Alan Jackson (26) at No. 3 on the all-time list for most No. 1 singles on…… MORE
Luke Bryan announced the lineup for his 11th annual Farm Tour: Cole Swindell, Mitchell Tenpenny, DJ Rock and the Peach Pickers (3 dates). The tour will make six stops at farms in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas (X2) and Oklahoma between Sept. 26–Oct. 5. Over the years, Luke has awarded more than 60 college scholarships to…… MORE
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Since suffering a stroke in May 2017, Loretta Lynn, 87, has only made a handful of public appearances, but she stepped out on July 5 to attend Ray Stevens’ show at his Nashville theater, CabaRay—and she looked great. Ray hosted Loretta and her group at his VIP booth, where they dined and watched the newest…… MORE
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Morgan Wallen will follow up his bourbon-soaked, back-to-back No. 1 singles, “Up Down” and “Whiskey Glasses,” with the release of new single, “Chasin’ You,” on July 29. Penned by Morgan, Jaime Moore and Craig Wiseman, “Chasin’ You” is featured on Morgan’s 2018 debut album, If I Know Me. The new tune showcases Morgan’s smoldering vocals…… MORE
If you weren’t lucky enough to be one of the 80,000-plus fans who descend on Nashville during each day of CMA Fest this year, Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini have you covered. Kelsea and TR will once again co-host an upcoming three-hour television special on ABC that features 2019 CMA Fest performances from more than…… MORE
Blake Shelton scored the 26th No. 1 single of his career as “God’s Country” ascended to No. 1 on both the Mediabase chart and Billboard Country Airplay chart this week. Penned by Michael Hardy, Jordan Schmidt and Devin Dawson, “God’s Country” is Blake’s first No. 1 single since “I’ll Name the Dogs” topped the charts…… MORE
After getting engaged in March, Chuck Wicks and fiancée Kasi Williams—who is the younger sister of Jason Aldean—will get married in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on July 12. Chuck told NCD that he expects 103 people at the destination wedding that will take place in the evening. After the wedding, Chuck and Kasi will head…… MORE
The guys from Old Dominion—Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi and Whit Sellers—announced they will release their third studio album on Oct. 25. The upcoming self-titled project follows the quintet’s 2015 debut album, Meat and Candy, and 2017 sophomore album, Happy Endings. The band will be co-producing the album with Shane McAnally, who…… MORE
