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"I Run to You," performed by Lady Antebellum and produced by Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley, wins Single of the Year and the group wins Vocal Group of the Year at "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on the ABC Television Network. Photographer: Jim Hagans / CMA.

Taylor Swift might have gotten the most ink, but she wasn’t the only act to win more than one trophy at Wednesday’s CMA Awards. So did double-winners Brad Paisley and Lady Antebellum, and all three of those artists will be among the guests appearing on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown after chatting with host Nan Kelley backstage at the awards.

Lady A had a particularly good night. Their first Vocal Group of the Year win ended a six-year run in that category for Rascal Flatts. And when they picked up the Single of the Year honor for “I Run To You,” Lady A followed in the footsteps of such classic hits as Alan Jackson’s “Chattahoochee,” Garth Brooks’ “Friends In Low Places,” Willie Nelson’s “Always On My Mind” and George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today.”

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If you answered yes to this question, then GAC’s wants you! GAC wants you to decide the Top 50 Videos of 2009. It’s time to rally your family, friends and fellow fan club members to get the vote out. We have over 140 videos from over 100 unique artists nominated. You can vote for up to 10 of your favorites every day.

So what are you waiting for? If you’re a fan of any of the artists listed below then it’s your duty as a card carrying country music fan to vote today and every day through Nov. 30, 2009 when the ballot closes.  Vote Now »

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Jake Owen photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Jake Owen’s “Eight Second Ride” uses a rodeo phrase for a sexy come-on that has his latest video at No. 18 on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown, but some real rodeo pros join Suzanne Alexander from this week’s CBR (Championship Bull Riding) finale in Kansas City.

Suzanne checks in with a bunch of bull-riding cowboys — including Jarrod Craig, Ardie Maier, retired champ Gary Leffew and the Kansas City winner, Hugo Pedrero — as she works through the biggest videos in country music.

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Jason Michael Carroll photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

November is National Runaway Prevention Month, and it’s particularly meaningful to Jason Michael Carroll, whose current single, “Hurry Home,” is a prodigal-daughter tale of unconditional love.

The video currently ranks No. 16 on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown, and he tagged it with the logo of the National Runaway Switchboard and the toll free 1-800-RUNAWAY number.

If it sounds like Jason Michael means it when he sings it, he does. He had an aunt who left mysteriously when he was just 2 years old to escape an abusive marriage. Afraid she might be tracked down by her husband, she never contacted Jason Michael’s parents, but that didn’t stop the family from thinking of her.

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Jason Michael Carroll with his family, Halloween 2008. (l-r): JMC and wife Wendy (second from right) with JW, Gavin, Stori Paige and Savannah. Photo courtesy of the Carroll family.

Jason Michael Carroll says Halloween is one of his family’s favorite holidays.  In fact, if you were to drive by the Carroll house in late September, you might find it already decorated with ghosts and other assorted scary items.

“We always decorate our house early for the season,” says Jason. “Every year, we pick out a few new decorations to add to our already large collection. The older the kids get, the scarier the decorations get. We pick out our costumes months in advance, and try to go with some sort of theme.  Last year, we were Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang.  This year, we are working on a Batman theme.  Buying our costumes in advance gives us a chance to make them AWESOME!  One of our good friends helps us with alterations.  Even the grandparents, aunts, and uncles are dressing up to fit with our theme this year!”

Jason even puts a little mood music on to make Oct. 31 even more special.  Continue Reading

Carrie Underwood chats with host Nan Kelley on the set of Top 20 Country Countdown.

Carrie Underwood’s third album, Play On, hits stores both physical and virtual on Tuesday, and she’ll hit the small screen Friday in an interview with Nan Kelley on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown, hosted this weekend by Suzanne Alexander.

It’s great timing. The album’s first video debuts at No. 1 on the show, as “Cowboy Casanova” employs a fair share of Michael Jackson-like group dance shots. Carrie’s also slated to co-host the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards with Brad Paisley on Nov. 11, and she’s up for an American Music Award Nov. 22. She’ll host her first network TV special on FOX on Dec. 7.

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Tim McGraw photo by Danny Clinch, courtesy of Curb Records.

Tim McGraw releases his new Southern Voice album Tuesday, and in gearing up for the street date, he’ll appear this weekend with host Nan Kelley on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown.

The album’s first single, “It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You,” was written in part by Chad Kroeger of the rock band Nickelback, and his current hit, “Southern Voice,” namechecks such rockers as Chuck Berry, Tom Petty, Jerry Lee Lewis and the Allman Brothers. In fact, Gregg Allman will sit in with Tim when he performs “Southern Voice” on “The Jay Leno Show” Oct. 27.

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Toby Keith photo courtesy of Show Dog Nashville.

Toby Keith’s quirky “American Ride” video is one of the most-talked-about music pieces on TV, and Toby drops in this weekend to talk about the piece with host Nan Kelley on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown.

Paced by the title track, which peaked at No. 1 on the singles chart, his American Ride album debuted at the top of the Billboard Country Albums chart this week.

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Luke Bryan photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

With his song “Do I” now at No. 1 for the seventh straight week on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown, Luke Bryan makes a guest appearance on the show for a second straight week with host Nan Kelley’s coverage of his first Farm Tour concert.

Luke kicked off the tour Monday in Statesboro, Ga., the first event in what he hopes will be a long-term charity effort featuring benefit concerts for America’s agricultural workers every year. Continue Reading

Taylor Swift surprised country radio programmers during a recent dinner in New York City before her sold-out Madison Square Garden show. Pictured above with Taylor are her tour openers, Gloriana and WKLB/Boston MD Ginny Rogers. (l-r): Gloriana’s Mike Gossin, Cheyenne Kimball, WKLB’s Ginny Rogers, Taylor, Gloriana's Tom Gossin and Rachel Reinert. Photo courtesy of Big Machine Records.

Sept. 29, 2009 — Gloriana has made quite the splash in 2009. The band earned its first hit with “Wild At Heart,” reached No. 2 on the Billboard country album chart with its initial CD and hit the road as an opening act on Taylor Swift’s Fearless Tour.

Taylor was, perhaps, a bit of a visionary, offering the band the concert slot when it was still just trying to get a little traction by visiting radio stations across the U.S.

“We had been doing this tour for about 20 weeks in a 15-passenger van, just driving around the country and flying to different states day in and day out,” group member Tom Gossin told The Youngstown Vindicator of Ohio. “We were in a van leaving a radio station when we got a phone call. We put it on speaker, and a girl got on and said, ‘It’s Taylor Swift.’” Continue Reading