Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. Here are our (mostly holiday-themed) picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week! We’re posting the list today, since GAC offices are closed on Friday, Dec. 31. Happy New Year, everyone!

Miranda Lamber photo courtesy of twitter.com/MirandaLambert.

Miranda Lambert:  @Miranda_Lambert   Merry Christmas to me from Stag Arms!!! Yea baby!!!!

Laura Bell Bundy:  @LauraBellBundy    So I got a Kitchenaid mixer, a shark sweeper, & a steamer for Xmas. I think my parents are trying to domesticate me. : )… Oh, and about 10 thongs from mom…so not THAT domestic.. (she works at Victoria’s Secret.. Always a plus)

James Otto photo courtesy of twitter.com/jamesotto.

James Otto:  @jamesotto    Pic of Jay Demarcus & I. As you can see by our hand gestures all we wanted for Christmas was Peace on earth

Danny Gokey:  @dannygokey    People worry bout what they eat between Christmas & New Years-but they really should worry bout what they eat between the New Year & Christmas Continue Reading

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Justin Moore photo by Kristin Barlowe, courtesy of The Valory Music Co.

Wrapping gifts. Spending time with the kids. Baking cookies. Eating cookies.

If you’re doing any of that today, then you’re spending the holiday season much like some of your favorite stars. Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Justin Moore, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood — they’ve all got their traditions, just like you. Whether it means breaking open the eggnog or hiding presents, here’s what some of country music’s artists are thinking, planning or remembering at Christmas:

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Lady Antebellum's Need You Now CD. Photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

Billboard.com has just released its year-end charts for 2010. Here are the 50 most popular country albums for the year (based on album sales). Congrats to Lady Antebellum for taking the top spot!

1. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
2. Fearless – Taylor Swift
3. Speak Now- Taylor Swift
4. Play On – Carrie Underwood
5. The Foundation – Zac Brown Band
6. Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum
7. Revolution – Miranda Lambert
8. Wide Open – Jason Aldean
9. Southern Voice – Tim McGraw
10. The Incredible Machine – Sugarland Continue Reading

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Rascal Flatts photo courtesy of Big Machine Records.

April marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and Rascal Flatts is one of several country acts that will remember that moment in American history by appearing in a mini-series.

“To Appomattox” is named after the site where the South eventually surrendered, and the project will employ the guys in a couple of ways. They’ve been enlisted to produce the soundtrack, according to a website devoted to the production. And they’ll also have roles as soldiers. That’s a little bit different than their last attempt at acting, when they appeared as themselves on the CBS drama “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week!

Keith Urban photo courtesy of twitter.com/KeithUrban.

Keith Urban:  @KeithUrban    On my way to Philadelphia. See you soon!

Martina McBride:  @martinamcbride    Why is it so early? John’s turn to take the girls to school. My turn to go back to sleep. This is how you make a marriage work, folks.

Jaron And The Long Road To Love:  @JaronATLRTL    How is possible that cell phone carriers cover 98% of the country and miraculously I spend most of my life in that 2% they don’t.

LeAnn Rimes' shows off a photo of the Christmas tree in her home. Photo courtesy of twitter.com/leannrimes.

LeAnn Rimes:  @leannrimes    It’s Christmas at our house!!

Jimmy Wayne:  @JimmyWayne    Slept on my phone last night & dialed 27 people.. sorry Fedex guy in Showlow AZ ..bet your wife is wondering who kept callN & hangN up 8Xs! Continue Reading

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Danny Gokey photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Years ago, Schlitz used to hail itself as “the beer that made Milwaukee famous.” It even inspired a hit song, Jerry Lee Lewis’ “What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me).”

Schlitz beer bit the dust, though it’s been revived in the last few years, and Danny Gokey has brought back a little attention to the city where Schlitz was brewed. In fact, “American Idol” decided to hold auditions there for its upcoming season specifically because of Danny’s history.

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week!

Kenny Chesney's 2011 tour poster. Photo courtesy of twitter.com/kennychesney.

Kenny Chesney:  @kennychesney    #goincoastaltour poster art. Dig? 

Frankie Ballard:  @FrankieBallard    My Grandpa and my Dad married the two greatest women in the world…that’s it…Im gunna start wearin’ Old Spice!

Danielle Peck:  @daniellepeck   Why is it when you “xoxo” someone… spellcheck always wants to turn it into socks! I hate socks! haha…

Sara Evans:  @saraevansmusic    Don’t tell God how big your storms are, tell your storms how big your God is! Continue Reading

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Carrie Underwood performing in a pickup truck, suspended high above the crowd at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on October 13, 2010.

One thing is very clear about Carrie Underwood: She’s not afraid of heights!

Carrie brought her Play On Tour to Music City’s Bridgestone Arena Wednesday night, playing quite often with the altitude in the place. A series of hydraulic platforms lifted her at times 15 feet above the stage, which was already several feet above the venue’s floor. A swing lifted her 12 feet or so as she belted out “Just A Dream.” And the night’s biggest effect had her singing John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” from the back of a pickup truck that travelled over the audience, hung from a track cabled to the ceiling.

But the real heights were the tone and volume of her performances. Carrie’s recordings are always big, but in person, she’s even more impressive, kicking out those challenging vocals for an hour and 45 minutes, letting up only long enough for the occasional costume change. She hit those notes with impressive precision, not only holding the tones but also delivering them with power.

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Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, producer Paul Worley and Lady A's Dave Haywood at the No. 1 party for their song, "Our Kind of Love" on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville.

Good music makes the listener feel something. Good parties can make visitors feel something, too, and Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott went through a whole range of emotions when the trio was honored at Nashville’s Hard Rock Café Wednesday during a No. 1 party for “Our Kind Of Love.”

“Wow! Look at that!” she exclaimed when the band got an unexpected dividend. Hillary, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood received a triple-platinum album for selling three million copies of Need You Now.

She went from that exclamation of happiness to tears of joy just a few minutes later when her publishing company, EMI Music, announced it was making a donation to Brent Gambrell Ministries, an agency dedicated to rebuilding Haiti.

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week!

Taylor Swift: @taylorswift13  Texting Caitlin from the next room to say goodnight: “Night, sis. I don’t dance like an idiot like that with anyone else.”

Jennette McCurdy: @jennettemccurdy  So yesterday, after my performance, my friend goes “Nettie, you’re wearing two different boots.” I was. Continue Reading

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