Nan Kelley visits Miranda Lambert on tour and interviews her for Top 20 Country Countdown. Photo by Meaghan Mitchell.
GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown was hot this week! Host Nan Kelley headed to Louisville to catch up with Miranda Lamberton her On Fire Tour and also got to chat with Chris Young and Jerrod Niemann. Plus, Rascal Flatts shared secrets from the set of their “Banjo” video, all while Nan counts down the Top 20 videos of the week! Miss Friday night’s premiere? Check the schedule for re-airs throughout the weekend!
On the chart this week, Carrie Underwood claims the top spot with her new video, “Good Girl.” Alan Jackson is the lone male in the Top 5, coming in at No. 2 while Lauren Alaina, Miranda Lambert and Katie Armiger round out the first five videos on the countdown. New videos from Love and Theft and Josh Turner make their debuts this week at No. 17 and No. 18 respectively.
Josh Turner’s upcoming tour will be sponsored by Cracker Barrel from now through December 2012. Josh will kick things off April 12 in Knoxville, Tennessee and will crisscross the country until the end of the year. In addition to the tour sponsorship, there is another project between Josh and the restaurant chain in the works, but details are not yet available.
“We sponsored Josh’s tour and released the CD Josh Turner Live at the Ryman in 2007, and we’re very pleased to be traveling down the road with him a second time,” Julie Craig, Cracker Barrel Marketing Manager, said. “He’s an indelible part of country music and we are proud to continue our association with such a talented, grounded, and genuine artist. We’re looking forward to working on another new project with Josh later this year, but we’re not quite ready to share the details on that just yet.” Continue Reading
Josh Turner’s brand new video, “Time Is Love,” debuted today on GAC and you can watch it here as well! In the video, Josh heads to the office, visits the auto shop and plays basketball with his buddies. All the while, their significant others are waiting for them at home, sending texts, pictures and Facebook posts to let them know they’re thinking of them and to hurry home.
Watch the video now – and check out Josh’s March Madness-worthy basketball skills!
The Today Show is going country next week while co-host Kathie Lee Gifford is on vacation. Josh Turner will again join Hoda Kotb as co-host during the fourth hour of Today on March 19. ”I’m looking forward to co-hosting again with my beautiful Egyptian goddess!” Josh said. “It’s always a blast for me.”
The pair will talk about Josh’s new single, “Time Is Love,” as well as touring, his family, and songwriting. Josh’s new video for “Time Is Love” will debut on March 19 as well at 10/9 AM CT and airing throughout the day.
Josh isn’t Hoda’s only country co-host for the week though. Lee Brice will take over co-hosting duties from Josh on March 20. Hoda selected Lee’s hit “Love Like Crazy” for her iHoda Playlist in April of 2011 and nearly a year later, Hoda extended an invitation to Lee to join her on set.
“I’m really excited to co-host with Hoda,” Lee said. “I love that she loves country music and shares it with the world on her ‘iHoda Playlist.’ Buckle up Hoda, we’re gonna have some fun!”
Just like we always like to do, GAC asked fans to help decide which videos should make one of our special countdowns! And once again, you came through in a big way. Thanks to everyone who voted for GAC’s Top 50 Videos of the 2000s earlier this year. And, a huge thanks to our amazing host, Neal McCoy, for making sure the trip through the countdown was a good time for all! Congratulations to Carrie Underwood who topped the countdown with her smash hit video “Before He Cheats.” You can check out the complete list below and be sure to leave us a comment and tells what you think! Continue Reading
Keith Urban will return to the stage for the first time since undergoing successful vocal cord surgery late last year with a performance on the Grand Ole Opry February 3. Keith’s performance will take place as the Opry wraps its winter run at the historic Ryman Auditorium. The Opry returns to the Grand Ole Opry House the next day.
Blake Shelton photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville.
Each year GAC asks fans to help us choose the best of the best country music videos released during the prior 12 months for our year end Top 50 Videos of the Year countdown. Here are the voting results for 2011 based on videos released and added to the GAC playlist from Nov. 1, 2010 to Oct. 31, 2011.
Josh Turner will release his latest single, “Time Is Love,” to radio on January 9. Written by Tom Shapiro, Tony Martin and Mark Nesler, the song is the lead single from Josh’s yet-to-be-titled fifth studio album for MCA Nashville. “Time Is Love” is now available for download on iTunes.
“This song grabbed me from the first listen because it has such an infectious melody and lyrically it really tells a message that I have been wanting to say for a long time,” Josh said. “It’s not about quality time but quantity time and taking the time to get to know the person better and develop a relationship with that person.” Continue Reading
Taylor Swift photo courtesy of Big Machine Records.
Billboard.com has released their list of the Top Country Artists of 2011. Artists are ranked based on album sales, song downloads and airplay, touring revenue, Social 50 chart action, ringtone sales and streaming data provided by Nielsen BDS. Congratulations to Taylor Swift for being named the Top Country Artist of 2011! What do you think of this ranking? Who’d top YOUR Top 50 list? Leave us a comment below!
GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown is chosen by you, the viewers, so head over to our voting page and cast your votes daily for your favorite videos! Continue Reading
