May
17
Thompson Square photo by Joseph Anthony Baker, courtesy of Dashboard Media.
There’s a new No. 1 on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown this week! Thompson Square takes the top spot with their latest video, “If I Didn’t Have You.” Katie Armiger, Miranda Lambert and two Blake Shelton videos round out the Top 5 while Tim McGraw‘s “Highway Don’t Care” (with Taylor Swift and featuring Keith Urban) debuts at No. 6 on the chart.
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Plus, host Nan Kelley hit the road this week to hang out with the one and only Dolly Parton at her celebrated theme park for a day full of fun! It’s always unpredictable when Dolly is around! Check times for re-airs »
And don’t forget, it’s your last chance to enter to win $20,000 in our Top 20 for $20,000 Sweepstakes! Enter daily and watch Top 20 for the answer to this week’s trivia question to be entered to win our weekly $5,000 drawing!
Want to re-watch some of your favorite interviews? Head over to our Top 20 section for videos, photos and more! You can also catch Top 20 Extras, cast your votes and take a look at the current chart to see where your favorite videos land. Visit our Top 20 section »
This Week’s Chart:
- Thompson Square – “If I Didn’t Have You”
- Katie Armiger – “Playing With Fire”
- Blake Shelton – “Boys ‘Round Here”
- Miranda Lambert – “Mama’s Broken Heart”
- Blake Shelton – “Sure Be Cool If You Did”
- Tim McGraw w/Taylor Swift ft. Keith Urban – “Highway Don’t Care”
- Tate Stevens – “Power Of A Love Song”
- Lady Antebellum – “Downtown”
- The Band Perry – “DONE”
- Taylor Swift – “22” Continue Reading
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May
17
Country music stars sure love Twitter! This week, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Martina McBride celebrate anniversaries, Reba reveals the fate of Malibu Country, Thompson Square struggles with down time and Brett Eldredge reveals his weakness. Here are our picks for this week’s Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week:
Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/martinamcbride.
Martina McBride – MartinaMcBride: 25 years ago today I married my best friend. And he still is. I couldn’t ask for a better partner. I love you John McBride!
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Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/kennychesney.
Kenny Chesney – KennyChesney: The #NoShoesNation tour at @cowboysstadium tonight.
Miranda Lambert – MirandaLambert: And…. 3 years ago today @blakeshelton asked me to marry him. Pretty great moment in my life. I really like him!
Blake Shelton – BlakeShelton: Hey @mirandalambert…. Happy Anniversary pretty baby.
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May
16
Kenny Chesney’s 2013 album, Life On A Rock. Photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
When Kenny Chesney went into the studio to record his new album, Life On A Rock, he knew the project wasn’t going to be what fans or the music industry expected from him. His most personal collection to date, the album includes songs from as far back as 2006 that he’d been carrying around in a back pack. He explained to Billboard why he took the risk of recording a more reflective project this time around.
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“I went and saw Bruce Springsteen in Pittsburgh with just him and a guitar, singing songs he would never have sang with the E Street Band, and it was great,” he continued. “That’s feeding your fans, too. It would have been really easy to find some songs and just duplicate what we’ve done, duplicate Hemingway’s Whiskey and Welcome to the Fishbowl. Or try. But for me to go out and do what I do onstage, for me to inspire anybody, I’ve got to be inspired. So this record came at a good time for me.” Continue Reading
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May
15
Kacey Musgraves photo courtesy of Mercury Nashville.
Kacey Musgraves is taking orders, filling coffee mugs and scrubbing tables in her new video, “Blowin’ Smoke.” Directed by Honey, the video was filmed in Los Angeles at a local diner and features Kacey and her fellow waitresses working hard for a few tips while making plans on which they’ll never follow through.
“Blowin’ Smoke” is the follow up to Kacey’s gold-certified debut single “Merry Go ‘Round.” Kacey is currently a special guest on Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes Nation Tour. Check out our No Shoes Nation Tour section HERE.
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May
15
Kenny Chesney Spread The Love T-shirts benefiting the Spread The Love Fund.
When Kenny Chesney helped the Wailers finish a song they’d recorded in Jamaica years ago, he never expected the song would serve as inspiration to literally ‘Spread the Love’ in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. He worked with the Boston Medical Center to establish the Spread The Love Fund dedicated to helping those who needed prosthetic limbs and post-prosthetic care.
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Initially set up for donations, as well as all proceeds from downloads of “Spread The Love,” Kenny wanted to provide fans with another way to show their commitment to helping those affected by the bombings. He has created a t-shirt with his logo in Rastafarian colors with “Spread the Love: A Fund for Boston” over the heart and across the back. All net proceeds go directly to the STL Fund. Continue Reading
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May
14
Kenny Chesney photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
Kenny Chesney’s new album, Life On A Rock, is easily his most personal project to date. The songs, some of which date back to 2006 (the most recent written last year), were never intended to make it onto an album but still became a full body of work. During a recent Q&A session with Billboard, Kenny discussed the inspiration behind the album.
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“This record is about how life just moves you along, whether you realize it or not,” Kenny said. “I wrote a lot of these songs without music. Just wrote the lyrics down and tried to take moments from my life and my friends’ lives and tried to give them a pulse.” Continue Reading
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May
10
Carrie Underwood on the set of her video for “Two Black Cadillacs.” Photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
Carrie Underwood remains at No. 1 with “Two Black Cadillacs” on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown this week with Thompson Square and Miranda Lambert rounding out the Top 3. New videos from Hunter Hayes, Brett Eldredge and Tate Stevens make their Top 20 debut!
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Plus, Brett Eldredge and his mom Robin joined host Nan Kelley at Arrington Vineyards just outside of Nashvillle in honor of Mother’s Day. They chatted about Brett’s upcoming debut album, his latest single “Don’t Ya,” and helped out with the wine making process. Check times for re-airs »
And don’t forget, you could win $20,000 in our Top 20 for $20,000 Sweepstakes! Enter daily and watch Top 20 for the answer to this week’s trivia question to be entered to win our weekly $5,000 drawing!
Want to re-watch some of your favorite interviews? Head over to our Top 20 section for videos, photos and more! You can also catch Top 20 Extras, cast your votes and take a look at the current chart to see where your favorite videos land. Visit our Top 20 section »
This Week’s Chart:
- Carrie Underwood – “Two Black Cadillacs”
- Thompson Square – “If I Didn’t Have You”
- Miranda Lambert – “Mama’s Broken Heart”
- Blake Shelton – “Sure Be Cool If You Did”
- Katie Armiger – “Playing With Fire”
- Lady Antebellum – “Downtown”
- Taylor Swift – “22”
- Darius Rucker – “Wagon Wheel”
- Jason Aldean – “1994”
- The Band Perry – “DONE” Continue Reading
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May
10
Kenny Chesney photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
Kenny Chesney took a break from promoting his new album, Life On a Rock, and his No Shoes Nation Tour to sit down with Katie Couric for an episode of her daytime talk show, Katie. The episode is set to air May 13.
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“Katie is so smart, and so good,” Kenny said. “When you talk to her, you can tell she doesn’t just understand, she gets it… and that makes you want to really talk to her. That kind of interviewing is rare, and I’m so glad we were able to make it happen.” Continue Reading
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May
9
Kenny Chesney’s 2013 album, Life On A Rock. Photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
Kenny Chesney’s Life On A Rock has become his 7th Top 200 album debut and his 12th consecutive Billboard Top Country Albums chart debut. His most personal record to date, the project is full of songs Kenny initially only planned to share with those closest to him.
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“It’s a little surreal,” he said. “I did this almost as an act of faith, a belief in songwriting and capturing real life. Many of these songs I carried around in a notebook in my backpack – and wrote the music later. Some of them are 6, 7 years old. And when they started to come together as a song cycle, I didn’t know if I was crazy, or if this was the right thing to do. Continue Reading
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May
9
FLORENCE, AZ – APRIL 12: Singer/Songwriter Eric Church performs at Country Thunder Arizona 2013 – Day 2 on April 12, 2013 in Florence, Arizona. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images For Country Thunder)
Fans may have noticed Eric Church sporting a beard that’s a bit longer than usual. There’s a reason for the look – he’s working on the follow up to his Chief album and says when he trims the beard, it will mean he’s got the songs for his next project. It’s an ongoing endeavor for Eric, who is taking his time with songwriting.
“It’s a process for me, so when people ask where we’re at, I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t have like a definitive, ‘Here’s where we are.’ I can tell you that we’ve started the process, and then we’ll go on to the next step in the process. There’s like 20 steps to get the record done.” Continue Reading
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