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First Round of CMA Awards Performers Announced!

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The 50th annual CMA Awards are fastly approaching and the first round of performers were announced! Hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are performing along with their hosting duties. Joining them as performers are Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Keith Urban and Maren Morris! This is just the first round of performers, with many more to come. Since it’s the 50th anniversary of the CMA Awards it promises to be one of the biggest shows ever!

The Nominees were announced in late August By Bentley, Urban and newcomer Cam at the Grand Ole Opry! It has also been announced that Dolly Parton will receive the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award!

Since it’s the 50th anniversary the Country Music Association is going all out! They recently released what is one of the most Unique things ever done they gathered Country super stars from the past, present and the future. The project is called Forever Country and it is a mashup of multiple country classics sang by the legends and superstars of country music!

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The 50th annual CMA Awards will air Wednesday November 2nd at 8/7c on ABC! For more information about the CMA Awards visit cmaworld.con

Country

Kelsea Ballerini Celebrates 23 and Her 3rd #1 Single!

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Kelsea Ballerini has officially scored her THIRD CONSECUTIVE No. 1 with “Peter Pan.” Happy Birthday, Kelsea! What a way to start off 23! Ballerini is the only female artist in country music history, including female duos and groups, to go #1 with her first three consecutive singles from a debut album.

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Topping both Country Aircheck and Billboard Country Airplay charts this week, “Peter Pan” earns double #1’s on Billboard by also landing atop the Hot Country Songs chart. Following Florida Georgia Line’s impressive 18-week reign at #1 with “H.O.L.Y.,” Ballerini is the first woman to reach #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts simultaneously. Additionally, “Peter Pan” also reached its highest selling singles week at 26,652 units according to Nielsen Soundscan.

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Ballerini has been taking the country world by storm and shows no signs of slowing down. Ballerini is set to release her fourth and final single “Yeah Boy” from her debut album, The First Time. Could this become her fourth consecutive No. 1?


Ballerini is currently in the studio working on her second full length album. Ballerini is also nominated for two CMA Awards including Female Artist of the Year and New Artist of the Year. Be sure to catch Ballerini on the road on her first headline tour The First Time Tour this fall!

Country

Justin Moore’s New Album Drops August 12th – See The Tracklist! 

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Thursday afternoon, Justin Moore shared some exciting news on his official Facebook page! Moore announced after a long wait his 4th studio album Kinda Don’t Care will be released on August 12th!

He posted a behind the scenes video of him and his team, (including the head of Big Machine Label Group Scott Borchetta) hard at work in the studio!
The lead single is called “You Look Like I Need A Drink” which was released November 17th, 2015. The song which was written by Rodney Clawson, Matt Dragsteam, and Natalie Hemby is a top 20 hit on the US country AirPlay charts and keeps climbing! The video was a hit on CMT and GAC.

In the video Moore teased that there was a lot of surprises in store for the fans and that they were hard at work wrapping the album up. Fans can catch Moore out on the road with Brantley Gilbert for the rest of the summer!

The album will be available for Preorder on July 15th. Valory Music Group has released the track listing for the album and it looks like Moore is once again teaming up with Brantley Gilbert on the song “More Middle Fingers.” The two artists have been on the road together and have also collaborated together before on Gilbert’s hit song “Small Town Throwdown” which also features Thomas Rhett. All three artists belong to Valory Music Group!

KINDA DON’T CARE TRACK LISTING:
1. “Robbin’ Trains” | Brett Beavers, Deric Ruttan, Josh Thompson
2. “Put Me in a Box” | Erik Dylan, Randy Montana
3. “Kinda Don’t Care” | Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ben Hayslip
4. “Hell on a Highway” | Blake Bollinger, Matt Rogers, Ben Stennis
5. “Goodbye Back” | Justin Moore, Ross Copperman, Jeremy Stover
6. “You Look Like I Need a Drink” | Rodney Clawson, Matt Dragstrem, Natalie Hemby
7. “Somebody Else Will” | Kelly Archer, Adam Hambrick, Tebey Ottoh
8. “Between You and Me” | Smith Ahnquist, Pavel Dovgaluk, CJ Solar
9. “Got it Good” | Jaren Johnston, Neil Mason, Jeremy Stover
10. “Rebel Kids” | Dan Isbell, Randy Montana
11. “More Middle Fingers” featuring Brantley Gilbert | Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell, Shane Minor
12. “Life in the Livin’” | Travis Dennis, Jared Mullins, Chris Stevens
DELUXE TRACKS:
13. “Middle Class Money” | Rhett Akins, Marv Green, Ben Hayslip
14. “Pick Up Lines” | Corey Crowder, Travis Denning, Jared Mullins
15. “Spendin’ The Night” | Kelly Archer, Andrew DeRoberts, Adam Hambrick
16. “When I Get Home” | Justin Moore, Dean Dillon, Jeremy Stover
17. “Amen” | Rodney Clawson, Jamie Moore
WATCH THE ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW!

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Charlie Worsham Teases New Album And Goes To Capitol Hill

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It’s been 3 years since Charlie Worsham released his debut album Rubberband. Looks like the wait may be close to over! Worsham sent out a series of tweets on June 19, 2016 giving fans a little bit of news.

CHARLIE WORSHAM AND KRISTIAN BUSH TAKE CAPITOL HILL!

We were lucky enough to attend Worsham’s annual Donuts and Jam at CMAfest this year, and he spoke of a new album and even played a couple songs that may be on the upcoming album. While there is still no word of a release date, Worsham does have plans for this year. In the fall he will be heading overseas to open for country legend Kenny Rogers! Embed from Getty Images

Worsham had a busy week at Nashville’s biggest party! Thursday-Saturday night he did a late night jamboree at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop on Broadway. The event drew a large crowd and some big names! The Friday night edition of the event seen Brandy Clark and Eric Church showing up! It drew so many people that cops had to do crowd control and turn people away.

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Charlie took to his twitter the next day, reaching out to some of the fans who had been turned away ensuring they would get to see the Saturday night show. He also announced a change in venue instead of one of the oldest record shops in town the Saturday night show would be in Warner Music pop up store. The Saturday night show featured guests Hunter Hayes and Kid Rock among others.  Worsham proved you didn’t need to be part of the stadium show to show fans love. He did it his own way with his late night jams and early morning donuts!

On June 23rd, Worsham was in Washingtion D.C. Meeting with different  representative and congress from his home state  of Mississippi! He is talking to them about music education! His day is being documented on the Country Music Assocation’s snapchat (cmasnaps)!

Kristian Bush joined Worsham in D.C. and the two put on quite a concert for every one!

 

Cover photo by: Katie Kauss

CMA Fest, Country

CMA Fest: Music City Stage Performers Announced!

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The Music City Stage is located inside the Visitor Center and will be hosting 39 incredible artists during CMA Fest! Get the lineup below!

Thursday June 9

11:00am – Risa Binder

11:30am – Mockingbird Sun

12:00pm – Raquel Cole

12:30pm – David Adam Byrnes

1:00pm – Chad Brownlee

1:30pm – Alyssa Micaela

2:oopm – Hailey Whitters

2:30pm – Joey Hyde

3:00pm – Caitlyn Shadbolt

3:30pm – Brandon Ray

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Friday June 10

11:00am – Trea Landon

11:30am – Jillian Jacqueline

12:00pm – Tristan McIntosh

12:30pm – Dianna Corcoran

1:00pm – Michaelis

1:30pm – Rachele Lynae

2:oopm – Paul Malysa

2:30pm – Jordyn Mallory

3:00pm – Jukebox Mafia

3:30pm – Hayley Orrantia

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Saturday June 11

11:00am – Norlina

11:30am – Josh Dorr

12:00pm – Julia Cole

12:30pm – Southern Halo

1:00pm – American Young

1:30pm – Mitch Goudy

2:oopm – Haley & Michaels

2:30pm – Doug McCormick

3:00pm – Kenny Foster

3:30pm – Lyndsey Highlander

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Sunday June 12

11:00am – Barrett Baber

11:30am – Calynn Green

12:00pm – George Ducas

12:30pm – Mary Sarah

1:00pm – Lauren Ashley

1:30pm – Cody Webb

2:oopm – Kalie Shorr

3:00pm – Brent Cobb

3:30pm – Kristen Kelly