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Rising country star Gabby Barrett earned nine nominations at this year’s Billboard Music Awards, which makes her most-nominated country musician at the event. Barrett has been nominated for Top Country Artist, Top Country Female Artist, Top Country Album, Top Country Song and five other categories, which also makes her the most-nominated woman at the awards…

Despite being a finalist in six categories, Morgan Wallen will not be included in the 2021 Billboard Music Awards show. Dick Clark Productions said Wallen’s recent conduct does not align with its core values, referring to an incident in January in which he used the N-word with friends as they were entering his Nashville home.…

Eric Church, Brad Paisley, Lucinda Williams and Travis Tritt have been confirmed to perform at an upcoming tribute concert for ZZ Top founder and guitarist Billy Gibbons. “A Tribute to Billy Gibbons” is scheduled to take place on May 16 at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. The concert will also feature performances from Ronnie Milsap,…

Eric Church has soared from No. 86 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart dated May 1, becoming the top musical act in the U.S. for the first time thanks to the success of his new album, Heart, which debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. According to MRC Data, Heart earned…

Garth Brooks will return to Salt Lake City as part of his Stadium Tour on July 17. The show at Rice-Eccles Stadium, the first concert at the venue in 10 years, will begin at 7:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale on May 6, at 10:00 a.m. MDT. There will be an eight-ticket limit per purchase.…

Kelly Clarkson performed Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” as part of the “Kellyoke” segment on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Tuesday (April 27). “Send my love to your new lover / Treat her better / We’ve gotta let go of all of our ghosts / We both know we ain’t kids no…

Jana Kramer accused her husband Mike Caussin of “adultery” and “inappropriate marital conduct” in her petition to divorce him. Media outlets reported that in the divorce filing, Kramer cites “inappropriate marital conduct, irreconcilable differences and adultery” as the reasons for separating from Caussin. The country music singer and actress claimes that her husband has been…

Eric Church has earned his third No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart thanks to his latest album, Heart. Heart debuted atop the Top Album Sales chart dated May 1, with 40,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending April 22, according to MRC Data. Heart becomes Church’s third No. 1 on…

Country music star Sam Hunt has teamed up with pop singer-songwriter Sash Sloan for a new single, “When Was It Over?” “When was it over for you? / When was it over? / When was the moment you knew / That you were gonna walk out eventually? / It’s still not over for me,” the…

Luke Combs shared a new, unreleased song “Joe” on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, April 24. “I figured I would do a brand new song for you guys tonight. My buddy Eric Dillon showed up at my house the other day and he played me a song a while ago that…