Most of the country may still be hunkering down through the cold-weather months, but there is no reason we can’t dive headfirst into the upcoming festival season with the announcement that Luke Bryan will headline the 2017 Pepsi Rock the South Festival on June 2-3 in Cullman, Ala. Luke will be making his first-ever appearance…… MORE
While both album sales (-11%) and track sales (-23%) dipped in 2016 compared to 2015’s numbers, audio/video streaming results increased 57% from 14.1 billion streams in 2015 to 22.1 billion streams in 2016, according to Billboard and Nielsen Music. With more than 175 million streams, Florida Georgia Line’s “H.O.L.Y.” topped the list of the most-streamed…… MORE
According to Billboard and Nielsen Music, 2016 country albums sales were down 11 percent from 2015. Interestingly enough, the top-selling album of 2016—Chris Stapleton’s Traveller—was released in 2015, and so were two other albums in the Top 10: Thomas Rhett’s Tangled Up and Carrie Underwood’s Storyteller. Sam Hunt’s Montevallo was released in 2014. With sales…… MORE
Running from March 7–26—yes, 20 days—Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is one of the largest rodeo and livestock exhibitions in the world. Rodeo Houston features a carnival, a bar-b-que contest, 10K race and some of the best live entertainment in the country. The event pulled in almost 2.5 million attendees during last year’s festivities and…… MORE
While most of us are back to work after the beginning of the new year, country stars are making the most of their time off by vacationing in warm-weather locations. With tours, albums and new music being released in the coming months, some artists are getting their last minute rest and relaxation in before they…… MORE
Sorry ladies, Sam Hunt is off the market. The cool crooner is reportedly engaged to his girlfriend, Hannah Lee Fowler. ’Tis the season for engagements. Sam joins a bevy of country artists who were engaged this holiday season, including Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves and Runaway June’s Jennifer Wayne to William Michael Morgan. Not much is…… MORE
After a busy 2016 that included touring with Kenny Chesney, Sam Hunt is closing out the year by recharging his batteries with a trip to Israel. The “Make You Miss Me” singer posted a few Instagram pics of his trip with gal pal Hannah Lee Fowler, including taking a dip in the Dead Sea and…… MORE
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If you need a new “ugly” sweater for your next holiday party, you’re in luck. Musicians On Call, a nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in hospitals across the country, has launched its first Deck the Halls Campaign, which features holiday sweaters personally designed by Florida Georgia Line, Sam…… MORE
The nominations for the 50th annual CMA Awards were announced on Aug. 31, but there were more than a few notable names left off the ballots, including Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Sturgill Simpson, Brandy Clark, Sam Hunt and more. Here’s your chance to right the CMA wrong by voting for who you think is most…… MORE
With his recent No. 1 single, “Make You Miss Me,” Sam Hunt has become the first solo artist to earn four Billboard Country Airplay No. 1s from a debut album. The Airplay chart launched in 1990, and since then, only three groups have copped four No. 1s from a debut album. Any guesses who they…… MORE
