Country
Opry Milestones: Chapel Hart Makes Debut Performance, Jeannie Seely Celebrates 55 Years of Membership
In a matter of weeks, familial country music trio Chapel Hart have gone from earning the group Golden Buzzer from the judges of America’s Got Talent and making it all the way to the show’s finale, to making a triumphant, tear-filled Grand Ole Opry debut performance on Saturday evening (Sept. 17). The Mississippi-born trio — sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and their cousin Trea Swindle — previously released the albums Out The Mud (2019) and The Girls Are Back in Town (2021). Their three-song Opry debut earned the trio three standing ovations and fervent cheers from the Opry crowd. On Tuesday evening (Sept. 13), the three-piece performed the patriotic number “American Pride” during the AGT finale, but were overcome by emotion during the show and battled vocal issues throughout the performance...
Garth Brooks’ 24/7 SiriusXM Radio Station to End After 6-Year Run
Six years after its launch, Garth Brooks’ SiriusXM channel, The Garth Channel, will go off the satellite and online radio outlet at midnight Oct. 1. The 24/7 station bowed in September 2016 while Brooks was midway through a multi-year, 390-date arena tour. In 2019, he started a three-year stadium outing that, after a pandemic pause, wraps this weekend in Dublin and sold more than 6.2 million tickets for the North American leg. As the tour winds down, Brooks says he felt it was time to close the radio chapter as well. “[The Garth Channel] sold a ton of tickets for us on the [arena] tour and a ton of tickets for us on the stadium tour and now the drive for what it was and what it stood for is coming to a close,” he tells Billboard. “We plan this purposefully for all our stuff to b...
15th Annual ACM Honors: How to Watch the Country Music Special on TV & Online
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Country music’s 15th annual ACM Honors ceremony is returning to TV for the first time since 2017 and airing on Fox for the first time ever. This year’s ACM Honors will air on Tuesday (Sept. 13) at 8 p.m. ET. Carly Pearce, four-time ACM Award Winner and reigning ACM female artist of the year returns to host ACM Honors for the second consecutive year. The two-hour primetime special will feature performances from Trace Adkins, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Dan + Shay, Jordan Davis, Ernest, Vince Gill, Hardy, Wynonna Judd, Tiera Kennedy, A...
How to Get Tickets to Stagecoach Festival 2023
The lineup for Stagecoach Festival 2023 has been unveiled, and fans will definitely be lining up for tickets to catch the all-star fleet they’re rolling out for the country music festival’s 15th anniversary. “Every time I’ve played at Stagecoach it’s even better than the time before,” shared headliner Luke Bryan in a statement. “They have a history of delivering such an amazing fan experience that fans want to come back year after year. It’s the perfect kind of energy and I look forward to being back.” Added Kane Brown: “Stagecoach, I’m so pumped to come back and headline, and y’all better be ready for the energy we are about to bring there. We’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.” Advertisement Related Video Get tickets here, and read on for the full lineup. What Is Stagecoach...
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous’ Breaks Top 10 Longevity Record on Billboard 200 Chart
Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album has broken the record for the most weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart among albums by a singular artist. The former No. 1 set collects an 86th nonconsecutive week in the top 10 on the chart (dated Sept. 17, rising from No. 5 to No. 2), surpassing the 85 nonconsecutive weeks tallied by Peter, Paul and Mary’s self-titled album in 1962-64. The latter album spent seven nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1962-63 and included the top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit “If I Had a Hammer.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Dangerous debuted atop the Jan. 23, 2021-dated chart and spent its first 10 weeks at No. 1. It has only fallen out of the weekly top 10 once since its arrival on the list. It include...
John Michael Montgomery Recovering After ‘Serious’ Tour Bus Accident
Country singer John Michael Montgomery was involved in a “serious accident” on his way to a concert in North Carolina on Friday (Sept. 9). “Yesterday we had a serious accident on the way to a concert in North Carolina. Everyone that was on the bus is recovering from their injuries,” Montgomery wrote in an update to fans on Facebook the day after the incident. “Despite some cuts and broken ribs, I am doing well,” he said. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I will take some time over the next couple of weeks to heal and be back on the road soon,” he added in his note. “I am grateful to the medics and highway patrol for their quick response to this difficult situation. Thanks to everyone for their concerns.” Montgomery — who’s the brother of...
Producers and Stars Discuss Fox’s New Country Drama, ‘Monarch,’ Where Music Reigns in a Chaotic World
“I’ve been surrounded by divas my entire life and I’m probably the biggest one of them all,” says top Nashville manager Jason Owen with a robust laugh, explaining why he was beyond qualified to serve as one of the executive producers on Monarch, the deliciously soapy new Fox series premiering Sunday (Sept. 11) that chronicles the musical exploits and over-the-top misadventures of country music’s fictional first family. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Starring Susan Sarandon and Trace Adkins as Dottie and Albie Roman – the matriarch and patriarch of the multi-generational Roman family – the frothy melodrama often strains credulity. But there were some areas where Owen insisted that credibility reign. “There has to be a real thru-line with some o...
Dolly Parton Enlists Kelly Clarkson for Long-Awaited ‘9 to 5’ Duet: Stream
Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson finally shared the studio version of their “9 to 5” duet on Friday (September 9). The country legend, who wrote the working people’s anthem for the 1980 movie of the same name, lets The Kelly Clarkson Show host shine on lead vocals, with the latter singing, “Well, I tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen/ Pour myself a cup of ambition/ Yawn and stretch and try to come to life/ Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumping/ Out on the street, the traffic starts jumping/ With folks like me on the job from 9 to 5.” Produced by Shane McAnally, the reimagining of the song was originally used in the documentary Still Working 9 to 5, which premiered back in March at South by Southwest, and at the time, Parton appeared on Clarkson’s show to tease their duet. ...
Ten Years in With Stoney Creek, Parmalee Renewed By Fresh Sound and Look
Ten years ago, Parmalee was a newly signed Stoney Creek act, publicly recognized as a band of survivors after drummer Scott Thomas nearly died when he was shot by a robber in South Carolina in 2010. Now the group has a completely new sheen, though it’s still a band of survivors, having navigated a difficult four-year run between hits and a harrowing change in label ownership to reimagine itself. The act has a brighter, pop-tinged sound that has brought back-to-back No. 1 singles to Country Airplay, accomplished just as COVID-19 forced it off the road and away from its fans. “Bring on the next pandemic,” guitarist Josh McSwain deadpans during a Zoom call the same day that Parmalee’s career-changing single, the Blanco Brown collaboration “Just the Way,” earned a double-platinum award fr...
How to Get Tickets to Blake Shelton’s 2023 Tour Dates
Blake Shelton is stepping out for his 2023 “Back to the Honky Tonk Tour” and tickets to country’s biggest dance party are going up for grabs. “There’s nothing like getting out on the road and taking music to the fans. I feel just as excited to step on stage and perform as I did the very first time,” Shelton shared in a statement. “Break out the hats and boots, ‘cause we’re going back to the honky tonk!” Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Blake Shelton’s Next Tour? Advertisement Related Video The “Back to the Honky Tonk Tour” kicks off on February 16th in Lincoln, Nebraska, then routes the country artist to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Greensboro, North Carolina. He plays Knoxville on February 24th, then travels south for ...
Makin’ Tracks: Parker McCollum Gets a ‘Handle’ on His George Strait Influences
Given that Parker McCollum emerged from the Texas bar circuit and signed with MCA Nashville behind music heavily informed by classic country, the singer-songwriter has received a fair amount of comparison to one of his biggest influences, George Strait. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news His voice is different — McCollum conveys a distinctive angst, while Strait typically delivers with a quiet confidence — but there’s enough similarity to justify the correlation. And it makes McCollum a tad uncomfortable. “I certainly love all the comparisons that I’ve been getting recently to him, but I certainly don’t want that to be my identity,” he says. “I’m incredibly influenced by his sound and his records. He is the standard for me and country musi...
From Brittany Aldean to Lauren Akins, Here Are Some of the Most-Followed Country Music Spouses
They might not be topping the Billboard charts like their country-superstar partners, but a handful of Nashville wives and husbands have become celebrities in their own right as social media influencers — sometimes even drawing millions of followers. Interspersed with adoring photos alongside their mates are often posts about product endorsements, beauty hints, cooking tips, business recommendations, childcare suggestions and — this is where it sometimes gets tricky — politics. On Thursday, Billboard reported that Jason Aldean’s longtime publicity firm, The GreenRoom PR, parted ways with their client of 17 years. Though the GreenRoom’s statement to Billboard did not give a reason — other than to say the company’s focus is on the music — the move came shortly after Aldean’s wife, Brittany, ...
