The nominations for the second annual American Country Awards were announced on Wednesday, with Jason Aldean and the Zac Brown Band leading the way with eight nods each. The Dec. 5 FOX broadcast honors country artists in traditional categories like Artist of the Year, but also unconventional categories like Touring Headline Act of the Year.
October 4, 2011 ABC recently announced another handful of country music stars that have agreed to perform at the 45th annual Country Music Awards on November 9th. Start getting excited because this is going to be a star-studded show!
Since my three-year-old and I have the same (very early) bedtime, I don't stay up late enough to watch Saturday Night Live anymore. Lucky me! - you can see almost everything that happens on TV the next day on YouTube.
Lady Antebellum performed two songs from their latest album "Own The Night" this weekend and they were terrific.
David Nail’s career took plenty of twists and turns before he finally found his audience — including a busted deal at Mercury Nashville and a stint as a baseball coach. But when he finally released his debut album in 2009, its title ‘I’m About to Come Alive,’ proved prophetic.
Now, Nail is one of country’s hottest freshman acts, and he’s looking to build on that success with the release of his second album ‘The Sound of a Million Dreams,’ in November.
September 22, 2011 A few weeks back, we told you about Jason Aldean getting his likeness carved into a field of corn to create a corn maze. He's not the only country act to get recognized in corn. Lady Antebellum now has their very own corn maze!
Lady Antebellum struck platinum with their first album and they haven’t looked back, sending each of their first nine singles to the top 20 and selling more than five million albums in the U.S. since 2008. It’s a success story that plenty of bands would love to duplicate, to say the least.
But no matter how quickly they found their audience, or how tightly the trio might harmonize at the mic, things haven’t always been easy for Lady Antebellum behind the scenes. In fact, it wasn’t so long ago that they had to call in a third party to help them communicate.
With millions of albums sold and a growing list of hits to their name, Lady Antebellum are one of the fastest-rising young acts in the music business. As they gear up to promote their just-released third album, ‘Own the Night,’ they’re on the verge of delivering one of the biggest sales successes of 2011.
And according to singer Hillary Scott, none of it might have happened if it wasn’t for Whoopi Goldberg.
Lady Antebellum is one of the biggest acts in country music right now. Here are a couple quick facts. Just in case you are on Jeopardy and the subject is Lady A.
The NFL’s 9/11 tribute last night during the Jets-Cowboys Sunday night game included Taps and the national anthem sung by Lady Antebellum. Afterwards they tweeted, "Still shaking after singing the anthem. Thank you NFL and NYC for letting us show our deep appreciation for this amazing country."
September 8, 2011 Lady Antebellum have been busy this year. Their summer tour has come to an end and now it is time to go on the whirlwind promotion tour for their upcoming album Own The Night - in stores 9/13.
We already knew Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, and Taylor Swift had big years and now we know they stand to celebrate by cleaning up at the 2011 CMA Awards, where each of them have just been honored with multiple nominations in this year’s pool of potential winners.
The nominees were announced Tuesday at a pair of live events. Jake Owen and the Band Perry revealed the nominations for five categories during their joint appearance on ‘Good Morning America,’ then Jerrod Niemann and Thompson Square handled the rest from the Ryman in Nashville later in the morning.
