Tim McGraw and Faith to Be Featured in Upcoming Country Music Hall of Fame Exhibit

Tim McGraw and Faith to Be Featured in Upcoming Country Music Hall of Fame Exhibit

Posted on January 12, 2017

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have been country music’s power couple for the last 20 years, and now the darling duo will be the subject of a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Continuing its weeklong rollout of upcoming exhibits in 2017—which include Jason Aldean, Shania Twain and Loretta Lynn—the Hall of Fame announced today (Jan. 12) that Tim and Faith will be featured in an exhibit that open on Nov. 17, 2017, and runs through May 13, 2018.

Tim and Faith, who celebrated 20 years of marriage in October 2016, will hit the road together for their 65-date Soul2Soul Tour in April, with dates running through October.

Blake Shelton to Perform at People’s Choice Awards

Blake Shelton to Perform at People’s Choice Awards

Posted on January 11, 2017

With three nominations at this year’s People’s Choice Awards, there was a good chance that Blake Shelton would be onstage at some point during the evening. Now, it’s a sure thing.

The People’s Choice Awards announced today (Jan. 11) that Blake will perform during the two-hour show on Wednesday, Jan. 18.

Blake, who is nominated for Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Male Country Artist and Favorite Album, joins previously announced performers Fifth Harmony, as well as attendees John Stamos, Kristen Bell, Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Hanks, Victoria Justice, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Lopez, Boris Kodjoe, Bill Paxton, Tyler Perry, Adam Rodriguez, Ruby Rose, Wilmer Valderrama and Kerry Washington.

Hosted by Joel McHale, the People’s Choice Awards air on Jan. 18 at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.

Here are the country artists who are nominated for the 2017 People’s Choice Awards:

Favorite Male Country Artist

  • Blake Shelton
  • Keith Urban
  • Luke Bryan
  • Sam Hunt
  • Tim McGraw

Favorite Female Country Artist

  • Carrie Underwood
  • Dolly Parton
  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Reba McEntire

Favorite Country Group

  • The Band Perry
  • Florida Georgia Line
  • Little Big Town
  • Lonestar
  • Zac Brown Band

Favorite Male Artist (All Genre)

  • Blake Shelton
  • Drake
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Shawn Mendes
  • The Weeknd

Favorite Album (All Genre)

  • Rihanna , ANTI
  • Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
  • Blake Shelton, If I’m Honest
  • Beyoncé, Lemonade
  • Drake, Views

 

Funeral and Visitation Services Announced for Ruth Jackson, Mother of Alan Jackson

Funeral and Visitation Services Announced for Ruth Jackson, Mother of Alan Jackson

Posted on January 11, 2017

Family and friends will come together to remember the life and love of Ruth Jackson—mother of country icon Alan Jackson—during funeral and visitation services on Thursday (Jan. 12). Mama Ruth, as she was affectionately known, died peacefully at her home in Newnan, Ga., on Jan. 7 at the age of 86.

Mama Ruth’s funeral will be at 2 p.m. at the Newnan Central Baptist Church. Visitation will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the church fellowship hall.

“One thing about my mom is that she still lives in the same place in Newnan, Ga.,” Alan told Country Weekly magazine in 2005. “She was about 16 when she got married. Dad got back home from the Navy and took her out of high school. They had a place near my grandfather’s and that’s where they lived. That’s all she’s ever known. She never wanted to be in a nursing home. She is sort of feeble now and she does have care in the home, but she never wanted to leave and we hope that she can stay there. I basically wrote the song ‘Home’ about her.”

Below you can watch Alan sing “Home,” including the heartfelt lyrics My mama raised five children / Four girls, and there was me / She found her strength in faith of God / And a love of family / She never had a social life / Home was all she knew / Except the time she took a job / To pay a bill or two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_s2f3U8SYs

photo by courtesy of Alan Jackson

“Nash Country Daily” Readers Vote Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani the Next Country Couple to Get Engaged

“Nash Country Daily” Readers Vote Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani the Next Country Couple to Get Engaged

Posted on January 11, 2017

The people have spoken. And those people believe that Blake Shelton will be the next country artist to get down on one knee to propose to his pop-star girlfriend, Gwen Stefani.

With a plethora of country engagements coming at the end of 2016, Nash Country Daily put together a poll to find out which country artist our readers think will be the next to get engaged. We picked eight country couples who are currently dating—some longer than others—and asked our readers to vote.

After thousands of votes were tallied, Blake and Gwen came out on top with 44.1% of the vote.

It was neck and neck in the early voting with Lindsay Ell and boyfriend Bobby Bones—who have only been dating a few months—giving the high-profile couple a run for their money. But Lindsay and Bobby ended up coming in second place with 30.4% of the vote.

Rounding out the Top 5: Cassadee Pope and Rian Dawson (7.1%), Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd (6.5%) and Miranda Lambert and Anderson East (6.3%).

We’ll keep you posted when the news breaks. Thanks for voting.

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Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images

The 10 Best-Selling Digital Songs of 2016 Include Tunes by Dan + Shay, Tim McGraw, Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini—But Who’s No. 1?

The 10 Best-Selling Digital Songs of 2016 Include Tunes by Dan + Shay, Tim McGraw, Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini—But Who’s No. 1?

Posted on January 11, 2017

According to Billboard and Nielsen Music, individual track sales took a hit in 2016, dropping from 113.9 million units sold in 2015 to 87.5 million units in 2016. Even with the 26.4-million decline, two artists managed to release singles that soared over the 1-million mark: Florida Georgia Line’s “H.O.L.Y” (1.37 million) and Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind” (1.02 million). Thomas Rhett’s “Die a Happy Man” (910,000) fell just short of the 1-million threshold.

Rounding out the Top 5 were Maren Morris’ “My Church” (830,000) and Dierks Bentley’s “Somewhere on a Beach” (697,000).

10 Top-Selling Country Digital Songs of 2016
  1. “H.O.L.Y.” – Florida Georgia Line – 1,379,000
  2. “Humble and Kind” – Tim McGraw – 1,023,000
  3. “Die a Happy Man” – Thomas Rhett – 910,000
  4. “My Church” – Maren Morris – 830,000
  5. “Somewhere on a Beach” – Dierks Bentley – 697,000
  6. “You Should Be Here” – Cole Swindell – 681,000
  7. “Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Keith Urban – 660,000
  8. “Head Over Boots” – Jon Pardi – 626,000
  9. “From the Ground Up” – Dan + Shay – 607,000
  10. “Peter Pan” – Kelsea Ballerini – 604,000

Interestingly enough, only one song on the list didn’t ascend to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart in 2016: Maren Morris’ “My Church,” which peaked at No. 9. Maren’s performance of the tune at the CMA Awards, as well as winning the CMA New Artist of the Year, certainly helped increase sales.

photos via: Cole Swindell by Jim Wright/Schmidt Relations; Dierks Bentley courtesy The Greenroom PR; Jon Pardi courtesy UMG Nashville; Florida Georgia Line courtesy CMT; Maren Morris by LeAnn Mueller/Sony Music; Kelsea Ballerini by Joseph Llanes/Sweet Talk Publicity; Tim McGraw courtesy PMK/BNC

Blake Shelton Adds “The Voice” Season 11 Winner, Sundance Head, to Tour

Blake Shelton Adds “The Voice” Season 11 Winner, Sundance Head, to Tour

Posted on January 11, 2017

Blake Shelton announced that he will be adding Sundance Head, the guy that gave Blake his fifth win as coach on NBC’s The Voice this past season, to his Doing It To Country Songs Tour.

Sundance is the second Voice alum that will be joining the superstar for a 13-date run next month. RaeLynn, a Season 2 contestant and Team Blake member, was announced late last year as part of Blake’s tour.

“I’m excited to get back out on the road and bring new music from If I’m Honest, some previous hits and a few surprises,” said Blake in a statement. “Having RaeLynn on the tour again is terrific, and I’m thrilled Sundance is joining and bringing his incredible musical talents.”

Sundance, while on The Voice, belted out tunes like Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb,” Etta James’ “At Last” and Ottis Redding’s “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” to show off his vocal prowess. But the chance to be a part of Blake’s tour has the singer eager to learn even more from his mentor.

“I’m just elated and really excited about being able to perform with a great entertainer and learn something from him while I’m on the road” Sundance said. “It’s going to be the most fun thing I’ve ever done.”

Blake’s Doing It To Country Songs Tour kicks off in Bakersfield, Calif., on Feb. 16 with stops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Chicago, where you’ll hear songs from his current album, If I’m Honest, including his current Top 3 single, “A Guy With a Girl.

Doing It To Country Songs Tour Dates

Month Date Location
Feb. 16 Bakersfield, Calif. 17 Los Angeles 23 Portland, Ore. 24 Spokane, Wash. 25 Tacoma, Wash. March 3 Fresno, Calif. 4 Las Vegas 9 Sacramento, Calif. 10 San Jose, Calif. 11 San Diego 16 Evansville, Ind. 17 Chicago 18 Omaha, Neb.

Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC photo

Jake Owen to Get Youth Baseball Park Named After Him Thanks to NASCAR Champ Kevin Harvick

Jake Owen to Get Youth Baseball Park Named After Him Thanks to NASCAR Champ Kevin Harvick

Posted on January 11, 2017

2016 was quite a year for Jake Owen. The Florida native released his fifth studio album, American Love, which hit the top spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, he saw his single “American Country Love Song” go to No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and he found out that his friend, NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick, would be naming a baseball park after him. Now, that’s how you close out a year.

Kevin surprised his friend—at the Kevin Harvick sixth annual Dinner, Auction and Concert in December—by announcing that The Kevin Harvick Foundation and The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation would open a Youth Development Park in honor of the “Alone With You” singer, creating Jake Owen Field, in his hometown of Vero Beach, Fla.

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Kevin and Jake have been friends for many years, meeting at a charity even that the NASCAR champion asked Jake to be involved in. Kevin also made a cameo in Jake’s 2015 video for the single “Real Life.” Check out Kevin celebrating in the back of a truck around the 2:14 mark.

According to Veronews.com, two youth-league baseball fields – including one with a synthetic turf surface – will be built at Vero Beach’s Michael Field complex, where construction is scheduled to begin in January and the new fields are expected to be ready for play in March.

So, if you ever had that urge to run all over Jake Owen, you can do so when Jake Owen Field opens to the public in Summer 2017.

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Jake Owen Photo courtesy Sony Music Nashville ; Jake Owen Field renderings courtesy of The Kevin Harvick Foundation

2017 Bonnaroo Lineup Includes Country Trifecta, Tickets On Sale Now

2017 Bonnaroo Lineup Includes Country Trifecta, Tickets On Sale Now

Posted on January 11, 2017

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival unleashed its 100-plus-artist lineup for 2017 (Jan. 11), and it includes a trio of country-centric performers: Cam, Margo Price and Luke Combs.

The 2017 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will take place June 8–11 at Great Stage Park, the 700-acre farm and event space located just 60 miles south of Nashville in Manchester, Tenn. And, if you were wondering, the dates are once again the exact same as this year’s CMA Music Fest (June 8–11) in Nashville.

In addition to headliners U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Weeknd, the four-day festival will feature performances from:

  1. Chance the Rapper
  2. Major Lazer
  3. Flume
  4. The xx
  5. Lorde
  6. Travis Scott
  7. Cage the Elephant
  8. Marshmello
  9. The Head and The Heart
  10. Big Gigantic
  11. Glass Animals
  12. Future Islands
  13. Tory Lanez
  14. Tove Lo
  15. Yellow Claw
  16. Umphrey’s McGee
  17. Portugal. The Man
  18. Crystal Castles
  19. Milky Chance
  20. Tegan & Sara
  21. Cold War Kids
  22. Kaleo
  23. SuperJam
  24. Russ
  25. Jon Bellion
  26. Royal Blood
  27. The Strumbellas
  28. Car Seat Headrest
  29. Michael Kiwanuka
  30. Gallant
  31. D.R.A.M.
  32. Louis the Child
  33. Borgore
  34. Dua Lipa
  35. Nghtmre
  36. Getter
  37. Snails
  38. James Vincent McMorrow
  39. Joseph
  40. Illenium
  41. Flatbush Zombies
  42. Aminé
  43. Claude VonStroke
  44. Francis & The Lights
  45. Margo Price
  46. BadBadNotGood
  47. The Front Bottoms
  48. G Jones
  49. Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  50. Greensky Bluegrass
  51. Cam
  52. Bad Suns
  53. Coin
  54. Mandolin Orange
  55. Eden
  56. Rainbow Kitten Surprise
  57. Ookay
  58. Herobust
  59. Kevin Morby
  60. Goldfish
  61. Noname
  62. Leon
  63. Bluegrass SuperJam
  64. Albin Lee Meldau
  65. San Holo
  66. Rezz
  67. Angélique Kidjo
  68. Haywyre
  69. Deap Vally
  70. Hippo Campus
  71. Luke Combs
  72. Vanic
  73. Unlike Pluto
  74. Kaiydo
  75. Ten Fé
  76. Nightly
  77. The Orwells
  78. Stick Figure
  79. Mondo Cozmo
  80. Barclay Crenshaw
  81. Goody Grace
  82. July Talk
  83. Khruangbin
  84. Lucy Dacus
  85. Klangstof
  86. Kevin Abstract
  87. Turkuaz
  88. The Lemon Twigs
  89. Wilderado
  90. Twin Limb
  91. Big Jesus
  92. Twiddle
  93. White Reaper
  94. River Whyless
  95. Alexandra Savior
  96. Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real
  97. Innanet James
  98. Ganja White Night
  99. Welles
  100. Aaron Lee Tasjan

Tickets are on sale now at bonnaroo.com.

CMT’s “Nashville” Scores Big Ratings for the Cable Channel, But Well Below the ABC Average

CMT’s “Nashville” Scores Big Ratings for the Cable Channel, But Well Below the ABC Average

Posted on January 11, 2017

The TV rating for CMT’s premiere of Nashville are in—and while the numbers are good compared to CMT standards, they fall well below what the series averaged at its previous home on ABC.

Check out some of the bullet points below for CMT’s debut of the series on Jan. 5.

  • The premiere drew more than 2 million viewers on CMT (.80 rating with adults 18-49 and .93 rating with adults 25-54).
  • 3.1 million viewers tuned in with the encore airing on Nick at Nite and added DVR totals.
  • The premiere of Nashville is the most watched original telecast in CMT history.
  • The premiere also did well on social, ranking as No. 1 on Nielsen Social Content ratings series and specials.
  • Nashville‘s CMT-only rating is nearly triple the network’s prime-time average.
  • More good news: these numbers don’t reflect viewers on Hulu, which streams the episode one day after CMT.
  • The finale broadcast season of Nashville on ABC averaged 4.2 million live viewers (1.0 rating among adults 18-49) with 6.6 million viewers when DVR is factored in.

New episodes of Nashville air Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on CMT. This week, Maddie begins an internship at a recording studio and meets a street musician. Avery struggles producing a young YouTube sensation and Juliette meets her guardian angel.

 

 

UT Sports | Barnett: A Letter to Vol Nation

Posted on January 11, 2017

BARNETT: A LETTER TO VOL NATION

Defensive end Derek Barnett pens a thank you to UT, his family and Vol Nation after declaring for the NFL Draft

Jan. 11, 2017



Over the last few weeks, I’ve really thought about my time at the University of Tennessee and the people who have had the biggest impact on me. Playing at a prestigious, SEC program and then having the opportunity to declare for the NFL Draft after three years is a dream come true.


I’d like to thank my teammates. The relationships I’ve built with them will last a lifetime. I’m very grateful to have been able to grow over these last few years with my brothers.


Thank you to the football staff and specifically Coach Stripling, who dedicated a lot of time to the D-line room, helping us get better on the field and also being better men off the field. Thank you to Coach Ollie for helping me improve daily in my film study and for being critical of me. And thank you to Coach Jones for giving me the opportunity to play at a great university and represent my home state.


Thank you to all of the training staff and the equipment managers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure my teammates and I were prepared to go to work every day.


Thank you to the University of Tennessee for the opportunity to be a student-athlete at a great institution. Thank you to all of my professors and the Thornton Center staff for helping me balance all that goes into becoming a successful student-athlete.


I’d also like to thank Vol Nation – the best fans in the country – who have supported me from Day One.


Thank you to my family and close friends for being supportive of me and helping everything fall into place.


And thank you to my mother, Ms. Christine. Thank you for your hard work. I’ve seen how hard you’ve worked since I was a kid. I have always been inspired by that and that’s where I get my motivation from. Thank you for your everlasting love and support.


Foregoing my senior year was a hard decision but it has always been my dream to play in the NFL.


As I enter the next journey of my life, it’s most important to me that you know, all I’ve ever wanted to do was represent the Tennessee Football program and my home state of Tennessee well.


Thank you for the great times and many memories – and God Bless,


– Derek Barnett


Credit: utsports.com




    




























	

























	













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