Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. This is a moment overflowing with worthy country songs, so even though this category makes …
Read More »Luke Bryan, Jelly Roll, Tanya Tucker to Pull Out the Hits for the CMA Awards
This year’s CMAs will feature a typically stacked lineup of performers. Luke Bryan, Lainey Wilson, and Tanya Tucker, among others, are all set to perform at the awards ceremony, which is at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 8. Those who can’t attend can watch it live on ABC that night …
Read More »Lainey Wilson Maps Out Massive 'Country's Cool Again' 2024 Tour
Lainey Wilson will spend the bulk of 2024 on the road as the breakout country star has announced her Country’s Cool Again Tour, hitting amphitheaters across North America next summer. “Nothing gets me buzzin’ like putting on a show and singing along with the crowd,” Wilson said in a statement. …
Read More »Charlie Worsham Is Ready for His 'Chris Stapleton Moment'
Charlie Worsham has been playing the long game for over a decade, and he’s finally poised to cash in with an all-star duets project he’s calling Compadres. Released this week, the five-song EP features collabs with A-listers Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, Elle King, Dierks Bentley, and Kip Moore. But before …
Read More »How Lainey Wilson Took Over Nashville
I n a year when country music had its share of viral wonders and flash-in-the-pan hits, Lainey Wilson has been playing the long game. Since releasing her first major-label album, Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’, in 2021, she’s won over country music fans and the Nashville industry with her well-crafted songs …
Read More »Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll Are the Top Nominees at the 2023 CMA Awards
Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll are looking like the new faces of country music. Wilson, with nine, and Jelly Roll, with five, led all nominees when the nominations for the 2023 CMA Awards were announced Thursday morning. For Wilson, her multiple nominations cement her status as the genre’s next superstar: …
Read More »Luke Combs Isn't Hawking Weight-Loss Gummies — AI Scammers Are
It looks like Luke Combs and sounds like Luke Combs, but the words the country star is “speaking” in an online ad peddling “miracle” weight-loss gummies sure aren’t his. “I was at an all-time low, and then God blessed me with the miracle root gummies. My good friend Lainey Wilson …
Read More »The 2023 ACM Awards Got a New Venue, But Said the Same Old Things
Well, that was something. The 2023 ACM Awards ended on a Texas-sized downer, with Dolly Parton giving the premiere of the new song “World on Fire” from her upcoming rock project and showering the audience not only with confetti, but with a sense of impending doom while dancers twirled around …
Read More »2023 ACM Awards: The Complete Winners List
The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards streamed live from Frisco, Texas, on Prime Video on Thursday, awarding trophies to nominees like Hardy, Brothers Osborne, and the night’s big winner, Lainey Wilson, who took home the award for Album of the Year for Bell Bottom Country. Chris Stapleton won the …
Read More »2023 ACM Awards: How to Watch, Who's Nominated, Who's Performing
When the Academy of Country Music celebrated the 50th anniversary of its annual awards, it went to the place that does everything big and held the event at the then-new AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This year, the annual event will be back in the greater Dallas area, but this …
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