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. Lainey Wilson won Album of the Year and Female Artist of the Year at the …
Read More »Will Country Music's Biggest Song Be Nominated for a Best Country Song Grammy?
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 »Jimmy Butler Is Ready to Be the Next Big Country Music Star
F ew pro athletes have overcome more than Jimmy Butler. Homeless by 13. Unrecruited out of high school. Played ball at a small junior college. Landed at Marquette. Came off the bench till his junior year. Slid to 30th in the draft. Didn’t start as a rookie. Spent years banging …
Read More »Whose House? Well, 'Mamaw's House' Apparently for Thomas Rhett and Morgan Wallen
On average, Thomas Rhett has scored a Number One song on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart every six months for the past decade, explaining the title of his recent 20 Number Ones compilation. He repeated the trick again earlier this year with “Angels (Don’t Always Have Wings),” bringing his total up …
Read More »Morgan Wallen Crushes Peyton Manning's Dreams, Extends 2024 Tour
Morgan Wallen has extended his One Night at a Time Tour with a new string of 2024 dates — and managed to dash former NFL star Peyton Manning’s dreams at the same time. Many of his stadium stops have back-to-back nights, with three consecutive nights planned for Nashville’s Nissan Stadium …
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 »Country Music's Summer of Streaming Domination
Country music is this summer’s streaming powerhouse. That fact was all but cemented on Monday when “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan’s duet with Kacey Musgraves, became the fourth consecutive country song over the course of six weeks to hold the Number One slot on Billboard’s Hot 100. With more than …
Read More »Morgan Wallen, Hardy, Luke Combs Lead Inaugural People's Choice Country Awards
Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Hardy, and Jelly Roll are the top nominees at the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards, airing live Sept. 28 from Nashville’s Opry House, the home of the Grand Ole Opry. Wallen leads the field with 11 nominations, including multiple nods in categories like The Song of …
Read More »Morgan Wallen Shaves His Mullet — and Hopefully Kills a Hairstyle That Overstayed Its Welcome
Morgan Wallen will always be known for more than a few things —including bringing the mullet hairstyle back into fashion. But no more. When Wallen took the stage Friday night at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, he apparently had a chrome dome hidden beneath his baseball hat. “I didn’t like my …
Read More »Morgan Wallen Invited the Family of One of the Idaho Murder Victims to His Concert
Morgan Wallen invited the family and friends of one of the University of Idaho murder victims to his concert in San Diego this past weekend, welcoming the parents of Ethan Chapin and their guests backstage. Chapin was one of four students killed on Nov. 23, 2022, in their off-campus rental …
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