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'Alabama & Friends' Tribute to Feature Luke Bryan, Toby Keith & More (Exclusive)
April 08, 2013 9:15 PM EDT 1 12 14 0 0 Luke Bryan, Toby Keith, Jason Aldean and Kenny Chesney are among the artists paying tribute to Alabama on the legendary country group’s “Alabama & Friends.” The album, which will feature members of Alabama duetting with the acts on some of ...
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Celebrity Couples: Music's 10 Most Powerful Pairs
February 14, 2013 3:08 PM EST Features Power Gallery Skrillex Ellie Goulding Split Miranda Lambert Blake Shelton Justin Bieber Game Selena Gomez Alicia Keys Kiss Bronx Swizz Beatz Heart Gavin Rossdale Foundation Gwen Stefani Gala Avril Lavigne Chad Kroeger Nick Cannon Mariah Car ...
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The Year In Country: Georgia Rules 2012 With Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum & More
December 14, 2012 8:16 AM EST Georgia has long been a hotbed for country music, producing such stars as Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt and Trisha Yearwood, but perhaps never before have Peach State artists dominated the Billboard charts the way they did in 2012. Four Georgia acts ...
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Garth Brooks Gets Teary During Country Hall of Fame Induction
October 22, 2012 10:55 AM EDT George Strait, Bob Seger and James Taylor were among the legends who honored Brooks on Sunday night. Garth Brooks promised he'd be emotional during his Country Music Hall of Fame induction. But the tears started before he made it all the way in ...
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Ask Billboard: Chart Ch-ch-Changes
October 12, 2012 4:05 PM EDT A deeper look at the decisions behind Billboard's renovation of the Country, R&B/Hip-Hop, Rock and Latin Songs charts. As always, submit your questions about Billboard charts, sales and airplay, as well as general music musings, to askbb@bi ...
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Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Honor the Greats At Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction
October 08, 2012 5:37 PM EDT Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Marc Cohn, Bekka Bramlett and J. Fred Knobloch were among those paying tribute Sunday night (Oct.7) as Larry Henley, Kim Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Tony Arata were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hal ...
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Songwriters Hall of Fame: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Honor the Greats
October 08, 2012 5:00 PM EDT Larry Henley, Kim Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter among the honorees in Nashville. Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Marc Cohn, Bekka Bramlett and J. Fred Knobloch were among those paying tribute Sunday night (Oct.7) as Larry Henley, Kim Williams, Mary ...
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Avril Lavigne & Chad Kroeger, Jay-Z & Beyonce, Skrillex & Ellie: Music's Top 10 Couples
August 22, 2012 5:22 PM EDT Pop songstress Avril Lavigne and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger (i.e. "Chavril") yesterday (Aug. 21) announced their engagement, joining the ranks of celebrity music couples like Jay-Z and Beyonce, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber, Blake ...
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Pat Higdon, Former President of UMPG Nashville, Re-Launches Patrick Joseph Music
August 08, 2012 5:10 PM EDT Pat Higdon, whose industry credits include a recent stint as president of Universal Music Publishing Group Nashville, is teaming with SONGS Music Publishing to re-launch the publishing company that he created in 1989, called Patrick Joseph Music. ...
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615 Spotlight: Terry Radigan Opens Up on 'Breakup' Album
July 25, 2012 5:00 PM EDT It has been said that music is the common denominator between people. Singer-songwriter Terry Radigan knows this to be a fact, sharing her story of loss in the new album "The Breakdown Of A Breakup." The disc is a collection of emotionally ...
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Publishing Briefs: Downtown Goes Country, pigFACTORY Signs Tesla, BMG Looks Global
June 29, 2012 10:45 AM EDT Downtown Music Publishing moves into country and musical theatre music publishing with the signing of Dave Berg and the songwriting duo of Joe DiPietro and Dave Bryan, who is also the keyboard player for Bon Jovi. Berg, who has received multiple s ...
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Bob Seger 'Sifting Through' 70 Songs for New Album
June 13, 2012 5:30 PM EDT The Singer Is Honored By His 'Heartening' Songwriters Hall of Fame Nod With a Songwriters Hall of Fame induction looming, Bob Seger plans to come up with more new songs as he continues to make progress on his next album. "I've go ...
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Summer Music Preview: Countrywide
May 23, 2012 5:25 PM EDT Edens Edge Album title: Edens Edge Label: Big Machine Records Management: Virginia Davis, B.A.D. Release date: June 12 Big Machine Label Group president/CEO Scott Borchetta offered Edens Edge a deal after seeing the band perform at the annual Nashvill ...
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Class Notes: Country Hall of Fame Gets It Right
March 07, 2012 1:49 PM EST When it comes to his place in the modern era of country music, Garth Brooks has no peers. After all, who has sold more records or concert tickets during his time in the spotlight? When it comes to female country performers, it could be argued that C ...
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Backbeat: Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Gary Overton, More at Country Radio Seminar's Day Two
February 24, 2012 1:24 PM EST (L-R): Kellie Pickler, Sony Music Nashville Chairman/CEO Gary Overton, Sara Evans and Headline Country's Storme Warren take in the Sony/BMG Cruise at CRS day two. (Photo: Alan Poizner) Country Radio Seminar attendees had a lot of choices for ...
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Trisha Yearwood Launching Food Network Series
January 30, 2012 7:14 PM EST Grammy winner Trisha Yearwood is cooking up something new. The best-selling author of two cookbooks has inked a deal to star in a six-episode daytime cooking show for the Food Network. In the as-yet-untitled series, Yearwood will share food tradit ...
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Drake Performs, Garth Brooks Inducted at Songwriter Hall Ceremony
June 17, 2011 8:51 AM EDT The annual Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony is always a remarkable evening. It's an unusual combination of low-key attitude and high-wattage starpower; at its core, the event is a trade-awards show like ones in the advertising or appliance ind ...
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10 All-Female Hit Collaborations
April 26, 2011 1:05 PM EDT With Rihanna and Britney Spears sharing space atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "S&M," and with Spears having released a remix of "Till the World Ends" featuring Ke$ha (the song's co-writer) and Nicki Minaj , all-female co ...
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Hot Tours: Garth Brooks, Prince, Jeff Foxworthy
January 27, 2011 3:55 PM EST Garth Brooks returned to the concert stage in Nashville during December with nine benefit concerts at the Bridgestone Arena. Revenue from the shows went towards relief efforts related to the flood that devastated the city and surrounding areas last ...
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Garth Brooks Wows Nashville at First of Nine Benefit Concerts
December 17, 2010 7:25 PM EST If Garth Brooks intended to pace himself at the first of nine sold out shows at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, that plan changed when he hit the stage for the 7PM Thursday night (Dec. 16) concert. From the moment he hit the stage, serving up th ...
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Garth Brooks Prepares for Nine-Show Run in Nashville
December 16, 2010 7:10 PM EST As he prepared to kick off his first of nine sold out shows tonight (Nov. 16) at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, which will benefit Middle Tennessee's flood relief efforts, Garth Brooks praised the city's resilience and thanked the com ...
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Ask Billboard: 'Dream' Week For 'Glee'
November 19, 2010 6:25 PM EST Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. As always, submit your questions about Billboard charts, sales and airplay, as well as general music musings, to askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and co ...
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Reba McEntire Extends Country Songs Record
November 03, 2010 1:05 PM EDT 'RADIO' ROYALTY: While Taylor Swift dominates headlines on the Billboard 200, as her "Speak Now" blasts in at No. 1, logging the largest sales week since 2005 , according to Nielsen SoundScan, another country queen continues rewr ...
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Ask Billboard: Familiar Titles In Top 10
September 03, 2010 4:15 PM EDT Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. As always, submit your questions about Billboard charts, sales and airplay, as well as general music musings, to askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and co ...
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Rascal Flatts to Release 'Nothing Like This' on Big Machine
July 29, 2010 1:15 PM EDT Rascal Flatts have announced their signing to Big Machine Records for the release of forthcoming album "Nothing Like This". "Why Wait," the album's first single, was serviced to radio today to precede the November 16 release ...
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Chart Beat Wednesday: Carrie Underwood, Ke$ha, Rod Stewart
July 28, 2010 1:45 PM EDT 'IT'S' NO. 1: Carrie Underwood collects her 10th No. 1 on Country Songs, as "Undo It" lifts 2-1. The song is the third leader from Underwood's "Play On" album, following "Cowboy Casanova" and "T ...
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Chart Beat Thursday: Lee & Crystal Rock On
June 03, 2010 4:45 PM EDT LEE LEADS: Fox TV's "American Idol" continues to fulfill its promise of generating musical star power, as, a week after winning the series' ninth season, Lee DeWyze celebrates his first No. 1 on a Billboard chart. The newly-crown ...
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Ask Billboard: Records About Records
May 07, 2010 7:55 PM EDT Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. Submit your burning music questions to Gary Trust at askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the U.S. THE SO-LO-DOWN Hi Gary, Get ready ...
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Chart Beat Wednesday: Jay Sean, Lady Gaga, Carrie Underwood
October 07, 2009 4:55 PM EDT 'DOWN' IS UP: What goes up must come down. In this case, it's because of "Down." After a record 26-week reign with "I Gotta Feeling" (the last 14 weeks) and "Boom Boom Pow" (12 weeks directly prior), the ...
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Chart Beat Wednesday: Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Muse
September 16, 2009 3:48 PM EDT A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY ...: Kanye West and Taylor Swift continue to bump into each other in the unlikeliest of places. This week, West debuts at No. 30 on the Rhythmic airplay chart (viewable at billboard.biz) as a featured act on Drake's star-st ...
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Chart Beat: Darius Rucker, Mariah Carey, Wilco
August 05, 2009 4:29 PM EDT THREE'S COMPANY: On the Country Songs chart, Darius Rucker becomes the the first act in nearly 17 years to top the chart with their first three format singles, and the fourth act in the past 20 years to do so. Rucker's "Alright" ...
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Ask Billboard: Remakes and One-Hit Wonders
April 03, 2009 11:25 AM EDT Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. Submit your burning music questions to Gary Trust at askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the U.S. JUST DUET Hi Gary! It doesn' ...
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Ask Billboard: Basia, Bon Jovi and The Boss
March 27, 2009 1:46 PM EDT Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. Submit your burning music questions to Gary Trust at askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the U.S. BASIA'S BACK Hi Gary, I can& ...
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Ask Billboard: Janet Jackson, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
March 20, 2009 11:33 AM EDT Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. Submit your burning music questions to Gary Trust at askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the U.S. LOVING THE '80s Hi Gary, I n ...
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Chart Beat: U2, Rick Ross, Miley Cyrus
March 12, 2009 3:30 PM EDT AND THE BEAT GOES ON: After the renowned Fred Bronson's 16-year run at the helm, and fellow music expert Paul Grein's 12-year stewardship before Fred, Chart Beat will continue to be a landmark feature on billboard.com. Please look for upda ...
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Chris Isaak Is 'Mr. Lucky' In Song And On T.V.
February 26, 2009 11:22 AM EST Chris Isaak thinks much unnecessary ado is being made that his just-released "Mr. Lucky" is his first new studio album in seven years. "Believe me, I never stopped and went to the Bahamas," the notoriously droll singer-songwriter ...
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This Day in Music
November 13, 2008 12:00 AM EST 2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan and one of the most eccentric personalities in hip-hop, dies of a drug overdose in New York. He would have turned 36 two days later. The 2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, a founding m ...
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Reba McEntire Signs With Valory Music
November 11, 2008 12:00 AM EST Country superstar Reba McEntire has ended her 25-year association with MCA Nashville and signed with the Valory Music Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. McEntire's debut single on Valory will s Country superstar Reba McEntire has ended h ...
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This Day in Music
September 17, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2003 - Former Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Zwan leader Billy Corgan presents a multimedia poetry performance in his Chicago hometown, opening the Poetry Center of Chicago's 31st Annual Reading Serie 2003 - Former Smashing Pumpkins frontman an ...
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'Live' Long And Prosper
September 10, 2008 12:00 AM EDT In 1997, 14-year-old LeAnn Rimes was already a success. A year earlier she had scored her first top 10 with the traditional country throwback "Blue," which reached that region on Hot Country Songs. In 1997, 14-year-old LeAnn Rimes was alre ...
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This Day in Music
August 12, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2004 - African author, composer and singer Gnonnas Pedro dies of prostate cancer in a hospital of Cotonou, the capital of the West African country Benin. Pedro, 61, was one of the five singers of pan- 2004 - African author, composer and singer Gnonn ...
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This Day in Music
July 04, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2006 - Target is the exclusive U.S. retailer for Ziggy Marley's second solo album, "Love Is My Religion," via Tuff Gong Worldwide. The deal marks Marley's first independent release without employing t 2006 - Target is the exclusi ...
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This Day in Music
June 13, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2006 - Sonic Youth kicks off its summer tour by cramming onto the stage at New York's famed CBGB, hours after the release of its newest album, "Rather Ripped." 2006 - Sonic Youth kicks off its summer tour by cramming onto the stage at ...
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This Day in Music
May 17, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2005 - Keith Urban and Gretchen Wilson are the big winners at the Academy of Country Music Awards, held at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas. Wilson was the surprise winner in the female voca 2005 - Keith Urban and Gretchen Wilson are the b ...
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This Day in Music
April 27, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2006 - International pop music stars Shakira, Alejandro Sanz and Juanes are the top winners at the Billboard Latin Music Awards. Shakira leads the night with five trophies, including wins for Latin po 2006 - International pop music stars Shakira, Al ...
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This Day in Music
April 06, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2003 - Nigerian Drummer Bahatunde Olatunji, whose albums introduced African percussion to a wide U.S. audience, dies of diabetes in Salinas, Calif. He is 76. 2003 - Nigerian Drummer Bahatunde Olatunji, whose albums introduced African percussion to a ...
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This Day in Music
April 02, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 2006 - Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" makes history by becoming the U.K.'s first-ever No. 1 single to top the chart solely on download sales. 2006 - Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" makes history by becoming the U.K.'s firs ...
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UMe, Amazon Link For Valentine's Push
February 05, 2008 12:00 AM EST Amazon.com has joined with Universal Music Enterprises to offer free Valentine's Day e-cards featuring hit love songs from Elton John, Patsy Cline, Marvin Gaye and others in its music store. The holiday cards come with 12 original recordings ...
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This Day in Music
January 16, 2008 12:00 AM EST 2006 - The Japanese government names female pop duo Puffy as goodwill ambassadors to the United States. The act, comprised of Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura, fronts an initiative to encourage Americans 2006 - The Japanese government names female pop d ...
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Keys Storms Chart With Mega-Selling 'As I Am'
November 21, 2007 12:00 AM EST Alicia Keys storms The Billboard 200 this week with "As I Am" (J), which debuts at No. 1 after selling 742,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's the best sales week f Alicia Keys storms The Billboard ...
