Country Music News

Morgan Wallen has just notched his 12th No. 1 single on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with “Cowgirls,” his hit collaboration with ERNEST. Wallen’s 12th chart-topper now puts him ahead of his fellow country superstar, Luke Combs, becoming the artist with the most Billboard Country Airplay No. 1s so far this decade. The trap-influenced “Cowgirls”…

Back in May, Jelly Roll revealed that he was aiming to run a half-marathon before the year was up. But during a new interview on Taste of Country Nights On Demand With Evan Paul, the country star admits that he is now second-guessing himself on his ambitious goal. “I may have overshot,” Jelly admits. “I…

Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie XO, dropped a major hint on Facebook that country legend Dolly Parton might be a future guest on the entrepreneur’s highly successful podcast, Dumb Blonde. Bunnie wrote: “Y’all, I MIGHT get Dolly on the podcast this season & if I do I’ll faint 😭 LIKE WHATTTT?? Queen MOTHER DOLLY – I’ll…

Folk country duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have announced a new album, Woodland, due out on August 23 on the pair’s Acony Records. This is a follow-up to their Grammy-winning 2020 covers album, All The Good Times (Are Past & Gone). Woodland is Welch’s first album of original material since 2011’s The Harrow &…

Ahead of the release of MGK’s (fka Machine Gun Kelly) planned country album, the singer is set to release a new collaboration with Jelly Roll titled, “Lonely Road,” on Friday, July 26. MGK teased a music video for his new track in an Instagram reel, which features both musicians attending a funeral, with Jelly’s wife…

Ahead of Eli Young Band’s sold-out 10 Years: 10,000 Towns Tour stop in Washington, D.C., the group received a trio of landmark certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) when they visited their headquarters. The country band was presented with custom plaques in recognition of their Platinum-selling album, Life At Best, as well…

During Luke Combs’ big show on Friday night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, the country star brought out cast members from the new Twisters movie on stage with him to celebrate the release date of the hugely successful summer blockbuster. Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Anthony Ramos joined Combs during his set, and proceeded…

Rory Feek has remarried eight years after the tragic death of his wife, Joey. The 59-year-old country singer shared news of his marriage to Rebecca in a touching blog post he aptly titled, “The Wedding Singer.” The newly married couple were wed on July 14, “under a beautiful timber-frame pavilion” in Greycliff, Montana. Rory and…

Eminem’s new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart this week. This marks the 11th No. 1 album of Eminem’s celebrated career, as the rapper now ties Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, and Kanye West for the fifth-most No. 1 albums ever on the Billboard…

Taylor Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, has topped the Billboard 200 for a ninth straight week. The surprise double album earned 126,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the June 13-20 tracking week, according to Luminate. Among Swift’s albums, only 1989 and Fearless are ahead of TTPD in spending more weeks atop…