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Dan + Shay Double Up With No. 1 Self-Titled Album & No. 1 Single, “Tequila”

Dan + Shay Double Up With No. 1 Self-Titled Album & No. 1 Single, “Tequila”

Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of duo Dan + Shay doubled up with dual No. 1s this week. The duo’s self-titled album debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with more than 200,000 equivalent units sold. In addition, the album’s lead single, “Tequila,” topped both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and the Mediabase…MORE

Blake Shelton’s First Memory of Lake Texoma: “My Mom Screaming”

Oklahoma native Blake Shelton’s 11th studio album, Texoma Shore, was recorded at his home studio on the banks of Lake Texoma, a destination on the Texas/Oklahoma border where Blake vacationed with his parents as a young child. “As a kid growing up, we used to call it just ‘going to the lake,’” says Blake to…MORE

Watch Florida Georgia Line Light Up the Countryside in New Period-Piece Video for “Simple”

Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley released a new video for their current single, “Simple,” which is the first offering from their upcoming fourth studio album. Filmed at Nashville’s historic plantation house Travellers Rest and directed by Justin Clough, the period-piece video flashes back to a “simpler” time to tell a love story.…MORE

Kenny Chesney Honored With “Hero Award” by St. John School of the Arts

Eight-time CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney can add another trophy to his mantle courtesy of the St. John School of the Arts in the Virgin Islands. St. John School of the Arts—which empowers the island’s youth through music, dance, theater and visual arts—presented Kenny with the Sis Frank Hero Award, an…MORE

Kip Moore Opens New Rock Climbing & Hiking Lodge in Kentucky

Kip Moore is parlaying his love of great outdoors into a new business venture. Kip partnered with one of his longtime friends to create BedRock at the Red, a lodging facility tailored for outdoor enthusiasts in Rogers, Ky. The lodge boasts a 1,400-square-foot community space, full kitchen, women’s and men’s family-style bathrooms with multiple showers…MORE

Larry Gatlin Is on a Mission to Recover His Stolen Grammy

Larry Gatlin is on a mission to recover his lone Grammy, which he won in 1977 for Best Country Song for “Broken Lady.” Larry told the Tennessean that the trophy was stolen from the Gatlin Bros. Music City grill in the Mall of America in the 1990s. “In this charged, heated atmosphere of politics that…MORE