Category Archives: Country News – ABC Audio

Dolly Parton hits three billion worldwide streams, picks up more than 40 new gold & platinum certifications
JB RowlandDolly Parton is kicking off the new year with a bang, as she hits three billion streams worldwide. It’s one of 47 new accolades awarded to the superstar, who also picked up a bevy of g...
Carena Liptak Jan 06, 2022

Morgan Wallen’s 'Dangerous' was the most popular album of 2021 in the US
Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for CMAMorgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which arrived last January, was the most popular album of 2021 in the U.S., according to MRC Data's 2021 Year-End Rep...
Carena Liptak Jan 06, 2022

Luke Bryan, Keith Urban and Maren Morris among the 2022 RodeoHouston entertainers lineup
ABCThe 2022 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo announced its entertainers lineup this week, and the nearly-month-long event is packed with big names across all genres. As usual, country music will be ...
Carena Liptak Jan 06, 2022

Tom T. Hall’s August 2021 death reportedly has been ruled a suicide
GAB Archive/RedfernsLegendary singer-songwriter and Country Music Hall of Famer Tom T. Hall died by suicide, according to a recently-released medical examiner’s report. Rolling Stone reports tha...
Carena Liptak Jan 06, 2022

Reba returns to 'Young Sheldon,' as she dreams of a mini-reunion of her own beloved sitcom
Robert Voets/CBS (C)2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Reba McEntire's recurring role on Young Sheldon is going strong, as she returns tonight. And while a full-fledged reboot o...
Stephen Hubbard Jan 06, 2022

Nashville notes
Rising act Conner Smith just announced that he'll release his debut EP, a six-song collection titled Didn't Go Too Far, on Friday, January 14. It'll include his viral ode to college football season, "...
Carena Liptak Jan 05, 2022

Maren Morris teases more “Circles” with stills from her upcoming new music video
ABCBefore she drops her new song, “Circles Around This Town,” on Friday, Maren Morris is continuing to tease the new material on social media. “Thank God I was an optimist,” Ma...
Carena Liptak Jan 05, 2022

2022 Grammy Awards are officially postponed because of COVID-19
CBS 2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.For a second year in a row, the Grammy Awards will not take place on January 31 as originally planned because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ABC News con...
Megan Stone Jan 05, 2022

Dierks Bentley looks ahead to his next album, and debuts “the return of the ‘stache”
ABCFans of both Dierks Bentley’s music and his facial hair have good reason to be excited in 2022. The singer teased his upcoming tenth studio album on social media this week, and also showed of...
Carena Liptak Jan 05, 2022

Luke Combs gave Ashley McBryde a custom bar cart as an end-of-tour gift, and her reaction was priceless
ABCKindred musical spirits and frequent tour mates Luke Combs and Ashley McBryde wrapped up the What You See Is What You Get tour together in 2021, and as a “thank you” to his opening act,...
Carena Liptak Jan 05, 2022
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