BusinessTN magazine has placed Dolly Parton at #10 on its 2009 Power 100 list, the only country artist on the hot 100 (three record label heads, led by Curb's Mike Curb at #14- made the list). In designating our lady of Dollywood in such a lofty position, BTN says, "Arguably Tennessee’s most recognizable brand around the world, Parton is a leading spokesperson for state tourism efforts. Her Ima.
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While we anticipate tomorrow's "CSI" appearance (new clip below) as "the exceedingly hot daughter of a trashy owner of a seedy motel," Taylor Swift's "Fearless" notches its 11th week as the top-selling album in America...and provides a li'l revenge against The Jonas Brothers.But watch out Taylor, U2's coming...Taylor, who cameos in The JoBros' underwhelmingly performing concert movie, deserves...
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Lady Antebellum have won "Album Of The Year" at something called "Musiqtone's 4th Annual Musiqwards." (I've never heard of Musiqtone, but, then again, I know they've never heard of GGcolumn). Meanwhile, the Lady A's will emcee a...fashion show for the Nashville Symphony April 21. You know who also held a fashion show? Toby Keith, that's who. Toby's TK Steelman line will feature a section of sl...
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Rascal Flatts set a record, for country acts, at Madison Square Garden...so how do you follow that? Hello, Boise!...And if you can't find 'em in Idaho, try (your local) J.C. Penney's. And I dunno if Gary, Jay or the other guy have been on "CMT Cribs" yet, but they'll have a soundtrack ready, come April 7 (also the drop date of their new long-player, "Unstoppable")...yeppers it's Rascal Flatts, ...
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Kenny Chesney is the subject of The Playboy Interview in the March issue of Hef's mag. In the issue, which lands on news stands tomorrow, the bunny ears notes of Kenny: "No musician has sold more concert tickets in the 21st century." Here's some of the stuff from the mouth of Kenny... "God, I lost my hair when I was 19...I'm pretty comfortable being bald...They all say, 'Oh my God, I'm getti...
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Dierks Bentley's new platter, "Feel that Fire" debuts atop the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, knocking Taylor Swift's three-month reign there with "Fearless." On the BB Top 200 Albums Chart, "Fire" enters the fray at #3 with 71,000 units moved. The new one from The Frays enters on top. Last week's topper, the new Springsteen set, dips to #2. Taylor follows Dierks at #4 and her sales were ...
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Brad Paisley topped the field with six nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards , announced this morning on CBS by Julianne Hough, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes and Jessica Simpson ( who also performed ). Who has the second-most tribe of noms? Would you believe Heidi Newfield? Kenny Chesney, Jamey Johnson and George Strait are each up for three ACM's. Kenny is vying for his s...
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Brad Paisley topped the field with six nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards , announced this morning on CBS by Julianne Hough, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes and Jessica Simpson ( who also performed ). Who has the second-most tribe of noms? Would you believe Heidi Newfield? Kenny Chesney, Jamey Johnson and George Strait are each up for three ACM's. Kenny is vying for his s...
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Australia's (but actually born in New Zealand ) "greatest living export to Nashville," Keith Urban gets the "unauthorized" treatment in a new book being released next week. "Fortunate Son: The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban" details in "fearfully frank and authoritative" terms the story of ol' Keith. There's a three-click excerpt (sorta) here (complete with a pic of young Keith with spike...
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Make that three-straight weeks, and four overall, at the top of Billboard Top 200 Albums chart for Taylor Swift's "Fearless," which moved 262,000 copies. "Fearless" was the third best-selling album of 2008 with 2.11 million sold (Lil Wayne's latest sold the most domestically and Lil buddy Kid Rock had the fourth biggest-seller with his "Rock & Roll Jesus"). Meanwhile, could Taylor's next alb...
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While we take a last gasp of 2008, Willie Nelson is ready to roar into 2009. The singer has just added a bunch of new dates to the first quarter of the new year for his road show. Some of those dates include engagements with Wynton Marsalis, with whom his released a jazz album this year, and Asleep at the Wheel, with whom he'll release release a western swing set in February . But wait, there...
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A few Taylor Swift things as her sophomore album scoots back up on top of the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart (Which she discovered in a daze after having her wisdom teeth removed ) . Christmas shoppers snapped up 249,000 copies of "Fearless," which has passed 1.5 million units across scanners since bowing five weeks ago. And counting her debut disc, she's sold five million albums domesti...
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Mindy McCready has been hospitalized in stable condition after apparently attempting suicide . According to AP, Mindy's brother discovered Mindy after she cut her wrists and taken several pills. A Nashville Police Department spokeswoman told New York's Daily News , "Apparently she called the mother of her roommate and said some things that caused the mother concern." When emergency personn...
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'Caught a story at GAC , which caught a story in The Washington Post , that had an interesting tidbit about Darius Rucker's road to country success this year: Before he recorded as a solo country act, he suggested to his Hootie & the Blowfish mates that the entire outfit shift their musical focus to country . "On our last three records, the conversation was, 'Hey, man, let's do the Nitty ...
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The Equity Music Group is "suspending" its operations pronto, according to The Tennessean , citing the economy. "Our investors tried to find a way to keep the doors open at Equity, but with a struggling industry, an overall decline in discretionary spending by consumers and a total freeze on credit markets, the board of directors has been forced to make this difficult decision," Equity Record...
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"It's a little crazy, especially with the economy the way it is," Kenny Chesney said at his website after selling out his August 15, 2009 show in Massachusetts in less than 10 minutes last Saturday (more breezily than last year's N.E. show, which took almost 15 minutes to sell out ). "What we've always been about is getting the fans away from their problems for a few hours." he continued....
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The kids over at FOX News, in a fair and balanced way, have dispatched their list of the "40 Hottest Over-40 Hotties (The hottest cougars of 2008!)." The list is topped by Demi Moore and then Halle Berry. At #3 is 41-year old Faith Hill ("Singing must keep you young. Faith is living, hottie proof."). #36 is 46-year old Sheryl Crow who is "one of those hippie types who just gets cooler with ...
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Back in October, George Jones said he expected to creep back a little on his annual road slate in '09 . But based on his concert calendar for the first two months of the new year , 77-year old George looks like he's staying on his annual schedule of 90-100 shows. Meanwhile, George's lauding as a Kennedy Center honoree, which occurred last weekend, airs on CBS December 30 . Brad Paisley, Randy...
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Back in October, George Jones said he expected to creep back a little on his annual road slate in '09 . But based on his concert calendar for the first two months of the new year , 77-year old George looks like he's staying on his annual schedule of 90-100 shows. Meanwhile, George's lauding as a Kennedy Center honoree, which occurred last weekend, airs on CBS December 30 . Brad Paisley, Randy...
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In this interesting Q&A with Lorrie Morgan, in which she promotes her Christmas shows (the hits, then new stuff, then Chrstmas songs) , we discover that she has a new album and a collection of country standards due soon. The new platter, though, is available only to fan club members (or in person at her shows) . We also find out that "Something in Red" is the song she's most proud of: "it b...
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