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Brad Paisley Peaks With Play, Taylor Swift at No. 1 Via "Love Story"

Fleet-fingered Brad Paisley tops this week's Billboard country albums chart with his mostly-instrumental extravaganza, Play. Simultaneously, Taylor Swift's "Love Story" asserts its dominion on the country singles chart after a...

Nashville songwriter steps into spotlight (Reuters)

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - One could forgive Jeffrey Steele if he had an inferiority complex. The writer of scores of hits, Steele is cursed with the same affliction that troubles songwriters worldwide: The public knows his songs,...

Jackson having a ‘Good Time’ with CMA nods

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Back when he was starting out, Alan Jackson felt mighty lucky to be nominated for a Country Music Association award. Jackson, 50, was up for male vocalist as well as album of the year, song of the year and...

8:35: Lady Antebellum wins new artist award

Running commentary by Peter Cooper, Beverly Keel, Nicole Keiper, Heather Byrd and Cindy Watts live from the CMA Awards on Nov. 12 • November 12, 2008 Sugarland crowned vocal duo of the year Georgia-based Sugarland took home the...

2008 BMI Country Awards

Award-Winning Songs "All American Girl"; Carrie Underwood; Carrie Okie Music; Carrie Underwood; Arista Nashville "All My Friends Say"; Luke Bryan; Jeff Stevens; House of Full Circle Music; Murrah Music Corp.; Planet Peanut...

Some predictions for this year's Country Music Awards

Yes. I call it the Groundhog Day Awards. I mean, really, doesn't this seem like the same show every year? Oh, I will give the CMAs this: This show (which airs at 8 p.m. Wednesday on ABC) is always the most generous in the...

Top Nashville Songwriter Jeffrey Steele Collaborates With Miley Cyrus

Jeffrey Steele, one of Music City's most prolific and successful songwriters, teamed up with Miley Cyrus to co-write the key song from the new Disney animated movie Bolt. Cyrus sings "I Thought I Lost...

John Michael Montgomery ponders life's changes on his latest album

In the '90s, John Michael Montgomery was racking up No. 1 singles, selling records and playing sold-out shows. Over the course of his career, he's sold more than 16 million records — roughly 5 million more than Brad Paisley and...

John Michael Montgomery ponders life's changes

By Cindy Watts • THE TENNESSEAN • November 9, 2008 In the '90s, John Michael Montgomery was racking up No. 1 singles, selling records and playing sold-out shows. But today — about four years after his last Top 5 hit —...

Steady Chasin' That Paper: T.I. Replaces Self, Settles In Atop Charts

Maybe the country has been a little too distracted to listen to the radio recently, but for whatever reason, there’s a paucity of big moves on Billboard's Hot 100 this week: no skyrocketing songs moving up on account of an...

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