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Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), global leader in music rights management, honoured the country superstar, Carrie Underwood, with multiple BMI “Million-Air” Awards at a recent reception at the Country Music Hall of Fame. BMI’s Associate Director of Writer/Publisher Relations, Leslie Roberts joined Underwood onstage to present the certificates, honouring the prolific performance records of songs Mama’s …

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Award-winning singer Tim McGraw celebrated his latest number one song in Nashville with friends, industry and press. Highway Don’t Care, featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban on guitar, is McGraw’s 34th number one song and second number one from his Big Machine Records debut, TWO LANES OF FREEDOM. Songwriters who celebrated with McGraw included Brett …

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Adele has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The singer publicly endorsed the gothic folk duo The Civil Wars on Twitter, where she urged her 16 million followers to buy the pair’s new album. Adele tweeted to her followers on Wednesday: “Please go and get the new Civil Wars …

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The iconic country music group Alabama will be releasing a new tribute album. It is now available for pre-order on iTunes. ALABAMA &FRIENDS features some of country music’s biggest names including Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Eli Young Band, Florida Georgia Line, Rascal Flatts and Jamey Johnson. The 11-song collection comprises covers of the band’s biggest …

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Young country star, Hunter Hayes, is celebrating his third number one single from the platinum-selling album ENCORE. I want Crazy raced to the top of the country chart this week. The hit was written with Troy Verges and Lori McKenna. Hunter said: “I wanted to say that love is what you want it to be …

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The Country Music Association Awards will be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood for the sixth consecutive year. The two made a video announcement for the CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock, which aired in the US on 12th August. “Carrie and Brad are the consummate hosts,” said Ed Hardy, President of the …

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Country music legend Jack Clement lost his fight with liver cancer and died at age 82 on Thursday August 8. His death came just months after Clement learned that he would be joining the Country Music Hall of Fame for his achievements that include writing songs for best friend Johnny Cash and being the first …

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In the wake of sold out shows and insatiable fan demand, superstar entertainers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have announced an encore run of their limited engagement Soul2Soul at The Venetian Las Vegas in its intimate 1,815-seat Venetian Theatre. The run will open on Oct. 25- 26 and cover 10 select weekends through April 2014. …

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Loretta Lynn, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton and Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks are among this year’s 16 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Barack Obama announced Thursday (Aug. 8). The award is the nation’s highest civilian honour presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of …

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JJ Cale is best-known for writing classic songs including “After Midnight” and “Call Me The Breeze,” covered by Eric Clapton and Lynyrd Skynyrd, respectively. But the influence of the GRAMMY-winning musician and songwriter, who died at age 74 on July 26 at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, California, crossed over into country as well. The …

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