How hot is Kenny Chesney? Not only did he break the record for first-week download sales of a song by a male country artist, he broke his own record. In 2009, his song "Out Last Night" sold more than 71,000 downloads in its first week. His latest song, "The Boys of Fall," sold over 82,000 downloads on it's first week. Kenny attributes the success to the time off he's taken: “I couldn’t have made the same record because I felt like it was time for the music to come first. Instead of trying to make a record and worry about where I was needed to be Thursday night and when I was gonna be able to get back in the studio and try to be creative again. I’d made a lot of records like that, the last four or five, and I didn’t want to do that anymore.”
Dierks Bentley's fifth annual Nashville Miles & Music for Kids motorcycle ride and concert will happen on October 17th this year. It starts at Harley Davidson of Columbia Tennessee and ends with a Riverfront Park concert featuring Dierks, Miranda Lambert, Jerrod Niemann and more. It's a benefit for the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.
Speaking of Jerrod, congrats to him - his first single, "Lover, Lover," has been certified gold.
Congrats to Blake Shelton, who has two #1 songs within a 5-month period. First it was "Hillbilly Bone" and now this week, his latest song, "All About Tonight," is #1 on the Billboard and Country Aircheck charts. That's a first for him, and he's really thrilled with fan response to his music. Will he rest on his laurels? Nope - “Because I feel like that’s a curse, if I stop and go ‘Hey, screw y’all..it’s goin’ good now’. Then, sure enough, you know, I’ll lose the game. “
Calling all Lady Antebellum fans. Check out iTunes for a seven-song EP from the trio, featuring unplugged versions of their hits and a cover of Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly."
It's almost time to find out who the CMA nominees will be this year, and as with last year, the process will take two days. On August 31st, Chris Young and Justin Moore will reveal some of them, with the help of Steel Magnolia. On September 1st, Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bently will be on Good Morning America during the 8:30 segment to reveal the rest of the nominees. The CMA Awards will be handed out on November 10th in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena, and ABC will carry the show.
Tomorrow morning, catch Trace Adkins on the Today show. He'll also be on the O'Reilly Factor on Fox tomorrow. If you watch "America's Got Talent" tonight on NBC, you'll see LeAnn Rimes performing "Swingin."
The tweet of the day is from Miranda Lambert: "Is is just me or do I have the hottest financy ever?"
