The American Music Awards nominations were announced yesterday, and voting is underway. Lady Antebellum is tied with Eminem for the highest number of nominations, with 5 each. Lady A is nominated in the appropriate country categories, but also has noms as Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist and Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Scroll down to yesterday afternoon's post for the list of country artists and their nominations. The show will air November 21st on ABC.
Darius Rucker dishes about band names, acceptance and why he's a dork...
The counting is over and the total is revealed: this year's "We're All for the Hall" benefit concert, led by Keith Urban, raked in nearly half a million dollars for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. That's about twice what last year's show brought in, and will go a long way towards care of the exhibits and educational programs.
Martina McBride shares a behind-the scenes "We're All for the Hall" peek at rehearsals and the show.
Last night's show at the Ryman Auditorium was a tribute concert for Loretta Lynn. She brought a date - Garth Brooks. The two of them ended up onstage, duetting on "After the Fire is Gone." Also performing at the gala were Martina McBride, Kid Rock, Gretchen Wilson, Jack White, Lee Ann Womack and Reba McEntire, who was the host for the event. The evening was billed as "A Grammy Salute to Country Music Honoring Loretta Lynn" for 50 years in country music. She was honored with The Recording Academy's President's Merit Award last night.
A new television network has debuted this week, and what better way to gain the public's attention than to debut a Taylor Swift special over three nights. The Hub network, which replaces Discovery Kids, is geared towards a 6-to-11-year old audience, and "The Making of the Fearless Tour" will air in three parts on October 22nd, 23rd and 24th at 7pm Eastern time.
Speaking of the Golden One, Taylor has a secret wish that is yet to come true: she wants to see her music sold at Starbucks. “I go there every day and stare longingly at the CDs they sell" says Taylor. Starbucks execs, take note!
Happy birthday to Rhett Akins, Lacy J. Dalton and Marie Osmond today.
The tweet of the day is from David Nail: "I have the sweetest dog, she knows I'm leaving tomorrow, she knows what the bags being packed means. She won't let me out of her sight!"
