Kenny Chesney’s Life On A Rock Debuts At No. 1

Kenny Chesney’s Life On A Rock has become his 7th Top 200 album debut and his 12th consecutive Billboard Top Country Albums chart debut. His most personal record to date, the project is full of songs Kenny initially only planned to share with those closest to him. Read our review of Kenny Chesney’s Life On [...] Read More

Tate Stevens Debuts at No. 4 on Billboard Top Country Albums Chart

Tates Stevens’ self-titled debut album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart this week. Produced by Blake Chancey, the album includes his current single, “Power of a Love Song.” Tate co-wrote three of the album’s tracks. Read our review of Tate Stevens’ Self-Titled Debut Album >> “I am so proud of [...] Read More

Taylor Swift Leads Billboard Music Awards Nominees

Taylor Swift, along with fun. and Maroon 5, leads the finalists for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards with a total of 11 nominations, including several in all-genre categories. In addition to nominations for Top Country Artist, Top Country Song and Top Country Album, Taylor is also up for the coveted Top Artist award as well [...] Read More

Collin Raye to Release Autobiography & a Glen Campbell Tribute Album

Collin Raye is preparing to release two new projects, he tells Billboard. Musically, he’s finishing up a tribute album to Glen Campbell,which is set for release later this year. “I have loved him since I was nine years old watching the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS,” said Collin. “As fate would have it, when [...] Read More

The Band Perry’s Pioneer Debuts at No. 1

The Band Perry’s Pioneer debuted at the top of Billboard’s Country Album charts with nearly 130,000 copies sold in the first week. The album came in at No. 2 on the Billboard all-genre Top 200. Produced by Dan Huff, the album has been receiving critical acclaim from top critics. Read our review of The Band [...] Read More