Seven-time Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum superstar artist Carrie Underwood is celebrating two Number 1 announcements today as she returns for a fifth season to perform the opening theme for prime time television’s Number 1 program, NBC’s Sunday Night Football, and her vocal collaboration with Keith Urban on “The Fighter” lands at Number 1 on the Mediabase country airplay chart.

A sneak preview of Carrie’s new show open for “Oh, Sunday Night” – which debuts Sept. 10 as the New York Giants visit the Dallas Cowboys in the season-opening SNF game – will air during the 49ers-Vikings NFL preseason game Sunday, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

10 NFL players, who have accounted for 30 Pro Bowl selections, four Super Bowl rings, and six first-round draft picks, participated in the open shoot at Universal Studios Hollywood in June.

• Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown
• Oakland Raiders QB Derek Carr
• New England Patriots LB Dont’a Hightower
• Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce
• Atlanta Falcons WR Julio Jones
• Oakland Raiders LB Khalil Mack
• Denver Broncos LB Von Miller
• Arizona Cardinals CB Patrick Peterson
• New York Giants DE Jason Pierre-Paul
• Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott

*Flex Week

** Thanksgiving Night Game

About Carrie Underwood:

Carrie Underwood emerged from the promise of her 2005 American Idol win to become a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, and film. A seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner, she has amassed over 100 major honors, sold 64 million records worldwide, and recorded 26 #1 singles, 13 of which she co-wrote, with a catalog of songs that have been streamed more than 2.6 billion times worldwide. The first female artist to be twice named the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year, Underwood was recognized by Pollstar as the top female country touring artist for each of her headlining tours in 2008, 2010, 2012, and for 2016’s “The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round.” Carrie also topped Billboard’s Top 25 Tours of 2016 as the leading female country artist and was the leading female artist on Country Aircheck’s top country radio performers list for her success in both 2015 and 2016. All five studio albums, Some Hearts, Carnival Ride, Play On, Blown Away, and Storyteller – are certified Platinum or multi-Platinum, and each an American Music Awards winner as Favorite Country Album – and tallied an incredible 40 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.  The RIAA’s highest certified country album artist to debut this century, Underwood also holds the distinction of the highest album certification of any country artist to emerge since 2000 with the 8x Multi-Platinum success of her 2005 debut, Some Hearts.  She is the all-time Top Country Artist (male or female) on RIAA’s Digital Single Ranking, also placing her among the Top 5 females in the history of RIAA’s Digital Single Program across all genres.  In December of 2014, she released her Platinum-certified Greatest Hits: Decade #1, which produced two new #1 hits co-written by Underwood, including the RIAA-Platinum, GRAMMY-winning “Something in the Water.”  The Grand Ole Opry member demonstrated her creative diversity in 2013 starring as Maria von Trapp in NBC’s three-hour holiday blockbuster, the Emmy®-winning The Sound of Music Live!, whose airings attracted 44 million viewers. The reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Underwood claimed her fourth win in the category amid the ongoing success of her chart-topping platinum fifth studio album, Storyteller, which produced four #1 hits. This November, Underwood will co-host the CMA Awards for a tenth consecutive year.

ACM New Male Vocalist Jon Pardi today announced the initial markets for CMT On Tour Presents Jon Pardi’s Lucky Tonight Tour. Kicking off in Birmingham, Alabama October 12th, the award-winning singer/songwriter will bring his critically-acclaimed classic country with a modern twist to venues across the United States for the multi-city run that includes Chicago, Fort Worth, Grand Rapids and more. Pre-sale tickets will be available starting tomorrow, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. local time on www.jonpardi.com/tour, with tickets officially on-sale this Friday. Additional tour dates to be announced in the coming weeks.

Pardi’s current hit single, “Heartache on the Dance Floor” is climbing Top 15 on the country radio airplay charts and it marks his fourth single to break the Top 15 on country radio. “Heartache on the Dance Floor” follows Pardi’s back-to-back No. 1 singles off his No. 1 album, California Sunrise. His first No.1 hit, the Platinum-selling “Head Over Boots” was followed by the three-week No. 1 smash “Dirt on My Boots.” CMT On Tour Presents “Jon Pardi’s Lucky Tonight Tour” is the third headlining tour for Pardi, who is quickly becoming a household name. In addition to the singer/songwriter’s ACM win earlier this year, he was also nominated for Breakthrough and Video of the Year categories at the 2017 CMT Music Awards. The California native has also toured with country music icons including Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Alan Jackson, and is currently on the road this summer with Dierks Bentley.

Accompanied by two rising country trios, Midland and Runaway June, “CMT On Tour” aims to shed light on new artists in the industry. “CMT On Tour” was created in 2002 and has played a role in launching up-and-comers towards superstar status. In the past, the phenomenon has featured numerous wildly successful artists, including Brett Eldredge, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Sam Hunt, Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Keith Urban, Jake Owen and Kip Moore.

CMT On Tour Presents Jon Pardi’s Lucky Tonight Tour Dates:

*Indicates Jon Pardi and Runaway June only

 Additional tour dates to be announced

Sam Hunt performing on his headlining 15 In A 30 Tour Photo Credit: Connor Dwyer

Country star Sam Hunt’s smash single “Body Like A Back Road” shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart over six months ago, where it has remained for an unprecedented 25 consecutive weeks, breaking the record for most weeks atop the nearly 59-year-old chart.  The three-week country radio No. 1 hit written by Hunt, Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne also consistently landed in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for 16 straight weeks, longer than all other songs in the chart’s 25-year history.

While also climbing Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, “Body Like A Back Road” is currently the No. 1 most streamed country song, the No. 1 most downloaded country song and the No. 3 most downloaded all-genre song of 2017 and it is now RIAA-certified Triple Platinum. With over 261M streams, the massive single has set and broken 14 country streaming records including becoming the fastest song to cross 100M and 200M streams.

“Body Like A Back Road” comes as fans eagerly await Hunt’s forthcoming sophomore album, the follow-up to the singer/songwriter’s Grammy-nominated, Triple Platinum-selling debut album, Montevallo, featuring a record-breaking four No. 1 singles and five Platinum and Multi-Platinum-selling hits including “Leave the Night On,” “House Party,” “Take Your Time,” “Break Up In A Small Town” and “Make You Miss Me.”

Hunt is currently selling out venues across the country on his 15 In A 30 Tour with special guests Maren Morris, Chris Janson and Ryan Follese.  Upcoming dates include San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento and two nights in Los Angeles.

For information on Sam Hunt, “Body Like A Back Road,” the 15 In A 30 Tour and more, visit www.SamHunt.com.

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Keith Urban’s “The Fighter,” featuring Carrie Underwood and Billy Currington’s “Do I Make You Wanna” are both No. 1 this week. “The Fighter” tops the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country Chart, while “Do I Make You Wanna” is in first place on the Billboard Country Chart.

For Keith, this song marks his fifth consecutive No. 1 hit from his latest album, Ripcord, following the success of “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” “Wasted Time,” “Break on Me” and “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16.” It’s also his 23rd single to reach the top of the country chart.

In Billy’s case, “Do I Make You Wanna” is his 12th chart-topper, following the No. 1 smash, “It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To,” from his album, Summer Forever. The song, which was written by Ashley Gorley, Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins and Jerry Flowers (who just so happens to play bass in Keith Urban’s band), was one of Billy’s favorite demos he listened to in making his current album and said it has that certain special thing.  “‘Do I Make You Wanna’ was a strong contender [for first single] for me and I think other people at the label,” says Billy. “It’s just got that laid-back thing, and easy to sing and just a really, really cool song. A cool vibe, that’s definitely what I’d say about this. It’s got that vibe.”

Luke Bryan celebrated his birthday on the road in Cleveland, Ohio on his Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day Tour, complete with a big ole cake made to represent a salmon, surrounded by his band, crew, family and friends. Check it out in the latest episode of LBTV below.

I almost said a big ole salmon cake, but that sounded pretty gross…and misleading. LOL

Jordan Davis has been receiving a lot of compliments and questions about his well-coiffed beard, which is one of the first things you notice about the new artist, besides his awesome talent.

How does the Louisiana native keep the beard looking so good? The first part of his regimen is of course a good cut, and beard oil is definitely an essential part of the beard grooming process.

“It’s just like the hair on the top of my head, like I got to shampoo it. I’ve got to condition it,” Jordan explains. “I usually get out of the shower, I run a beard comb through it, and then I get it where I want it and then I use a beard oil. It’s usually about a 20-minute process, as sad as I am to say that. [laughs] But, then you have to keep it groomed, keep the length long, but keep it tight on the sides.”

Jordan’s been doing the media rounds lately surrounding the release of his debut single, “Singles You Up,” and many of the interviewers are asking about his extraordinary facial hair. “It’s definitely become a pretty big talking point, and I get a lot of questions if they can touch my beard. I don’t know if they want to see if it’s, I don’t know, maybe they don’t think it’s real. Let me go on record: This is 100% real, 100% my beard. I’ll always have a career path as being the mall Santa if this music thing doesn’t work out.”

Shania Twain has provided inspiration to millions of fans all over the world with songs of hope, love and realization, as well as with songs to put a little pep in your step. With her brand new video for “Life’s About to Get Good,” the international superstar continues to inspire and evoke feelings of acceptance and joy. Check out the colorful and fun video below. “Life’s About to Get Good” is the first release from her first album in 15 years. The collection, titled Now, is available September 29th.

NOTE: You will see a throwback to one of her biggest hits and most iconic videos.

Dierks Bentley and Jon Pardi will appear on CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown this weekend. The cameras caught up with the tourmates backstage at the recent Faster Horses Festival. Check out what the two had to say on Saturday (July 29th) at 9am ET.

.@faster_horses​ here we come! Hang with @DierksBentley @JonPardi​ and more this weekend on #CMThot20… pic.twitter.com/sVoGJvRiIg

— CMT Hot 20 Countdown (@CMThot20) July 26, 2017

Chris Stapleton is set to perform during the annual iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, which runs September 22nd and 23rd. The two-day event will also feature performances by Pink, Thomas Rhett, Miley Cyrus, Kings of Leon, Harry Styles, Coldplay, Niall Horan, The Weeknd and Thirty Seconds to Mars, among others.

Chris Stapleton, along with Lee Ann Womack, will perform in honor of the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis on August 24th for a taping for the online series Skyville Live in Nashville. The show will premiere sometime in the coming months.

Lauren Alaina has released the lyric video for her current single, “Doin’ Fine,” the autobiographical song she wrote with busbee and Emily Shackleton. Check it out here.

Easton Corbin, who’s making his way up the country charts with “A Girl Like You,” recently took in a New York Yankees baseball game at Yankees Stadium.

Cool to be here at #YankeeStadium! ⚾️ @yankees pic.twitter.com/81XM1VvilU

— Easton Corbin (@eastoncorbin) July 26, 2017

On July 26th, 2011, Eric Church released his third album, Chief, which produced five singles, including the first two No. 1 songs of his career – “Drink in My Hand” and “Springsteen” – as well as two Top 10s – “Creepin’” and “Like Jesus Does” – and the Top 20 country hit, “Homeboy.” The album has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for more than three million copies.

Eric is currently sitting inside the Top 25 with his latest hit, “Round Here Buzz.”