BRAD PAISLEY
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Brad Paisley has earned his place in country music history as one of the genre’s most talented and decorated male solo artists. For more than 20 years, his songwriting and unmatched showmanship have won him numerous awards, including three GRAMMYs, two American Music Awards, 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, and 14 Country Music Association Awards including a highly coveted Entertainer of the Year honor and recognition as the most successful CMA Award co-host in history, alongside Carrie Underwood, for 11 consecutive years. A member of the Grand Ole Opry since 2001, Paisley has written 21 of his 25 No. 1 hits, and in 2008 became the first artist to achieve 10 consecutive Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 singles. The superstar’s past works have amassed nearly 5 billion career streams.
Paisley’s additional endeavors include his “American Highway” Bourbon, his collaborations with Peyton Manning on the national Nationwide insurance ad campaigns, and his partnership with Boot Barn® to develop “Moonshine Spirit by Brad Paisley,” an exclusive line of jeans, hats, T-shirts, jewelry, belts, and woven shirts.
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View all news on BRAD PAISLEYNEWS AND NOTES: Chris Stapleton, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Anne Wilson, Josh Turner
Chris Stapleton‘s recent No. 1 song, “White Horse,” was featured in the hit CBS drama, Fire Country, this past weekend. The song from his recent album, Higher, was played during a scene where the firefighters from Cal Fire were racing to a campaign fire.
Reba McEntire is set to return for her third season as a coach on NBC’s The Voice this fall. She will be joined by friend and returning coach Gwen Stefani, as well as new coaches Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé.
Reba McEntire shares some of her pre-awards show rituals and more just two days before this year’s ACM Awards. The 59th Academy of Country Music Awards will stream LIVE on Amazon.com Thursday (May 16th) beginning at 8pm ET/5pm CT.
2️⃣ more days until I host and perform at @ACMawards! Do I have any surprises in store? Find out THURSDAY at 8e|5p – free to stream LIVE via https://t.co/X0NsuSP9qG 🎬 #ACMawards @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/N3No6rhFkR
— Reba McEntire (@reba) May 14, 2024
George Strait is releasing the song titles of his upcoming album, Cowboys And Dreamers, one by one. Check cowboysanddreamers.com every day to find the MIA titles.
The tracklist for George’s new album, #CowboysAndDreamers, has gone MIA. Go to https://t.co/Ha2xLyZ3XZ and find the missing titles, check back every day this week to discover the entire tracklist! pic.twitter.com/CQFf9lJJ0b
— George Strait (@GeorgeStrait) May 14, 2024
Anne Wilson has three nominations at this year’s KLove Fan Awards. She’s up for Artist of the Year, Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for “Strong.” Voting is now live at klovefanawards.com/vote. You can watch them beginning at 8pm ET/7pm CT May 31st on TBN.
I am so honored to be nominated for three awards this year at the @klovefanawards!!!!! I can’t thank you enough for the support y’all have shown me. This wouldn’t be possible without Jesus AND you. I’m so thankful!! Voting is now live at https://t.co/FdhUmBtVZk. Vote for me to… pic.twitter.com/AlNUYuo15f
— Anne Wilson (@Annewilsonmusic) May 14, 2024
Josh Turner and Terri Clark are among the artists just announced to open the nightly concerts at Nissan Stadium during this year’s CMA Fest, June 6th-9th in downtown Nashville. Craig Morgan, Gretchen Wilson and Old Dominion were also added.
BILLY CURRINGTON IS SET TO RELEASE A CAREER RETROSPECTIVE #1S ALBUM.
Billy Currington is set to release a career retrospective album, #1’s Vol. 1, on July 5th. The 11-song project will feature his smash hits, “Good Directions,” “People Are Crazy,” “Must Be Doin’ Something Right,” “We Are Tonight,” “Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer” and “That’s How Country Boys Roll,” among others. Pre-order for the collection, on both vinyl and CD, is live now.
number ones project comin' to u in July. ☀️⛵ pre-order now https://t.co/0nvKACiBcC pic.twitter.com/5ROEyNaQte
— Billy Currington (@billycurrington) May 10, 2024
#1’s Vol. 1 (Best of Billy Currington)- Track List:
Side A:
- Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right
- Good Directions
- People Are Crazy
- That’s How Country Boys Roll
- Pretty Good at Drinkin’ Beer
- Let Me Down Easy
Side B:
- Hey Girl
- We Are Tonight
- Don’t It
- It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To
- Do I Make You Wanna
Billy Currington Tour Dates:
May 17 – Tuscaloosa, AL – Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater #+
May 18 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater #+
June 14 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre *+
June 21 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater *+
June 22 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17 *+
# = with Kip Moore
* = with Larry Fleet
+ = with Redferrin
Portsmouth, VA on sale 2/2
Audio / Billy Currington says his single, “We Are Tonight,” reminds him of his childhood summers. NOTE: "We Are Tonight" was co-written by Sam Hunt.
DownloadBilly Currington (We Are Tonight) 2 OC: …perfect for it. :35
“Just a young vibe, the innocence, the Friday nights, and it made me think of football games and the summer rolling down the window, driving down the beach boulevard, everything that the song states took me back to my younger years. Also, it’s really amped-up energy, amped-up production in that song, and I thought, ‘Man, this would be great, ‘cause I would love for something like this to be a single ‘cause I definitely want to play it in the arenas and football stadiums.’ And that song would [be] perfect for it.”
Audio / BILLY CURRINGTON TALKS ABOUT RECORDING HIS NO. 1 SINGLE, “DON’T IT.”
DownloadBilly Currington (Don’t It) OC: …did that. :33
“‘Don’t It’ – it’s just one of those songs when you first hear it, you’re like, ‘That’s it! That song sounds like a smash, and I’m so thankful that the songwriters sent it to me.’ Dann Huff worked really hard to get that groove set back in the pocket like it is. It wasn’t something that came in a few minutes of recording. We worked on it, and he got that magical feel to it, and I think that’s one of the main reasons it’s doing so well, ‘cause it’s a shuffle, and it’s hard to get those kind of songs right and get the right tempo and everything about that. And Dann did that.”
Audio / BILLY CURRINGTON ALMOST MISSED RECORDING HIS NO. 1 SINGLE, "IT DON'T HURT LIKE IT USED TO."
DownloadBilly Currington (It Don’t Hurt No. 1) OC: …that it did. :32
“When we wrote the song, at that point in my life I was writing a lot and getting so many songs pitched my way, I kinda already had all the songs I wanted for the record. Then this demo that I guess it was Jesse [Frasure] kind of threw some grooves on there and mixed it up and sent it to my manager John Dennis and he sent it to me and said, ‘Man, have you heard the song you wrote that day?’ And I was like, ‘Naw. It’s been a while, but let me hear it.’ Then he sent it my way and it kind of changed my album a little bit, just that one slot. But I’m thankful that it did.”
Audio / BILLY CURRINGTON TALKS ABOUT “DO I MAKE YOU WANNA,” FEATURED ON HIS ALBUM, SUMMER FOREVER.
DownloadBilly Currington (Do I Make You Wanna) 2 OC: …record it. :24
“It just felt good. The lyrical content is written so perfect. It’s a question. ‘Do I make you wanna dance real slow/do I make you wanna go fly down a two-lane road/am I that guy/am I the one that’s making you happy ‘cause I wanna know/do I make you wanna.’ It just spoke to me. I became a big fan. I listened to it over and over, so I had to record it.”
SAM HUNT RELEASES NEW SINGLE, “COUNTRY HOUSE.”
Sam Hunt has released his new single, “Country House,” the follow-up to his recent 10th No. 1 song “Outskirts.” Included on his Locked Up EP, which dropped last month, “Country House” was written by Sam, Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne and Michael Lotten.
“The phrase ‘Country House,’ I connected with immediately,” says the Georgia native. “I initially thought, when I think ‘Country House,’ I think of the English countryside. Obviously, I grew up in the South, but there is a strong connection between my Southern roots and the English countryside, so that country house feel. So, I took the ‘Country House’ idea and sprinkled some rural Southern American lingo over the top of it, or imagery, to make it my own or closer to my own experience. And also, I’m at a place in my life where I moved from the country off to the city to pursue my country music dreams and I find myself feeling the pull back towards a simple life like the one that I grew up with, and especially hoping to give that experience to my kids, and this song captures that for me.”
Sam is set to launch his Locked Up Tour June 28th in Bend, Oregon.
Audio / Sam Hunt talks about the song “Country House,” and what that means to him.
DownloadSam Hunt (Country House) OC: …that for me. :58
“This is a song that came to me, so my longtime collaborator Josh Osborne played it for me. He had started it with Ross Copperman. They had a version of it. I took it and made it my own, I guess you could say, and wrote some verses for it. The phrase ‘Country House,’ I connected with immediately. I initially thought, when I think ‘Country House,’ I think of the English countryside. Obviously, I grew up in the South, but there is a strong connection between my Southern roots and the English countryside, so that country house feel. So, I took the ‘Country House’ idea and sprinkled some rural Southern American lingo over the top of it, or imagery, to make it my own or closer to my own experience. And also, I’m at a place in my life where I moved from the country off to the city to pursue my country music dreams and I find myself feeling the pull back towards a simple life like the one that I grew up with, and especially hoping to give that experience to my kids, and this song captures that for me.”
