Carrie Underwood will perform “Hallelujah” from her My Gift album with John Legend on NBC’s The Voice season finale on Tuesday (December 14th) at 8pm ET.

Carrie Underwood, Josh Turner and Lauren Alaina will perform during the first-ever Opry Live: USO Holiday Special. The one-hour show, hosted by USO Global Ambassador Kellie Pickler, will also feature performances by Luke Combs, Craig Morgan, Jessie James Decker and The War & Treaty. The holiday special will air on the Circle Network on Saturday (December 18th) at 9pm ET/8pm CT.

Eric Church is set to perform at the White House for the PBS holiday concert special premiering December 21st at 8pm ET. In Performance at the White House: Spirit of the Season will also feature host Jennifer Garner, along with performances by Andrea Bocelli, Camila Cabello, Jonas Brothers, Norah Jones, Pentatonix and Billy Porter, among others.

Watch Carrie Underwood on NBC’s Today Show on Friday (December 24th) for an all-new holiday performance.

Watch the @TODAYshow tomorrow morning during the 10am hour to see an all-new holiday performance from Carrie! #MyGift 🎁 ✨ -TeamCU pic.twitter.com/EZYWALvvbI

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) December 23, 2021

Reba McEntire performed “I Needed Christmas” from her Lifetime holiday movie, Christmas In Tune, on ABC’s Good Morning America earlier this week.

There's nothing like a @reba serenade to put us in the holiday spirit. 🎵🎄

Watch her full performance here: https://t.co/viEeM0Ljyu pic.twitter.com/YRUEdXe8ly

— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 21, 2021

Vince Gill and Mickey Guyton recorded the song “Love Changes Everything” for the soundtrack of the feature film, American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story. The movie, based on Pro Football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner’s life story, stars Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin and Dennis Quaid and is set to open nationwide on Christmas Day. The soundtrack will be released on Christmas Eve (December 24th).

Mickey Guyton is among the performers set for the 31st Annual MusiCares Person of the Year Concert honoring the legendary Joni Mitchell. Also performing are Graham Nash, James Taylor, Brandi Carlile, Pentatonix, Jon Batiste, Herbie Hancock and Leon Bridges, among others. The event will be held January 29th at the Los Angeles Convention Center, two nights before the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

Reba McEntire, Jon Pardi, Lauren Alaina and Maddie & Tae are among the artists joining Musicians On Call for “Hope for the Holidays” virtual concert. The artists, which also includes Brett Eldredge, Caitlyn Smith and Cassadee Pope, perform holiday favorites and deliver messages to hospital patients and caregivers at over 5,000 hospitals nationwide.

Eric Church performed “Joy To The World” during In Performance At The White House: Spirit of the Season on PBS earlier this week. The special, hosted by actress Jennifer Garner, also featured performances by the Jonas Brothers, Pentatonix, Norah Jones, Camilla Cabelo, Billy Porter and many others. If you missed it, you can stream it now — see below.

Following the sold-out debut of her first residency, REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency, seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood continues to celebrate the holidays with additional broadcast appearances on behalf of My Gift (Special Edition).  The album, featuring three new tracks, was released September 24th, debuting #1 on Billboard’s Holiday Albums chart.  Underwood’s first Christmas album, My Gift, was initially released September 2020, and has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA).  To date, there have been over 300 million global streams for My Gift and My Gift (Special Edition) combined.

She rang in the holiday season with performances on NBC’s “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” on November 25, ABC’s “CMA Country Christmas” on November 29 (re-airing December 23) and “Christmas in Rockefeller Center,” which aired December 1 on NBC, as well as Canada’s “2021 Santa Claus Parade,” which aired December 4 on CTV and will be repeating through December on Bell Media Platforms (Crave, CP24 and CTV.ca).  HBO Max is currently streaming “My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood,” which premiered in December 2020, becoming an instant holiday classic.

Just-announced appearances include an all-new performance with John Legend of their holiday duet, “Hallelujah,” on the December 14th Season Finale of NBC’s “The Voice.”  She will also give a special performance of “Silent Night” on “Opry Live: USO Holiday Special” on Circle Network, which is partnering with the USO for a night of festive celebration on December 18.  The show will also be livestreamed on the USO and Circle All Access’ Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel and, as part of its USO Holidays seasonal programming for service members and their families, the USO provided early, exclusive access to the special via the USO app. She also headlines “Woolworths Carols in the Domain,” which will be broadcast December 23 on Australia’s Channel 7 and 7plus. She will also be seen in a special Christmas Eve performance airing December 24 on NBC’s TODAY.

Additionally, in November, Underwood gave two stellar performances with Jason Aldean of the duo’s #1 smash hit duet, “If I Didn’t Love You,” on the 55^th CMA Awards and the 2021 American Music Awards, both of which aired on ABC in November.  Additionally, she won her 16^th and 17^th AMAs, marking her eighth win for Favorite Female Country Artist and her first for Favorite Inspirational Artist, elevating her to tie Garth Brooks and Justin Bieber as the sixth top AMA winners of all time.  She is nominated for two GRAMMY® Awards – her album of beloved gospel hymns, My Savior, has been nominated for Best Roots Gospel Album, and she and Aldean are nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “If I Didn’t Love You.”

Produced and arranged by Greg Wells, My Gift is a combination of beloved traditional songs celebrating the spiritual nature of Christmas and several originals, including her collaboration with John Legend, “Hallelujah.”  My Gift (Special Edition) features three additional tracks: “Favorite Time Of Year” and “All Is Well,” both produced by Greg Wells, and “Let There Be Peace/Something In The Water (LIVE From HBO Max’s MY GIFT: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood).”

My Gift (Special Edition) is now available digitally, on CD and vinyl here.

Carrie also delighted fans with a “Christmas Bonus” – a comedic digital-only holiday track, “Stretchy Pants,” released November 12.  The track is available here and is accompanied by a fun-filled animated video at stretchypantssong.com, created especially for the song, with a portion of the proceeds from streaming and downloads donated to The Store, the Nashville-based organization which was co-founded by Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley.  Limited edition holiday “Stretchy Pants” are available at the Official Carrie Underwood Online Store. 

REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency opened December 1 at the brand-new Resorts World Theatre to rave reviews, with upcoming engagements confirmed in March, April and just-added dates in May 2022 (rwlasvegas.com/entertainment/carrie-underwood and AXS.com/CarrieInVegas).

About Carrie Underwood:
Carrie Underwood is a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, film, and as a New York Times bestselling author and successful entrepreneur.  She has sold more than 66 million records worldwide, recorded 28 #1 singles (14 of which she co-wrote), and has seven albums that are certified Platinum or Multi-Platinum by the RIAA, all while continuing to sell out arena tours across North America and the UK.  All nine of her consecutive album releases (two of which she co-produced) from the beginning of her career debuted #1 on the Billboard Country Chart, making her the only artist to accomplish that feat.  She has won over 100 major awards including 7 GRAMMY® Awards, 15 ACM Awards including three for Entertainer of the Year (the first female in history to win twice and the only female ever to win three times), 23 CMT Music Awards (holding the record for the most award wins ever for the show), 7 CMA Awards, and 17 American Music Awards. She has also built a successful business portfolio inspired by her passion for health and wellness.  She founded and created the fitness and lifestyle brand, CALIA by Carrie Underwood and her first book, FIND YOUR PATH was an instant New York Times bestseller.  She launched her fit52 app in 2020, and expanded her lifestyle portfolio with a partnership with BODYARMOR Sports Drink in 2021. Her first-ever residency, REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency, began December 1 at The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas.

As 2021 comes to a close, multi-Platinum-selling No. 1 singer-songwriter Lauren Alaina marks and celebrates a DECADE in country music. She wraps a dream-defining year with her biggest career dream come true Saturday night when she was invited by her friend/mentor Trisha Yearwood inviting her to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry after first stepping on to the stage 10 years ago for her debut in June 2011.

Alaina looks ahead to even more career-defining moments in 2022 after announcing her second headlining tour, making more music, songwriting, exciting and yet-to-be announced partnerships and projects and of course, looking ahead to the night she becomes a member of the Opry family.

“When I look back at all that my team and I accomplished in the past year, my heart could explode,” said Alaina. “I am so grateful and excited for all the projects I have been blessed to be a part of. And PS, I AM GOING TO BE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY!”

2021 career highlights for Alaina included:

• Surprised by Trisha Yearwood onstage at the Grand Ole Opry Saturday night (12/18) with invitation to become an official member of the Opry family
• Lauren’s uplifting new Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins book, Getting Good at Being You: Learning to Love Who God Made You to Be has been a smash with readers, and was the #1 New Release on two of Amazon’s sales charts in its first week of release in December. The first-time author discussed her new book – where she encourages readers to embrace how “perfectly imperfect they are” – at “America’s Newsroom”, The Christian Post, CBNNews.com and many other outlets.
• Announced her second career headlining tour, On Top Of The World Tour Presented By Maurices, kicking off in February 2022
• Released third album Sitting Pretty On Top of the World in September
• Her duet, “Getting Good,” with her idol/mentor Trisha Yearwood was certified GOLD by the RIAA
• Georgia native starred in her first Hallmark Channel movie “Roadhouse Romance” which premiered to rave reviews and became the #1 most-watched entertainment cable program of the day and week.
• Alaina and her No. 1 debuting album Sitting Pretty On Top of the World were featured on Entertainment Tonight, Billboard, FORBES, PEOPLE, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CMT Hot 20, Holler Country, Music Row, EverythingNash.com, Country Now, RIFF Magazine, Sounds Like Nashville, Taste of Country, The Boot, Outsider.com and more.
• The CMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Country Music Association, invited Alaina as the non-profit’s newest Artist Ambassador, further expanding its support and advocation for equitable music education opportunities across the U.S.
• Invited by the Atlanta Braves to perform that National Anthem at Game 5 of the MLB World Series 
• She was invited back in October to perform and flip the switch on the Grand Ole Opry’s popular Opry Goes Pink to help raise awareness for breast cancer research
• Invited to perform at the 14^th Annual Academy of Country Music Honors to honor her friend/co-writer/songwriter Hilary Lindsey

About Lauren Alaina:
Multi-Platinum-selling singer/songwriter Lauren Alaina has earned three No. 1 hit singles in just under three years with her smash “Road Less Traveled” (2017), the now 6x Platinum “What Ifs” (2018) with her childhood friend and superstar Kane Brown (his first career No. 1), and “One Beer” (2020) with friend and rising star HARDY (also his first career No. 1). Her No. 1 debuting album Sitting Pretty On Top of The World, which includes her current single “Getting Over Him” featuring Jon Pardi, as well as her recently RIAA-certified Gold-selling “Getting Good.” Alaina recently released her inspirational book “Getting Good At Being You.”

Sitting Pretty on Top of the World follows on the heels of the Georgia native’s two EPs, Getting Over Him EP and the previous Getting Good EP, which were evidence of her evolution as a songwriter. Her album Road Less Traveled was the most-streamed album of the year for a female artist in 2017 and landed on multiple “Best Of” lists including Billboard,Rolling Stone and Amazon. The album included her first No. 1 smash “Road Less Traveled” as well “Doin’ Fine,” and the inspiring, “Three.

Alaina has shared the stage with superstars including Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Martina McBride and Jason Aldean, sold out her own, first-ever headlining, That Girl Was Me Tour, and has performed on some of the highest-profile stages in the world including national television performances on PBS’s A Capitol Fourth, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, TODAY, ABC’s Good Morning America, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, ABC’s CMA Fest specials, CMA and ACM Awards, Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day halftime performance, MLB’s World Series national anthem (Game 5, 2021) and more including a performance at the White House for President Obama for a PBS special.

Keith Urban can be heard in the new Netflix animated movie, Back To The Outback, as Doug, the singing toad. He posted a clip on his socials and wrote, “when I was a kid, I wrote my bucket list and at the very top was ‘ONE DAY, I WANNA BE A SINGING TOAD.’ I mean, what are the odds?!!!”

when I was a kid, I wrote my bucket list and at the very top was “ONE DAY, I WANNA BE A SINGING TOAD.” I mean, what are the odds?!!! Meet Doug in #BackToTheOutback, streaming on @netflix pic.twitter.com/runvMKQxOH

— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) December 10, 2021

The film also features characters voiced by Isla Fisher (“Wedding Crashers,” “Tag”), Eric Bana (“Hulk,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Troy”), Guy Pearce (“L.A. Confidential,” “Memento,” “Iron Man 3”), Kylie Minogue and others.

Synopsis of the film — Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they’re monsters, a group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot a daring escape from their zoo to the Outback.

Keith is currently making his way up the country charts with “Wild Hearts.”

Today, Brothers Osborne announce the deluxe edition of their GRAMMY-nominated album Skeletons, releasing January 21. Scoring a nod for Best Country Album at the upcoming 64^th GRAMMY Awards, the critically acclaimed project includes the new tracks “Headstone,” “Midnight Rider’s Prayer,” and “Younger Me.” Pre-order Brothers Osborne’s Skeletons Deluxe HERE.

“Headstone” is produced by Jay Joyce while “Midnight Rider’s Prayer” was recorded at John Osborne’s home studio and co-produced by the duo and, with Willie Nelson’s personal blessing, uses elements of “On the Road Again.” “Younger Me,” also currently GRAMMY-nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, rounds out the Skeletons Deluxe track list.

Named to multiple end of year “best of” lists, including the all-genre Rolling Stone Best Songs of the Year and Billboard’s 100 Best Songs of 2021, “Younger Me” also topped Billboard’s Best Country Songs of 2021 list. The outlet declares, “The song serves as a beacon of hope for anyone whose early years are filled with doubt, fear, confusion, and just feeling different from those around them.”

The reigning CMA Vocal Duo of the Year performed “Younger Me” at this year’s CMA Awards and TJ prefaced the performance by sharing, “for many years I would watch this show, year after year, and I always thought how incredible it’d be and I’d dream of being here on this stage, and there were so many things that were so many hurdles for me. And I always truthfully felt like it would never be possible because of my sexuality to be here.” Watch their performance of “Younger Me” here.

Skeletons Deluxe Track List:

1. Lighten Up (John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk)
2. All Night (John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Andrew DeRoberts)
3. All the Good Ones Are (TJ Osborne, Lee Miller and Craig Wiseman)
4. I’m Not for Everyone (John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Luke Dick and Natalie Hemby)
5. Skeletons (John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Andrew DeRoberts)
6. Back On The Bottle (John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Hayes Carll)
7. High Note (John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Casey Beathard and Dustin Christensen)
8. Muskrat Greene (John Osborne)
9. Dead Man’s Curve (John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Lee Miller)
10. Make It a Good One (John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Stephen Wilson Jr.)
11. Hatin’ Somebody (John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Casey Beathard)
12. Old Man’s Boots (John Osborne)
13. Younger Me (John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Kendell Marvel)
14. Headstone (John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Kendell Marvel)
15. Midnight Rider’s Prayer (John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Paul Moak, Willie Nelson)

ABOUT BROTHERS OSBORNE:
Two sons from a working-class family, John and TJ Osborne grew up in Deale, MD, a water town writing and playing songs for friends and family in their father’s shed (watch them return to their hometown in this CBS Sunday Morning segment here). John moved to Nashville first to play in other bands and two years later, TJ joined him. It was then they formed Brothers Osborne as a duo that blends equal parts country and rock into one of the freshest, most identifiable sounds to come out of Nashville in recent years. The singer/songwriter siblings took home their fourth Vocal Duo of the Year trophy at the 55^th Annual CMA Awards, in addition to being named ACM Duo of the Year twice. Overall Brothers Osborne have collected five CMA and five ACM trophies, and stand as nine-time GRAMMY nominees – including vying for Best Country Album (Skeletons) and Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“Younger Me” ) at the upcoming 64^th GRAMMY Awards. Additionally, they received the ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2019 recognizing artists whose innovative work is helping to shape the future of music.

Brothers Osborne are set to release a deluxe edition of their third studio album, Skeletons, on January 21. Originally released in October 2020, Skeletons features their current single “I’m Not For Everyone,” as well as their Top 25 hit “All Night.” Included on Skeletons Deluxe, “Younger Me” was released in April as a response to the overwhelming support TJ received after sharing his personal story. John and TJ wrote and produced the track, with Kendell Marvel serving as an additional co-writer. Initially breaking through with their debut album Pawn Shop, the Gold Certified project featured three GRAMMY-nominated tracks including the 2X Platinum Certified No. 1 smash hit “Stay A Little Longer,” Top 10 Platinum Certified hit “It Ain’t My Fault,” and Gold Certified Top 25 hit “21 Summer.” Their sophomore album, Port Saint Joe, was nominated for Best Country Album at the 61^st GRAMMY Awards and includes the Top 40 GRAMMY-nominated singles “Shoot Me Straight” as well as “I Don’t Remember Me (Before You).” Brothers Osborne recently wrapped the WE’RE NOT FOR EVERYONE TOUR, hitting over 50 markets including New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Dallas, Atlanta and more.

Sam Hunt and Jon Pardi are among the performers added to the lineup for NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE: NASHVILLE’S BIG BASH, a star-studded entertainment special, which will air LIVE from Music City, Friday, December 31st (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT, 11:30 PM-1:30 AM, ET/PT) on CBS , and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*.  Additional performers includeLady A, Ingrid Andress, BRELAND, King Calaway, Riley Green, Chris Janson, Carly Pearce and Lainey Wilson.  They join the previously announced stellar lineup that includes Jason Aldean, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, Elle King, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell and Zac Brown Band. The five-hour broadcast will feature a staggering hit parade of more than 50 back-to-back performances and cross multiple time zones, live from the destination home of country music. Nashville will count down with the East Coast at midnight and keep the party going through midnight Central Time with the city’s renowned Music Note Drop®.

New Year's Eve just got BIGGER…

Ring in 2022 from #MusicCity with over 50 amazing performances from Country music's HOTTEST names.

See you all for New Year's Eve LIVE: Nashville’s Big Bash, December 31 at 8pm ET/PT on CBS! https://t.co/EulY4hvQue pic.twitter.com/6Qrkh5YNsM

— CBS (@CBS) December 10, 2021

Mickey Guyton performed the holiday classic, “O Holy Night,” on the Tamron Hall Show. Check it out below.

You can also catch Mickey with Pentatonix for the Cracker Barrel Sounds of the Season.

Loved being able to celebrate the holidays with @PTXofficial. Sharing our favorite Christmas memories and doing a fun gift exchange was so special. Check it out now over on @CrackerBarrel's page now: https://t.co/FDelJVEKwL #CrackerBarrelMoment pic.twitter.com/94JULqzJuX

— Mickey Guyton (@MickeyGuyton) December 10, 2021

Mickey Guyton is so excited for this Christmas since it’ll be the first she and husband Grant Savoy celebrate as parents. She cannot wait to make Christmas very special for son Grayson.

“I am so excited about Christmas this year. As an adult when you don’t have children, the luster of Christmas had kind of gone away for me. But now that I have this baby boy, I just want to make sure that every holiday he celebrates is special, and especially Christmas. It’s gonna be amazing,” says Mickey. “Uhhhh, I can’t wait!”

When she and her family go home for Texas for the holidays, the thing that has to be on the dinner table is her mom’s Italian Cream Cake, which is also a staple at Thanksgiving.

“My mom makes this homemade, from scratch, Italian Cream Cake. It’s so freaking good, and every Christmas and every Thanksgiving, she makes this,” says Mickey. “Our families all come to my parents’ house, and we have a big dinner, and that’s the first thing that to go. That’s like the first thing that people eat the most.”

One of her favorite childhood memories during Christmas was when her family performed a last-minute Christmas play moments before opening their presents. “One of my favorite Christmas memories is my family, [laughs] there’s a lot of us, and one day we did an impromptu play before we opened our Christmas presents. We just pretended like we were the Wise Men. We did the story of the birth of Jesus, and we filmed it. It was just a really cool memory for me.”

The songstress released a gorgeous rendition of the classic “O Holy Night,” and a few years ago, she released “Do You Want to Build a Snowman,” from the smash hit, Frozen. She says both are her favorite holiday songs.

“My favorite Christmas song is ‘O Holy Night,’ but I really love ‘Do You Want to Build a Snowman.’ So, both of those are like my all-time favorite.”

Luke Bryan and his family have their tradition of having chili dogs on Christmas Eve.

“We have a pajama night and we do chili dogs on Christmas Eve, and we’ve always done that.  My mother comes up and we go shop. She makes me go shop with her, so we have to pick out all the right stuff. We have to get the proper buns, the proper wieners. It’s very important.  All beef wieners for the chili dog cooking. It’s a ritual. So, we’re eating chili dogs in pajamas, and so it’s special anytime you can come up with fun traditions and hold true to them. Yeah, so cooking chili dogs in a onesie is pretty special.”

No word on what his wife Caroline will be getting him this year, but he does say her gift a few years ago was the most meaningful — she tracked down his late brother’s truck and presented it to him one Christmas. “By far the best Christmas present I have ever gotten and will ever get was when my wife Caroline went and found my brother’s old pickup truck from 1996 that they found the VIN number and it was down in Louisiana and it was still on the road.  And her and my dad went down, they picked it up, brought it to Nashville and Christmas Eve night pulled into the driveway with it, and let’s just say that yes, the tears were flowing, and it will never be topped. I don’t know how you’ll ever top it. What an amazing moment for me and my family and it was pretty special.  And that truck is where we do our turkey hunting; it’s the turkey hunting truck. So, all my turkey hunting gear stays in there, and when the boys see me pull up in my brother’s truck, they know we’re fixing to go turkey hunting.”

Also, one of his favorite Christmas gifts as a child had wheels and a motor, as well. “My favorite Christmas gift is definitely my first Honda 50 motorcycle that I got back in 1984. It was just an amazing gift to have under the tree, and I never will forget seeing that as I walked out.”

Find audio below of him talking about the unique tradition, his most meaningful Christmas gift, his favorite Christmas movie and much more.

Luke is currently making his way up the country charts with “Up.”