Taylor Swift released the official music video for her single, “I Bet You Think About Me,” this morning (November 15th). The clip, which she co-wrote with actress Blake Lively and was directed by The Shallows actress in her directorial debut, finds Taylor crashing the wedding of an ex-boyfriend, played by Miles Teller (War Dogs, Divergent, Only the Brave) and turning everything red.
“I Bet You Think About Me” (Taylor’s Version) is one of nine songs From the Vault that were added to the re-make of the global superstar’s 2012 album, Red. The song, which features Chris Stapleton singing harmonies, goes for adds at country radio today.
CMT and multi-Platinum-selling country duo Maddie & Tae today announced headlining dates of the 2022 “CMT Next Women of Country Tour Presents: All Song No Static Tour.” Kicking off January 6th in Oklahoma City, the CMT tour will make stops in major cities including Atlanta, Boston, Houston, Nashville and New York through February. Joining the duo will be Callista Clark and a CMT Next Women of Country inductee Sacha who will both appear at each stop of the 16-city tour.
Tickets will become available beginning this Friday, October 29th at 10AM CT at MaddieandTae.com and CMT.com.
Maddie & Tae, selected as members of the CMT’s Next Women of Country class of 2015, have launched to the forefront of country music with hit songs from “Girl In A Country Song” and “Fly” to “Friends Don’t” and their Double Platinum-certified single “Die from a Broken Heart.” Stacking 17 major awards nominations — including a Vocal Duo of the Year nod at the upcoming 55th Annual CMA Awards — Maddie & Tae are readying their next studio release that will feature their latest single “Woman You Got,” the playful “Life Ain’t Fair,” and more.
Newcomers Callista Clark and Sacha will accompany Maddie & Tae throughout the duration of the CMT tour. Clark was recently named as the only Country artist in BILLBOARD’s “21 under 21” list and at just 18 years old she is making waves at Country radio with her debut single “It’s ‘Cause I Am.” Rising Canadian singer-songwriter Sacha was inducted into CMT’s prestigious Next Women of Country in 2021 and continues to build buzz on both sides of the border, most recently starting on the Gold certified TikTok hit “What The Truck” which amassed a record breaking 456,958 on-demand streams in its first week in Canada alone, and held strong as the most streamed domestic single for 14 consecutive weeks.
“We are so excited to have CMT’s Next Women of Country tour back on the road and to announce our favorite dynamic duo Maddie & Tae as headliners!” shared Leslie Fram, SVP of Music & Talent, CMT. “I’ve loved having the opportunity to watch their careers soar since we first welcomed them into our program in 2015 and equally thrilled Callista and Sacha – two of our brightest newcomers – will have the opportunity to share the stage and be part of such an amazing tour.”
2022 “CMT Next Women of Country Tour” Dates
Jan 6 – Town Theatre – Oklahoma City, OK
Jan 7 – House of Blues – Houston, TX
Jan 12 – Brighton Music Hall- Boston, MA
Jan 13 – Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
Jan 14 – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
Jan 15 – Jergel’s Rhythm Grille – Warrendale, PA
Jan 19 – Moonshine Beach- San Diego, CA
Jan 20 – The Roxy – West Hollywood, CA
Jan 21 – Club Rodeo Rio – San Jose, CA
Jan 22 – Goldfield Trading Post – Sacramento, CA
Feb 3 – Elevation at The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
Feb 4 – The Castle Theater – Bloomington, IL
Feb 5 – The Bluestone – Columbus, OH
Feb 10 – Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville, TN
Feb 11 – Von Braun Center – Mars Music Hall – Huntsville, AL
Feb 12 – Buckhead Theatre – Atlanta, GA
A staunch advocate for country music’s female artists, CMT launched its “Next Women of Country” campaign in 2013 in an effort to support and expose developing female talent, both signed and unsigned, in a male-dominated format. The campaign showcases emerging female artists across all CMT screens throughout the year, and in the six years since its launch, CMT has expanded the initiative to include six CMT NEXT WOMEN OF COUNTRY Tours, anchored by superstar acts including Jennifer Nettles, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, and most recently Tanya Tucker; a CMT.com digital series and more. Notable alumni of the franchise who have achieved both commercial and critical acclaim, include Kacey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, Ashley McBryde and more.
Parker McCollum made his late night television performance debut last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! As the latest addition to Apple Music’s Up Next program, Apple Music’s monthly artist initiative geared towards identifying, showcasing and elevating rising talent, McCollum played “To Be Loved by You” in support of the program. The song, off McCollum’s MCA debut album Gold Chain Cowboy, spent 17 straight weeks on the Country Top 200 Streaming Chart with 8 weeks inside the Top 100. The track has sold over 27k track sales with 86M global streams to date.
“Performing on late night has been on my bucket list since I was 12 years old and getting to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live! was something I’ll never forget.” says McCollum. “‘To Be Loved By You’ is a special song to me and I’m so glad I got to bring it to a new audience. I’m extremely thankful for the year I’ve had and I can’t wait for 2022!”
McCollum has also been named an ‘Artist to Watch’ by Rolling Stone, Billboard, SiriusXM, CMT, RIAA and more with American Songwriter noting, “The Texas native teeters on the edge of next-level superstardom.” Earlier this year McCollum earned his first ACM nomination for New Male Artist of the Year and he made his debut playing the famed Grand Ole Opry in Feb 2021.
Upcoming Parker McCollum Shows:
12/2The Factory, Chesterfield, MO 12/3Egyptian Room at the Old National Centre, Indianapolis, IN 12/4Goodyear Theater, Akron, OH 12/31Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, TX 1/1AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 1/13Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, FL 1/14House of Blues – The Front Porch, Orlando, FL 1/15James Brown Arena, Augusta, GA 1/20The Signal, Chattanooga, TN 1/21The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC 1/22The Ritz, Raleigh, NC 1/25Mile Zero Fest 2022, Key West Landings, FL 1/29Bell County Expo Center, Belton, TX 2/4Coyote Joe’s, Charlotte, NC 2/5 The Blind Horse Saloon, Greenville, SC 2/10The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD 2/11Toad’s Place, New Haven, CT 2/12Irving Plaza, New York, NY 3/11Fillmore New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 3/14Casa Fiesta 2022, Cancun, Mexico 4/8The Blue Room, Statesboro, GA
Luke Bryan hosts “The 55th Annual CMA Awards”airing live on ABC Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
Luke Bryan has been announced as host of this year’s CMA Awards.
“The CMA Awards is one of the biggest nights of the year for Country Music,” says Bryan. “Being asked to host the CMA Awards was definitely something I put a lot of thought into before answering. The pressure that comes along with that can be overwhelming, but knowing I get to help honor and celebrate so many of my friends, I knew it was something I couldn’t turn down. I mean, growing up in Georgia, I remember watching Vince Gill, Reba, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Rogers, Barbara Mandrell, to name a few. They were so good. And then becoming a part of this amazing Country Music family and sitting on the front row while Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and Darius Rucker took the reins, all of these artists are heroes and friends, and I am honored to have my name included in this group. I’m looking forward to making it fun and memorable and using this platform to continue to make Country Music shine.”
Luke, a two-time CMA Entertainer of the Year and three-time ACM Entertainer of the Year, will make his CMA Awards hosting debut on this year’s stage. The Georgia native is currently scaling the country charts once again with his latest song, “Up.”
Since his debut, Bryan has garnered 27 No. 1 hits and has more RIAA certified digital singles than any other Country artist with 68.5 million, has 15.6 billion streams worldwide, and has sold nearly 13 million albums. His headline concert tours have played sold-out shows for 12 million fans inclusive of 36 stadium concerts, Farm Tours, Spring Break shows, and seven sold-out ‘Crash My Playa’ destination concert events. Bryan has won over 50 major music awards including five wins as Entertainer of the Year. His third and most recent Entertainer win was awarded by the Academy of Country Music this past April. Additional awards include six recognitions as a CMT Artist of the Year, NSAI Artist/Songwriter of the Year, the first-ever recipient of the ACM Album of the Decade Award for Crash My Party, seven CMT Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, and four American Music Awards—as well as being named Billboard’s Top Country Artist of the 2010s, the Most Heard Artist of the Decade by Country Aircheck, and the Artist Humanitarian Recipient by the Country Radio Broadcasters this past February. Bryan is set to return as a celebrity judge for a fifth season, alongside Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, on ABC’s “American Idol” in 2022. Airing now, fans can see Bryan’s original five-part docuseries “Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary,” on IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service. Visit LukeBryan.com or follow Bryan on Twitter @LukeBryan, Instagram and Facebook.
Performers and presenters for the show will be revealed in the coming weeks.
The 55th Annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 10th at 8pm ET/7pm CT on ABC.
Today, three-time GRAMMY Award winner Darius Rucker, Fanatics — the world’s leading provider of licensed sports merchandise — and the National Football League (NFL) unveiled the NFL x Darius Rucker Collection by Fanatics, a new line of officially licensed NFL apparel inspired by Rucker’s love of music, football and fashion.
Announcing NFL X Darius Rucker! Been a big @NFL fan my entire life, so it’s a dream come true seeing my logo next to the NFL logo on merchandise for ALL 32 teams. Can’t wait to see y'all enjoy this collection! NFL Shop – https://t.co/LIhcSFeJQn Fanatics – https://t.co/W7hs7fKF0Upic.twitter.com/eRKIKorSf6
“I’ve been a huge NFL fan my entire life, so it’s a dream come true to see my logo right next to the NFL logo on these items,” said Darius. “It has been a blast working with two great partners, Fanatics and the NFL, to make this project a reality. I’m so proud of the products we’ve created, and I can’t wait to see fans enjoying this collection throughout the rest of the season and for years to come.”
Starting today, the collection will begin rolling out for purchase across the Fanatics network of online stores, including NFLShop.com and Fanatics.com. The product assortment features premium items for all 32 NFL teams including t-shirts, fleece, outerwear, sweats and more, and prices range from $29.99 to $99.99. Select images of the assortment can be found HERE.
“Sports and entertainment have incredible crossover appeal, and this is a great example of incorporating the worlds of pop culture and music into our business,” said Vicky Picca, Fanatics Senior Vice President of Business Affairs. “Teaming up with multi-Platinum music icon Darius Rucker and our partners at the NFL has allowed us to do that through this unique, quality assortment of NFL fan gear for all 32 teams.”
“Our celebrity collaborations perform well on NFL Shop, and we are thrilled to now be teaming up with country star, Darius Rucker for the NFL x Darius Rucker Collection by Fanatics apparel line,” said Ryan Samuelson, Vice President of Consumer Products at the NFL. “Darius’ love of football combined with his love of music made him the perfect candidate to collaborate with and we are excited for fans to shop the new collection available across all 32 teams.”
The official launch of the line follows Rucker’s announcement of his 2022 tour, Darius Rucker Live, which will visit iconic theater venues across the country starting early next year.
He is also actively working on his next solo album, featuring current single “My Masterpiece” and recent No. 1 hit “Beers And Sunshine.” BCL Entertainment, a company that specializes in partnering talent with brands, brokered the partnership between Fanatics, the NFL and Rucker.
For more information on all of Rucker’s ongoing projects, visit www.DariusRucker.com and follow on socials @DariusRucker.
Carrie Underwood has won the 2021 Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year for her collaboration with gospel superstar CeCe Winans, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” from Underwood’s critically-acclaimed album of gospel hymns, My Savior, which was also nominated for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year. Winners were announced by the Gospel Music Association on October 22. Underwood won her first Dove Award in 2006 for “Jesus Take The Wheel” for Country Recorded Song of the Year.
I’m honored and excited to be nominated for the #DoveAwards with the legendary @cecewinans! To my friend, CeCe, congrats on all of your well-deserved nominations including Gospel Artist of the Year!!!
My Savior was released this past March and the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country chart, making it her ninth consecutive release to do so, extending her record as the only artist to accomplish that feat with all nine of her album releases from the beginning of her career. The album was brought to life with a virtual livestreamed event from the legendary Ryman Auditorium on Easter Sunday which was viewed by nearly 2.5 million fans around the world and raised over $112,000 for Save the Children. The My Savior: LIVE From The Ryman concert DVD and television special, which also featured Winans as a special guest, were released in July.
The 52nd Annual GMA Dove Awards were broadcast worldwide on Friday, October 22 on TBN. Founded in 1964, the Gospel Music Association serves as the face and voice for the Gospel/Christian music community and is dedicated to exposing, promoting, and celebrating the Gospel through music of all styles.
Audio / CARRIE UNDERWOOD TALKS ABOUT HAVING CECE WINANS AS A SPECIAL GUEST ON MY SAVIOR.
Carrie Underwood (CeCe Winans on “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”) :58 “I feel like one thing I will never forget about the day CeCe and I recorded ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness ‘ together is when she walked in she was like ‘oh, thank you for having me’ I was like ‘Oh my gosh, thank you so much for coming.’ And she’s like ‘I love this song so much,’ and she said, ‘because he IS faithful.’ And obviously she has this incredible gift from God and uses it, you know, to give back to God, but for her to come in and just like, “Oh my gosh, you believe what you’re singing.’ It sounds so silly to say that. Of course, you should, but then to hear that it’s just like ‘Oh, yes, yeah.’ So, getting to work with her and feel the power that she has in her voice, it was just such a beautiful day and just she’s a light in the world and in music and to me in the studio she certainly was that day.”
Carrie Underwood and her family spent some quality time together making precious memories at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida recently.
She posted a few photos to her instagram, writing, “Got to spend some much needed family time recently in Orlando!!! We rode lots of rides, ate lots of sugar, smiled a million smiles and made a million memories!!! These years, with our boys, we’ll never get back…to see the wonder and excitement on their faces is priceless! We already can’t wait to go back! Thanks, @waltdisneyworld for existing! ❤️❤️❤️”
Carrie has prepping for her Las Vegas residency, “Reflection,” set to begin next week at Resorts World.
2021 CMA Awards nominee, Jordan Davis, unveiled the acoustic version of his hit single, “Buy Dirt,” featuring country superstar Luke Bryan. The stripped-down version of the track highlights the meaningful lyrics and heartfelt message behind the song. Davis’ “Buy Dirt” received a nomination for Musical Event of the Year on the upcoming 55th Annual CMA Awards. The CMA nomination marks Davis’ first of his career.
Since the song’s release, “Buy Dirt” has garnered impressive sales and streaming numbers and continues to rapidly climb the charts. Davis’ song is currently the No. 4 Streaming Song in country music, amassing over 120 million streams to date. “Buy Dirt” has been in the Top 5 on the Country Songs Chart for five consecutive weeks, No. 3 in Track Sales, and No. 17 on the Country Radio charts. Additionally, “Buy Dirt” is Davis’ fastest moving single to date. The track has more than double the weekly streaming volume of his last four radio singles after 20 weeks and has been inside the Top 200 Country Streaming and Country Songs Charts all 20 weeks since release.
Davis previously released his official music video of “Buy Dirt,” and performed on NBC’S 3rd Hour of TODAY this past June. Fans can catch Davis on the road performing on Kane Brown’s Blessed and Free Tour and his own headlining Buy Dirt Tour. Davis’ full list of tour dates can be found HERE.
About Jordan Davis
MCA Nashville’s Jordan Davis has been named an “Artist to Watch” by Billboard, Rolling Stone, CMT, Pandora, Shazam, Amazon Music, Sounds Like Nashville, The Tennessean, SiriusXM, Whiskey Riff, and more. A Native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Davis graduated from LSU and briefly pursued the path of his degree working as an environmental consultant; however, his passion for music and songwriting eventually compelled him to move to Nashville in the summer of 2012. In 2018, Davis released his Gold-certified debut album, Home State, which features his three consecutive No. 1 hits: Platinum-Certified “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot,” the Double Platinum-Certified “Singles You Up” and Platinum-Certified “Take It From Me.” In 2019 Davis won Best New Country Artist at the iHeart Radio Music Awards and was a two-time nominee for ACM New Male Artist of the Year. He was also named Billboard’s Top New Country Artist of 2018 as well as Country Aircheck/Mediabase’s Most Heard New Artist of 2018. Davis has since accumulated over 2 billion streams worldwide. The hitmaker released a six-song, self-titled EP featuring a collaboration with pop superstar Julia Michaels titled, “Cool Anymore.” In May 2021, Davis released his new eight song EP, Buy Dirt. Davis co-wrote every song on the EP except for the John Prine inspired “Blow Up Your TV.” Davis cites Prine as one of his most important influences throughout his life and on his music. The EP also features country superstar, Luke Bryan, who lends his vocals on the vulnerable title track and centerpiece of the EP. Davis has made appearances on Good Morning America, Late Night with Seth Meyers, TODAY Show, and has previously toured with the likes of Rascal Flatts, Jake Owen, Kip Moore, Brett Young and Old Dominion.
Taylor Swift released Red(Taylor’s Version) on Friday (November 12th)—the global superstar’s remake of her 2012 record, Red. Among the songs are her “From the Vault” tunes—songs she wrote during the initial sessions but didn’t end up making the final record. One of them is her new radio single, “I Bet You Think About Me,” featuring harmonies by the reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year, Chris Stapleton.
Taylor is a tune she wrote with songstress Lori McKenna. “and I wrote this with her at her house when I was playing Foxboro Stadium on the Speak Now Tour,” she says. “We wanted this song to be like a comedic, tongue-in-cheek, funny, not caring what anyone thinks about you sort of breakup song, because there are a lot of different types of breakup songs on Red. Some of them are very sincere; some of them very stoic and heartbreaking and sad. We wanted this to be the moment like where I don’t care about anything. (laughs) And we wanted to kind of make people laugh with it, and we wanted it to be sort of a drinking song. I think that’s what it ended up being.”
Taylor will release the official music video for “I Bet You Think About Me” on Monday (November 15th). The clip is directed by actress Blake Lively (The Town,The Shallows, Gossip Girl).
SURPRISE! NEW MUSIC VIDEO TOMORROW at 10am ET 🚨 I finally got to work with the brilliant, brave, & wickedly funny @blakelively on her directorial debut. Join us as we raise a toast, and a little hell. https://t.co/Gm4xT1vuNkpic.twitter.com/2Qh7KEVUpD
Taylor Swift (IBYTAM) OC: …ended up being. :46 “The song, ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ – this is a song I wrote with Lori McKenna, who is one of my favorite singer-songwriters ever. I’d always wanted to work with her, and I wrote this with her at her house when I was playing Foxboro Stadium on the Speak Now Tour. We wanted this song to be like a comedic, tongue-in-cheek, funny, not caring what anyone thinks about you sort of breakup song, because there are a lot of different types of breakup songs on Red. Some of them are very sincere; some of them very stoic and heartbreaking and sad. We wanted this to be the moment like where I don’t care about anything. (laughs) And we wanted to kind of make people laugh with it, and we wanted it to be sort of a drinking song. I think that’s what it ended up being.”
Audio / LINER Taylor Swift (IBYTAM feat. Chris Stapleton)
Luke Bryan will appear on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday (October 25th) with guest host and fellow American Idol judge, Katy Perry.
Carrie Underwood took home a Dove Award at the recent Gospel Music Awards show. Her duet with gospel legend CeCe Winans, “Great Is They Faithfulness” won for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year. Carrie previously earned a GMA Dove Award in 2006 when her debut single, “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” won for Country Recorded Song of the Year.
Reba McEntire has revealed her Fall 2021 Collection for Dillards. Check out the behind-the-scenes of her recent photo shoot.
Keith Urban picked up three ARIA Award nominations for Best Artist and two in the category of Song of the Year (“Love Songs Ain’t For Us” with Amy Shark and “One Too Many” with Pink). The ARIA’s, which celebrate the Australian music industry, will take place November 24th, 2021.
