Lauren Alaina releases her new and most personal and soul-shifting album Sitting Pretty On Top of the World TODAY (September 3rd). Sitting Pretty On Top of the World, Alaina’s third full-length album for Mercury Nashville, follows on the heels of her two critically-acclaimed career-changing EPs released in 2020, Getting Good EP and Getting Over Him EP.

#SittingPrettyOnTopOfTheWorld has officially arrived! 🌎 ✨

Listen to @Lauren_Alaina's 3rd album here: https://t.co/62v5CNKWys pic.twitter.com/nYOg5GAvdC

— Universal Nashville (@UMGNashville) September 3, 2021

Lauren partners with Opry Entertainment and her friend Blake Shelton’s Ole Red in downtown Nashville for a Sitting Pretty On Top of the World album release Livestream celebration on Tuesday, September 7TH at 8:30 PM Central. The show is free and open to the public. Lauren will introduce and perform songs from the new album. In addition to the live audience, the livestream event will be available to fans all over the world through both Lauren’s Facebook (@LaurenAlaina) and Ole Red’s Facebook (@OleRedNashville).

The Georgia native was a featured guest this week on Entertainment Tonight to talk about her journey to this third album, her upcoming book and starring role in the Hallmark movie, “Roadhouse Romance.” The multi-award winner will have upcoming features and interviews in Billboard, FORBES, PEOPLE, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Southern Living, CMT Hot 20, CIRCLE TV’s Southern Weekend (Oct 14), Holler Country, Music Row and more.

Features have run in EverythingNash.com, Country Now, RIFF Magazine, Sounds Like Nashville, Taste of Country, The Boot, Outsider.com and more.

Alongside award-winning songwriters Liz Rose, Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey, Emily Weisband, David Garcia, Ben Johnson, and more, Lauren co-wrote 14 of the 15 songs on Sitting Pretty On Top of the World, including her current single “Getting Over Him,” featuring Jon Pardi, which is climbing the country charts.

Sitting Pretty On Top of the World Track Listing:
1.   It Was Me                                                             Lauren Alaina, Hillary Lindsey

2. If The World Was A Small Town                         Lauren Alaina, David Garcia, Josh Miller
3. Getting Good (featuring Trisha Yearwood)         Emily Weisband
4. Same Story, Different Saturday Night                 Lauren Alaina, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
5. On Top Of The World                                          Lauren Alaina, Jordan Reynolds, Sasha Sloan
6. Run                                                                       Lauren Alaina, Ben Johnson, Kennedi Lykken
7. What Do You Think Of? (w Lukas Graham)       Lauren Alaina, Jens Carlsson, Asia Whiteacre
8. I’m Not Sad Anymore                                          Lauren Alaina, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
9. Getting Over Him (w Jon Pardi)                          Lauren Alaina, Paul DiGiovanni, Emily Weisband
10. Good Ole Boy                                                       Lauren Alaina, David Garcia, Josh Miller
11. When The Party’s Over                                        Lauren Alaina, David Garcia Corey Crowder
12. You Ain’t A Cowboy                                           Lauren Alaina, Casey Brown, Parker Welling
13. Goodbye Street                                                     Lauren Alaina, Jacob Durrett, Ernest K. Smith
14. Written In The Bar                                               Lauren Alaina, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
15. Change My Mind                                                  Lauren Alaina, Cameron Bedell, Seth Ennis

Sitting Pretty On Top of the World was produced by Paul DiGiovanni, with exception of her song “Getting Good” which was produced by David Garcia.

In addition to her new release, the ‘Fall of Lauren Alaina’ includes the Georgia native also starring in a Hallmark Channel movie “Roadhouse Romance” premiering on September 11. On November 23, her inspirational book, Getting Good At Being You will be released. The book is available for presale now wherever books are sold.

About Lauren Alaina:

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 most recently “One Beer” (2020) with friend and rising star HARDY (also his first career No. 1).

Her two EPs, Getting Over Him EP and the previous Getting Good EP (March 2020) are evidence of Lauren’s evolution as a songwriter and as an artist as she wrote each of the songs on both EPs. The title track to Getting Good EP was recently certified GOLD by the RIAA. The pair of EPs follow her No. 1 smash “Road Less Traveled” from the 2017 most-streamed album of the year for a female country artist, Road Less Traveled. Her critically acclaimed sophomore album, Road Less Traveled, landed on multiple “Best Of” lists including Billboard, Rolling Stone and Amazon, and it became the top-streamed female country album release of 2017. Praised as “full of life lessons and uplift” (PEOPLE), the collection of 12 songs all written by the young star includes Lauren’s first No. 1 smash, “Road Less Traveled,” “Doin’ Fine,” and the inspiring, “Three.”

The “sassy Southerner with killer pipes” (PARADE) has shared the stage with superstars including Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Martina McBride and Jason Aldean, and sold out her own, first-ever headlining, That Girl Was Me Tour.

Lauren has received multiple nominations for ACM Awards, CMA Awards, CMT Music Awards, Teen Choice Awards, Radio Disney Awards and Billboard Music Awards. Awards include 2017 ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year, CMT Breakthrough Video of the Year for her “Road Less Traveled,” and CMT Collaborative Video of the Year for “What Ifs,” the 6x Platinum-selling No. 1 hit with childhood friend, Kane Brown.

The Georgia native has played 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 and more including a performance at the White House for President Obama for a PBS special.

Reba McEntire is set to release REVIVED REMIXED REVISITED on October 8th with pre-order available now. The three-part box set is a reimagined collection of some of Reba’s most iconic songs. REVIVED includes some of Reba’s biggest hits as they’ve evolved over the years in her live show and features all new arrangements of fan favorites like “Is There Life Out There” and “Can’t Even Get The Blues” recorded with Reba’s touring band. REMIXED puts a whole new spin on songs including “Little Rock” and “I’m A Survivor” and on REVISITED, Reba works with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb to strip back and recut songs like “Somebody Should Leave” and “Consider Me Gone,” and it features the long-awaited pairing of Reba and Dolly Parton on the classic duet “Does He Love You.”

In an exclusive interview with Variety, Reba shares, “I’ve been continuing to make new albums, and we really haven’t spent the time to slow down enough to revisit and work the catalog and remind people of what we’ve done in the past. I’m really a forward thinker, so that was a little out of my realm,” but when presented with this idea, she says she was thrilled. “I think it’s very important to keep the songs of mine that my fans grew up on (alive). My fans are very loyal, very sweet to me, and I think they’re going to enjoy this three-album package where they can sit down and say, ‘Oh, I remember when Reba sang that in Omaha.’” Read more of Reba’s interview HERE including her thoughts on working with Dave Cobb, world-class remixers, and Dolly Parton.

The collection spans Reba’s entire career and today, she shares a song from each set- “Is There Life Out There” from REVIVED, “I’m A Survivor” (Lafemmebear Remix) from REMIXED, and “Consider Me Gone” from REVISITED.

Reba also joins celebrated TV personality Nancy O’Dell Aug. 23 at 7pm ET/ 6 CT for talkshoplive where fans can pre-order special autographed editions of the box set, plus hear stories around the making of REVIVED REMIXED REVISITED.

Additionally, the final dates for “REBA, BROOKS & DUNN: Together in Vegas,” the longest-running country residency in Las Vegas, were announced for Dec. 1-15, 2021 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. “REBA, BROOKS & DUNN: Together in Vegas,” is a culmination of the friendship and musical admiration the trio has shared since first touring together in 1993 and features more than 30 action-packed hits backed by a band of 10 players from both of their touring crews.

For more Reba news, music and information, visit www.Reba.com or find @Reba on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Reba McEntire:
Multi-media entertainment mogul Reba McEntire has become a household name through a successful career that spans across music, television, film, theater and retail. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Hollywood Bowl member has won 16 ACM Awards, 15 American Music Awards, 9 People’s Choice Awards, 6 CMA Awards, 3 GRAMMY® Awards, a GMA Dove Award and was a 2018 Kennedy Center Honors recipient, in addition to multiple philanthropic and leadership honors. Reba has celebrated unprecedented success including 35 career No.1 singles and selling over 56 million albums worldwide. Reba recently earned her 60^th Top 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, extending her record for the most Top 10 hits among female artists. Reba’s Top 10 success spans across five straight decades and lands her alongside only George Jones, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton in the achievement. The Oklahoma native and Golden Globe® nominated actress has 11 movie credits to her name, a lead role on Broadway in Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun and starred in the six-season television sitcom Reba. Her brand partnerships include Dillard’s, REBA by Justin™ and she was named the first female and musician to portray KFC’s iconic founder Colonel Harland Sanders in their celebrity colonel campaign. Last year, Reba launched her very first Spotify original podcast, Living & Learning with Reba McEntire, with guests including Dolly Parton, Leslie Jordan, Kristin Chenoweth and more as they explore a variety of topics including aging, cancel culture, dating and more. Reba recently released “Somehow You Do,” written by Diane Warren, and featured in the motion picture “Four Good Days” starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis.

Keith Urban heard a lot of negative comments when he was trying to get his break into the music community. All he ever wanted to do is play music for a living, probably since his dad gave him his first guitar at the age of six. Like the message in his new song, “Wild Hearts,” “sometimes you just gotta prove ’em wrong” when you’re following your dream.

“That second verse in the song talks about ‘has anyone ever told you you’ll never amount to anything and you’re just wasting your time chasing that tail of a dragon kind of dream.’  I had plenty of those people in my life that didn’t believe in me, thought I was wasting my time,” says Keith. “And I probably found that fuel for my fire even more than the people who believed in me. It was sort of the motivation for proving them wrong was great motivation.”

He recalls one older country artist in Australia making a condescending comment to him after he returned from writing songs in Nashville who ended up adding more fuel to the fire.

“One of my first trips to America when I was about 21, 22, I came to Nashville and wrote some songs, went back to Australia. And I was playing at a country music festival. I’ll never forget it,” he says. “And this older country artist said to me backstage,‘So, where you been?’ I said ‘Oh, I’ve been in Nashville writing songs.’ And I was like so excited and he looked at me and he said, ‘Yeah, yeah, you’ve got to get it out of your system, don’t ya?’ And I could have punched this guy square in the face. I was so angry at this comment, this kind of condescending, jaded thing that this guy said to me, and I’ve burned on that fuel for so many years. I think about that guy a lot and I’m grateful now that he gave me that fuel to burn on because it was a 180 degree turn from how I felt about my life and what I wanted to do in my life. So, that verse is kind of somewhat of a thank you to the people who say you can’t do it because they give me, people like me a lot of fuel.”

Keith recently posted a video on his socials at age 16 performing during a talent show Down Under, in which the panel of judges gave him some negative criticism. Using a cool editing technique, it appeared as if the early version of Keith was singing his new song, “Wild Hearts,” and flashing to present day with Keith performing in front of thousands of fans.

Sometimes…you just gotta prove ’em wrong.https://t.co/wwqUGab3Rc pic.twitter.com/0c4YyLuQ85

— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) September 3, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMvZqaqM3A

Reba McEntire is set to host the 2021 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees announcement on August 16th. You can watch a livestream of the announcement beginning at 11am ET/10am CT on the CMA’s YouTube Channel.

Today, GRAMMY® Award winning superstars Carrie Underwood and Dan + Shay present their much-anticipated collaboration “Only Us” as the next song to be unveiled from the Dear Evan Hansen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), releasing on September 24 through Interscope Records. Additionally, they’ve shared an in-studio performance video with footage from the film to accompany the track. Listen to “Only Us”—HERE.

Underwood and Dan + Shay have come together for the first time for a powerful and passionate recording of this soaring ballad, produced by Dan (Smyers). They’ve ultimately delivered the collaboration audiences have clamored for over the years—and are finally receiving now.  Also released today is the film version of “Only Us” performed by Kaitlyn Dever & Ben Platt. Listen to the film version HERE.

The full lineup of artists has been revealed for the soundtrack, including Sam Smith with Summer Walker, SZA,  Carrie Underwood and Dan + Shay, FINNEAS and Tori Kelly. Plus, the 16-track album features new recordings by the film cast of these beloved songs with music and lyrics by the Oscar^®, Grammy^®, and Tony^® winning songwriting team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman). Among the new songs, the Soundtrack also includes “A Little Closer” performed by Colton Ryan and “The Anonymous Ones” performed by Amandla Stenberg, who co-wrote the lyrics and music with Pasek and Paul. FINNEAS and SZA add their renditions of these originals to the soundtrack.

Last month, Universal Pictures & Interscope Records unveiled new renditions of the film’s iconic anthems “Waving Through A Window” and “You Will Be Found” performed by Tony^®, Grammy^® and Emmy^® winner Ben Platt, who originated the role of Evan Hansen on Broadway and reprises the role for the film.

Pre-order the Dear Evan Hansen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).  —HERE.

Dear Evan Hansen opened on Broadway in December 2016 and became a generation-defining phenomenon, winning six Tony Awards, including for Best Musical and for Ben Platt as Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. The show’s cast album would go on to earn a Grammy^®.

Now, in the film, Ben Platt returns as Evan Hansen, an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Wonder), the film is written for the screen by the show’s Tony^® winner Steven Levenson with music and lyrics by Pasek & Paul. Dear Evan Hansen stars six-time Oscar^® nominee Amy Adams, Oscar^® winner Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Colton Ryan (Little Voice), Nik Dodani (Atypical) and Danny Pino (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit).

The film is produced by Marc Platt (La La Land, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins Returns) and Adam Siegel (2 Guns, Drive), and is executive produced by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Michael Bederman and Stacey Mindich.

Tracklist:

1. Waving Through A Window – Ben Platt & Dear Evan Hansen Choir
2. For Forever – Ben Platt
3. Sincerely Me – Colton Ryan, Ben Platt & Nik Dodani
4. Requiem – Kaitlyn Dever, Danny Pino & Amy Adams
5. If I Could Tell Her – Ben Platt & Kaitlyn Dever
6. The Anonymous Ones – Amandla Stenberg
7. You Will Be Found – Ben Platt, Amandla Stenberg, Liz Kate, DeMarius Copes, Isaac Powell, Hadiya Eshe’, Kaitlyn Dever & Dear Evan Hansen Choir
8. Only Us – Kaitlyn Dever & Ben Platt
9. Words Fail – Ben Platt
10. So Big / So Small – Julianne Moore
11. A Little Closer – Colton Ryan
12. You Will Be Found – Sam Smith feat. Summer Walker
13. The Anonymous Ones – SZA
14. Only Us – Carrie Underwood & Dan + Shay
15. A Little Closer – FINNEAS
16. Waving Through A Window – Tori Kelly

Luke Bryan released his new five-part docuseries this past Friday. My Dirt Road Diary, which can be seen on IMDb TV, chronicles Luke’s life and career, including some of the family tragedies that shaped his course, as well as the extreme successes he’s experienced over the past several years. He says he hopes people experiencing tragedy and the ups and downs of life experience hope when watching the docuseries.

“I’m excited for the potential to help people heal through tragedy and being inspired through tragedy and the ups and downs in life,” says Luke. “So many people deal with that and are going through that constantly, so I hope that they can watch this and really feel, understand that there is a light on the other side.”

The reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year is closing in on the top spot on the country charts with his latest summer smash, “Waves.” He takes his Proud To Be Right Here Tour to Columbia, Maryland tonight (August 12th), Wantagh, New York Friday (August 13th) and Darien Center, NY on Saturday (August 14th).

Lauren Alaina has lived a lot of life in the past few years, and with her new album, Sitting Pretty On Top Of The World, she is very transparent in singing about her ups and downs, heartbreaks and losses and the life experiences that have shaped who she is now.

“Honestly, I feel like the collection of songs really showcases my growth in the last few years of my life. And I share a lot of really personal stories on this album, really big moments in my life that kind of changed and shaped who I am, and this album for me is about me being a woman,” says Lauren. “My music in the past has been about me becoming a woman, and this album is about me loving myself despite some boy not loving me or grieving the loss of my stepfather and achieving my dreams and riding that out. And I’m just I’m excited for the fans to hear my take on the things that have happened in my life because I’ve lived a pretty public life for the last ten years, and I think it’s about time that I tell what happened and I tell my story and Sitting Pretty On Top of the World is the way that I get to do that.”

The collection features 15 tracks and will be released tomorrow (September 3rd). Alongside award-winning songwriters Liz Rose, Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey, Emily Weisband, David Garcia, Ben Johnson, and more, Alaina co-wrote 14 of the 15 songs on Sitting Pretty On Top of the World, including her latest single, “Getting Over Him” featuring Jon Pardi, which is currently climbing the country charts.

Alaina describes how personal this album is saying, “It’s about a dreamer becoming an achiever. It’s being broken and ending up healed. It’s all of me. The early chapters. The new beginnings. The hope for the future and total appreciation for the past. Taking the Road Less Traveled and ending up Sitting Pretty on Top of the World.”

In addition to the 12 brand new songs included on Sitting Pretty on Top of the World, Alaina included the two duets she recorded for her Getting Over Him EP– “What Do You Think Of?” featuring international pop sensation Lukas Graham and “Getting Over Him” featuring Jon Pardi. Additionally, the Georgia native also reached out to her friend/mentor Trisha Yearwood to remix the just recently GOLD certified “Getting Good” from her Getting Good EP to include as a duet on this new album.

Sitting Pretty On Top Of The World Track List:

1. It Was Me
2. If The World Was A Small Town
3. Getting Good (Duet with Trisha Yearwood)
4. Same Story, Different Saturday Night
5. On Top Of The World
6. Run
7. I’m Not Sad Anymore
8. What Do You Think Of? (With Lukas Graham)
9. Getting Over Him (With Jon Pardi)
10. Good Ole Boy
11. When The Party’s Over
12. You Ain’t A Cowboy
13. Goodbye Street
14. Written In The Bar
15. Change My Mind

In more Lauren Alaina news, the Georgia native will star in a Hallmark Channel movie “Roadhouse Romance” premiering on September 11th. On November 2nd, her book, Getting Good At Being You will be released.

Travis Denning is on the road with Brothers Osborne on their “We’re Not For Everyone Tour,” in addition to his own tour dates. When he boards the tour bus, there ARE a few items he HAS to take on the road, which includes his trusty fishing pole.

“I’ll take my laptop. If I’ve got to do anything, I just want to make sure I can accomplish it,” says Travis. “I have brought the workout stuff on the road ‘cause I’ve got to get back in the groove a little bit, so I’ve got the jump rope and all that. And hey, we know what number-three is. There’s a fishing pole in that bay. Don’t worry about it. There’s always a pole; there’s a fishing pole and my Ugly Stick backpack. So, I can look like a 12-year-old fishing nerd at any pond anywhere in the United States of America.”

Travis, who is making his way up the country charts with his latest song “ABBY,” joins John and TJ when they stop in Dubuque, Iowa on August 15th. Check travisdenning.com for more information.

Some of Country Music’s biggest stars, including Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Mickey Guyton, Darius Rucker and Carrie Underwood,  perform during the CMA Summer Jam television special airing tomorrow night (September 2nd). The three-hour special, which was filmed in July of this year against Nashville’s skyline, will feature more than 30 performances.

Also performing are  Jimmie Allen, Gabby Barrett, BRELAND, Luke Combs, Florida Georgia Line, HARDY, Miranda Lambert, Carly Pearce, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Cole Swindell, Thomas Rhett, Lainey Wilson and Dwight Yoakam.

The CMA Summer Jam will air Thursday (September 2nd) at 8pm ET on ABC.

Carrie Underwood has been nominated for two Gospel Music Association Dove Awards for her critically-acclaimed album of gospel hymns, My Savior. The album is nominated for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year and her duet with gospel superstar CeCe Winans, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” is nominated for Inspirational 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!!!

Here’s a look behind the scenes… https://t.co/2db4DVjCfM pic.twitter.com/yAcsnjeMwP

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) August 12, 2021

My Savior was released this past March. The album debuted #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 raised over $112,000 for Save the Children. The My Savior: LIVE From The Ryman concert DVD and television special were released this month.

“It should be like a warm hug, and I feel like there’s so many people that are like me that kind of long for that,” Carrie has said about the album. “You think back to that sense of home and your church that you grew up in with the pews. I mean it’s just one of those things that it just feels like home. And after a year like last year, I feel like people are definitely searching. A lot of people were thrown out of their daily routines and trying to figure life out and be more introspective or kind of slow down. We were all forced to slow down.”

Underwood recently announced the upcoming release of her album My Gift (Special Edition) on CD/digital September 24th, and on vinyl November 5, featuring three additional tracks. Initially released September 25, 2020, Underwood’s first-ever Christmas album, My Gift, debuted #1 across multiple global charts, including Billboard’s Country, Christian and Holiday album charts.

The 52^nd Annual GMA Dove Awards will be held live and in-person on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in Nashville, and will be broadcast worldwide on Friday, October 22nd, 2021 through TBN.