Jordan Davis loves himself some football, especially his beloved LSU Tigers AND New Orleans Saints. With talk swirling around that this past season would be the last for the Saints’ Drew Brees, Jordan says he’s earned the right to retire when he is ready.

“As far as the retirement thing, a lot of Saints fans out there think we need an answer now or we need to do this. Drew Brees can do whatever he wants,” says Jordan. “If he wants to retire the day before next season, Drew Brees has earned the right to retire the day before next season. When it comes to that, I think Drew can do whatever he wants.”

Jordan is not just an admirer of Drew the player, but Drew as a person. “What he’s done for the game of football, as in the person he is, I think what he’s done for New Orleans really. Any time I think of the season after (Hurricane) Katrina, it gives me chillbumps. I was in Baton Rouge and every Sunday was just this, it was a party. It would’ve been a party no matter what, but it meant a little bit more, and with Drew at the helm of it, you couldn’t have a better guy to run your organization, to kind of help pick a city back up. If you follow him on social media, you know the kind of dad he is, the kind of friend he is, the kind of person he is. You know, he is one of those rare, truly franchise quarterbacks.”

Jordan is currently sitting inside the Top 20 on the country charts with his latest smash, “Almost Maybes.” Be looking for the official music video for “Almost Maybes” to premiere on Friday (February 19th).

Today, Sony Music Publishing announced it has renewed a global deal with award-winning country music superstar Luke Bryan. The four-time Entertainer of the Year and American Idol judge is one of today’s most celebrated country music singer/songwriters with 26 career No. 1 singles, including 13 he co-wrote – among them “I Don’t Want This Night To End,” “Huntin’, Fishin’, And Lovin’ Every Day,” “Move,” “Fast,” “What Makes You Country” and more.

Luke has continued his winning momentum over the last year with his seventh studio album Born Here Live Here Die Here, which has garnered four back-to-back No. 1 songs – “Knockin’ Boots,” “What She Wants Tonight,” “Down To One,” and “One Margarita.”

Recently, Luke announced that he plans to release a deluxe version of Born Here Live Here Die Here on April 9, adding six new songs to the original 10 tracks. He broke the news to fans live on Facebook and played two of his new tunes, “Country Does” and “Waves.” The deluxe edition is available now for pre-order.

Luke said, “I’ve enjoyed many years with Sony Music Publishing and I’m happy to continue our partnership. Songwriters are the backbone of country music and being included in this category with arguably the biggest company in the business is unreal. I’m so thankful.”

Sony Music Publishing Nashville CEO Rusty Gaston said, “I am personally so excited for Luke to extend his long-standing relationship with Sony Music Publishing Nashville. His songs are genuine enough to touch the heart of the individual listener and engaging enough to bring an entire stadium to its feet.”

Luke Bryan launched his music career as a songwriter. He first gained prominence after co-writing Billy Currington’s No. 1 single “Good Directions.” Soon to follow was Luke’s success as an artist with his breakthrough single “All My Friends Say,” from his debut album I’ll Stay Me.

Since his debut in 2009, Luke has become one of country music’s top artists, earning more RIAA certified digital singles than any other country act with 54.5 million. Luke has also tallied 14.6 Billion streams, sold 12.5 million albums, earned seven RIAA album certifications, as well as 22 Platinum singles and 12 Multi-Platinum singles.

He has also received numerous accolades and has won over 40 music awards in total, including seven ACM Awards, including its first-ever Album of the Decade award and two Entertainer of the Year awards; two CMA awards for Entertainer of the Year; seven CMT Music awards; five Billboard Music awards, four American Music awards, an NSAI Artist/Songwriter of the Year award; an iHeart and a Teen Choice award; and many more.

Luke Bryan has entered his fourth season as a judge on ABC’s American Idol, alongside Katy Perry and Lionel Richie. Luke says he’s gained more confidence in knowing what he likes in the vocal talents of the contestants over the past few seasons.

“I think how I’ve changed as a judge is when I really, really like something, I know it, and when I don’t, it’s like let’s get back to the talent. Sometimes we get some wild and crazy artists in there, and if it’s practical, I like to try to be the champion. If it’s a little out there for me, I’m more vocal about that.”

If Papa @LionelRichie said it, you know it's true. #AmericanIdol pic.twitter.com/FQLE4AgCQd

— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) February 16, 2021

Walking to the kitchen at 1AM to grab another snack like…#AmericanIdol pic.twitter.com/VlpLXtxc9j

— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) February 15, 2021

"That's got to be right up there with the @KellyClarkson audition… the @IAMJHUD audition." – @LukeBryanOnline

⭐ RETWEET ⭐ if you agree!@GraceKinstler | #AmericanIdol pic.twitter.com/SUVa1ROvms

— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) February 15, 2021

The chemistry between Luke, Katy and Lionel has also grown more pronounced, especially with the start of the fourth season together.

“The beauty of me and Lionel and Katy is after three seasons and now going into our fourth season, we really kinda can feed off of each other. We know what each other’s thinking, and it’s a true friendship and a true partnership with all of us,” says Luke. “I mean, we’re really focused to find the best talent we can find, because it certainly validates our show and it gives us purpose and reason for being there…we’re working 12 hour days, multiple days in a row, and we want our work to really come to light by finding the right winner and even getting the Top 10 perfect.”

"Katy, what are you doing?" – @LionelRichie

"We're cow tipping." – @LukeBryanOnline@katyperry: 👁️👄👁️#AmericanIdol pic.twitter.com/26wcYKkee8

— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) February 15, 2021

Catch the next episode of American Idol Sunday (February 21st) beginning at 8pm ET/7pm CT on ABC.

Luke is getting poised to enter the top of the country charts with his latest single, “Down to One.”

This year’s Grammy Awards have set the stage for this Sunday (March 14th), and several UMG Nashville artists are in the running. Little Big Town picked up two nods for Best Country Album for Nightfall, as well as one for Best Country Duo/Group for “Sugar Coat,” along with Brothers Osborne for “All Night,” their sixth career Grammy nomination.

Eric Church’s “Stick That in Your Country Song,” Vince Gill’s “When My Amy Prays” and Mickey Guyton’s “Black Like Me” are nominated for Best Country Solo Performance.

Mickey, the first Black solo female artist to be nominated in a Grammy country category, will perform her nominated song “Black Like Me” on Sunday’s show, and she says it will be very emotional for her, as is her first Grammy nomination.

“Getting my first Grammy nomination for ‘Black Like Me’ means the absolute world to me,” she says. “I’ve been pursuing music for a very, very, very long time, and there are many times that I thought I was going to quit. And my music journey didn’t change until I stopped running away from who I really am, embracing who I really am, and opening the door for other people, other people that are marginalized.”

Of significant note, Taylor Swift earned six nominations. folklore, a follow-up to her Lover album, was nominated for best pop vocal album. The album’s lead pop single, “cardigan,” was also recognized in the overall Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance categories. Her collaboration with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, “exile,” received a nod in Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. If that wasn’t all, the “betty” artist earned a nomination for best song written for visual media for her collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber on Cats’ “Beautiful Ghosts.”

The 63rd annual Grammy Awards, hosted by Trevor Noah, will broadcast live on Sunday, March 14th beginning at 8pm ET/5pm PT on CBS. The show will also be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

Best Country Album

Lady Like, Ingrid Andress
Your Life Is a Record, Brandy Clark
Wildcard, Miranda Lambert
Nightfall, Little Big Town
Never Will, Ashley McBryde

Best Country Solo Performance

“Stick That in Your Country Song,” Eric Church
“Who You Thought I Was,” Brandy Clark
“When My Amy Prays,” Vince Gill
“Black Like Me,” Mickey Guyton
“Bluebird,” Miranda Lambert

Best Country Duo / Group Performance

“All Night,” Brothers Osborne
“10,000 Hours,” Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
“Ocean,” Lady A
“Sugar Coat,” Little Big Town
“Some People Do,” Old Dominion

Keith Urban is scaling the country charts with his latest single, “One Too Many,” a soulful country duet with pop superstar P!NK. Unfortunately, due to the global pandemic of COVID-19, the two artists weren’t able to record the song together.

“We had such a great time getting to do that,” says Keith. “I wish we could’ve done it in the same space, but you know with the situation we’re in, of course, we couldn’t do that. So, she recorded her vocal at her house and I did mine at my house, and we put it together.”

Keith loved the song, written by Cleo Tighe, Daniel Davidsen, James Norton, Mich Hansen and Peter Wallevik, immediately and was hoping P!NK would as well.

“This song was written as a duet, and I sent the song to her and luckily she loved it. I loved the song and I was really hoping she would love it, because she’s truly one of the great singers of our generation. So, to hear her voice on this song was phenomenal.”

“One Too Many” is from Keith’s tenth studio album, The Speed of Now Part 1, which also includes “We Were,” “Out The Cage,” “God Whispered Your Name,” “Polaroid” and “Superman.”

Country icon Reba McEntire is set to premiere her All The Women I Am concert special exclusively on YouTube this Friday, March 12, marking the first time the concert has been available digitally and in its entirety, including her signature “Fancy” encore. Filmed in 2011 at the Cajundome in Layfayette, LA, the recording features performances of Reba’s greatest hits including “Is There Life Out There,” “Turn On The Radio” and more. The special will premiere at 7:30pm CT and Reba will celebrate with fans through a chat on her YouTube channel HERE.

In anticipation, Reba has released a special teaser trailer for the event which can be viewed HERE.

“2011 was the last time we got to go out and play a big arena tour, and I’m so glad we captured this show on film. I know it’s not the same as being there in person, but I hope this gives my fans something to enjoy until we can get back out there on the road safely,” shares Reba.

Recently, Reba returned to CBS’ breakout hit “Young Sheldon” as the fiery character June, Dale’s ex-wife. She will make her third guest appearance on the sitcom this Thursday, March 11 at 7pm CT in an episode title “A Pager, a Club and a Cranky Bag of Wrinkles.”

Last year, Reba released two additional concert specials with YouTube, 1990’s Reba In Concert and 1994’s Reba: Live. The specials were a massive success with over 100,000 fans watching in just the first three days. The Country Music Hall of Fame member also re-released her legendary album, Rumor Has It, last year in celebration of the 30^th Anniversary.

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. Earlier this month, Reba received her 51^st CMA nomination as well as her 60^th Top 10 hit on the Billboard chart extending her record for the most among female artists. Reba has now collected Top 10 hits in five straight decades and is the fourth artist to achieve the feat alongside George Jones, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. 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. Reba just launched her very first Spotify original podcast, Living & Learning with Reba McEntire, with her former Reba TV show co-star Melissa Peterman. Together with their guests including Dolly Parton, Leslie Jordan, Kristin Chenoweth and more they explore a variety of topics including aging, cancel culture, dating and more.

Additional information can be found at: www.reba.com

Eric Church wanted to shake things up for his new album project, Heart & Soul. So, he took his producer, band, musicians and songwriters to the mountains of North Carolina and turned a restaurant into a studio for a month-long retreat.

Eric just released a new video taking fans behind-the-scenes of the making of his three-album collection.

He is set to release all three albums in April — Heart & Soul. The & album will only be released to members of his fan club, the Church Choir, on April 20th. Heart will be released April 16th, while Soul will be available April 23rd.

The North Carolina native is making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “Hell Of A View.”

Multi-platinum-selling country star Josh Turner announces special 15^th anniversary deluxe edition of his No. 1 debuting album YOUR MAN. Turner shared the news with fans first at a livestream concert last night from downtown Nashville’s Ole Red. This deluxe edition marks the first time the signature album has been pressed on vinyl which will be available exclusively at Walmart. In addition to the 11 original tracks on the album which feature collaborations with country icons John Anderson, Dr. Ralph Stanley, and Diamond Rio’s Marty Roe, Gene Johnson, and Dana Williams, the deluxe includes three bonus live recordings of Turner’s No. 1 hit songs “Your Man,” “Would You Go With Me,” and the fan favorite “Me and God.”

“The YOUR MAN album holds so many special memories,” says Turner. “It marked so many firsts in my career.  My first No.1 album and single and we were pregnant with our first child. It was a pivotal album in my career, and I am so thankful to be celebrating it 15 years later with the release of YOUR MAN Deluxe Edition.”

Title track “Your Man,” penned by Chris Stapleton, Chris DuBois, and Jace Everett, has become a trademark hit for Turner. His wife Jennifer, who fittingly starred as Turner’s love interest in the official video 15 years ago, surprised Turner on stage last night with the news that the hit song is officially RIAA-certified Triple Platinum.

Josh Turner surprised by his wife Jennifer celebrating Turner’s Triple Platinum hit single “Your Man” from a live concert stream in Nashville, Tenn. March 10, 2021 Photo Credit: Lance Goodman

Pre-order is available now including limited edition packages, merchandise and autographed memorabilia exclusively at YourMan.JoshTurner.com.

YOUR MAN Deluxe Edition CD/Digital Track List:

1. Would You Go With Me
2. Baby’s Gone Home To Mama
3. No Rush
4. Your Man
5. Loretta Lynn’s Lincoln
6. White Noise (featuring John Anderson)
7. Angels Fall Sometimes
8. Lord Have Mercy On A Country Boy
9. Me And God (featuring Dr. Ralph Stanley and Marty Roe, Gene Johnson, and Dana Williams of Diamond Rio)
10. Gravity
11. Way Down South
12. Your Man (Live from Kansas City, MO)
13. Would You Go With Me (Live from Plant City, FL)
14. Me And God (Live from Key Largo, FL)

For more information, visit www.JoshTurner.com.

Multi-PLATINUM singer/ songwriter Kip Moore released his enhanced record WILD WORLD DELUXE on Friday and to celebrate he took his fans to the The Ryman in Nashville, TN both in person as part of a sold-out socially distanced show, as well as virtually via a global livestream. Moore kept fans on their toes during his 26-song set that featured songs and insight into each of his four studio albums to date, performed chronologically through the evening. Once Moore reached his most recent record WILD WORLD, he upped the ante inviting friend and four-time GRAMMY nominee Ashley McBryde to the stage for an unforgettable collaboration on “Janie Blu.” The show also benefitted ACM Lifting Lives, with $1 from every ticket sold being donated to the cause.

WILD WORLD DELUXE offers fans four new tracks, totaling 17 songs on the collection that enhances Moore’s already-heralded fourth studio album released in May 2020. Ahead of its release, Moore gave fans a taste of the new songs releasing the “brawny, energizing anthem” “Don’t Go Changing” (Rolling Stone)and “How High” praised by Billboard as a “sexy, catchy track that captures Moore’s trademark intense gruffness.

Multi-PLATINUM singer/ songwriter Kip Moore has toured the world headlining his own shows, earning acclaim and a rabid fanbase as an all-in performer in each setting, wrapping 40 sold-out headlining shows in The U.S, The U.K. and Canada at the beginning of 2020. Praised by Noisey as “an uncompromising, genre-defying artist firing on all cylinders” Moore has blazed his own trail. Moore’s revered fourth studio album WILD WORLD spawned his recent Top 15 single “She’s Mine.” The current CMA “International Artist Achievement Award” nominee first splashed into the mainstream with the double-PLATINUM No.One “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck” in 2012, then followed up with three more best selling No. Ones (“Hey Pretty Girl,” “Beer Money” and “More Girls Like You”), a trio of ambitious, critically-praised albums and two gritty EPs that landed Moore on multiple “Best Of” lists. For more information visit kipmoore.net.

The list of performers at this year’s Grammy Awards has been announced. Taylor Swift — who is among this year’s top nominees with six nods including overall Album of the Year for folklore and Song of the Year for “cardigan”  — is set to perform, as is Mickey Guyton who will make her first appearance on the show. Mickey is nominated in Best Country Solo Performance for “Black Like Me.”

Other performers include Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Post Malone, Brandi Carlile, BTS, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Haim, John Mayer, Megan Thee Stallion and Harry Styles, among others.

The 63rd annual Grammy Awards, hosted by Trevor Noah, will broadcast live on Sunday, March 14th beginning at 8pm ET/5pm PT on CBS. The show will also be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.