Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas has held onto the top of the country charts for the THIRD WEEK in a row! The holiday collection, which features appearances by Luke Bryan, George Strait, Josh Turner, Alison Krauss and the whole Robertson family, sold more than 66-thousand copies to land at No. 1 on the country chart and at No. 4 overall on the Billboard Top 200. Luke Bryan’s Crash My Party follows at No. 2 on the country chart.

As the holidays are fast approaching, Willie Robertson said other than the health of his family, there’s really nothing he wants this year…except for one thing. “I can’t really think of anything that I want or need at this point,” he says. “Maybe a million of record sales on Duck the Halls Robertson Family Christmas. That would be a good Christmas gift.” The family’s holiday album is well on its way!

If you want to catch Willie performing “Hairy Christmas” with his pal, Luke Bryan, tune into the TV special, CMA Country Christmas, December 2nd at 9pm ET on ABC.

Willie (what he wants for Christmas) OC: …Christmas gift. :14
“What do I want from ole Santa Claus? You know what, I can’t really think of anything that I want or need at this point. Maybe a million of record sales on Duck the Halls Robertson Family Christmas. That would be a good Christmas gift.”

Brothers Osborne (New Year) OC: (TJ) …next month. :44
JOHN: “I think it’s kind of funny how we spend literally the last moment and the very first moment of every year being extremely intoxicated, extremely, because you don’t want to wait until like 12:30 to get your buzz on. You’ve got to do it before midnight, and then once midnight happens, you’re like, ‘Omigod! Now it’s time to celebrate even more.’ Debauchery is the literally bookending your entire year.” TJ: “I love how everyone starts the year off with diets and then we end the year with like excessive amounts of food. And then you get to the end of the year, you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m going to start a diet on the 1st, so I’m going to eat everything that’s in front of me.’ I love it.” JOHN: “And come February 1st, ‘what diet?’” [laughs] TJ: “What diet? I’ll start it next month.” [laughs]

Eric Church (hangover cure) OC: …every time. :17
“The best hangover cure – I’ve got two. One is 5-hour Energy [bottles], because of all the B-vitamins that are in it. You can start pounding those, and it’s either gonna work, or it’s gonna keep you up and prolong your misery. But the other one I have is just take two Advil and a beer in the morning. Hair of the dog, man – that works every time.”

Jennifer Nettles (New Year 2014) OC: …a musician. :57
“I’m excited in the time factor of the release of my album symbolically right at the New Year. It’s in January, January 14^th, by the way! I’m excited for it to come out then, because I think that’ll be a new chapter. I think deciding to do this solo project and writing for it and recording it and the whole process has definitely been and will continue to be a work in progress. But out of that whole book, this is a new chapter will be when I actually put the album out there and fans can get it, so I’ll be excited about that. I’m going to be going on tour to support it starting in February, which will be exciting to get to play all these songs live and watch how they evolve in front of a crowd and to connect again with my fans in that way, ‘cause I love performing live. It’s actually my favorite part of getting to be a musician.”

Kacey Musgraves (NYE) OC: …water. Yup! :32
“Coconut water is a major help with hangovers and also, a lot of times we go and eat Vietnamese fuh. It’s a soup, and it’s got this awesome broth. You can get different things in it or whatever, but for some reason, it’s just like…it’s almost like a chicken noodle soup kind of an idea, you know, but it’s good. That’s good for hangovers too. That, sleep, Tylenol, coconut water and just water, in general. And when you’re drinking, have your alcohol, drink a little bit of water, drink some more alcohol, drink some water. Yup!”

Luke Bryan (New Years-best) OC: …great night. :17
“My best New Year’s Eve is definitely when my wife and I started back dating. We started back dating right before Christmas, and we went on a trip down to Florida and met some friends. And her birthday is New Year’s Eve. We celebrated it that night. It was just a great night.”

Dierks Bentley sends out holiday greetings to his fans.

Kelleigh Bannen sings her version of the Christmas classic, “Silent Night,” with a little help from guitarist Shawn Byrne.

Take a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the Official Music Video for Lady Antebellum‘s “Compass.”

The members of the Robertson family are celebrating the success of their holiday music offering, Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas, which has sold nearly 600,000 copies.

When you think of Christmas music, one of the main songs you know is “Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” which Sadie Robertson and Uncle Si recorded for the album.The guys realize that Santa’s reindeer — Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen, as well as the famous Rudolph – have a very big job to do, however, ask them to name them all, and they’ll have a pretty difficult time coming up with the names of all of the four-legged animals.

Si (reindeer) OC: …bothering them. :19
“Hey look, name all the reindeer, are you joking Jack?  But look here, you’ve got Rudolf the red nosed reindeer, Prancer, Dancer, Blitzen, Yahoo, whatever.  Hey that’s all I can remember.  There’s about four of them that’s sticking to my mind.  The rest of them just fly away like they should.  They got a big sleigh to pull.  Don’t be bothering them.

Jase (reindeer) OC: …Louisiana. :42
“I’m not a big reindeer guy.  When I was a kid when everybody was sitting around watching Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer I was out in the wood hunting, usually hunting deer or duck.  So I never had the attachment to the reindeer. My wife hates it when I say that because she’s like, ‘Well, that’s not showing the Christmas spirit. I’m like look, I eat deer. I’m not apologizing for it.  I know Rudolf. That’s about it. He had a red nose, which would have been terrible for his life support to go through the woods with a glowing nose. Just always thought that was kind of dumb. Rudolf wouldn’t last long in Louisiana.”

Phil (reindeer) OC: …eat them. :03
“I don’t name reindeer.  I kill them and eat them.”

Willie (reindeer) OC: …with Blitzer. [laughs] :11
“My favorite reindeer name is Spritzer. If you’re not familiar with that you have to listen to Si’s version. It rhymes with Blitzer.” [laughs]

Lady Antebellum‘s Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood are helping the performing rights organization ASCAP celebrate their 100th anniversary, which actually occurs February 13th. The guys, along with R&B star Ne-Yo, Dan Wilson and Claudia Brant

ASCAP commissioned the short film “Why We Create Music,” which is a behind-the-scenes look into the creative process of a veritable who’s-who of today’s top songwriters and composers. Combining footage from more than 10 separate film shoots around the country, the film explores the meaning and power of music as expressed by the music creators themselves. In addition, from shoot to shoot an unprecedented collaborative musical composition was built as each participant added their own musical “voice” to the score. The companion song, “More Than The Stars,” with its music video, was completely written and recorded during the actual film shoots for the film.

Check out the video below.

Lauren Alaina took to the streets of Nashville to spread a little Christmas cheer on Tuesday night (December 17th). She gathered a few friends to go caroling door-to-door in a Nashville neighborhood. The 19-year-old alternately called her group the Alaina Clauses or the Hal-Alaina Chorus, who performed such classic holiday tunes as “Deck the Halls,” “Silent Night,” “Away in a Manger” and “Jingle Bells,” among others.

The group didn’t perform a couple of her favorite Christmas songs, however. “I have a few favorites, like a fast favorite, actually surprisingly, is ‘Oh Santa’ by Mariah Carey. I jam to that, girl. I am crazy about that song,” says Lauren. “I also like ‘O Holy Night’ when I really want to sing and get in the Christmas spirit.”

Most folks who had the luck of having the 2011 American Idol contestant sing for them didn’t recognize Lauren. However, according to USA Today, one woman told her, “You should go on American Idol.”

AUDIO: Lauren Alaina talks about her favorite Christmas songs.

Lauren Alaina (favorite Christmas songs) OC: …loved Christmas. :22
“Well, I have a few favorites, like a fast favorite, actually surprisingly, is ‘Oh Santa’ by Mariah Carey. I jam to that, girl. I am crazy about that song. And I also like ‘O Holy Night’ when I really want to sing and get in the Christmas spirit. It was my grandmother’s favorites, one of her favorites. My grandmother loved Christmas.”

Jennifer Nettles is among the artists set to honor singer-songwriter Carole King as the 2014 MusicCares Person of the Year January 24th in L.A., one day prior to the Grammy Awards. Martina McBride, Dixie Chicks, Lady Gaga, Bette Middler, James Taylor and Steven Tyler will also perform at the event to benefit MusiCares, which provides support for people in the music industry in times of personal, financial and medical need.

Jennifer, who is gearing up to release her new album, That Girl, next month, has been influenced by the songs and music of Carole King. In fact, one of the songs on her new album, “This Song is For You,” which she co-wrote with Sara Bareilles, has a certain Carole King kind of vibe to it. “It feels definitely like a singer- songwriter type song,” says Jennifer. “Much of this album has a lot of a 70s radio on it, and who better to emulate or be inspired by than Carole King.”

That Girl, featuring the title track and current single, arrives in stores and at all online retailers January 14th.

AUDIO: Jennifer Nettles’ new album, That Girl, includes a song influenced by the sounds of Carole King.

Jennifer Nettles (Carole King mention) OC: …Carole King. :18
“I love the Carole King vibe of it….for me it feels definitely like a singer-songwriter type song. Much of this album has a lot of a 70s radio on it and who better to emulate or by inspired by than Carole King.”

Nashville, TN – Dec. 16, 2013– PLATINUM-selling artist Kip Moore extinguished his BURN THE WHOLE WORLD DOWN tour this weekend wrapping up with a sold-out show at Cleveland’s House of Blues on Saturday night. His headlining run resulted in sold-out dates thrilling thousands of fans with a preview of new music and what is to come from “one of Nashville’s breakout stars…” (Washington Post) in 2014.

Moore’s album UP ALL NIGHT was the best selling debut album from any solo male country artist released in 2012 and 2013, and produced three back-to-back No. one singles with “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck,” “Beer Money” and “Hey Pretty Girl.”  From national TV appearances like TODAY, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Conan, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to his first stadium slot as part of CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock and a photo spread in PEOPLE Country’s “Hottest Guy’s” issue, Moore has captivated a loyal following in both fans and critics.  This year also brought Moore his first CMA Award nomination in the “New Artist Of The Year” category.

As he heads into 2014, Moore is armed with the recently released lead single, “Young Love,” from his upcoming sophomore album.  A constant road warrior, Moore will pick up with Lady Antebellum on their TAKE ME DOWNTOWN TOUR on Jan. 10 in Peoria, IL.  For a full list of tour dates and more information, visit www.kipmoore.net.