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Carrie Underwood is nearing the Top 10 on the country charts with her latest smash, “Love Wins,” and the soaring notes at the end feature a choir made up of her, songwriters Brett James and Dave Barnes, as well as producer-writer David Garcia and vocalists Perry Coleman, Vicky Hampton and Wendy Moten and some pretty amazing strings.

Carrie says it “felt right to have a choir” on “Love Wins.” “There’s something that’s heavenly about it and how it all comes out and you’re like, ‘Ahhhhh,’” she says. “There’s just something that makes my heart jump when I hear this. Yeah, a choir just felt right.”

Love certainly wins this week! Congrats to @carrieunderwood for taking the No. 1 spot of the countdown 💛 https://t.co/v95rHPdfjq pic.twitter.com/IMMcMneBMv

— CMT Hot 20 Countdown (@cmtHot20) March 10, 2019

Carrie, who is nominated for ACM Female Artist of the Year, is set to launch her Cry Pretty Tour 360 May 1st in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Kacey Musgraves is set to perform on the iHeart Music Awards airing this Thursday (March 14th) on FOX beginning at 8pm ET.

Jordan Davis, Adam Hambrick and Caylee Hammack have been announced to perform during the ACM Party for a Cause events leading up to this year’s ACM Awards in Las Vegas on April 7th. They’ll be joined by Jimmie Allen, Brantley Gilbert, Scotty McCreery, Tracy Lawrence, Carly Pearce, AJ McLean and Cassadee Pope among others. Previously announced artists include Darius Rucker, Lauren Alaina, Maddie & Tae and many others. The events support ACM Lifting Lives, the charitable arm of the ACM. Tickets are on sale now. For more information, go to PartyForaCause.com.

Keith Urban has been overseas playing the C2C Festival on his Graffiti U World Tour. He documented his stops in Berlin and Amsterdam, as well as Glasgow, and the crowds seem to be just as crazy about the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year as North America. Check it out below.

https://twitter.com/KeithUrban/status/1104536998772117505/video/1

Keith plays Dublin, Ireland Sunday night (March 10th), and he’ll return to the states to play fairs and festivals beginning with the Sun Fest in West Palm Beach, Florida on May 5th.

Keith is nominated for Entertainer and Male Artist of the Year at this year’s ACM Awards, which will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas April 7th at 8pm ET on CBS.

Adam Hambrick is featured on the star-studded soundtrack for the new film, Breakthrough, which includes music from and inspired by the highly-anticipated motion picture. He saw the film and only had a few days to come up with a concept, write and record the song and submit it to the film’s producers. He even finished up the song during some adverse conditions.

“We were doing some radio shows and we were doing some out of town stuff, so I was, it was very go, go, and I didn’t have a lot of time. I spent about three hours one afternoon in my office in Nashville coming up with concepts and kind of sifting through ideas, and then the deadline was coming up to submit the song if I wanted to be a part of the soundtrack,” says Adam. “And so, I was running out of time. I was in Minneapolis in the middle of a snowstorm, and I Ubered in the middle of a snowstorm to the guitar store, it was a place called Twin Town Guitar, a really cool little guitar shop in Minneapolis. I picked up an old Gibson in there, and I just went in the back to one of their amp rooms and I just didn’t come out until I finished the song, and it came out super fast too, because I finished the song that afternoon in Minneapolis; Two days later, I recorded it with my producer Andrew DeRoberts, and then another three days later it was mixed and mastered. And so, we turned the song around really fast, but it still felt natural. It didn’t feel like it was rushed. It felt like it was just sort of supposed to happen.”

Adam, who is performing during the C2C Festival in the UK this weekend, is currently making his way up the country charts with “Rockin’ All Night Long.”

The star-studded album Breakthrough, music from and inspired by the highly-anticipated motion picture, releases April 5th on Mercury Nashville. The soundtrack includes all original music and recordings from Adam Hambrick, Carrie Underwood, Chrissy Metz, Darius Rucker, Jukebox the Ghost, Lauren Alaina, Maddie & Tae, Mickey Guyton, Phil Wickham, Pigeon John, and Taylor Mosby plus special featured guests Kirk Franklin and Lecrae.

Pre-order now HERE and immediately receive lead actor, Chrissy Metz’s “I’m Standing With You,” an original song written for the film by award-winning songwriter Diane Warren. Additional tracks featured in the movie include the inspirational hit single “Love Wins,” co-written and performed by Carrie Underwood; “Hold On,” co-written and performed by Mickey Guyton; “This is Amazing Grace,” performed by Phil Wickham featuring Lecrae; “Looking Out for Me” by Adam Hambrick and more.

Breakthrough [Music From & Inspired By The Motion Picture] Track Listing:

1. “I’m Standing With You” – Chrissy Metz
   Written by Diane Warren

1. “Hold On” – Mickey Guyton
   Written by Mickey Guyton, Karen Kosowski, Victoria Banks

1. “Love Wins” – Carrie Underwood
   Written by Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Brett James

1. “Breathe Again” – Lauren Alaina
   Written by Felicia Barton, David Hodges, Jason Weiss

1. “Big Old Shoulders” – Darius Rucker
   Written by Allen Shamblin, Tom Douglas

1. “Colorful” – Jukebox the Ghost
   Written by Ben Thornewill, Tommy Siegel, Jesse Kristin, Chris Wallace

1. “Play it Again” – Pigeon John
   Written by Shane Eli Abrahams, Jonathan Pakfar, John Dust

1. “Looking Out For Me” – Adam Hambrick
   Written by Adam Hambrick

1. “People Need People” – Maddie & Tae
   Written by Maddie Marlow, Taylor Dye, Jimmy Robbins

1. “This is Amazing Grace” – Phil Wickham feat. Lecrae
   Written by Phil Wickham, Josh Farro, Jeremy Riddle, Lecrae Moore

1. “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)” – Taylor Mosby feat. Kirk Franklin
   Written by Matt Crocker, Joel Houston, Salomon Ligthelm

This soundtrack comes just ahead of Twentieth Century Fox’s April 17th release of the feature film Breakthrough. The movie, starring Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace, Mike Colter Marcel Ruiz, Sam Trammell, and Dennis Haysbert, is based on the inspirational true story of one mother’s unfaltering love and faith in the face of impossible odds.

ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH
BREAKTHROUGH is based on the inspirational true story of one mother’s unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith’s adopted son John falls through an icy Missouri lake, all hope seems lost. But as John lies lifeless, Joyce refuses to give up. Her steadfast belief inspires those around her to continue to pray for John’s recovery, even in the face of every case history and scientific prediction. From producer DeVon Franklin (Miracles from Heaven) and adapted for the screen by Grant Nieporte (Seven Pounds) from Joyce Smith’s own book, BREAKTHROUGH, directed by Roxann Dawson, is an enthralling reminder that faith and love can create a mountain of hope, and sometimes even a miracle.

Josh Turner’s I Serve a Savior is being released on vinyl tomorrow (March 8^th), and part of his love for actual records stems from his grandmother’s collection.

“My first recollections of vinyl records actually came from when I was really, really young when my daddy’s mama would babysit me. I called her Granny, and she had a huge record collection in her house, and most of her records were either southern gospel or bluegrass or country, a lot of the Opry stars,” recalls Josh. “I remember her having records from Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb and Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings and the Osborne Brothers and the Stanley Brothers and there’s just all the southern gospel quartets that were out back in those days. I acquired a good many of those records, I’m proud to say.”

When he was a college student in Nashville, he discovered a rare find in a local antique store. “One of the coolest finds that I made there in Nashville was actually the Johnny Cash Ring of Fire record,” says Josh. “When I brought it home and opened it up, I realized that Johnny Cash had actually taken a ballpoint pen and actually signed the label on it, which was pretty cool.”

Josh returns to Nashville’s historic Grand Ole Opry House for an Opry performance and in-store signing on Friday.

Kacey Musgraves is among the honorees at Variety’s sixth annual Power of Women luncheon. She will be joined by CNN Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour, supermodel Gig Hadid, actress Taraji P. Henson, the iconic Bette Midler and hosted by comedian Michelle Wolf.

“Women continue to use the power of their voices to speak out about injustices of all kinds — and they are finally being heard,” said Claudia Eller, co-editor-in-chief of Variety. “Our honorees this year have used their influence and platforms to push for change and passionately advocate for others. We hope their work and dedication to social causes encourages future generations to do the same.”

The event, presented by Lifetime, will take place April 5th at Cipriani Midtown in New York. Each of the honorees will appear on the front cover of the New York Women’s Issue on April 2nd in Los Angeles and on April 3rd in New York.

Kacey, who recently took home four Grammy Awards and is nominated for three ACM Awards including Album of the Year for Golden Hour, is making her way up the country charts with “Rainbow.”

MCA/Universal Nashville recording artist Clare Dunn made a splash at two high-profile events over the last two weeks. The artist, dubbed “absolutely magnetic” by Rolling Stone, delivered a powerful halftime performance during the Dallas Mavericks’ Country Night, presented by Budweiser, on February 22nd.  The CMT Next Women of Country alum — who joins Cassadee Pope and Hannah Ellis on the road next month — performed a four-song set at American Airlines Center, bringing the crowd to its feet in applause as she closed.

Cassadee Pope, Clare’s 2019 CMT Next Women of Country Tour-mate says, “Clare Dunn is just phenomenal and has been really grinding it out over the last few years. I’ve always looked at her as such a hard working woman in music, so I’m really excited to go out on the road with her and see her in action.”

A passionate live performer (lauded by The Boston Globe for her “big voice and serious guitar prowess”), Clare followed that arena standing ovation with a performance she’s dreamed of: a spot on the stage of RFD-TV’s The American — the world’s richest one-day rodeo — before an audience of nearly 30K.

“I watched the very first American a couple years ago on TV, while on the phone to my sister, like it was a Super Bowl game. I think the idea of allowing ‘unknown’ and underdog western athletes to compete on one of the biggest stages in rodeo is really cool. I think it’s encouraging for anyone out there wanting to get into the sport — you have a chance if you have the determination.”

RFD-TV’s The American is an annual rodeo event held each year at Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. The American is now “the world’s richest weekend in Western Sports” and pays out $2.35 million through a series of qualifiers, The Semi-Finals, and the final event: RFD-TV’s The American. The event unites the top athletes in the world from the PRCA and pits them against underdogs who advance from The American Semi-Finals, together to battle for the biggest single paycheck of their lives.

“Being a part of the Cavender’s event this weekend was so cool for me. I’ve shopped at Cavender’s since I was little so to have done an event with them before the rodeo was surreal – they’re fantastic folks. Then to step on the American stage before 30k rodeo fans, was absolutely a blast!!! I loved every second of it and it was just an honor to play in front of all those hardworking people.”

Prior to her Sunday, March 3 performance, Clare was a special guest at Cavender’s “Kickoff for The American” party at the Cavender’s Stock Yards store (Saturday, March 2). The event hosted top western vendors, media and fashion influencers from around the country. Clare performed an acoustic set and even had a duet partner — 3-year-old Lydia, the daughter of Rodeo Athlete Blake Knowles and wife Whitney.

The 2019 CMT Next Women of Country Tour kicks off on April 11 in Tampa. A full list of dates and markets are listed below:

April 11 | Tampa, FL | Orpheum
April 12 | Orlando, FL | The Plaza Live
April 18 | Atlanta, GA | Terminal West
April 19 | Charlotte, NC | The Underground
April 20 | Lexington, KY | Manchester Music Hall
April 25 | Boston, MA | Paradise Lounge
April 26 | New York City, NY | Gramercy Theatre
April 27 | Washington, DC | U Street Music Hall
May 2 | Evansville, IN | K.C.’s Marina Point
May 3 | Des Moines, IA | Wooly’s
May 4 | Columbia, MO | Blue Note

About Clare Dunn:
MCA/UNIVERSAL Nashville singer/songwriter Clare Dunn is known for her transfixing live shows, powerful vocals, and unparalleled guitar playing.  As part of CMT’s 2019 Next Women of Country Tour, Clare will take her “big voice” (The Boston Globe) on the road with Hannah Ellis and Cassadee Pope to cities including New York, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and Boston. The Colorado native who “can do it all” (CMT) with “swaggering confidence and soulful vocals” (Rolling Stone) caught the attention of rock legend Bob Seger who, after hearing her sound check only once, invited her to open his Ride Out Tour. Clare has been named “One to Watch” by USA Today, Billboard, The Boston Globe and Rolling Stone.

Follow Clare on Social Media:
www.ClareDunn.com
Facebook.com/ClareDunnMusic
Twitter.com/ClareDunnMusic
Instagram.com/ClareDunnMusic

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