Fifteen years ago today, on Oct. 24, 2006, Taylor Swift’s life was about to completely change. It was on that date that the then-16-year-old released her self-titled debut album on Big Machine Records. Swift released her first single, “Tim McGraw,” on June 19, 2006. The song, which Swift wrote with Liz Rose, peaked at No.
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Olivia Newton-John has been battling Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer for years, and in a new interview on the Today show, she says she’s “feeling pretty good” due to medical cannabis. The pop superstar and actor appeared on the show on Oct. 20 to talk to Hoda Kotb about the 40th anniversary of her iconic
Eleven years ago today, on Oct. 23, 2010, Blake Shelton officially became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The singer was introduced by Jeannie Seely and inducted by Trace Adkins. Shelton, an avid Twitter user, was invited to join the Opry via a tweet on Sept. 28, 2010, during the Country Comes Home concert that
Jessie James Decker has announced a full scale tour for next spring. Her 2022 The Woman I’ve Become Tour includes 24 stops across the country. Decker and opening act Adam Doleac will begin on April 14 in Detroit and stay on the road through early June, finishing at the Mission Ballroom in Denver, the city in
Brandi Carlile joins Elton John to celebrate the “Simple Things” in a new collaboration. The song features the two in jubilant, knowledge-dispensing harmony over a jaunty, piano-driven melody. “Simple things / Hard to learn / Fire’s hot / Burn, burn, burn,” goes the song’s chorus. “Simple truths / Hard to see / Not what you want, but what
“No thanks will come your way when you’re living in the center of a circle made to break,” Yola sings early on in “Be My Friend,” a compelling track from her newest album, Stand for Myself. In addition to warning powerfully against complacency, the lyric asks for meaningful connection across social, political and cultural division, a
Chris Stapleton has pushed two scheduled shows at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena back to December, per doctor’s orders. This Thursday’s (Oct. 21) concert in Cincinnati is also being postponed. The news comes four days after the singer and CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee rescheduled a show for Sioux Falls, S.D. Stapleton has laryngitis and isn’t
In his new music video for “Heart on Fire,” Eric Church travels back in time for a journey through his own impressive career. Directed by Reid Long, the clip shows Church inserting a VHS tape labeled “2006-2019,” which then flashes a warning that reads: “DO NOT MANIPULATE COPYRIGHTED MUSIC VIDEOS.” As the video progresses, fans can see that those words were
The battle pairings on Season 21’s The Voice are coming to an end, which means emotions are running high as coaches continue to whittle down their teams from 11 to 10. On Tuesday night (Oct. 19), Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Ariana Grande listened on as the final Battle Round performers took to the
Kacey Musgraves brought “Breadwinner” — a moody, mid-tempo track that warns against getting into a relationship with a guy who will be intimidated by his partner’s success — to life on the stage of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Monday night (Oct. 18). Acerbic, jaded and full of lessons learned, the poppy earworm
Unlike his peers Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney and Faith Hill, who offered a more traditional sound on their early recordings, Keith Urban started out as a soft rock- and R&B-loving pop-country pace-setter. Fans could hear it all the way back in 1999, on his self-titled American debut (not to be confused with his lesser-known Australian debut from
After nearly 15 years of being married to country superstar Luke Bryan, the singer’s wife Caroline has seen it all. These days, Bryan is one of the genre’s biggest, most successful names, but in the early days of his career, Caroline was the one who paid the bills — and she wasn’t scared of taking
Sixteen years ago today, on Oct. 18, 2005, Carrie Underwood‘s life was about to change, although she had no way of knowing it at the time. It was on that date that Underwood’s single “Jesus, Take the Wheel” was released. “Jesus, Take the Wheel” was the debut single from Underwood’s freshman album, Some Hearts. It followed “Inside
Congratulations are in order for Jimmie Allen and his wife, Alexis: The pair welcomed their second daughter, Zara James Allen, on Saturday, Oct. 16. Prior to her arrival, Allen’s fans were informed that his show scheduled Saturday night in Forest City, N.C., was canceled. Just hours before the country star was due to take the stage, he posted to Instagram that the
Fifteen years ago today, on Oct. 17, 2006, Hollywood confirmed what Nashville already knew: Tim McGraw was a major celebrity. It was on that date that the singer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Both McGraw’s wife, Faith Hill, and actor Billy Bob Thornton, who starred in Friday Night Lights with McGraw, attended his Hollywood Walk
A historic Southern manor in Tennessee that was formerly home to Tim McGraw and Faith Hill is back on the market. The historic Samuel S. Morton house in Franklin, Tenn., just outside of Nashville, is asking $9,995,000 for the house and 135 surrounding rural acres. According to online property listings, the historic home dates back
Thirty-four years ago today, on Oct. 16, 1987, Anne Murray made history in country music. It was on that date that Murray’s Greatest Hits album, released in 1980, earned triple-platinum status. Murray’s sales achievement signified sales in excess of 3 million units. It also made her the first female country artist to achieve that sales record. Capitol Records
Walker Hayes isn’t the only member of his family who’s found a bigger audience thanks to his viral hit song “Fancy Like.” His oldest daughter, Lela, helped her dad create the dance that goes with the track, and she’s getting noticed because of it. “She gets recognized all the time now, and she’s real cute
On Oct. 15, 1973, Dolly Parton released her now-classic song “Jolene.” The No. 1 song (as of February of 1974) wasn’t her first to reach the country charts’ highest peak, but it did help launch one of her most successful years to date, as she followed up “Jolene” with two more chart-toppers: “I Will Always Love You” and “Love
While rock legends such as Jimi Hendrix and Slash typically dominate the “best guitarist ever” conversations, country music is no slouch when it comes to producing legendary shredders. A guy or gal playing a guitar is the basis for most country music, so it makes sense that the genre would be littered with supremely talented