Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, And Miranda Lambert Lead ACM Nominations

The Academy of Country Music Awards nominations were announced yesterday and Lady Antebellum leads the pack with seven nominations. It has been an incredible awards show run for the country trio and, with the success of their latest album, it’s sure to continue. Their journey started last July when the band’s single ‘I Run To You’ hit No. 1. Lady Antebellum went on to win two Country Music Association Awards and a Grammy.

Lady Antebellum received five nominations their current hit “Need You Now,” including single record, song and video of the year, and is up for top vocal group and album of the year for its debut, Lady Antebellum.

Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood are next with six nominations, Taylor Swift has five and Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley each have four.

Underwood, Chesney, Swift, Paisley, the Zac Brown Band, George Strait, Keith Urban and Toby Keith are nominated for entertainer of the year. Underwood’s going for her second straight entertainer award, one of five categories voted on by fans. She would become the first woman to win two entertainer awards if she wins again.

Lady Antebellum Perform ‘I Run To You’ and ‘Need You Now’ Medley On Oprah

The hottest act in Country Music, Lady Antebellum, made an appearance on the Oprah Show and performed a medley of their current hits ‘I Run To You’ and ‘Need You Now’.

The Grammy Award winning act has already sold over 900k copies of their album Need You Now in just four weeks and, after appearing on Oprah, they’re sure to see a surge in sales guaranteeing they’ll go platinum in the next week.

Lady Antebellum also debuted their new music video for ‘American Honey’ exclusively on Oprah’s official website. Click HERE to check it out.

Check out Lady Antebellum’s performance of ‘I Run To You’ and ‘Need You Now’ on Oprah –

Lady Antebellum’s Big Debut

Lady Antebellum has quickly made quite a name for themselves. Leading into 2010, the country trio won vocal group and single of the year at the Country Music Awards in November. At the 2010 Grammys, the band won the award for Best Country Performance by a duo or group with vocals for their single ‘I Run To You’. And now, Lady Antebellum’s sophomore album Need You Now has debuted on top of the Billboard 200 chart by selling 481,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

This is the biggest debut for a country album since November 2008 and it’s also the biggest debut sales week for any album since Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream topped the Billboard 200 with 701,000 in November 2009.

Congratulations!

Dixie Chicks To Release New Album Without Lead Singer?

According to HitsDoubleDaily, the Dixie Chicks Marti McGuire and Emily Robinson will be releasing a new album without lead singer Natalie Maines. Sisters Marti and Emily will also be going on tour. But, let’s put all speculation aside and report that Natalie has not left the group. Natalie, who’s voice is undeniably recognizable as the lead voice of the group, is said to be enjoying motherhood while living in Hawaii and is not ready to go back to work yet.

The group’s last album, released in May 2006, debuted with 526k and went on to sell 2.46m.

New Music: Idol’s Danny Gokey ‘My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me’

Former American Idol finalist, Danny Gokey, has gone country.

Gokey is set to release his debut single ‘My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me’ in March 2010. His single has leaked online and fans are already buzzing about Danny’s rise to country fame with a strong debut.

Check out ‘My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me’ –

Thoughts?

Congratulations! Carrie Underwood Is Engaged

Looks like professional hockey player Mike Fisher really likes Carrie Underwood, so he decided to put a ring on it!

Fisher confirmed the news during a press conference before his game today. He told the press that he popped the question yesterday afternoon and Carrie said yes! He then said, “We’re both obviously excited and very happy.”

Gloriana Beats Lady Gaga For Breakthrough Artist At AMAs!

This is quite possibly the most shocking news of the night!

Country group Gloriana beat Lady Gaga for the Breakthrough Artist Award at the 2009 American Music Awards.

Lady Gaga has topped every chart around the globe this year! How in the world did she lose?

Breakthrough Artist was voted by the fans and apparently more country fans voted. Hard to believe…

Lady Antebellum Leaps Into Top 10 On Billboard Hot 100

With a jump from 22-5, country music act Lady Antebellum has landed in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their hit ‘Need You Now’.

The group recently won Vocal Group of the Year and Single of the Year(for ‘I Run To You’) at the Country Music Awards. Lady Antebellum performed ‘Need You Now’ on the highly rated broadcast, which helped boost their sales. Their digital downloads skyrocketed 162% to 157,000, the highest one-week sum for a song by a country group since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking digital sales in 2003.

Lady Antebellum is also the first country group to reach the Hot 100 top 10 since Dixie Chicks peaked at No. 4 with “Not Ready to Make Nice” in March 2007.

Congratulations!

Did Wynonna Judd Diss Taylor Swift After CMAs?

After Taylor Swift made history at the 2009 Country Music Awards, Wynonna Judd felt that Taylor was too young to have won.

She said:

“You want my honest comment? It’s too much too soon. Time is God’s way of keeping everything from happening at once. It’s just too much of a good thing too soon. My thing is, being a home-school mom, I want kids to earn it, and I think some time … ’cause mom and I rode in a car for the first year of our career to visit radio stations. There was a making of the star, there was a rising up, and the fans went with us. Now it’s over coffee breaks, the success, almost. You have to play catch up … It’s like the girl who wins an Oscar and she’s under 20. What do you do from here?”

Jealousy’s a bitch, isn’t it, Wynonna…

After realizing that her comments regarding Taylor Swift were inappropriate, Wynonna Judd took to her website to send a message to her fans and Taylor.

She writes:

“I understand that my comment about Taylor Swift’s Entertainer of the Year nomination came across as a negative statement. My intent was not to take anything away from her talent and contributions to the country music industry…all of which are truly unprecedented for an artist of ANY age. Taylor is a beautiful, hard working young woman that deserves the success she has had and I support her as an artist and as a woman in the business.”

We all know she’s still jealous…

Carrie Underwood Performs ‘Cowboy Casanova’ At The 2009 CMAs

In addition to her hosting duties at last night’s 2009 Country Music Awards, Carrie Underwood took the stage to perform her current hit single ‘Cowboy Casanova’.

Check out Underwood’s performance –

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