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!

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’.

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Lady Antebellum Wins Single Of The Year At 2009 CMAs

Country music trio, Lady Antebellum, took home the award for Single Of The Year at the 2009 Country Music Awards last night, November 11th, in Nashville.

The band’s single ‘I Run To You’ was produced by Victoria Shaw and Paul Worley.

Lady Antebellum also took home the award for Vocal Group Of The Year. Their star is definitely rising! Lady Antebellum took home the CMA award last year for New Artist.

Check out ‘I Run To You’ –

Taylor Swift Makes History At Country Music Awards

Taylor Swift claimed a piece of music history when she became the youngest artist ever to win the coveted title of Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Awards.

Swift, 19, also claimed awards for Female Vocalist of the Year, Music Video of the Year for her song “Love Story” and Album of the Year with “Fearless” at the Nov. 12 ceremony in Nashville.

“I’ll never forget this moment because at this moment everything that I ever wanted has just happened to me,” a tearful Swift said when accepting her award.

“I want to thank every single person here tonight for not running up on stage during this speech,” Swift said when picking up her trophy for female vocalist.

After the show, Swift told reporters she would always be grateful. “I feel so lucky. This has been a fun night,” she said.

She won Entertainer of the Year over some of the biggest names in country music, including Kenny Chesney, who had claimed the honor for three straight years heading into Wednesday’s ceremony in the capitol of country, Nashville.

The Country Music Awards are one of the year’s top honors for county and western singers.

Cangratulations!

Brooks & Dunn To Perform At CMAs Before They Split

The 43rd annual Country Music Association awards will offer fans one of the last chances to see Brooks & Dunn before they split next year.

The popular duo joins a star-studded lineup, including all five entertainer of the year nominees, scheduled to perform during the Nov. 11 ceremony.

CMA also announced Monday that Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire,George Strait, Sugarland, Darius Rucker and Keith Urban will perform. Also scheduled to play songs are co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.

Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn plan to tour next year, then will dissolve a partnership that’s sold 30 million albums and had 23 No. 1 hits. They’ll be competing for their 15th vocal duo award and are also nominated for top musical event with McEntire.

Brad Paisley Performs ‘Welcome To The Future’ on Ellen

Brad Paisely performed his latest single ‘Welcome To The Future’ on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Paisely is currently nominated for 7 Country Music Awards!

If you’re a fan of country music, let us know what you think of his latest single.

Brad Paisley Nominated For Six Country Music Awards

Brad Paisley led the list of nominees for this year’s Country Music Association awards, to be handed out November 11 in Nashville, the CMA said on Wednesday.

Paisley will compete for the top honor of Entertainer of the Year with Taylor Swift, the first solo female artist nominated in that category since 2000. Other nominees in the category were Kenny Chesney, George Strait and Keith Urban.

Chesney has won the Entertainer award in four out of the past five years, tying him with Garth Brooks for the most wins in the category. Strait, in his career, has a total of 79 nominations and is the all-time leader with 22 awards.

Taylor Swift Youngest Artist Ever Nominated For CMA Entertainer Of The Year

With the announcement of the final nominees in five of the 12 CMA categories this morning, 19-year-old Taylor Swift became the youngest person ever nominated in the Entertainer of the Year category.

Taylor’s competition includes Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, George Strait and Keith Urban, also making her the only woman in the competition this year.

In addition to Entertainer of the Year, Taylor had three additional nominations — Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year and Music Video — placing her slightly behind Paisley, who topped the list of finalists with six nominations.
“The 43rd Annual CMA Awards” air Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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