Carrie Underwood to Release “Good Girl” Single in February

“American Idol” winner Carrie Underwood has announced that “Good Girl,” the first taste from her forthcoming fourth album, will be hitting airwaves on Feb. 23.

In a special video message to her fans, Underwood confirms the song title and says that the track will “blow you guys away.” The track was co-written by Underwood, Ashley Gorley and Chris DeStefano; Gorley previously co-penned the singer’s tracks “Don’t Forget To Remember Me” and “All-American Girl,” while DeStefano has worked on recent material by Kelly Clarkson and David Archuleta.

Along with focusing on her forthcoming album, Underwood spent 2011 joining artists like Brad Paisley and Tony Bennett on duets, making a guest appearance on the “American Idol” finale and co-hosting the CMA Awards with Paisley. The singer will perform at the 2012 CMA Music Festival, which invades Nashvile from June 7-10.

Jason Aldean Biggest Winner at American Country Awards

34-year-old Jason Aldean walked away from Monday’s American Country Awards, which were held in Las Vegas, with six awards, including artist of the year and record of the year for My Kinda Party.

“This is getting a little ridiculous now,” he said after he won his second award. “I don’t know what else to say. It’s been a crazy year.”

In addition to the night’s top two honors, Aldean also won for touring artist of the year, male single of the year for “My Kinda Party,” and vocal collaboration single of the year and music video collaboration of the year for “Don’t You Wanna Stay” featuring Kelly Clarkson.

Carrie Underwood won three, and another American Idol alumn, season 10 winner Scotty McCreery, earned new artist of the year honors.

Carrie Underwood Scores Big at American Country Awards

Monday night at the American Country Awards in Las Vegas, Carrie Underwood collected 3 awards at the event, including Female Artist of the Year, and Music Video and Single of the Year by a Female Artist for “Mama’s Song.”

These kinds of shows are typically another easy win for Taylor Swift, but despite six nominations, she ended the night with no awards.

Tim McGraw Released from Record Label

Country singer Tim McGraw is now free to sign with a new record label or record for his own company, releasing him from Curb Records.

After a long court battle, Davidson County Chancery Court Chancellor Russell Perkins ruled in favor of McGraw over the unreleased album “Emotional Traffic” that the singer completed but which the record label believed was not ready for release.

McGraw, a Grammy winning artist whose hits include “Live Like You Were Dying,” and “Something Like That,” signed with Curb Records in the early 1990s and has never recorded for another label.

Wednesday’s ruling means McGraw can now move forward with his recording career, and another hearing was set for July 2012 on the damages portion of the lawsuit.

Ironically, Curb released a new McGraw single on Wednesday from “Emotional Traffic” called “Better Than I Used To Be,” saying it is the first new music from the singer in 11 months.

McGraw’s prior single, “Felt Good On My Lips,” was a three-week No. 1 hit, and originally turned in as part of the “Emotional Traffic” album. However, the song, was released as part of a “Number One Hits” package.

Taylor Swift’s Newest Music Video “Ours” Releases on Friday

Country pop superstar Taylor Swift has an early holiday gift for her fans – a new music video. The newest single “Ours” from the grammy-winning artist will premiere Friday evening E!.

The track “Ours” is featured on a bonus edition of her 2010 album, and is a sweet country tune about falling for someone everyone thinks you shouldn’t. Swift performed the new single at the CMA Awards earlier this month.

Swift is currently busy writing her next album, which will be released next year. “I’ve just been so excited about what’s gonna happen in the next year,” she said. “I’m also really excited about [the next album]. I’ve been writing all the time. I’ve been writing so much for the new record. I can’t believe I’m saying that already: It comes out in a year, but I’m already excited about it.”

With the end of the year quickly approaching, Swift is busy with writing and working through the holidays. Swift expressed her joy and love for the holidays, saying, “I’m excited about the holidays,” she said. “I love Christmas. I love the whole buildup to Christmas and the way that everything is exciting and wintergreen-ish and Christmas tree-ish.”

New Artist Spotlight – Danielle Pipitone

Meet Nashville recording artist Danielle Pipitone! This fresh new talent has country music fans falling in love with her debut single ‘Ever Since You.’ Danielle is influenced by some of music’s greatest stars including Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Stevie Wonder, and Mariah Carey.

Check out Danielle Pipitone’s single ‘Ever Since You’ –

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For more info on Danielle, check out http://www.myspace.com/daniellepipitone.

Our Favorite Performances From Last Night’s ACM Awards

Las Vegas was filled with country music fans last night for the Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand. Taylor Swift took home the award for Entertainer of The Year and wowed the crowed with her performance of ‘Mean’. Rihanna was a surprise addition to the awards show line up. RiRi debuted her new single ‘California King Bed’ by performing a duet with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles. And Carrie Underwood had the biggest performance of the night when she performed alongside Steven Tyler!

Check out these incredible performances -

Taylor Swift ‘Mean’ –

Rihanna & Jennifer Nettles ‘California King Bed’ –

Carrie Underwood & Steven Tyler ‘Undo It’ and ‘Walk This Way’ –

Lady Gaga Goes Country! ‘Born This Way’ Country Road Version

We never saw this one coming! Lady Gaga went country at midnight when she released a country version of her single ‘Born This Way’. Surprisingly, it’s kind of good! Not sure how her image and song will translate to the country market, but it’s something new and fresh from Gaga…she always keeps us entertained, that’s for sure.

Check out Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Country Road Version-

New Details On Upcoming Kelly Clarkson Album

Kelly Clarkson has been hard at work on her new album and, yesterday, she posted new details on her official facebook page. The news has us eagerly anticipating the release of her new album! The music industry needs some new Kelly Clarkson stat!

Clarkson posted:

“I record my last song on the 25th of this month and then we will be releasing the album! This album was influenced by Prince, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, Radiohead and there’s a little bit of a Country vibe/influence on a couple of songs.

Oh and also one of my favorites on the new album is highly influenced by Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. Eric Hutchinson wrote it ….the album is gonna be a great pop record! I can’t wait for y’all to hear it!”

New Details On Lady Antebellum’s Upcoming Album

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley revealed new details on the trios upcoming album:

“We all remember high school dances, and how innocent those little moments were,” he says. “I think there’s gonna be a lot of nostalgic songs on the record. Maybe that’s just because we’re all getting a little older. Now we’re so busy and there’s a little part of us that yearns for a time when it was a little simpler. I don’t know what fueled that.”

“If we were to use the success of ‘Need You Now’ as the barometer for every other song, then we’ll probably be highly disappointed. That song will probably undoubtedly be the biggest song of our career. We can hopefully have success for 20 years, but we may not ever have the success of that one particular song again. But we might. You never know. But we’re gonna try not to chase it, is what I’m sayin’. If we try to chase that too much, we’ll start to deviate from what made the sound of the group.”

Following the success of ‘Need You Now’, their approach on the new album is more realistic than trying to top one of the biggest hits in country music.

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