Justin Moore was in Nashville today, celebrating his second #1: If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away. Before the party, he spoke with the media, and told them he & his wife have picked out a name for their new baby girl: Kennedy Faye Moore. Justin said, “My grandma, who passed away a few years ago, […]
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood move from co-hosting Country Countdown USA to co-hosting the 45th annual CMA Awards. It will be their fourth tour of duty on the awards show, and they told Lon Helton they’re just starting to think about it. “We have a few ideas, we’ve texted a few times. We have a […]
Rodney Atkins will co-host the Countdown this week. His current hit, “Take a Back Road,” is in our Top 5. His fourth album will be released on October 4. He just took part in the Academy of Country Music’s Honors in Nashville. He is about to join Darius Rucker on his first headline tour. Rodney […]
This week’s co-host Brad Paisley just returned from a two week tour of Europe. He told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton he had a great time: “I’m floored, I was absolutely floored. The beauty of it is it’s such a different culture, they knew the word to songs off the first album that had […]
Carrie Underwood has sung with a wide variety of people, from Brad Paisley and Randy Travis, to Stevn Tyler and even Elvis Presley. But now she’s featured on the new Duets II album by Tony Bennett. She told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton she was thrilled to sing with a legend: “Getting to sing […]
It’s been two years since Carrie’s third album, “Play On,” was released. Her most recent single, “Mama’s Song,” peaked back in January. So it’s been a while since we’ve had new music from Carrie on the radio. Speaking with Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton, Carrie said she wanted to take a break from public like […]
This week’s co-hosts, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, came together in our studio to tell the story behind their superstar #1 duet “Remind Me.” The song has already sold almost a million downloads. But it actually was the very last song recorded for Brad’s current CD. When he joined Lon Helton for Country Countdown USA […]
One of the highlights of the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards was Carrie Underwood’s performance with rocker (and American Idol judge) Steven Tyler. It definitely caught everyone by surprise, and it was also an incredible moment. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Carrie about that performance: “We kind of have the same connections between […]
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood just topped the chart with their soaring duet, “Remind Me.” Brad has been on tour all summer, but that duet was conspicuously absent from his set list. Until last weekend. On Friday, September 9, the song was added to Brad’s show with a very stunning visual effect: A digital Carrie. The […]
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood join Lon this week as co-hosts. Their duet, “Remind Me,” just topped the chart. They tell the story behind recording the song, and how Brad pitched the idea to Carrie. They will host the CMA Awards TV show for the 4th time. Brad is wrapping up his H2O-II Tour with […]
