There are some new names to this week’s Top 30, including Dustin Lynch. His debut single, “Cowboys & Angels,” checks in at #28. We spoke to the young singer at the ACM Awards a couple weeks ago, and he told us he actually wrote his debut single: I wrote that song almost 2 years ago. […]
Keith Urban’s annual All For The Hall benefit concert in Nashville was a night of surprises. Start with unexpected appearances by legends Don Williams and Merle Haggard. But the biggest surprise came for the host himself towards the end of the night. Vince Gill stopped the show and asked Rascal Flatts, the Oak Ridge Boys, and […]
Lee Brice co-hosts the Countdown this week. He just picked up an ACM Award last week for writing the Eli Young Band hit Crazy Girl. He also has a hit in our Top 5 called “A Woman Like You.” His new CD, “Hard 2 Love,” will be released on April 24. And he just got […]
When Jake Owen co-hosted the countdown a few weeks ago, he spoke several times about his girlfriend Lacey. He told Lon, “I don’t have plans on getting married any time soon. But if I do, I’m gonna marry that girl, cause she’s awesome.” Now he’s one step closer to walking down the aisle. Saturday night, he […]
Blake Shelton toured with George Strait in 2009. But it’s rare that Blake gets to spend some personal time with The King. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton the two got together last December. Blake was in Las Vegas for the American Country Awards, and George was there for the National Finals Rodeo. Blake […]
Over 100 million people watched Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert sing America The Beautiful before the start of the Super Bowl a few months ago. But there were a few things TV viewers missed. Blake told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton he was a little nervous: “It was very overwhelming, very intimidating, in the sense […]
By now you’ve probably heard Miranda Lambert’s touching hit song “Over You.” She wrote the song with her husband Blake Shelton based on a conversation they had about Blake’s older brother Richie, who died 20 years ago in a car accident. When Blake co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he revealed to Lon Helton the circumstances behind the song: […]
Blake Shelton now has something he’s never had before: The ACM Male Vocalist of the Year award. For the previous five years, the trophy had been given to Brad Paisley. But that streak ended last week when Blake Shelton accepted the award from Taylor Swift. Moments later, Blake came backstage to talk about it with the media. So […]
Kenny Chesney has had 23 #1s in his nearly 20-year recording career. That’s an amazing feat for anyone. But this time, it had the additional excitement of being a song Kenny wrote. That song is called “Reality,” and while it topped the chart last month, they just got around to celebrate the accomplishment on Thursday April 5th. […]
A couple of new artists are making their countdown debut this week. The first is the Nashville-based trio who call themselves The Farm. We caught up with Damien Horne, Nick Hoffman, and Krista Marie in Las Vegas last week during the ACM Awards. Your debut song in the Top 30 is “Home Sweet Home,” so how’d […]
