This week, Florida Georgia Line will release their second album, “Anything Goes.” Their debut went Platinum, thanks to the success of the hit :Cruise.” The duo hopes lightning strikes twice. FGL’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. What’s the transition like from the first album to this one? (Tyler) […]
Florida Georgia Line and Chase Rice both have songs in this week’s Top 10. But there was a time, not too long ago, when nobody knew either of them. That’s when they actually shared a Nashville house together! But their roots go back even further. FGL’s Brian Kelley told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that […]
It may be the first time we’ve had a co-host with three songs in our Top 5, two as writers and one as artists. Florida Georgia Line’s Brian & Tyler have their own song “Dirt.” But they also co-wrote Jason Aldean’s current hit “Burnin’ It Down” and Cole Swindell’s “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight.” They […]
Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley was 13 years old when Garth Brooks released his “Double Live” album in 1998. The effect of the album can be seen in Brian’s bio, where he lists his 3 main influences as Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, and Casting Crowns. In December 2010, Florida Georgia Live was just getting started. […]
Luke Bryan isn’t just a country superstar, selling out stadiums, and having #1 hits. He’s also a father of two young boys: Bo & Tate. He talked about them this week with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: I see Tate celebrated his 4th birthday last month: “Yep, we those big blow up water slides, had […]
If you missed any of Luke Bryan’s five stadium shows this summer, or want to go again, here’s good news: Luke will be playing stadiums again next year. He broke the news to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I’ll keep all of my surprises to myself, but we got a great touring package next year. […]
When you go to a Luke Bryan show, you expect to see him put 100% of himself into his performance. But twice this summer, Luke got so excited, he actually fell off the stage! Luke talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “Yes, the year of falls for Luke Bryan. I fell in […]
This week, Lady Antebellum releases their latest album “747.” The trio told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton they were looking to break some new ground. (Lon) You have a wide variety of sounds on this new album: (Hillary) That’s what we were trying to do with this album, which was stretch ourselves, reinvent ourselves, and find […]
We know that Cole Swindell sold t-shirts for Luke Bryan. But we didn’t know if he was any good at it. Now we know! Two years ago, Luke was on tour with Jason Aldean. So when Jason co-hosted the Countdown, he told Lon Helton this story about a young Cole Swindell: Jason: The thing I […]
How surprised was Cole Swindell at his CMA New Artist nomination? Let’s just say it caught him at an “inconvenient moment.” Cole told the story to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: What were you doing when you got the news? (C) I haven’t had a chance to tell this story yet, so this is perfect. I […]
