It was one of those “moments” during the opening segment of the CMA Awards in November. Hosts Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood sang “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” and invited Luke Bryan and Zac Brown to hug. Earlier in the year, Zac had criticized Luke’s song “That’s My Kind of Night” in a Canadian interview. So was […]
The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry announced her engagement to baseball player J.P. Arencibia back on October 1st. The proposal was a surprise. But apparently the engagement ring was not. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked if she had input in the choice: “Yeah Lon, I did, I had a lot of input.” Brother Neal added, […]
One band congratulates another this week on Country Countdown USA. The Eli Young Band co-hosted the show, and when it came time to play the #1 song, it was the first chart-topper for the new band Parmalee. So we called Parmalee lead singer Matt Thomas to give him the news. Mike Eli told Matt: “It’s […]
The Eli Young Band’s latest hit is “Drunk Last Night.” It’s actually the first single from a new album called “Ten Thousand Towns,” and it’ll be released on March 4th. The guys previewed the new album when they co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. Mike Eli told Lon, “We’re done with the new record. […]
Florida Georgia Line’s debut song “Cruise” is the #1 song of 2013, according to Mediabase and Country Aircheck. Country Countdown USA host and Aircheck Publisher Lon Helton broke the news to Tyler Hubbard & Brian Kelley at the end of the Top 70 of 2013 Countdown. The duo was obviously stunned by the news: “Wow, […]
Back in May, Trace Adkins won Celebrity Apprentice. That experience, and the publicity it brought him, gave him the opportunity to do a project he’s been wanting to do for about 12 years: A Christmas album. Trace spoke with Country Countdown USA about his unique holiday project: “I was first approached by a record label […]
Jake Owen’s baby girl Pearl celebrated her 1st birthday on Friday. Her proud pop posted this photo on Twitter. Jake told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton he’s had fun during his first year of fatherhood: “I can’t believe a year has flown by. I’ve watched grow up so much in a year. Now she’s walking, and […]
When Tim McGraw isn’t making music or being a dad to three daughters, he likes to do movies. His recent films include “Country Strong” with Gwyneth Paltrow, and “The Blind Side” starring Sandra Bullock. Now he’s at work on a George Clooney movie called “Tomorrowland,” and he spoke with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton about […]
As her coach for Season 4 of The Voice, Blake Shelton got to know Danielle Bradbery pretty well. So when Danielle made it to the finals, he had a surprise. Blake explained it to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton. “She really looks up to Hunter. Of course she’s a 16 year old girl, so besides […]
A few weeks ago, it was reported that Blake Shelton had personally lobbied NBC to move a special live edition of The Voice from Wednesday November 6th, which would have put it up against ABC’s broadcast of the CMA Awards. This week, Blake shared details of his efforts with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I felt stupid […]
