When Thompson Square showed up to do the Countdown, we noticed something a bit different about Shawna. The last time we saw her, her hair was streaky blond. Now it was all black. She told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton there was a reason for the change: “I had a lot of blond, and then […]
Chris Young has had his share of success in the past five years. He won Nashville Star in 2006, and was signed to RCA Records. He’s had a string of four #1 songs. He just won two awards including Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the Americam Country Awards. But our co-hosts this week, Thompson […]
Jason Aldean is the father of two young girls: Keeley, who’s 8, and 4 year old Kendyl. As you might expect, music is a frequent topic around the house. Jason told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that his daughters control the radio dial: “They’ve been in control for a while. The good thing is I try […]
Jason Aldean won his first-ever CMA Awards this year: Musical Event and the coveted Album Of the Year. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “To say that I was excited would be an understatement. It seemed like awards were one thing that always eluded us a little bit, so I never went into the […]
Tim McGraw has been talking about it for a year, and even performed music from it on tour this summer. On January 17, fans will be able to buy his “Emotional Traffic” album. Tim co-hosted Country Countdown USA last January, and told Lon Helton about the new CD: “There’s some heavy stuff on it, and some fun […]
Luke Bryan turned a lot of heads with his CMA Awards performance of “Country Girl (Shake It For Me.)” He also got the attention of his friends Jason Aldean and Colt Ford. Jason told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “Me ands Colt Ford had an intervention with him. I said, ‘First of all, Michael Jackson is […]
Jason Aldean has rapped with Ludacris, sung with Kelly Clarkson, and hunted deer with baseball’s Chipper Jones. All would have seemed unlikely for the Georgia native ten years ago. But last month, perhaps the ultimate in unlikely pairings took place as Jason met The Muppets’ Miss Piggy. She was in Nashville to be a presenter (with Kermit […]
Jason Aldean will perform with Ludacris on the Grammy Nominations Concert, Wednesday night on CBS-TV. The two will reprise the performance they did in June on the CMT Music Awards. Jason told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “It’ll be kind of the same vibe we had on the CMT Awards, where we did it for the […]
Lady Antebellum and Luke Bryan are good friends. They’ve written songs together, performed together, and even partied and vacationed together. Now, Luke has been targeted for the next episode of Lady Hazing. The trio told Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA: “We have one in the works to Luke Bryan’s ‘Country Girl (Shake It For […]
Lady Antebellum just kicked off their 2011 Own The Night World Tour. It’s their first full arena headline tour, and the first that uses their own stage. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked the group what their fans can expect at the show: Were you involved in the design of your stage? We helped design it, but […]
