This wknd Chris Janson will co-host the Countdown. His latest album, The Outlaw Side of Me, was released on June 16th. It contains his current Top 30 single “All I Need Is You.” The album also features guest performances by Darius Rucker, Brantley Gilbert, and Dolly Parton. Chris also has great stories about Tim McGraw, […]
This week’s co-host is Jake Owen, who has just released a new single: “On The Boat Again.” It’s from a new album, Loose Cannon, available June 23rd. Jake recently played in a golf tournament hosted by Jack Nicklaus. He also played the annual Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Lots of music & golf this week. Jake recently […]
This week, Lainey Wilson co-hosts, fresh from winning four trophies at the ACM Awards. She won Female Artist, Album, Music Event, and Visual Media. The last two were for “Wait In The Truck,” shared with Hardy. Lainey just released a new single called “Watermelon Moonshine.” She’s also playing stadiums this summer with Luke Combs. Lon […]
Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, and it goes back to the Civil War. The idea was to take a day and place flowers or a flag on the graves of soldiers. There are a lot of country songs that have a patriotic theme to them. Our Top 10 list focuses on recent country songs that […]
This week’s co-host is Scotty McCreery, who updates us on his 7 month old son Avery. Scotty is on the road now with Brooks & Dunn. He & his family were in Nashville for the opening of the American Currents exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame. He’s also been working on some new […]
This week’s co-hosts will be Dan + Shay. Their current Top 10 is “You.” Shay says he’s lost 64 pounds in the last year, but he gained a new son in January. The guys have been in Dan’s home studio working on new music. This year marks the duo’s 10th anniversary. Lon’s first observation is […]
This week’s co-host is Tyler Hubbard, who has a Top 5 with “Dancin’ In The Country.” He wrote it with Keith Urban. The video features actor Terry Crews. Tyler talks about writing his latest hit with Keith Urban: “I sort of set the tone that morning, I wanted to write something that was fun, light-hearted, and energetic. […]
Garth Brooks & Dolly Parton will co-host this week’s ACM Awards on Amazon Prime. Garth co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton this past weekend. He didn’t say much about what he’s doing, but he talked a lot about Dolly! Listen to the unedited conversation below. Garth explained to Lon why this is the first […]
This week, Garth Brooks co-hosts the Countdown. He will co-host the 58th annual ACM Awards with Dolly Parton on Thursday May 11th. It will be the first time he’s co-hosted an awards show. One week later, he begins his Las Vegas residency. It continues through 2024. Plus, we get an update on his first and […]
This week Parker McCollum co-hosts the Countdown with Lon. His current hit ‘Handle On You,’ is in the Top 5. He will release his second album, Never Enough, on May 12th. He’s doing shows with summer with Eric Church and Morgan Wallen. He looks back a his first year as a married man. Plus he […]
