This week, the Eli Young Band got the news their latest hit, “Crazy Girl,” has been certified Platinum for over 1 million downloads. It’s their first song to achieve that status. They spoke with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “It’s crazy what this single has done for us, we’re so humbled by the success of the single […]
A couple weeks ago, the remake of the movie “Footloose” was released. This week’s co-host, Blake Shelton, was chosen to sing the famous theme song, orginally done by Kenny Loggins. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton it was the only song he wanted to do: “They asked me to be on the soundtrack, but […]
Blake Shelton’s current hit, “God Gave Me You,” was a very special song for both Blake and Miranda Lambert. Blake first heard the song at a turning point in their relationship. So when it came time to shoot a video for it, Blake knew it had to be personal. Blake explained the video to Country […]
The video for Rodney Atkins hit “Take a Back Road” shows Rodney sitting on top of a steel bridge and singing from the top of a water tower. For most people, those can be pretty scary locations. For Rodney, it was a lot more. Rodney explained to Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA: “I have […]
Back in May, John Rich was named Celebrity Apprentice by Donald Trump. John is good friends with this week’s co-host Dierks Bentley. So Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with Dierks about John and Celebrity Apprentice. “I’ve known John Rich since 1998, and he puts 100% into everything he does, and I was excited for people […]
Luke Bryan has been on the road all year as part of Tim McGraw’s Emotional Traffic tour. Luke told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that he’s learned a lot watching the country superstar: “I’ve just been amazed at night-in and night-out, he does a 2-1/2 hour show, like Bruce Springsteen, even through a foot injury where he broke […]
Scotty McCreery was in Nashville Saturday as part of the American Idols tour. He & Lauren Alaina spoke with the media about their experiences this summer, and provided an update on their debut albums. Here’s our conversation with Scotty: A lot of kids your age are getting ready for school, so what are your plans […]
This week’s co-host Chris Young is currently on the road with Jason Aldean’s My Kinda Party tour. It’s become one of the year’s top tours, and Jason himself is topping the album sales and radio airplay charts. Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton asked Chris about touring with Jason: “It’s absolutely amazing. He’s on fire. Being on that […]
It’s been five years since Terri Clark had a song in the Countdown. Of course before that, she had a great ten year run with ten hits and 5 #1s, including “You’re Easy On The Eyes” and “Girls Lie Too.” In 2007, Terri learned that her mother had cancer. Terri took a break from the […]
There were several key moments in the finale of “The Voice.” One of the highlights was when Team Blake’s Dia Frampton sang “The House That Built Me” with Blake’s wife, Miranda Lambert. Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton asked Blake about that very pivotal point: Lon: When they cut to you on camera, when Miranda […]
