Encino, CA (January 13, 2012) – The Academy of Country Music announced today that for the fourth consecutive year, the newcomer category for the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards — New Artist of the Year—will be opened up to interactive fan voting through VoteACM.com beginning Monday, January 16, 2012. The Academy of Country […]
Luke Bryan co-hosts the Countdown this weekend. His latest hit, “I Don’t Want This Night To End,” is in the Top 5. Luke is about to hit the road as part of Jason Aldean’s My Kinda Party tour. Luke’s previous hit, “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” just topped the 2011 country dance chart. Luke […]
Missouri native David Nail is a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. He’s been fortunate to spend a lot of time around his favorite team. Last year, he was part of a CMT series called “Making The Team,” where he tried out for the team. “I would like to think I didn’t embarrass myself too much, […]
David Nail may be relatively new to the radio. His current hit, “Let It Rain,” is only his second to appear in the Top 10. But he has connections with a number of major stars, and he talked about them when he co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. For example, David sings with Lee […]
David Nail joined Lady Antebellum on the road in 2010. This picture was taken during the tour at Quest Field in Seattle. We all know that Charles Kelley and Dave Heywood are tireless songwriters. David is a songwriter too, and actually co-wrote his current hit “Let It Rain.” So the three got together during that time and […]
David Nail has one of the hottest songs in the country right now with “Let It Rain.” He toured this year with Taylor Swift, and recorded one of her favorite songs, the Top 10 hit “Red Light.” He’s also recorded songs written by Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney. But who is David Nail? What’s his […]
David Nail co-hosts the Countdown this weekend. His current hit, “Let It Rain,” is in the Top 5. He spent part of last year opening shows for Taylor Swift. He recently co-wtote a song with Lady Antebellum. He performed God Bless America at Game 7 of the World Series, where his favorite team, the St. […]
Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott married musician Chris Tyrrell on Saturday January 7th in upstate New York surrounded by family and close friends. The bride wore a custom Vera Wang strapless mermaid dress with abstract all-over lace underlay, layered tulle skirt with horsehair banding and hand-cut corded lace appliqué with hand-applied crystal and pearl beading. […]
On October 3rd, Eric Church’s life changed. That was the day he and his wife Catherine welcomed their first child, a son they named Boone McCoy Church. Eric arrived at the Country Countdown USA studios looking pretty tired, and he told Lon Helton, “We’re not sleeping a whole lot. I’m draggin’ pretty bad. He’s just […]
Eric Church spent last summer on the road with Toby Keith. When Toby co-hosted the Countdown back in October, he told Lon that he wrote a song with Eric called “Reverend Jack Daniels and the Congregation of the Chemically Altered Mind.” So when Eric was in the studio, we played that story for him. “True story! […]
