By now you’ve probably heard Miranda Lambert’s touching hit song “Over You.” She wrote the song with her husband Blake Shelton based on a conversation they had about Blake’s older brother Richie, who died 20 years ago in a car accident. When Blake co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he revealed to Lon Helton the circumstances behind the song: […]
Blake Shelton now has something he’s never had before: The ACM Male Vocalist of the Year award. For the previous five years, the trophy had been given to Brad Paisley. But that streak ended last week when Blake Shelton accepted the award from Taylor Swift. Moments later, Blake came backstage to talk about it with the media. So […]
Kenny Chesney has had 23 #1s in his nearly 20-year recording career. That’s an amazing feat for anyone. But this time, it had the additional excitement of being a song Kenny wrote. That song is called “Reality,” and while it topped the chart last month, they just got around to celebrate the accomplishment on Thursday April 5th. […]
A couple of new artists are making their countdown debut this week. The first is the Nashville-based trio who call themselves The Farm. We caught up with Damien Horne, Nick Hoffman, and Krista Marie in Las Vegas last week during the ACM Awards. Your debut song in the Top 30 is “Home Sweet Home,” so how’d […]
Taylor Swift has been connected with a number of different guys in the last few years, including Taylor Lautner, Jake Gyllenhaal, or even John Mayer. Quite often, those experiences come up in her songs. But at this point in her life, does she believe in love at first sight? Or is it more subtile. When […]
Blake Shelton co-hosts Country Countdown USA this week. He was just named ACM Male Vocalist of the year, and his current Top 5 hit is “Drink On It.” Blake talks about Season 2 of The Voice, which begins live shows this week. He talks about Keith Urban hosting the Australian edition of The Voice. We hear about his experience […]
She had an amazing year, with the #1 tour, the #1 album, #1 song, and even a #1 soundtrack. Sunday night, Taylor Swift was named Entertainer of the Year at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Backstage in the media room, Taylor said that Kevin McGuire, the teen with cancer who was supposed […]
Last month, Taylor Swift announced she would be attending the ACM Awards with a young man suffering from cancer. Sadly we just heard that Kevin McGuire has been hospitalized and will be unable to make the trip to Las Vegas for Sunday’s awards show. “Just talked to Kevin McGuire,” Swift said in a tweet. “He’s not […]
On Saturday night, Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton accepted the National Personality of the Year from the Academy of Country Music. The ceremony was held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, site of the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, taking place Sunday April 1st. ACM double nominee Chris Young was […]
This Sunday night, Blake Shelton will join Reba as co-hosts of the Academy of Country Music Awards. It’s his second time as co-host, and he talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I think we’ll be better because we’re more relaxed, or at least I am. Me not being relaxed last year and […]
