Country stars are heading to Las Vegas for the 2nd annual American Country Awards. The show, hosted by Trace Adkins and actress Kristin Chenowith, will air Monday night on the Fox Network. Jason Aldean and the Zac Brown Band lead the nominees with 8 apiece. Neither are performing on the show. Miranda Lambert’s all-girl trio Pistol Annies […]
The new duo Thompson Square will make their countdown co-hosting debut this week. The husband & wife pair just received a couple of Grammy nominations for their #1 hit, “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not.” They’ve been on tour all year with Jason Aldean, and will start 2012 opening for Lady Antebellum. They have great stories about […]
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 came to the Country Countdown USA studio dressed in Georgia Bulldog red, with a Georgia hoodie and even red Georgia shoes! Jason posed for this picture, pointing to his red sneakers. His show is airing the same weekend that Georgia plays the #1 LSU Tigers. We know that Jason is watching the game, […]
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 […]
There was a party in Nashville this week to celebrate Jake Owen’s first #1 with “Barefoot Blue Jean Night.” Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton was on hand to present Jake with a plaque to commemorate the event. Speaking before the party, Jake Owen told the Nashville media said: “It’s amazing, after years of working at […]
Fresh off winning his first CMA Awards, Jason Aldean picked up his first Grammy nominations. His #1 hit, “Dirt Road Anthem,” is nominated for Best Country Solo Performance. “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” his duet with Kelly Clarkson, is in the category of Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Plus his top-selling CD, “My Kinda Party,” is in the […]
