David Nail co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current Top 10 hit is “Whatever She’s Got.” What major country superstar ALMOST recorded the song instead of David? And what David said to him at the CMA Awards. David’s third album, “I’m A Fire,” will be released on March 4th. He is on the road with […]
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 49th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC® AWARDS COUNTRY MUSIC’S PARTY OF THE YEAR® ACM AWARDS TO AIR LIVE FROM MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw lead with 7 nominations; […]
For Darius Rucker, it’s been a long road from pop star to country star. Sunday night in LA, he achieved another milestone as he won his first Grammy as a solo country star. He’d won a pair of Grammy awards almost 20 years ago as lead singer of Hootie & The Blowfish. But this win […]
This is Grammy Weekend in LA. One year ago, Eric Paslay was walking his very first Grammy red carpet. He earned his first nomination for writing “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” for the Eli Young Band. Now he’s co-hosting Country Countdown USA, and he shared his memories with Lon Helton: “It was mindblowing. We […]
Country’s top stars are in Los Angeles this weekend for the 56th annual Grammy Awards. Among the nominees attending this year: Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Hunter Hayes, Lee Brice, Kacey Musgraves, Darius Rucker, and many more. Hunter Hayes will perform on the show, and he’s tweeted that he’ll debut a new look and […]
Get to know newcomer Eric Paslay as he makes his co-hosting debut. He’s already had three #1s, writing hits “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” “Even If It Breaks Your Heart,” and “Angel Eyes.” Plus he wrote the brand new song by Rascal Flatts! He’s in the Top 10 now with Friday Night. Find out which hot […]
Picture this for a moment: Zac Brown, Eric Church, and their families on beach vacation together. Sound impossible? When Eric co-hosted the Countdown last month, he told Lon that Zac and his family came down to Eric’s Florida beach house last summer. The really strange part, according to Eric, was that Zac wanted to go spear-fishing! Eric […]
As Luke Bryan prepared to kick off his 2014 That’s My Kind of Night Tour, he held a press conference with some exciting news. For the first time in his career, Luke will headline stadiums! Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicago. He will also play multiple nights in several cities. He will play Washington, DC, Raleigh, St. […]
It seemed like an unlikely collaboration: Roots country star Zac Brown and grunge rocker Dave Grohl. The two jammed on the CMA Awards. But according to Zac, that performance came about mainly by coincidence. Zac told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I met Dave during the Grammy Awards last year, and I told him I’d […]
It was one of those “moments” during the opening segment of the CMA Awards in November. Hosts Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood sang “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” and invited Luke Bryan and Zac Brown to hug. Earlier in the year, Zac had criticized Luke’s song “That’s My Kind of Night” in a Canadian interview. So was […]
