Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves top the country nominees for the 2014 Grammy Awards. The two were the only country artists to have nominations in all-genre categories. Swift’s “Red” is up for overall Album of the Year, and Musgraves is in the Best New Artist Of the Year category. Musgraves is nominated both as an […]
Billy Currington was in Nashville Tuesday to celebrate his latest #1: “Hey Girl.” But his date wasn’t one of the models from the song’s video, but rather his 84 year old grandmother! He told Country Countdown USA: “We brought her up last night from Georgia. She’s a big fan of the Christmas lights at the Opryland […]
Joe Nichols co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current hit, “Sunny & 75,” is in the Top 5. He just released a new album called “Crickets.” He talks about his baby girl Dylan, as well as his holiday plans. Joe has great stories about Keith Urban, Justin Moore, Eric Paslay, The Eli Young Band, David […]
Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard had a memorable CMA Night a few weeks ago. They relived it this week with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: What were you thinking that night? “Very blessed to be a part of something this special, big night for Team FGL, a huge win, very humbled, our […]
Some of country’s top stars joined Hall of Fame legends Alabama at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium a few weeks ago. The show was recorded for a GAC TV special running this week. Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Eli Young Band, Trisha Yearwood, and Jamey Johnson appeared to perform classic hits from the band’s latest album, […]
Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley & Tyler Hubbard co-host the countdown this week. Lon joins them out on their Here’s To The Good Times Tour. The guys picked up two CMA Awards: Vocal Duo and Single of the Year for “Cruise.” They also won a pair of American Music Awards. They’ve been on the road […]
Jake Owen’s baby girl Pearl celebrated her 1st birthday on Friday. Her proud pop posted this photo on Twitter. Jake told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton he’s had fun during his first year of fatherhood: “I can’t believe a year has flown by. I’ve watched grow up so much in a year. Now she’s walking, and […]
Earlier this year, Josh Turner received an invitation to perform at the final George Jones concert. “I’ve actually had the invitation from George framed on my wall, I’ve had it on my wall for several months now.” Sadly, Jones passed away in April, and the show was turned into a memorial. Turner told Country Countdown […]
Jake Owen joins Lon this week as co-host. His current hit is “Days Of Gold,” and it’s also the title of his new album that is available December 3. Jake has spent the entire year on the road with Jason Aldean, and he shares backstage stories from that tour. He also talks about the success […]
You’ve been hearing his song “Chillin’ It” for the past few weeks on the Countdown, but now it’s made a big turn into our Top 20. He also wrote “Outta My Head,” the Top 15 hit by Craig Campbell. In addition, a lot of Lon’s co-hosts are talking about him. Folks like Luke Bryan, Chris Young, […]
