Little Big Town co-host the Countdown this week. Their current Top 5 hit is “Tornado.” They just won a Grammy Award for Pontoon. They also talk about winning the CMA Single & Vocal Group of the Year awards. They’re currently on the Tornado Tour with newcomer Kacey Musgraves. This summer, they’ll hit the road with Keith […]
Tim McGraw’s new CD includes his first duet with Taylor Swift. The song is called “Highway Don’t Care,” and also has guitar work from Keith Urban. Tim told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton how he chose Taylor for the song: “I can’t wait for people to hear this song. The lyric is so cinematic, and […]
Tim McGraw co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current hit, One of Those Nights, is in the Top 5. It’s from his latest CD: “Two Lanes of Freedom.” The CD also contains a new event song with Taylor Swift & Keith Urban. Tim also talks about his Soul 2 Soul show in Las Vegas. He […]
Taylor Swift’s 2013 Red Tour begins March 13th in Omaha. Her Speak Now tour was a huge success, selling out venues around the world. So this new tour has very big shoes to fill. Taylor discussed details about the tour with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “Planning the Red Tour started 8 months ago. That’s […]
Tim McGraw’s new CD “Two Lanes Of Freedom” includes a song called “Highway Don’t Care” that features guest vocals from Taylor Swift. The song is actually #13 on the album, a nod to Taylor’s lucky number. But Tim didn’t tell Taylor that little detail, and she actually didn’t know until Lon Helton told her when […]
The Band Perry co-hosted Country Countdown USA this past week, and revealed details about their highly-anticipated second album, “Pioneer.” They told Lon Helton: “This project certainly has the most teeth of anything we’ve done. There’s certainly an aggressive side, but we also have some of the most emotional sides of us. We’ve become vulnerable. Our entire […]
Nominees for the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced via video press conference Wednesday morning. The winners will be announced in Las Vegas on Sunday April 7th, broadcast live on CBS-TV. Following is the list of final nominees. Winners in each of the categories, except where noted, will be presented with […]
Taylor Swift co-hosts the Countdown this week. Her current hit is “Begin Again,” and it’s in the Top 10. Taylor previews her 2013 Red Tour, which kicks off on March 13. She says it will be different from the Speak Now Tour. She talks about singing with Tim McGraw on his new CD. She talks […]
Nashville was well represented at this year’s Grammy Awards. Taylor Swift opened the TV show with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” Taylor picked up her 7th Grammy today in the category of Best Song Written For Visual Media. The song, “Safe & Sound,” was a duet with The Civil Wars, and appeared in […]
This year’s Grammy Awards Show will make memories for all who win and attend. But we asked some country stars to give their favorite Grammy memory. Taylor Swift won a couple of Grammy Awards last year, both for her #1 hit “Mean.” She talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “The song Mean was written in […]
