WINNERS OF THIRD ANNUAL “AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS” ANNOUNCED Luke Bryan Earns Nine Awards; Carrie Underwood Receives 11th ACA Award and Sets Record for Most Awards Two-Hour Special Featured Performances by Co-Hosts Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth, Jake Owen, Kip Moore, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Little […]
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill kicked off their Soul 2 Soul show at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on Friday. Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton was at the premiere and filed this report for Country Aircheck: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill launched their Soul2Soul 10-weekend engagement at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas over the […]
Eric Church co-hosts the Countdown this week. He just won the CMA Album of the Year for Chief. His Blood Sweat & Beers tour has been selling out arenas all over the USA. Plus Eric will join Kenny Chesney next year on the No Shoes Nation tour. Eric’s current hit, “Creepin,” is in the Top […]
Nashville is the kind of town that likes to celebrate success. The best example of that is a uniquely Nashville thing called a #1 party. That’s where everyone involved in the making of a #1 song get together to celebrate and present momentoes of their achievement. On Tuesday, the song being celebrated was “Hard To […]
Newcomer Kip Moore makes his Countdown Co-Hosting debut this week. His current hit, “Beer Money,” is in the Top 10. His debut single, “Somethin’ Bout a Truck,” went to #1. He’s been on the road this year with Tim McGraw, Billy Currington, Dierks Bentley, and Eric Church. Next week: Eric Church Coming soon: Lon counts […]
Jake Owen and his wife Lacey welcomed their first child, daughter Olive Pearl Owen, on Thanksgiving Day. Although the baby’s first name is Olive, Jake & Lacey said they’d actually call her Pearl. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Jake why Pearl isn’t actually her first name: “We didn’t want to name her Pearl Owen…someone the […]
Jake Owen co-hosts the Countdown this week. He talks about his new daughter, Olive Pearl Owen, and explains her very unique name. Blake has been pretty busy this year, getting married, touring with Kenny Chesney, and now having a baby. He talks about all those things, and previews his Summer Never Ends tour. Plus Jake […]
Blake Shelton hosted a week-long country cruise last month. Other artists included Trace Adkins, Easton Corbin, Lee Brice, Jerrod Niemann, Randy Houser, and many more. But one person missing from the guest list was Blake’s wife Miranda Lambert. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton was also on the cruise, so he asked Miranda where she was: […]
Back in August, Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton traveled to LA to do the Countdown at the Hollywood Hills home rented by Blake Shelton. At the time, Blake was taping Season Three of The Voice. Blake explained that he rented the home because he wanted Miranda to stay with him there: “I knew I was […]
In the weeks before the CMA Awards, Miranda Lambert goes through a bunch of outfits that she’ll wear in awards night. There’s the dress for the red carpet, the dress for the performance, and the dress she wears during the show. It was during those fittings that Miranda had an accident. She told Lon Helton […]
