Category Archives: NCD News

Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart (streaming, sales and airplay-based) for the 11th week, which is the second-longest run by a solo female ar...

Country Music Hall of Fame member Garth Brooks will soon add another award to his crowded trophy case: Billboard Icon Award.Garth will be presented with the award at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, w...

Lee Brice’s “One of Them Girls” is No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart for the second consecutive week. The tune is Lee’s eighth No. 1 single.“One of Them Girls&...

Sam Hunt will try to score his eighth No. 1 single with the release of “Breaking Up Was Easy in the '90s.”Penned by Sam, Chris LaCorte, Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne and Ernest K. Smith, R...

Carrie Underwood’s first Christmas album, My Gift, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart this week. The new album marks Carrie’s eighth No. 1 on the chart.The holiday ...

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of her 1995 album, The Woman in Me, Shania Twain released a new box set, The Woman in Me: Diamond Edition, on Oct. 2.The album features a newly remastered versio...

In rodeo parlance, Cody Johnson and Reba McEntire are team roping.Cody and Reba have joined forces for a new duet, “Dear Rodeo.”Penned by Cody and Dan Couch, the original version of “...

The Oak Ridge Boys-Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban-are getting a jump on the Christmas season by announcing a 29-day residency at Nashville’s Opryland Resort.The...

Rascal Flatts will continue to celebrate their 20th anniversary this year with the release of a new album, Twenty Years of Rascal Flatts The Greatest Hits, on Oct. 2.In January, the trio-comprised of ...

Led by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, the Outlaw Movement of the 1970s was a musical revolt against the so-called Nashville Sound, the polished country/pop fusion created to lure listeners back to...