Lee Ann Womack's 2005 disc, "There's More Where That Came From," was arguably the best album of her career. It won her three Country Music Association awards, including...
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Three years after her last album was lauded by the industry but drew little attention on radio, country singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack is back with "Call Me Crazy." In...
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Country music star Lee Ann Womack has secured a temporary protective order to keep away a man she says was stalking her.
In a petition filed last week in Chatham County...
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Lee Ann Womack's got something worth leaving behind: an alleged stalker.
The country star was granted a temporary protective order against a Georgia man she claims has...
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Usually when an artist releases a
multiple-CD collection, it's a boxed set of greatest hits,
perhaps with a few previously unreleased tunes thrown in. In a
possibly...
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Brad Paisley would like to thank the Academy. The other one.
The Time Well Wasted singer received a leading six
nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards,...
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Sheryl Crow, Lindsay Lohan, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Ann Womack and other singing stars strutted their stuff for a new crowd Friday: the fashion editors, stylists and retailers at...
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Lee Ann Womack is strutting her stuff for a new crowd: the fashion editors, stylists and retailers at New York Fashion Week.
The 39-year-old country singer was among the...
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It's late morning and the guys from Cross Canadian Ragweed are beat.
Cody Canada drifts into the coffee shop a few minutes late and plops down beside bandmates Grady Cross...
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One awards show cannot turn New
York into a country city overnight. At least that was the
feeling from retailers contacted by Billboard, most of whom say
the November 15...
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As is her wont, Madonna will be stuffing plenty of stockings this
holiday season.
The Material Girl scored her third
consecutive chart-topper with Confessions on a...
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Lee Ann Womack may not hate herself this morning.
The
country songbird picked up a trio of trophies at the CMA Awards Tuesday
night, including Album of the Year for...
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Although the CMA Awards' first soiree in New York will be peppered with cameos by Elton John, Billy Joel, Donald Trump, James Gandolfini and Bon Jovi, don't expect...
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The Country Music Association awards will be handed out tonight, but not in Nashville.
They'll be presented at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which doesn't even...
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Dolly Parton and Elton John will sing "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" at "The 39th Annual CMA Awards," which will air live on CBS from Madison Square Garden on Nov....
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Leading names from Broadway and
country music have signed on for the aptly named benefit
concert Broadway Meets Country, which will take place November
12 as part of a...
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A tip of the ten-gallon hat to Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack.
The country crooners wrangled themselves six nominations
apiece to lead this year's contenders for the...
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A two-hour special featuring highlights from this year's Country Music Association festival will air on prime-time TV this week, with performances by Alan Jackson, Rascal...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Country Music Television has come up with its list of the 100 greatest love songs, and No. 1 is Dolly Parton 's "I Will Always Love You," which she took to the top of the...
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Usher
has turned Eminem's
world upside down.
Last
week, the Eminem -led D12
World ended Usher's five-week run at number one on the album
chart, but in this week's...
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After testing the touring
waters by opening for John Hiatt and Nickel Creek, Vanguard
artist Mindy Smith is playing select headlining shows.
Smith will tour throughout...
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Georgia-born singer Alan Jackson ,
who shared a recent hit with Jimmy Buffett on the duet "It's
Five O'Clock Somewhere," led the field of contenders for the
Academy of...
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List of key nominations announced Wednesday for the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards:
1. Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney , Alan Jackson ,...
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Alan Jackson , who received a leading eight Academy of Country Music nominations Wednesday, can justify celebrating as early as he wants because — as the title of his...
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Randy Travis , Ricky Skaggs and Lee Ann Womack are among the country singers who have contributed to an upcoming album of Civil War-themed songs.
Scheduled for release in...
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Tia Sillers, a writer of country
and rock hits, has re-signed her exclusive global publishing
agreement with Viacom's Famous Music.
Sillers and Mark D. Sanders wrote Lee...
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Lee Ann Womack is heading back into the studio this summer to record a new album. Womack has been spending her time writing songs and hopes to record some of her own...
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Lee Ann Womack and Willie Nelson delighted fans with special guest-filled performances at last week's South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas.
Womack's set on...
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The state of Texas has declared March 13th Lee Ann Womack day in honor of the singer's accomplishments and contributions to country music. State Representative Chuck Hopson...
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Lee Ann Womack has been tapped to play Texas's SXSW (South By Southwest) and she hopes to put on the show that people will remember. So, the singer is welcoming guests Buddy...
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For Lee Ann Womack, her performance at the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade Thursday (November 28) isn't just another promotional appearance--it's a chance for a family...
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Lee Ann Womack says there is always a struggle between herself and her record label when it comes to choosing singles. Womack is a lover of the sad, hardcore country...
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Lee Ann Womack's first Christmas album will be released October 29. The singer took a different approach to the holiday project, she tells LAUNCH.
"The record is called A...
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After her recent appearance at the Lifetime television taping in Hollywood for the special, Women Rock! Girls And Guitars, LAUNCH caught up with Lee Ann Womack, who told us...
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Lee Ann Womack's greatly anticipated new album, Something Worth Leaving Behind, hits stores today (August 20). The singer began searching for songs for the new project since...
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Lee Ann Womack's upcoming Christmas album, A Season For Romance, features a duet with Harry Connick Jr. The two recorded their version of "Baby It's Cold Outside" for the...
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With the impending release of a new album comes an altogether new look for Lee Ann Womack. The singer has lightened and lengthened her hair, changed her clothing style, and...
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Lee Ann Womack's new single and the title track to her much-anticipated new album, Something Worth Leaving Behind, has a very personal connection. The song was co-written by...
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This year's Fan Fair event drew more that 126,000 people to the four-day event, making it the biggest crowd in Fan Fair's 31-year existence. This was the second year that...
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Lee Ann Womack may be best loved for her stone-country vocals, but the singer admits her personal taste in music crosses the country line. Womack says that she is a big fan...
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Lee Ann Womack was stunned by her big Billboard Music Award win for adult contemporary single of the year for "I Hope You Dance" at Tuesday (December 4) night's award show...
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When Lee Ann Womack sang the national anthem at the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game, televised live on CBS, it was her singing live, no tape. But the night before, the...
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Lee Ann Womack's next single from her award-winning album, I Hope You Dance, will be the song that Womack plans to sing at the CMA Awards next month, "Does My Ring Burn Your...
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Lee Ann Womack shared her bus with Hank Williams Jr. and Sons Of The Desert on Tuesday (September 11) when all three acts were somewhat stranded in and around Boston after...
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Lee Ann Womack recently recorded a duet with Willie Nelson for his forthcoming album, The Great Divide. The song is called "Mendocino County Line," and it was written by...
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After having lived a whirlwind year of awards shows and events in Nashville, New York City, and Hollywood, Lee Ann Womack has been getting a lot of attention from the media....
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Lee Ann Womack celebrated the double-platinum success of her third career album, I Hope You Dance, at a party in Nashville on Thursday (May 17).
Womack wasn't so sure while...
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Lee Ann Womack and the Dixie Chicks were the big winners at Wednesday night's (May 9) Academy Of Country Music Awards. Both acts took home three awards at the ceremony held...
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Lee Ann Womack and Toby Keith top the list of nominees for tonight's (May 9) 6th annual Academy Of Country Music Awards. Womack herself earned six nominations, including...
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Lee Ann Womack has been the center of buzz on music row after she was quoted in The Arizona Star saying she was disapointed with a pop remix of "I Hope You Dance." In...
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Lee Ann Womack is officially country music's latest successful crossover act with "I Hope You Dance," which just hit the top spot on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart....
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With the success of the Grammy-winning song, "I Hope You Dance," Lee Ann Womack is a frequent voice not only on country radio stations, but on pop and adult contemporary...
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Lee Ann Womack is still flying high on the news of her six nominations for this year's Academy Of Country Music (ACM) Awards. The singer received nods for top female...
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Lee Ann Womackand Toby Keith top this year's list of nominees for the 36th annual Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) with six nominations each, followed by Faith Hill...
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After winning best song and single honors at the 2000 Country Music Awards, Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" has earned yet another distinction.
Not only is it nominated...
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Lee Ann Womack has been tapped to host and headline "D.C. City Limits," an event sponsored by the Recording Industry Association Of America and the Austin City Limits PBS...
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Powerhouse vocalist Patti LaBelle will perform the national anthem at the 2001 FedEx Orange Bowl being held today (January 3). The Grammy-winning performer and author's...
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Lee Ann Womack will headline the seventh annual Knock Out Abuse Against Women benefit today (November 2) in Washington, D.C. Proceeds will be donated to the House Of Ruth,...
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Lee Ann Womack's controversial recording of "I'd Give My Right (Nut) To Save Country Music" with so-called prison inmate Ray Driskoll has been pulled from Nashville's Tower...
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Multiple awards, a near-platinum album, and a top spot on the country charts are not the only results of Lee Ann Womack's poignant hit, "I Hope You Dance." The song is now...
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Lee Ann Womack will perform her poignant, chart-topping hit "I Hope You Dance" at the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert honoring the winners. The concert will also feature...
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(9/27/00, 7 a.m. ET - Lee Ann Womack is in the midst of a flurry of activity these days. The success of her recent Number One country hit, "I Hope You Dance," has ignited...
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Despite the break-neck pace of her busy career, Lee Ann Womack has decided to return to home-schooling her 9-year-old daughter, Aubrie. Aubrie has spent the last two years...
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Lee Ann Womack picked up five nominations today for this year's Country Music Association (CMA) Awards (LAUNCH, 8/1). Womack, who was on hand to announce the nominees with...
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Lee Ann Womack will offer up her four-week Number One country smash "I Hope You Dance," slightly revamped, to pop radio. If successful, Womack will join the ranks of...
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Lee Ann Womack will offer up her four-week Number One country smash "I Hope You Dance," slightly revamped, to pop radio. If successful, Womack will join the ranks of...
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Lee Ann Womack was outside Memphis, returning from the last George Strait Country Music Festival date in Houston on Sunday (June 11) when a truck in front of her bus...
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Lee Ann Womack releases her new album, I Hope You Dance, today (May 23). The 12-song disc features Womack's new single "I Hope You Dance" as well as the Don Williams...
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Lee Ann Womack spent Mother's Day in Jacksonville, Florida performing on the George Strait Country Music Festival. Before the performance, she and her daughter Aubrie took...
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The Nashville music industry gathered on Thursday (Oct. 28) to celebrate the success of Lee Ann Womack's two albums--Lee Ann Womack and Some Things I Know.
Her self-titled...
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Lee Ann Womack jumped at the chance to be the voice of Becky Thatcher in the upcoming animated movie Tom Sawyer. The singer has already completed her part in the film and...
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Fans of country singer Lee Ann Womack will be flocking to the Texas Rangers ballpark this weekend to see the singer perform the National Anthem on Friday (July 30) when the...
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The pop, R&B, and rock divisions weren't the only portions of the music business affected by the Universal-PolyGram merger. Nashville's Decca Records, part of the Universal...
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Country singer Lee Ann Womack has had a big week: the biggest event was the birth of her second daughter, Anna Lise Womack, who arrived Sunday evening (Jan. 3) in...
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News out of Nashville has taken a decidedly Enquirer-esque turn these days, and it's starting to sound like a tear-in-your-beer country song.
Gossips are wagging about the...
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Billy Ray Cyrus was the runaway winner at the TNN Music City News 32nd annual Country Awards extravaganza held Monday night at the Nashville Arena. The award ceremony,...
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Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Trisha Yearwood were among the big winners at the Academy Of Country Music Awards Wednesday night. The ACM is often viewed as a bit...
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They may not have a Grammy nomination, but the Spice Girls have clearly won the hearts and minds of America's fans. The British pop quintet were the big winners Monday...
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While 1997 is being dubbed another banner year for "Women In Rock"--in light of the recent hot-ticket Lilith Fair tour and chart-toppers Sarah McLachlan and Meredith...
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