Gretchen Wilson plans to start her own record label, and she'd like to call it, naturally, Redneck Records. Wilson, who became a country sensation with her 2004 down-home...
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A decade into his major-label career, Kid Rock is riding his biggest wave yet, powered by his worldwide hit tune "All Summer Long." It's an old-school success story...
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The Redneck Woman is now an educated one, to boot. Country star Gretchen Wilson received her General Equivalency Diploma in a ceremony in Lebanon, Tenn., Thursday night at...
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Country music singer Gretchen Wilson has a mantel full of awards in her Lebanon home. Her first radio single, "Redneck Woman," spent five weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot...
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Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella,"...
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The Country Music Association's 2007 festival drew a record attendance of 191,154 people over four days.
The music festival, which began Thursday and ended Sunday,...
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The first of Dierks Bentley's two big outdoor shows this month is a gimme.
He'll play for thousands of adoring country fans this week at the CMA Music Festival in...
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She was an "amazing talent," a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot.
Remembering...
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When Gretchen Wilson finally got her record deal, she told the execs at her label three things they should never ask her to do: Lose weight, cut her hair or wear a...
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After a 30-year career on the
fringe of Music Row, singer/songwriter John Anderson is gearing
up for an improbable third run at mainstream success.
"Easy Money" (Warner...
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Following is the list of nominees for the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards announced Monday in Nashville. The awards will be presented May 15 in Las...
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President Bush enjoyed a lively set of Christmas music Sunday night, swaying and bobbing his head as music stars like Taylor Hicks and Gretchen Wilson belted out classic...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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Pop diva Mariah Carey, whose
commercial success has not translated into awards show acclaim,
was snubbed at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, despite
scoring three...
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It's hard to believe how many times Brooks & Dunn have won Duo of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
The Hillbilly Deluxe artists, who also hosted the...
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Recording star Faith Hill insisted
on Tuesday she was just clowning around backstage at the
Country Music Association Awards when cameras caught her
apparently reacting with...
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The redneck woman has a tender side. Country singer Gretchen Wilson, known for songs that flaunt her hardscrabble roots and wild ways like chewing tobacco and drag racing on...
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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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For more than a dozen artists, nominations for the American Music Awards came in twos and threes.
Mariah Carey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Eyed Peas and...
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Brooks & Dunn and Brad Paisley were both nominated for six Country Music Association Awards, but Ronnie Dunn emerged as the leader with seven nominations, including one for...
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Nominees for the 40th annual Country Music Association Awards, to be held Nov. 6 in Nashville, Tenn:
Entertainer of the year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley,...
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Stick a fork in the CMA Award nominations--they're Dunn.
Brooks & Dunn and solo crooner Brad Paisley racked up six
nominations apiece for the Country Music Association...
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It's 9 p.m. at The Gig
in Hollywood and a crowd of L.A. hipsters is trickling in to
catch the evening's act.
The bar itself is just one of several live music...
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Various Artists, "The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson" (American Roots Publishing)
Kris Kristofferson has enjoyed a celebratory run of late, his from...
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From the street, the headquarters of the Country Stampede looks like a mom-and-pop shop, squished between two restaurants in an out-of-the-way strip mall.
And the...
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Grammy-winning country
singer Gretchen Wilson's debut was titled "Here for the Party,"
and a party is exactly what she sets out to provide in concert.
Thursday night, the...
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Though Gretchen Wilson's songs often depict a life of drinking, partying and other rowdy behavior, life on the road for the country star seems to be pretty tame, from the...
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Sony BMG is shuttering its Epic
Records Nashville imprint, home of such acts as Gretchen Wilson
and Miranda Lambert, and laying off about 20 employees.
Future releases...
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Rascal Flatts' Gang keeps banging away on the competition.
For the third straight week, the county band's Me & My
Gang ruled the Billboard 200, this time holding off...
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The chief executive of Sony Music Label Group U.S. has been tapped to also serve as chairman, officials at parent company Sony BMG Music Entertainment said Friday.
The...
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Country superstar Kenny Chesney will perform at football and soccer stadiums in several U.S. cities this year, including a July 8 show at Nashville's Coliseum.
"The last...
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CMT voters gotta have Faith. And Carrie. And, uh, Reese?
Faith Hill nabbed a leading four nominations for the 2006 CMT
Awards, the country music video kudosfest voted on...
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Ne-Yo's so sick that he can't be denied.
The rookie R&B
crooner, whose debut single "So Sick" already topped the
Billboard Hot 100 radio, now has a number one album to...
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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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To mark Kris Kristofferson's
upcoming 70th birthday, Nashville-based American Roots
Publishing will release "The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris
Kristofferson" June...
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Gretchen Wilson and comedian Larry The Cable Guy will make special appearances on the upcoming season of Nashville Star. The two will be part of what has been deemed...
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Chevrolet's two-year-old musically
charged "An American Revolution" campaign took on added urgency
in 2005, thanks to savvy music licenses and partnerships.
The automaker...
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The emancipation of Mariah
Carey from all things that
Glitter seems
complete.
The songbird soared with eight
Grammy nominations
Thursday, including an Album of the...
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Rose Bowl fans, Big & Rich are comin' to your city.
The country duo will perform during halftime of the Bowl Championship Series' title game on Jan. 4, "Big" Kenny Alphin...
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Rose Bowl fans, Big & Rich are "Comin' to Your City."
The hick-hop country duo, who recorded a special version of their song "Comin' to Your City" for ESPN's "College...
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It's rock vs. rap for this year's Billboard Music Awards,
with underdog Green Day hoping to out-trophy 50 Cent, who had near total
domination of the 2005 sales charts.
...
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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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The members of Destiny's Child may have gone their separate ways,
but that didn't stop the band from picking up a pair of awards at
Tuesday's American Music Awards.
The...
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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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A year-and-a-half after shaking up
the country music industry with their debut album, "Horse of a
Different Color," Big & Rich are at it again.
On the pair's sophomore...
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In the rough-and-tumble roadhouse called Big O's, a teenage Gretchen Wilson felt at home with a microphone in hand, belting out renditions of old-school Patsy Cline or...
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Nothing like a stripped-down Alicia Keys to get music fans in a
tizzy.
The nine-time Grammy-winning R&B songstress--known
for such hits as "If I Ain't Got You," "You...
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ASCAP honored its top country
songwriters and publishers at its annual awards gala Monday
night at Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium. Kenny Chesney,
Craig Wiseman, John...
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It's good to be right, but it's even better to be right at number
one.
Nickelback's new album, All the Right Reasons,
just became the band's first ever chart-topper....
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The Redneck Woman has gotten all jacked up on the charts.
Gretchen Wilson, the country music rebel who created a huge splash with
last year's surprise hit Here for the...
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Country singer Gretchen Wilson's
second album opened at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday,
ahead of new releases by Sheryl Crow, Toni Braxton and
incarcerated rapper...
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Fans of Gretchen Wilson's chart-topping 2004 debut album, "Here for the Party," might have braced for a letdown with her latest, "All Jacked Up." Feel free to...
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Apparently Mariah Carey and American Music Award nominations
belong together.
The R&B diva led the AMA field with
four nominations in all, including nods for Best...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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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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Celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Leno, Master P and Dave Matthews are contributing star power to relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
DeGeneres, a...
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Hurricane Katrina telethons reminiscent of benefits for tsunami and 9/11 victims will feature artists including Wynton Marsalis and Green Day, while Jerry Lewis' annual...
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Gretchen Wilson is catching flak for being too much of a Redneck
Woman.
Tennessee officials are spitting mad at the
Grammy-winning singer, calling on Wilson to stop...
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Tennessee's attorney general has asked the singer who made "Redneck Woman" a country hit to stop glamorizing the use of smokeless tobacco at her concerts.
Gretchen Wilson...
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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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Gretchen Wilson has a lot on her plate these days as part of one of the top-grossing tours of the year with Kenny Chesney, a new album due this fall, not to mention being a...
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Kenny Chesney, Vince Gill, Gretchen Wilson and Big & Rich are among the many musicians who are donating proceeds from one of their concerts to the Country Music Hall of Fame...
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In addition to his better-known gig
as half of hot country duo Big & Rich, John Rich has quietly
become Nashville's new "it" producer and one of its most
sought-after...
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Gretchen Wilson has nearly finished up work on her sophomore album, the follow-up to the four million-selling debut, Here For The Party, which was released last May. Wilson...
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Gretchen Wilson's redneck reign continued Monday in Nashville as
she emerged as the top winner at the 2005 CMT Music Awards.
She snagged Breakthrough Video of the Year...
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Winners from the Country Music Television Music Awards show Monday night in Nashville:
_ Breakthrough Video: Gretchen Wilson, "Redneck Woman"
_ Collaborative Video: Brad...
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The nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards, which will be broadcast live 8 p.m. Eastern time April 11:
Male video: Keith Urban, "Days Go By"; Kenny Chesney, "I Go Back";...
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Music videos by newcomers Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson were among the leading nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards announced Wednesday.
The video for Big & Rich's song...
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Gretchen Wilson recently turned down the opportunity to star in the upcoming feature film, the Dukes Of Hazzard. The "Redneck Woman" was approached about playing a sheriff...
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Gretchen Wilson and Charlie Daniels will team up for a performance during the Super Bowl pregame show next month. The NFL is pairing young icons and timeless legends from a...
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Gretchen Wilson sold more than 2.9 million copies of Here For The Party in 2004, making it last year's leader for any debut album in any genre. Considering the album was...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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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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Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has been named the 2005 MusiCares Person of the Year by the Recording Academy. Wilson, 62, will receive the honor at a tribute dinner,...
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Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will
be the honoree at music charity group MusiCares' annual
pre-Grammys bash in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, organizers said
Wednesday.
The...
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Gretchen Wilson is pretty pleased that her latest single, "Here For The Party," is following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the Number One hit, "Redneck Woman." "Here...
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Gretchen Wilson is today's "it" girl on the country music scene, but it wasn't too long ago that she was ready to throw in the towel on her musical career. She performed...
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Last summer, country music's hottest act, the Dixie Chicks , was in a meltdown. Country CD sales were sliding and record executives were praying for a spate of holiday...
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A mere four weeks after the release of Gretchen Wilson's debut album, Here For The Party, the project has been certified platinum for sales of more than one million copies....
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Newcomer Gretchen Wilson's debut single, "Redneck Woman," has catapulted into the Top 10 on the country charts in just seven weeks. Other than LeAnn Rimes' 1996 hit, "Blue,"...
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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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The first time OutKast got a Grammy nomination for best album, in 2002, hip-hop's eclectic duo was upstaged by the old-time bluegrass of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Two...
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