HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from the soundtrack to the hit Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters, claims the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a third week, while the music from the movie notches three Top 5 hits and a record-setting four simultaneous Top 10s for a second consecutive week. Saja Boys’ “Your Idol”…… read more »
Nearly eight years after the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas, Jason Aldean opened up about the tragic experience on a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. Performing during the massacre that claimed 60 lives and injured over 800, Aldean described the shock of returning home to a distraught family,…… read more »
Shaboozey has scored his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Good News,” which rose one place to reach the top on this week’s chart, after gaining 31.1 million audience impressions. The track was co-written by Shaboozey and Sean Cook, Michael Pollack, Sam Roman, Nevin Sastry, and Jake Torrey, and is featured on…… read more »
Ethan Hawke’s new two-part documentary, Highway 99: A Double Album, offers a rich, three-hour tribute to Merle Haggard, delving into the late country legend’s complex life and legacy with heartfelt reverence. Blending rare archival footage, audio interviews with Haggard, reflections by Dolly Parton and Rosanne Cash, and performances by artists like Norah Jones and Jason…… read more »
Stray Kids’ KARMA debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart, earning the K-pop group the seventh No. 1 of their career. The release notched 313,000 equivalent album units in the United States over the past week, with traditional album sales making up 296,000 of that figure, marking career highs in both totals for the group. All…… read more »
During an intimate Soho Sessions performance at the Hamptons’ Stephen Talkhouse on Monday night (August 25), Maren Morris reflected on how her breakout 2016 single, “My Church,” transformed her from a singer-songwriter into a full-fledged artist, bringing out opener Yola to join her on the song. That special collaboration fit perfectly alongside performances of “The…… read more »
In a new interview with Audacy’s Katie Neal, Bailey Zimmerman reflects on the growth he experienced while making his new album, Different Night Same Rodeo, which was released on August 8. Zimmerman was anxious to see if he could follow-up the success of his 2023 debut record, Religiously. The Album, which peaked at No. 3…… read more »
The 2025 Field & Stream Music Festival, set for October 3-5 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, featuring headliners Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, has been canceled without much explanation. This marks the second consecutive year the event was scrapped, following its inaugural 2024 edition being called off due to Hurricane Helene. Other acts like…… read more »
During a recent appearance on Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast, Lainey Wilson humorously recalled when HARDY treated her and her crew to a strip club visit in Huntsville, Alabama, as an end-of-tour gift during their 2023 Fall tour together. HARDY handed her 100 one-dollar bills with a “Have fun” send-off, although they missed the…… read more »
Riley Green is currently riding high with his Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 hit, “Worst Way,” but the 36-year-old country star admits in a new interview with CMT that writing love songs is outside his comfort zone. “It’s not really my thing,” Green says of making romantic ballads, though the chart success of his current…… read more »