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Shania Twain is known as the "Queen of Country Pop" for a reason: for nearly three decades, Twain has been dazzling audiences across the globe, selling over 100 million records in the process. In the 1990s, the Canadian native cemented herself as a lasting presence in the music industry. Her recent Netflix documentary Not Just a Girl and Let's Go! Las Vegas residency have served as reminders of why she's such an important part of the country music landscape.Twain may be a one-woman force, but she has also graced us with memorable collaborations through the years, both on stage and in...

Arcade Fire’s Win Butler faces accusations of sexual misconduct — from sexual assault to unsolicited sexting — from multiple women between 2016 to 2020. In the Pitchfork report, four woman — three of whom were “devoted” Arcade Fire fans between the ages of 18 to 23 at the time of meeting Butler — detailed their allegations against the singer, who has been married to Arcade Fire band mate Régine Chassagne since 2003. Butler admitted to the extramarital relationships in a statement to Pitchfork, but insisted that all of the sexual...

Alan Jackson was forced to cancel Saturday night’s (Aug. 27) performance in Kansas City after reportedly testing positive for COVID-19. The Country Music Hall of Fame artist has postponed the show to a later date.The 63-year-old was slated to play T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The venue made the announcement early on Saturday, revealing he’d tested positive.“I’m so sorry I can’t be there tonight,” Jackson says in a statement. “I hate to disappoint my fans.”He last played on Friday night in Lincoln, Neb.Thus far, Jackson hasn't shared additional details on social media....

Big Energy "As an artist, I want to use my platform to let these politicians know: My body is for no one to control, but me," the Atlanta rapper said As numerous states continue to enact total or near-total abortion bans in the wake of the repeal of Roe v. Wade, Latto has teamed up with Planned Parenthood to release a new public service announcement urging her fans to speak out in favor of abortion rights and access. The video message from the “Big Energy” Rapper comes ahead of this...

Eighteen years ago today, on Aug. 27, 2003, Keith Urban had one million reasons to celebrate: His 2002 album Golden Road was certified platinum.Golden Road, which was released in October of 2002, was produced by Urban, along with Dann Huff. Three of the singles from Golden Road became No. 1 hits, including "Somebody Like You," which became Urban's first gold-selling single. That particular song stayed at the top of the charts for six weeks.Capitol NashvilleUrban also recorded a cover of Radney Foster's "Raining on Sunday," which peaked in the Top 5, for Golden Road."He actually...

Post Malone scored a two-month trial delay in the battle over his Grammy-nominated hit single “Circles” this week after his lawyers promised he’ll voluntarily attend the proceeding and even testify. But in a sharply worded decision, the judge made it clear he bumped the trial from October 11 to December 13 based on an agreement by both sides — not Malone’s one-sided request and that he was frustrated by the way Malone’s lawyers filed an emergency request to perform a last-minute “forensic examination” of a cell phone belonging to Tyler...

Talented sextet Flatland Cavalry's brand new single "Mountain Song" is all about embracing your surroundings and taking life as it comes.Lead vocalist Cleto Cordero co-wrote the captivating story-song with his friend and fellow songwriter Stephen Constancio while out on the road back in June 2017."We were headed for the Pacific Northwest and the first leg of the tour found us in the quaint and quiet mountain town of Red River, N.M.," Cordero notes. "I remember feeling enamored and safe; nestled by the towering topography that surrounded us on all sides. Born and...

Four decades after she earned her first pop-chart Number One and an Oscar nomination for “9 to 5,” Dolly Parton is set to release a significantly re-imagined version of the song with fellow pop-country superstar Kelly Clarkson. The announcement of the track, to be released Sept. 9, coincides with Friday’s celebration of National Women’s Equality Day, first designated by Congressional resolution on Aug. 26, 1973. The new take on the 1980 hit, produced by Shane McAnally, Sasha Alex Sloan, and King Henry, was created especially for the upcoming documentary Still...

Kenny Chesney and Old Dominion have been touring across the United States over the last few months on Chesney’s headlining Here and Now 2022 Tour. Now, to punctuate their celebrated trek in style, the country stars have teamed up for their first-ever collaboration, “Beer With My Friends.”The spirited David Lee Murphy, Shy Carter and Bryan Simpson-penned song is equal parts summery and anthemic. Layered with crunchy guitar licks and pulsating drumbeats, this fresh track is a stadium-sized tune that checks off all the boxes of a country-radio-ready hit.“Right now I really...

Things are getting hawt. On Thursday, Karol G celebrated the start of a new album era — which she’d teased when she dyed her signature blue hair a bright red color earlier this year— by releasing the fiery single “Gatúbela,” featuring Maldy, and its sexy, perreo-filled video. The Pedro Artola-directed video opens with the Colombian singer looking at herself in a restroom mirror surrounded by fellow bichotas. She then steps into a steamy corridor, where couples are seen perreando, and joins an orgy-like dance pile. Maldy then steps in with...

Craig Morgan has only felt as strongly as he did about his new single "How You Make a Man" one other time in his life. It was 17 years ago, and his gut instinct led to the biggest hit of his career.The new song is a moving vocal showcase that describes embracing life's trials and tribulations because they make you a better human being."In our society, people are scared to fall in love because they're afraid they'll get heart broke," Morgan tells Taste of Country Nights. "Those scars that you have,...

New Jersey rockers the Smithereens have unearthed a “lost album” five years after the death of singer Pat DiNizio and nearly 30 years after they recorded it. Dubbed The Lost Album, the LP stems from a batch of unreleased songs the Smithereens recorded during fall 1993 studio sessions when the band was between record contracts. “The result of those one month marathon recording sessions is this album, unheard by the outside world until now,” the band said in a statement on Facebook. Ahead of The Lost Album’s release on Sept....

Jo Dee Messina songs have a lot of attitude. The singer is known for her feisty empowerment anthems, as well as her high-energy stage presence.But while many of her biggest hits are uptempo musically, with edgy, aggressive lyrics, Messina also displays a softer, more sensitive side in her music, which has helped her reach a diverse audience across different genres.All of the different sides of Messina's music are represented in this list of the Top 10 Jo Dee Messina Songs:10"You're Not in Kansas Anymore"From: 'Jo Dee Messina' (1996)The second single...