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Blake Shelton's new song "Minimum Wage" may have upset some people on social media, but Ronnie Dunn gets it. The Brooks & Dunn singer came to Shelton's defense after the younger of the two Oklahomans received backlash after performing the song on NBC last Thursday (Dec. 31).On Twitter, country fans sounded off about the idea of Shelton, a multi-millionaire, singing about life on minimum wage. Dunn argues that simplifies a song he wishes he'd written himself."You can make a six pack on the carpet / Taste like a million dollar bill /...

Jhené Aiko has released an at-home performance featuring songs from her most recent album, Chilombo, as well as one cut from her 2014 debut, Souled Out. For the performance, Aiko set up in front of her fireplace and molded the seven tracks into a seamless and serene medley with minimal instrumental backing — just harp, keyboard, and the enveloping hum of her healing sound bowls. Aiko opened with “Triggered (Freestyle),” then went into “Trigger Protection Mantra,” “W.A.Y.S.,” “Born Tired,” “Summer 2020,” “10K Hours,” and closed with “Magic Hour.” View this...

On Jan. 4, 1969, Dolly Parton was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.Parton's Opry honor came after the musician released three albums in 1968: Just Because I'm a Woman, her second solo album (and first full-length for RCA Records), and two duet albums with Porter Wagoner, Just Between You and Me and Just the Two of Us. The latter two LPs spawned three Top 10 country chart hits, while the title track of her solo effort landed in the Top 20."It was always my dream to be on the Opry,"...

Justin Bieber kicked off 2021 with the release of his new video “Anyone,” which the singer premiered during his T-Mobile-sponsored New Year’s Eve concert. The video, directed by Colin Tilley, finds Bieber in boxing mode, hopping in the ring, drinking raw eggs and wooing actress Zoey Deutch. “I can’t think of a better way to close out 2020 and kick off 2021 than celebrating with my fans all over the world and sharing this new music with them,” Bieber said in a statement. “Music has gotten us all through so...

Twenty-one years ago today (Jan. 3, 2000), LeAnn Rimes kicked off the new year -- and the new millennium -- on a high note: It was on that date that her eponymous studio album, released on Oct. 26, 1999, went platinum, the first record to do so in the 2000s.The 12-track LeAnn Rimes album features several Patsy Cline classics, including "Crazy" and "Leavin' on Your Mind," as well as Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart" and Rimes' own new single, "Big Deal." The record was Rimes' fourth studio album and her fourth disc to...

Gwen Stefani has paired her throwback single “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” with a similarly nostalgic music video that touches on the singer’s many looks over the past 25 years. The video opens with Stefani calling Interscope exec Steve Berman to ask for more money for the video shoot, a callback to the singer’s phone call with Jimmy Iovine from her first solo video for “What You Waiting For?” After present-day Stefani sings the first verse, the video shoot is then swarmed with Stefani’s from years past, each representing one of...

Harry Styles and Fleabag star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge dance their troubles away in the new video for “Treat People With Kindness.” The single appears on Styles’ sophomore studio album, 2019’s Fine Line. The elegant black-and-white visual features Styles performing at a night club where he invites Waller-Bridge to dance with him. The cinematography and setting recall the era of classic dance films from Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.  “I’ve got a good feeling/I’m just taking it all in,” he sings. “Floating up and dreaming/Dropping into the deep end/And if...

Gerry Marsden, frontman of the British band Gerry and the Pacemakers and singer on hits like “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “Ferry Cross the Mersey” and “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying,” has died at the age of 78. Marsden’s friend Pete Price, a British broadcaster, announced news of the singer’s death Saturday. “It’s with a very heavy heart after speaking to the family that I have to tell you the Legendary Gerry Marsden MBE after a short illness which was an infection in his heart has sadly passed away,”...

Bad Bunny enlists former wrestler and current WWE commentator Booker T for the new video for “Booker T,” a track off the Puerto Rican reggaeton star’s recent LP El Último Tour del Mundo. The visual for the track — which features a sample of Booker T’s “Can you dig it sucka?” entrance song from wrestling events — finds Bad Bunny and the former world champion wrestler hunkered down in the storage unit of a truck, driving to parts unknown. “ was someone who watched my as a kid coming up,...

Black Pumas performed two tracks from the Album of the Year Grammy-nominated album as part of CBS This Morning’s latest Saturday Sessions. For the virtual gig, the Austin, Texas psychedelic soul duo of singer Eric Burton and guitarist Adrian Quesada — here joined by a full backing band — showcased explosive renditions of “Know You Better” and “Confines” from their 2019 self-titled debut; a deluxe edition of that LP has been nominated for Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammys. Black Pumas, who were also nominated for Best New...

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke paid tribute to MF DOOM on social media Saturday following news of the enigmatic rapper’s death at the age of 49. “I am so sad to hear MF Doom’s passing,” Yorke tweeted. “He was a massive inspiration to so many of us, changed things.. for me the way he put words was often shocking in genius, using stream of consciousness in a way I’d never heard before.” Yorke has made rare appearances on hip-hop releases over his career, including — with bandmate Jonny Greenwood — contributing beats...

Some artists take years to earn mainstream recognition, much less success. But Dustin Lynch, who moved to Nashville at age 18 to be a professional songwriter, struck platinum with his debut single, 2012's "Cowboys and Angels." The artist released the track nine years ago this month.Co-written by Josh Leo and Tim Nichols, "Cowboys and Angels" is an ode to a relationship between two people who seem to be polar opposites — specifically, cowboys and angels."I've got boots, and she's got wings," Lynch sings. "I'm hell on wheels, and she's heavenly...

Blake Shelton rang in the new year by dropping a new song by surprise. The country superstar joined his The Voice cohort Carson Daly on the NBC's New Year's Eve television special on Thursday night (Dec. 31) to share the video for a new song titled "Minimum Wage."Shelton joined Daly in a virtual appearance on the holiday special, wearing a cowboy hat as he told Daly that his fiancee Gwen Stefani's brother, Todd, directed the new video, which has since been removed from the internet. Todd previously directed the video...

Austin City Limits aired for the first time on Jan. 2, 1975. A stripped-down take on the musical variety show, ACL shed that glamour, glitz and cheeky comedy of the 1960s' musical television offerings. Originally intended to promote the artists and music of Texas, the show has now become a major platform for artists of all genres and locations, solidifying Austin as a musical mecca in its own right.From its first show -- which featured Austin's own outlaw country star Willie Nelson -- Austin City Limits hasn't worried about appeasing traditionalists with its selection of...