Video of the Year: Best video of the year; awarded to the artist and the video director. Carrie Underwood – “Cry Pretty” WINNER Kane Brown – “Good as You” Keith Urban feat. Julia Michaels – “Coming Home” Kelsea Ballerini – “Miss Me More” Luke Combs – “She Got the Best of Me” Male Video of…… MORE
Garth Brooks and Blake Shelton have joined forces for a new duet, “Dive Bar,” which will be featured on Garth’s upcoming album, FUN. Garth revealed the details about the song at Blake’s Ole Red Nashville on June 5. Penned by Garth, Mitch Rossell and Bryan Kennedy, “Dive Bar” will be shipped to country radio on…… MORE
Midland—the trio comprised of Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy and Jess Carson—will drop sophomore album, Let It Roll, on Aug. 23. Like their 2017 debut album, On the Rocks, the new LP was co-produced by Dann Huff, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. Since releasing On the Rocks, Midland has toured with George Strait, Tim McGraw, Dwight…… MORE
Chris Stapleton recorded a new song, “The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy,” for the soundtrack to Toy Story 4, which will be available on June 21 when the film opens nationwide. Penned by Randy Newman, the new tune was written from the perspective of Woody, the pull-string cowboy voiced by Tom Hanks. “Woody feels like…… MORE
![Maren Morris & Stevie Nicks Team Up With Sheryl Crow for New Single, “Prove You Wrong” [Listen]](https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/951/2019/06/05095206/Sheryl-Crow-Ta.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
Maren Morris and Stevie Nicks lent their vocals to Sheryl Crow’s new single, “Prove You Wrong,” which will impact country radio on June 17. The new single will be featured on Sheryl’s upcoming duets album, Threads, which is set to be released this summer. The 17-song offering includes collaborations with Johnny Cash, Keith Richards, Joe…… MORE
CMT revealed its five finalists for Video of the Year at the CMT Awards on June 5: Carrie Underwood – “Cry Pretty” Kane Brown – “Good as You” Keith Urban feat. Julia Michaels – “Coming Home” Kelsea Ballerini – “Miss Me More” Luke Combs – “She Got the Best of Me” Fan voting via Twitter…… MORE
Tanya Tucker will release her new album, While I’m Livin’, on Aug. 23. The 10-song offering, which was co-produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, features seven original tracks that were co-penned by Brandi, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth (Tanya teamed with the songwriting trio to pen one song, “Bring My Flowers Now”). Tanya also…… MORE
After 40 weeks at country radio, Morgan Wallen’s single, “Whiskey Glasses,” has topped both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase chart. Penned by Ben Burgess and Kevin Kadish, “Whiskey Glasses” mirrored the ascent of Morgan’s previous No. 1 single, “Up Down,” which topped the charts in June 2018 after 32 weeks. “Lyrically, ‘Whiskey Glasses’…… MORE
Brett Young will try to score his sixth consecutive No. 1 single with the release of “Catch” on June 3. The new tune, which was co-penned by Brett, Ashley Gorley and Ross Copperman, is the second single released from Brett’s 2018 sophomore album, Ticket to L.A. “‘Catch’ is a song that I wrote with Ashley…… MORE
![Old Dominion Flips the Scrip With New Single, “One Man Band” [Listen]](https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/951/2019/06/04110019/Old-Dominion-AFF.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
The guys from Old Dominion—Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi and Whit Sellers—will follow up their recent No. 1 single, “Make It Sweet,” by shipping “One Man Band” to country radio on June 17. Penned by Josh Osborne with Old Dominion’s Matthew, Trevor and Brad, “One Man Band” fits the OD playbook with…… MORE
