Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” returns to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week after jumping up nine spots to reach No. 1. This is the festive classic’s 15th total week topping the singles chart, spread out over six holiday seasons. Christmas tunes dominate this week’s Billboard Hot 100,…… Continue Reading
The War and Treaty took to Instagram on Friday (December 6) to announce that they are releasing a new album, Plus One, in early 2025. The husband-and-wife group’s fourth studio album will be released appropriately enough on Valentine’s Day (February 14), and they shared another single from the record, “Carried Away,” to promote the release.…… Continue Reading
Ella Langley’s hit single, “You Look Like You Love Me,” featuring Riley Green, reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart this week. The duo wrote the track with Aaron Raitiere, and it lands Langley her first Country Airplay No. 1, as she becomes the first woman to lead the list in 2024. Langley is…… Continue Reading
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum just opened a new exhibit titled, Rosanne Cash: Time Is a Mirror. And while walking through the galleries on Wednesday (December 4), Cash was moved to tears by how the exhibition captured her personal journey and the musical history she proudly shares with her father, Johnny Cash.…… Continue Reading
Melissa Etheridge took to Instagram on Friday (December 6) to announce a co-headlining tour with Indigo Girls in 2025. The Yes We Are Tour kicks off in epic fashion with a show at Colorado’s legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater on July 25th, and the 31-date trek finishes up in Phoenix on October 12th, after hitting major…… Continue Reading
During Variety’s 8th annual Hitmakers Brunch in Los Angeles on Saturday (December 7), industry insiders responsible for the biggest songs of the year were celebrated. Charli XCX was awarded Hitmaker of the Year, with the Brat star taking time to praise The Velvet Underground & Nico during her speech. “This record is one of the…… Continue Reading
Lainey Wilson has received just about every award imaginable over the past few years, even getting the opportunity to co-host the CMA Awards for the first time back in November. Wilson also was awarded Female Vocalist of the Year that night, for good measure. Now, the country superstar will cap off that impressive run of…… Continue Reading
Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart after it was released on July 4. It spawned a big hit, “Pink Skies,” that is being recognized as part of Variety’s Hitmakers Top 25, along with his 2022 smash, “Something in the Orange,” and 2023’s hit collaboration with…… Continue Reading
Carrie Underwood has been announced as the headlining performer for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2025. Underwood joins the other newly announced performers – CMA Awards Best New Artist Megan Moroney and Saltburn’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” viral sensation Sophie Ellis-Bextor – who will all perform during the holiday TV broadcast.…… Continue Reading
Dolly Parton took to Instagram on Thursday (December 5) to announce that a nationwide casting search is underway to find someone to play the country legend in the upcoming Broadway production of Dolly: An Original Musical. Parton, along with her manager Danny Nozell and ATG Productions, are on the hunt for someone to portray the…… Continue Reading