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Taylor Swift & Miranda Lambert are among the country stars included in the 2011 edition of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s official calendar. The calendar also includes portraits of Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Sugarland, George Strait, Toby Keith, Little Big Town and Keith Urban.
The 2011 Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum calendar costs $13.99 and is available at the museum and at retail outlets nationwide.
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Steel Magnolia will release their self-titled debut album on September 21st.
The album includes Steel Magnolia’s smash hit, “Keep On Lovin’ You,” as well as their brand new single, “Just By Being You (Halos and Wings),” which is currently a Top 5 highest-streamed video on CMT.com and rises to #41 this week on the Billboard Top Country Songs Chart.
2010 has been a whirlwind year for Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones, the duo that comprise Steel Magnolia. So far the rising stars have broken a decades-long Billboard record and earned a million downloads of their Top 5 break-out hit, “Keep On Lovin’ You.”
Despite all of Steel Magnolia’s recent successes, getting to this point hasn’t been an easy road for the duo.
“There’s a Queen song called, ‘We are the Champions,’ “ says Jones. “There’s a line in the song that says.. “It’s been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise, I consider it a challenge before the whole human race, and I ain’t gonna lose”. It’s true – it hasn’t been a bed of roses for me. I grew up dirt poor in Illinois. I don’t think you always have to know how you’re going to do something, you just have to have the determination to do it.”
“I knew at a very young age, exactly what I wanted to do,” echoes Meghan Linsey. “I started coming to Nashville when I was 14 and moved when I turned 18. I found my ‘niche’ working in karaoke bars in downtown Nashville. I didn’t have money or connections or much of anything, I had no idea how all of this was going to work out, I just always believed that it would.”
Steel Magnolia wrote 7 of the 12 tracks on their upcoming album debut, including the haunting ballad, “Glass Houses,” penned solely by Joshua Scott Jones. They also recording “Homespun Love,” which was penned by country music superstar Keith Urban.
Steel Magnolia official track listing:
1. Ooh La La
2. Keep On Lovin’ You
3. Just By Being You (Halos and Wings)
4. Edge Of Goodbye
5. Bulletproof
6. Not Tonight
7. Last Night Again
8. Without You
9. Rainbow
10. Eggs Over Easy
11. Homespun Love
12. Glass Houses
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The Band Perry will release its debut album on October 5.
The self-titled album will contain the trio‘s current single, “If I Die Young,“ #27/#32 on the Billboard/Mediabase singles charts. Written by the band, “If I Die Young” is now available on the trio’s self-titled EP, released in April and available through all major online music sites. “If I Die Young” is The Band Perry’s second single for Republic Nashville; their debut single, “Hip To My Heart,” was a Top Twenty hit. The lush, thought-provoking video for “If I Die Young,” directed by David McClister, (Lady Antebellum, LeAnn Rimes), was shot at Nashville’s historic Two Rivers Mansion.
This summer, the band is putting the finishing touches on their debut album while also working an ambitious touring schedule. Their concerts will take them from one end of the country to another, opening shows for such artists as Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson and Zac Brown Band.
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CountryMusicIsLove is proud to announce that today marks our 2 year “Birthday!” To celebrate, we want to thank you, the readers!
Beginning at 8am EST and lasting until 8pm EST today, we’ll be giving a prize EVERY hour on Twitter. That’s right, it’s our birthday, and YOU get the presents!
To enter for a chance to win simply tweet this: “#FollowFriday @cmilove for the best country music news and contests: http://countrymusicislove.com” (And be sure you’re following us!)
We’ll randomly select one winner each hour. Only one entry is needed for the entire day. Each winner will need to respond back to us with his/her email address. Once 13 winners are chosen, we’ll then randomly select 1 winner of those 13 to win the grand prize….Keith Urban‘s ENTIRE music collection. That’s right. You will have the chance to win a copy of every album country music superstar Keith Urban has ever released (on a major label)!
The grand prize winner will receive the following albums:
Keith Urban (1999)
Golden Road (2002)
Be Here (2004)
Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
Defying Gravity (2009)
Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (2007)
The 11 runners-up will get to chose a prize from our prize closet.
Good luck and thank you for 2 years. Some may not realize how much work this website is….We do this for you!
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Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in Nashville last week where they dined at Flyte restaurant. According to People magazine, the two got cozy in a corner booth of the popular eatery.
“[Nicole] looked stunning, very understated in a sleeveless dress and sandals,” one observer told People. “They were smiling and holding hands across the table. You could tell they were so in love.”
That wasn’t the only recent celebration for the couple… on June 20, they had a joint celebration for Nicole’s birthday and Father’s Day. Another occassion for celebration is just around the corner as their daughter, Sunday Rose, turns 2 on July 7.
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Forbes Magazine released its 2010 list of World’s Most Powerful Celebrities on Monday. Oprah Winfrey takes the top spot this year.
Taylor Swift, who was the most played artist on the radio in 2009, came in at #12. Kenny Chesney, who ranked at #31 on 2009′s list, came in at #54 this year. Other country music stars on the list are Rascal Flatts at #62, Toby Keith at #67 and Keith Urban at #76.
Carrie Underwood, who came in at #75 on last year’s list, didn’t make the cut this time around.
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CountryMusicIsLove was BACKSTAGE at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. Watch the video below to see interviews with some of the night’s big winners including, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins, Keith Urban, and Carrie Underwood, as well as the host, Kid Rock.
Click HERE to see our CMT Music Awards blue carpet coverage.
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Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, Darius Rucker, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Rodney Atkins, Jypsi, Randy Houser, Big & Rich and Montgomery Gentry are all part of a new CD that will benefit The Fisher House foundation, which provides housing for active and retired military and their families who are being treated at a military medical center. My Country: Smash Hits will be released on August 24 and also includes President George W. Bush with a special message.
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