Let's break down the 2025 CMA Award nominations. Artists like Jelly Roll and Bailey Zimmerman were conspicuously absent from some categories.

Reinvention is often considered the lubricant of genius. David Bowie, Prince, Madonna, Miles Davis – these are all icons whose longevity is partially attributed to an ability to pull a daring ...

Go ahead and add Akon to the ever-growing list of artists outside of country music who are clamoring to be a part of the genre. The hip-hop artist has shared his master plan to move into the country ...

Known for his "country rap," hip hop artist Bubba Sparxxx first appeared on Billboard Charts in 2001 with his single "Ugly." Produced by Timbaland, who was also featured as a guest vocalist, the ...

Up-and-coming music artist Tyler Truth, known to fans as “The City Country Boy,” joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom, to ...

August 22 will be a big day for Texas rapper BigXthaPlug. That’s when he’s releasing his third album, I Hope You’re Happy, he announced on Instagram. While hearing his new album will be largely ...

Alabama hip-hop artist Clever got his big break when the late rapper Juice WRLD shared one of his songs on his Instagram page, instantly gaining him thousands of followers overnight. That helped also ...

In true Gen Z fashion, Jessie Murph first established a following on TikTok and YouTube. Inking a deal with Columbia Records in 2021, the Alabama native scored her first Top 20 hit four years later ...

Roughly a year ago, country-rap artist and songwriter Colt Ford walked off stage after performing a show in Arizona and jumped in his tour bus to hit the road again. Then he slumped over and suffered ...