We now know who the Top 6 finalists are for Video of the Year at the upcoming CMT Music Awards. The fan-voted awards started with 16 finalists in the category, which is now narrowed down to six. The artists who are still in the running for Video of the Year are Ashley McBryde, with “Light On In the Kitchen,”…
A mature, evolving new album is coming from Kelsea Ballerini . The Tennessee native had a surprise success story with Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, a personal response to the heartbreaking end of her five-year marriage to Morgan Evans. No one, especially not Ballerini, expected fans to react so strongly to her journal from heartache to healing. But now, emboldened…
We now know at least some of the performers for this year’s CMT Music Awards. Keith Urban, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman and Sam Hunt have been announced as the first round of performers for the upcoming live ceremony, taking place next month. Jelly Roll and Wilson are both nominated for three awards each, along with Cody Johnson,…
The nominees for the 2024 CMT Music Awards have been announced, with Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini and Megan Moroney among the top nominees, with three nods each. Johnson is nominated for Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year, both for his recent No. 1 hit, “The Painter,” plus CMT Performance of the…
In 2023, country music saw a few records set and broken, a few surprises, a few disappointments, and a lot of new accomplishments and achievements. With that in mind, we are taking a look at who we think will have a big year in 2024, and why. 1. Jelly Roll will win a Grammy Award. Jelly Roll received his…
When Kelsea Ballerini wrote and recorded Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, it was her own way of coping with her divorce from fellow singer, Morgan Evans. At first, Ballerini wasn’t even sure she would release the collection of songs, never imagining that the six-song record would change the entire trajectory of her career. Instead, fans quickly latched onto the…
Talk about a hometown show Kelsea Ballerini will never forget. The East Tennessee native headlined a sold-out show at the Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she was joined by Kenny Chesney, to perform their No. 1 single, “half of my hometown.” “I couldn’t wait for the day that I could play in Knoxville, Tennessee,”…
Kelsea Ballerini will headline a show next week at the Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, her hometown. The 30-year-old grew up with the large venue as the backdrop to her childhood, never imagining that one day she would headline a show at the 21,600-seat venue, a show that would sell out in one hour. “It…
When Kelsea Ballerini released Rolling Up The Welcome Mat earlier this year, she had no idea how much the entire project would resonate with her fans. The reaction to the six songs, which Ballerini wrote as a reflection of her divorce from Morgan Evans after five years of marriage, was immediate, and unexpected. Ballerini penned the songs with Alysa…
Kenny Chesney‘s I Go Back Tour, which included Kelsea Ballerini as his opening act, is officially history. The country music superstar ended the tour with two back-to-back shows in Orange Beach, Alabama on May 26 and 27, adding the May 26 date after the tour had already been booked. “We usually close it down with a double,” Chesney says. “You…
