The Teen Choice Awards announced its first wave of nominations on June 13. Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett earned nominations for Choice Country Artist, while Florida Georgia Line (X2), Chris Stapleton and Maren picked up nods in all-genre categories. Voting is open at TeenChoice.com or fans can…… MORE
On June 15 in St. Louis, Mo., Keith Urban will kick off his Graffiti U World Tour with opener Kelsea Ballerini. The 50-plus-date trek will make stops in Nashville, Denver, Philadelphia, Chicago, New Orleans, Toronto, Vancouver and more, before capping in Dallas on Nov. 3. Keith’s tour will feature a new U-shaped stage that will…… MORE
CMA Fest 2018 may be gone, but it’s not forgotten. Check out 19 of our favorite photos from four nights at Nissan Stadium, including pics of Brothers Osborne, Dan + Shay, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Brett Young, Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Dustin Lynch, Jon Pardi, Kelsea Ballerini, Lee Ann Womack, Dierks…… MORE
Kelsea Ballerini dropped a new video for her current single, “I Hate Love Songs.” The tongue-and-cheek ode to modern-day romance, which was directed by Traci Goudie, features Kelsea avoiding clichéd lovey-dovey scenarios, including catching a wedding bouquet, kissing in the rain and more. Co-penned by Kelsea, Shane McAnally and Trevor Rosen, “I Hate Love Songs” is…… MORE
Night 3 at CMA Fest’s Nissan Stadium on June 9 saw a packed house enjoying the sounds of Jillian Jacqueline (national anthem), Lee Ann Womack, Sam Hunt, Jon Pardi, Dustin Lynch, Kelsea Ballerini, Chris Stapleton and Keith Urban. Check out our photo gallery, courtesy of photographer Jason Simanek. all photos by Jason Simanek… MORE
If you aren’t lucky enough to be one of the 80,000-plus fans who descend on Nashville during each day of CMA Fest this week, Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini have you covered. Kelsea and TR will once again co-host an upcoming three-hour television special on ABC that features 2018 CMA Fest performances from more than…… MORE
From nominations and notes to performers and presenters, here’s everything a country music fan needs to know about the 2018 CMT Music Awards. Date: Wednesday, June 6 Time: 8 p.m ET/PT Location: Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Television Station: CMT Hosts: Little Big Town Performers: Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Lina, Jason Aldean, Little Big…… MORE
With a title like “Kiss Somebody,” a lot of folks assume Morgan Evans wrote his hit single about his newlywed wife Kelsea Ballerini. Wrong. The Aussie native didn’t write the song about his soulmate . . . he wrote it about his mate. “A lot of people asked me if I wrote [“Kiss Somebody”] about…… MORE
CMT announced its first round of performers for the 2018 CMT Music Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on June 6. Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Kelly Clarkson, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt will perform at this year’s show, which will be hosted by Little Big Town. Additional perfrmers will be announced soon. The CMT…… MORE
Kelsea Ballerini will head to the Big Apple on Aug. 3 to headline Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series. Taking place at NYC’s Central Park, the free Summer Concert Series has become a staple of the ABC broadcast. While Kelsea is the only country artist slated to perform this season, the lineup also features Pitbull,…… MORE
