Showing posts with label country music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label country music. Show all posts

Thursday, March 13, 2008

ACM Award Nominees

The nominees for this year's Academy of Country Music Awards were recently announced, and include the following:

Entertainer of the Year Nominees:
Brad Paisley
Kenny Chesney
Rascal Flatts
Keith Urban
George Strait

Top Male Vocalist Nominees:
Rodney Atkins
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Kenny Chesney
George Strait

Top Female Vocalist Nominees:
Martina McBride
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood
Taylor Swift
LeAnn Rimes

Top Vocal Group Nominees:
Eagles
Diamond Rio
Rascal Flatts
Little Big Town
Emerson Drive

Top Vocal Duo Nominees:
Big & Rich
Sugerland
Brooks & Dunn
Halfway to Hazzard
Montgomery Centry

Album of the Year Nominees:
5th Gear - Brad Paisley
If You're Going Through Hell - Rodney Atkins
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
Just Who I Am - Poets & Pirates
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - Miranda Lambert

For the complete list of nominations for this year's Academy of Country Music Awards, please visit: http://www.acmcountry.com/content/index.php.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Jewel Makes Good Impression on Country Music with "Stronger Woman"

According to Yahoo Music News, Jewel is making a good first impression in the country music world with her single, "Stronger Woman."

"Stronger Woman" is a song about believing in yourself, and was co-written by Jewel and Mary Green. This song made it onto the Hot Country Songs chart this week at number 50.

This song will be available on iTunes exclusively starting on February 5, 2008.

Jewel's country album, Perfectly Clear, is set for release on June 3, 2008.

Friday, December 28, 2007

Jessica Simpson Goes Country in 2008

According to Country Music Television, Jessica Simpson will release a country music album sometime in 2008.

I'll post more information as it becomes available!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana on Oprah

Miley Cyrus will be appearing on the Oprah show, which airs on Thursday, December 20, 2007.

Miley Cyrus will appear along with her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, on the Oprah show on Thursday, December 20. According to Oprah’s show summary, Miley Cyrus will be answering questions from her fans while she is on the show. Oprah also asserts that her father, Billy Ray Cyrus will tell fans what he would like them to know about his daughter.

According to Oprah’s website, Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus will also be performing a duet together.

Oprah invites 100 of Miley Cyrus’ biggest fans to join her audience. According to Oprah’s website, they think that they are there to participate in a Miley Cyrus Biggest Fan contest. They are all surprised when Miley comes out onto the stage and performs, “The Best of Both Worlds,” as none of her fans are aware she is going to be present.

Miley Cyrus is a well-known singer, songwriter, and actress. She plays Hannah Montana and Miley Stewart on the Disney Channel’s show Hannah Montana, where Miley Stewart appears to be a normal teenage girl by day, but is really Hannah Montana, a famous singer. On the TV series, Miley struggles to hide her identity from almost everyone, except her family and a few of her closest friends.

In October 2006 the Disney Channel released the first of Hannah Montana’s soundtracks, which contained eight songs from the show Hannah Montana.

Miley Cyrus also signed a four-album contract with Hollywood Records for her own solo career in 2006. In June 2007, Cyrus released a double album: Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus. According to Wikipedia, Hannah Montana 2 serves as the second soundtrack for the Disney Channel show while Meet Miley Cyrus serves as Cyrus’ solo debut album.

Cyrus is currently on “The Best of Both Worlds” Tour in which she performs some songs as Hannah Montana and other songs as Miley Cyrus. Earlier this month the tour was extended to the end of January 2008 because of the tour’s popularity.

Miley Cyrus is also working on a movie: Hannah Montana: The Movie, which is set for release sometime in 2008 or early 2009, according to Wikipedia.

Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley’s father, is a country singer who maintains a country music career to date. Perhaps Billy Ray Cyrus is most well-known for is his 1992 hit song, “Achy Breaky Heart.”

This Thursday, December 20, 2007 Miley Cyrus and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will appear on the Oprah show.

Sources:

Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show: Coming Up:
http://flash.oprah.com/tows/coming/twix_twix_20071217-21.pdf

The Oprah Winfrey Show: Meet Miley:
http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200711/20071121/slide_20071121_350_101.jhtml

Wikipedia: Billy Ray Cyrus: Discography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ray_Cyrus_discography

Wikipedia: Miley Cyrus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miley_Cyrus

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