Chesney named top country entertainer
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Kenny Chesney won entertainer of the year for the third time at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday, while former "American Idol" sensation Carrie Underwood's reality also continued on the up.
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Performing rights groups ASCAP and BMI handed out their annual country music honors Monday in Nashville as a prelude to Tuesday night's 38th annual Country Music Assn. Awards.
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The categories included entertainer, vocal group, instrumental group, album of the year for It&#39;s Just the Night, male vocalist for Del McCoury, and individual nods for band members Rob McCoury (banjo), Mike Bub (bass), Jason Carter (fiddle) and Ronnie ...
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NEW YORK - Toby Keith, who is nominated for six Country Music Awards, will also perform at the annual Nashville award show.    Also performing will be the show's hosts Brooks & Dunn, as well as special guest Shania Twain, the Country Music Association announced Tuesday...
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Tim McGraw is living it up, while Kenny Chesney hopes the sun never goes down. The two singers emerged as the big winners from Tuesday night&#39;s 38th annual Country Music Association Awards.
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The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame has plenty of big names, from Hank Williams Sr. to Bob Dylan to Dolly Parton.
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You could say that Kenny Chesney, with a top tour, hit after hit and another multiplatinum album, enjoyed an amazing last couple of years &#151; but you'd be wrong. Yes, he accomplished all that. But, enjoy it? That's another matter.
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Arts & entertainment: Publicist says 40-year-old and country singer husband are 'thrilled' at news
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Kenny Chesney won the Country Music Association&#39;s top &quot;Entertainer of the Year&quot; award along with the &quot;Album of the Year&quot; prize at Tuesday night&#39;s 38th annual CMA awards show telecast in the Grand Ole Opry.
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Kenny Chesney won the top prize at  the Academy of Country Music Awards for the second consecutive  year on Tuesday, while the Dixie Chicks received a  crowd-pleasing verbal smack from the show&#039;s host.
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Toby Keith didn't have to go to Nashville to become a country music superstar. Nashville came to Oklahoma. Keith &#151; who won two American Music Awards on Sunday night &#151; has never strayed too far from his Sooner State roots, working long days in oil fields, playing semiprofessional football and raising racehorses.
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Alan Jackson pulled in seven nominations, the most of the year, from the Country Music Association Monday, including entertainer of the year and male vocalist.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Due to a reporting error from a  mass merchant, Nielsen SoundScan on Wednesday reprocessed the  U.S. pop albums chart, allowing country veteran George Strait  to claim the No. 1 spot, having initially come in second to R&B  star Usher when the data were released earlier in the day.
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The Country Music Association on Monday announced the nominees for its annual awards show that will feature the induction of veteran singer Kris Kristofferson into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Kris Kristofferson, who has written some of country music's most enduring hits, will receive CMT's Johnny Cash Visionary Award, the cable network announced Monday.
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AUSSIE country music sensation Keith Urban has finally been crowned the King of Nashville after 12 years of back-breaking touring to crack the elite music market.
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Newcomer Gretchen Wilson garnered high-profile nominations from the Country Music Association on Monday, including one for best album for her tribute to redneck pride, "Here for the Party."