Paisley and Strait top country music nods
84985
NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Brad Paisley and George Strait topped the list of finalists with five nominations each for the annual Country Music Association awards, the music industry group announced on Thursday.
47388
Nashville couple Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have broken the record for the highest-grossing country music tour.
351781
Brooks &amp; Dunn and Brad Paisley were both nominated for six Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday, but Ronnie Dunn emerged as the leader with seven nominations, including one for the group's inspirational song "Believe."
77628
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.
110316
Country music superstar George Strait has roped an honorary degree.
530476
Singer Usher grabbed a leading four nominations for the American Music Awards, announced Tuesday in Los Angeles. Several categories include last year&#39;s winners like Toby Keith, Tim McGraw and Linkin Park or
607857
Country star Tim McGraw lived it up on top of the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week Wednesday, while Ray Charles, Jill Scott and LL Cool J entered the pop albums chart in the next three spots.
419364
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.
183593
Kenny Chesney won the &quot;Entertainer of the Year,&quot; and the &quot;Album of the Year&quot; award at the 38th annual Country Music Awards in the Grand Ole Opry.
572129
NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Texan George Strait, once called a "honky tonk Sinatra," led the list of the 42nd Academy of Country Music Awards nominees announced on Monday at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame.
215847
Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying" won song of the year and single of the year, and Kenny Chesney took entertainer of the year and album of the year honors at the Country Music Association awards Tuesday night.
688911
Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney are leading contenders for this year's Country Music Awards.
685864
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...
161352
Shania Twain's track Forever And For Always is named the most-performed country track of the year.
53028
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Country veteran George Strait's  "50 Number Ones" hits package ruled the U.S. pop albums chart  for a second consecutive week, as new releases from Celine  Dion, rapper Mos Def and pop-punk band Sum 41 debuted in the  top 10, according to sales data issued Wednesday.
717001
"Live Like You Were Dying," a song that became the biggest hit of Tim McGraw's career, won song of the year at the Country Music Association awards Tuesday night. Written by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman, the song spent much of last summer at No. 1.
662745
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.