First Country: New Music From Kenny Chesney, Caylee Hammack, Jimmie Allen & Noah Cyrus, More

Kenny Chesney announced Thursday (March 12) that he's postponing the 11 shows of his Chillaxification tour out of an abundance of caution in light of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic."These are uncertain times, and Kenny Chesney feels the unrest," read a statement from the singer. "With his band and crews deep in rehearsals for the 2020 Chillaxification Tour, he found himself looking at people who’ve been part of his road family for decades – and he knew he had to do something.

It seems like Tekashi 6ix9ine, 23, isn’t letting prison stop his creative juices from flowing. The rapper’s lawyer, New York attorney Lance Lazzaro, spoke EXCLUSIVELY to HollywoodLife about how he’s continued to make music a priority while serving out his 24-month sentence and that he’s already planning to get right back into recording when he’s released on July 31.

Michael C. Hall and his group Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum have a new music video.

Noah Cyrus is following in her father’s footsteps with her first-ever country song.

Jimmie Allen teams up with Noah Cyrus for his new single “This Is Us,” and the video has the pair knee deep in water as they reminisce of a former romance.

The cast of “Strangers Things are back together with Netflix, sharing a look behind-the-scenes as the cast reunites for a table read to kick-off season four of the series.

By Matt Grobar

First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week.

Welcome to the This Week in Billboard News podcast, where Jordyn Rolling, Billboard News host and producer, and Gary Trust, Billboard senior director of charts, dive into the week's biggest music news stories.This week, Jordyn and Gary cover how, as the coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads globally, previously scheduled live music events continue to be postponed or cancelled.

Grimes has confirmed her tech billionaire boyfriend Elon Musk is the father of her first child.

Jimmie Allen's "Make Me Want To" ascends 3-1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart (dated March 7), gaining by 12% to 33.2 million audience impressions in the week ending March 1, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The song reaches the Country Airplay summit in its

Get ready No Shoes Nation, because new Kenny Chesney music is on the way. On Tuesday (March 3), the country superstar announced that he'd finished recording his nineteenth studio album, Here And Now.

Welcome back to Takeover Tuesday, where each week, Billboard taps chart-topping artists and tastemakers to compile their very own playlist exclusive to Billboard's Spotify account. We give the artists free rein to base the list on whatever subject they choose.

Jimmie Allen has added a new member to his family! ET can confirm that the 33-year-old country singer and his fiancée, Alexis Gale, welcomed a baby girl, Naomi Betty Allen, on Sunday, March 1.

Jimmie Allen is officially a girl dad.

Another dispatch from pop music’s NSFW couple. This time, we’re learning that Miley Cyrus flashed her boobs while Cody Simpson recorded music at his studio. You know, as a…treat, I guess? You’d think there would also be a team of producers or songwriters on-site, but maybe when you’re Cody Simpson, 23, and your girlfriend is Miley Cyrus, 27, those onlookers can go right out the window. Either that, or we’re just seeing another case of Miley’s #FreeTheNip! Cody can’t complain, that’s for sure.

Kenny Chesney was named humanitarian of the year by the Country Radio Broadcasters following his tireless philanthropic work, including his aid in hurricane relief in the Virgin Islands following the devastation 2017’s Hurricane Irma.

Newly formed publishing company Endurance Music Group acquired Wide Open Music from owner Ash Bowers, adding singer-songwriters Jimmie Allen and Matt Stell to the Endurance roster, Billboard Country Update learned exclusively.The deal doubles the Endurance writing staff to 10 composers and brings in a catalog that includes the hits "Best Shot," "Prayed for You," "In Case You Didn’t Know" and "Close Your Eyes." The agreement frees Wide Open to focus on its management functions for clients Allen,