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Neil Pond It all begins with a song. That’s the time-honored country music mantra, an acknowledgment that all hit tunes start with words and music steeped in the blood, sweat and tears of songwriters. And it was ringing out loud and clear at the Country Music Association’s Triple Play Awards Wednesday night at Saint Elle in Nashville. The Triple Play Awards recognize songwriters who’ve notched three No. 1 hits in a 12-month period based on Billboard and Country Aircheck charts tracking radio play, streaming services and album sales. Sixteen winners were announced at this year’s ceremony, for a total of 17 awards, since the famously prolific Ashley Gorley got two Triple Plays for his six No. 1 songs for the year. Additionally, song publisher and former BMI Nashville chief Jody Williams was feted with the CMA’s 2023 Songwriter Advocate Award for his four decades as a Nashville publishing executive whose dedication to music made him a mentor and a friend to hundreds of aspiring writers and artists. (See below for a full list of winners and songs.)

Life changes … but their love remains! Thomas Rhett gushed over his wife, Lauren Akins, after being married more than a decade.

Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins are more in love than ever nearly 11 years after they tied the knot.

Thomas Rhett and Katy Perry have bonded over parenting.

Ornaments ready! Celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Thomas Rhett and Lily Collins kicked off the Christmas season by wandering their local tree farms — and picking out the perfect one to decorate.

Could this be a mainstream hit for Thomas Rhett!

As Blake Horstmann and Giannina Gibelli approach their first anniversary, the reality stars are going strong.

Thomas Rhett is celebrating his 10-year wedding anniversary with what appears to be an unreleased track dedicated to his «best friend,» Lauren Akins.The «Die a Happy Man» singer took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared a video montage of him and his wife celebrating life's biggest milestones — from their wedding day, New Year's Day, date nights and traveling the world. Thomas Rhett captioned it, «10 years with my best friend @laur_akins I legit don't know sometimes if you are a real person or an Angel. I could not a dreamed up a better life if I tried.

Things are always changing in Bachelor Nation, but Blake Moynes isn’t afraid to admit that he can’t believe it’s been a year since his whirlwind engagement to Katie Thurston ended.

Standing by their friend. After Hardy revealed he was hospitalized from a tour bus accident, fellow celebrities reached out to publicly show their support.

Katy Perry has hinted that she could be starting work on a brand new album “soon”.Talking to the The Drew Barrymore Show last night, the singer opened up about her plans to make the follow up to 2020’s ‘Smile’.Discussing her Play Las Vegas residency, where Perry will perform at The Theatre at Resorts World until September 22, Perry said of writing new music: “I’ll probably go and make another record soon and write it and tour the world after this, which will be so great.”The album will serve as the first bit of new material since Perry featured on Thomas Rhett’s single ‘Where We Started’ – a song which the pair both performed on American Idol. Watch the pair’s performance of ‘Where We Started’ below.As well as chatting about wanting to make a new record, Perry also opened up about her struggles to separate her personal and professional life.“I think, obviously, there is an on stage persona,” she said.

Ashton Kutcher gets further into his training for the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon, his body is going through a dramatic transformation. “The biggest change physically has been the transfer of muscle mass from upper body to lower body.

Lady A has hit pause on their upcoming fall tour to support one of their own. The band announced in a statement on Thursday that they would be postponing their planned Request Line Tour while Charles Kelley embarks on «a journey to sobriety.» The trio said that they plan to push the tour to 2023.«Being on the road with our fans is our greatest joy, so it was a hard but important decision to make,» the statement reads.

Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett and more for CMA Fest. The three-hour special airs Wednesday, Aug.

America’s littlest sweethearts! Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and more of country music’s biggest stars have expanded their famous families over the years.

Consequence Of Sound]. “We have always had policies in place that protect the safety of our fans and ban discrimination, but we felt it was important to further refine our language to explicitly outline what will and will not be tolerated.“In line with our first CMA Fest lineup announcement in early April, our event policy was published on our website, which states any behaviour that causes one of our attendees to fear for their personal safety will not be tolerated, and that is inclusive of any displays of the Confederate flag.”Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, and Keith Urban are among the headliners at this year’s event.The CMA Festival is the second country music event to outright ban the Confederate flag after Stagecoach adopted the same rule for its 2022 event at the end of April.Stagecoach, which was held at Indio, California’s Empire Polo Club, was headlined by Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Luke Combs.Last year, Combs apologised for appearing in a music video that used Confederate flag imagery.

Noah Thompson was crowned the winner of "American Idol" season 20 on Sunday night's three-hour live finale episode of the popular singing competition show. The 20-year-old construction worker, who hails from Louisa, Kentucky, was one of three finalists, and competed against HunterGirl and Leah Marlene, to earn the championship title. "Oh my God...

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals the winner of Season 20 of American Idol.

Thania Garcia This weekend’s season finale of “American Idol” is cooking up to be a star-studded event with performances by season four winner and current mentor on the program, Carrie Underwood, as well as Michael Bublé, Thomas Rhett and Sara Bareilles, among many others.The three-hour special will also welcome judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan to the stage with additional performances by Ben Platt; Earth, Wind & Fire; Deana Carter; Flo Rida; Melissa Etheridge; Tai Verdes; “Idol” alum Gabby Barrett and James Arthur.This season’s three finalists — Noah Thompson, HunterGirl and Leah Marlene — will perform for one last time in hopes of bringing home the winning title, with one round dedicated to the music of Bruce Springsteen. Sunday night’s (May 15) episode of “American Idol” included performances from Fritz Hager and Thompson — both of whom had tested positive for COVID-19 in the weeks prior.Although Thompson made it through, Hager and Nicola Bozzo were eliminated during the semi-finals.Marlene expressed the most shock with the results of the finalist lineup following her performances of Journey’s “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” and Underwood’s “I’ll Stand By You.” She fell to the floor as her name was revealed by host Ryan Seacrest.Sunday night’s episode also featured a performance from Finneas who sang his funky pop single “Naked.”Season 20 of “American Idol” will wrap on Sunday, May 22 starting at 8 p.m.

Sony Music Publishing has signed a global deal with songwriter Ashley Gorley, in partnership with Domain Capital Group. The agreement encompasses Gorley’s complete catalog of songs, as well as future compositions.Gorley has written 59 Country No.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticThomas Rhett and Maren Morris were the top-billed attractions on the Stagecoach Festival’s opening day, Friday but when it came to heightened emotions, and pure enthusiasm per-square-inch, Tanya Tucker’s climactic set in the Palomino tent might have ruled the day at the desert gathering.The veteran of 50 years of country hitmaking seemed taken aback by the roar of the crowd, late in the set, and not just in a typical welcoming-the-roar way. “It’s hard for me to believe anybody would want to watch me,” she admitted, belying more than a hint of insecurity amid one of the brassier facades in the business.

Thomas Rhett lit up the stage on Friday night (April 29) at the 2022 Stagecoach Festival!

Coachella, has banned Confederate flags from its 2022 event.A section on the festival’s rules page lists things that are prohibited from being brought into the event, including “divisive symbols” such as “Confederate flags and racially disparaging or other inappropriate imagery/public displays”.The 2022 Stagecoach Festival began yesterday (April 29) at Indio, California’s Empire Polo Club – the same venue as Coachella. Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Luke Combs are this year’s headliners.Last year, Combs apologised for appearing in a music video that used Confederate flag imagery.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticStagecoach has revealed the full lineup and schedule for the livestream that will go out this weekend on the country music festival’s YouTube channel, and it includes a number of artists that weren’t previously announced for the stream, offering couch sitters a nearly comprehensive view of what will be going down live in the California desert.The lineup includes the headliners — Thomas Rhett on Friday, Carrie Underwood on Saturday and Luke Combs on Sunday — as well as other marquee names that were named as part of the lineup earlier this week, like Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne, Margo Price, Cody Johnson, Yola, Lainey Wilson and the Black Crowes.It also now is revealed to have a substantial number of artists that weren’t previously included in the livestream announcement, including Tanya Tucker, Smokey Robinson, Jordan Davis, Lee Brice, Ingrid Andress, the Marcus King Band, Ryan Hurd, Charley Crockett, the Mavericks and Mitchell Tenpenny. Most of the lineup is now included, in fact, save for some of the artists who are appearing in the early part of the afternoon, including Americana artists such as Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Molly Tuttle and Waylon Payne.Brandi Carlile is off the bill, having disclosed in a social media video late Wednesday night that she has contracted COVID and won’t be making it.

Saying “it finally happened, I have the Covid,” singer Brandi Carlile announced yesterday that she has canceled her scheduled performance at this weekend’s Stagecoach country music festival in in Indio, California.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It’s not too late to score tickets to Stagecoach, which returns to the famed Empire Polo Grounds this weekend after being cancelled for the past two years.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticCountry music fans have come to accept that the Stagecoach Festival in the California desert each late April will not be livestreamed in the same way that Coachella is from the same location in the preceding weeks. But that changes with the 2022 edition.

Harry Styles brought the heat on Day 1 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, but then the fireworks really exploded when Shania Twain joined him onstage for a surprise performance!The «Watermelon Sugar» singer rocked the night in Indio, California, where he debuted two brand new tracks («Boyfriends» and «Late Night Talking») that appear to be from his upcoming album, which drops May 20.The stadium-worthy performance reached a fever pitch when, near the end of performing One Direction's «What Makes You Beautiful,» Twain's «Man! I Feel Like a Woman!» started blaring from the speaker, and the crowd went wild! The country music legend also rocked her classic, «You're Still the One.»Styles, 28, donned a low-cut jumpsuit with rainbow sequins. Not to be outdone, Twain, 56, rocked a matching sequin dress with white go-go boots.Styles, who also belted out his hit new single, «As It Was,» addressed Twain and opened up to her what she meant to him and his career.«In the car, with my mother as a child, this lady taught me to sing,» said Styles via.

Thomas Rhett isn’t taking any credit for his latest collaboration with Katy Perry. The country music superstar and the judge teamed up for the duet, “Where We Started,” and getting Perry on the track was all thanks to the label.“I had no part in that. My record label called her and said, ‘Would you want to do a collab with Thomas Rhett?’ and I thought they were crazy,” the 32-year-old singer told ET’s Rachel Smith backstage during Monday’s CMT Music Awards.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe lineup for the 2022 CMA Music Festival has been announced, and it’s easier to single out which mainstream country artists aren’t on the bill than which are. More than 150 names have been revealed for the lineup, from the superstars to the obscure, for a festival that’s returning to business as normal after a two-year time-out for the pandemic.Among the headliners who’ll be taking the stage for four nights of shows at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium June 9-12 are Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Dierks Bentley, Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini, Alan Jackson, Carly Pearce, Lady A, Zac Brown Band, Parker McCollom, Russell Dickerson, Gabby Barrett and Darius Rucker.The presence of Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean pretty much guarantees a reprise of Monday night’s CMT Award-winning duet “If I DIdn’t Love You” on the big stage; ditto for Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson both being named, and the likelihood of hearing “Never Say Never” again.