Category Archives: NCD News
The 10 Best-Selling Digital Songs of 2016 Include Tunes by Dan + Shay, Tim McGraw, Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini—But Who’s No. 1?
According to Billboard and Nielsen Music, individual track sales took a hit in 2016, dropping from 113.9 million units sold in 2015 to 87.5 million units in 2016. Even with the 26.4-million decline, t...
Jan 11, 2017
Blake Shelton Adds “The Voice” Season 11 Winner, Sundance Head, to Tour
Blake Shelton announced that he will be adding Sundance Head, the guy that gave Blake his fifth win as coach on NBC’s The Voice this past season, to his Doing It To Country Songs Tour.Sundance i...
Jan 11, 2017
Jake Owen to Get Youth Baseball Park Named After Him Thanks to NASCAR Champ Kevin Harvick
2016 was quite a year for Jake Owen. The Florida native released his fifth studio album, American Love, which hit the top spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, he saw his single "American Co...
Jan 11, 2017
2017 Bonnaroo Lineup Includes Country Trifecta, Tickets On Sale Now
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival unleashed its 100-plus-artist lineup for 2017 (Jan. 11), and it includes a trio of country-centric performers: Cam, Margo Price and Luke Combs.The 2017 Bonnaroo Music ...
Jan 11, 2017
CMT’s “Nashville” Scores Big Ratings for the Cable Channel, But Well Below the ABC Average
The TV rating for CMT’s premiere of Nashville are in-and while the numbers are good compared to CMT standards, they fall well below what the series averaged at its previous home on ABC.Check out...
Jan 11, 2017
Watch Little Big Town Perform the National Anthem Before College Football Championship Game
Before the kickoff to the 2017 College Football National Championship game last night (Jan. 9) in Tampa, Fla., Little Big Town had the honor of performing the national anthem.The country music quartet...
Jan 10, 2017
Listen to the Rapped-Up Remake of “Take This Job and Shove It” Featuring Country’s Baddest Outlaw David Allan Coe
Johnny Paycheck may have made the song “Take This Job and Shove It” a popular anthem of the working class in 1977, but the MoonShine Bandits are dusting off the old classic with their own ...
Jan 09, 2017
Reba McEntire Says Singing With Mom and Sisters on New Gospel Album Was “Too Much Fun”
There’s a new gospel singer in town and her name is Reba McEntire. Everyone’s favorite redhead is putting her vocal talents toward a new gospel album, Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hop...
Jan 09, 2017
Maddie & Tae Auctioning Signed Guitars to Help Raise Money for the Families of Dead Texas Duck Hunters
Three men from South Texas were found dead on Saturday (Jan. 7) after setting out on a duck hunting expedition the day before. The three men-identified as Spencer Hall, 19, Starett Burk, 25, and Chris...
Jan 09, 2017
Houston Rodeo Announces Star-Studded 2017 Lineup, Including Willie Nelson, Alan Jackson, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt, FGL, ZBB, Dierks Bentley, Chris Stapleton & More
Running from March 7-26-yes, 20 days-Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is one of the largest rodeo and livestock exhibitions in the world. Rodeo Houston features a carnival, a bar-b-que contest, 10K ra...
Jan 09, 2017
