• Show Me the Money

    The top earners in country music brought in a combined $370 million dollars in 2013. It makes you wonder what 2014 will bring!
  • Popularity - How Country Music Stars Stack Up

    Repucom's Celebrity DBI measures perceptions. Their expanded database features more than 5,000 celebrities, including athletes, film and TV stars, musical performers, business leaders, news pundits, personalities and more and what more than 1.5 billion people (approximately 30% of the world's adult population) thinks about them. With the Grammy Awards being this past Sunday, Repucom shared information about the top ranking musicians who got Grammy nods.
  • NBC and "Peter Pan Live!"

    Carrie Underwood helped NBC bring musicals front and center with "Sound of Music Live!" and the project did so well that the company has turned their sights on Peter Pan.
  • Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson Highest Paid 'Idol' Alums During 2013

    On the verge of another American Idol competition (Season 13 begins tonight), it doesn't hurt to go back and see how the previous contestants are holding up. Forbes has done all of the legwork already, ranking the Top 10 (11, when you consider ties) highest earning Idol alumni of 2013. Carrie Underwood is out front, and out front by a lot.
  • NBC's 'The Sound of Music' Won't Make Money Back...Initially

    NBC obviously put a lot of work into promoting the new live performance of The Sound of Music, starring Carrie Underwood in the role of Maria Von Trapp, the role filled by Julie Andrews during the original film. The promotion campaign seemed to have paid off, as the broadcast brought in a huge viewership. But that doesn't mean the network made its money back. The Hollywood Reporter got numbers from analysts putting the production's budget at around $9 million.
  • Carrie Underwood 'The Sound of Music' Preview Clip [LISTEN]

    Carrie Underwood fits into the same boat as Taylor Swift in that she's a country artist that has success appealing to the non-country listening populace (read: our father). That success led NBC into casting her as Maria von Trapp in the live broadcast of The Sound of Music, which will air on December 5. NBC has released a one-minute clip of its star singing the title song from the musical.
  • CMA Awards 2013 Recap

    The 47th annual Country Music Association Awards took place tonight (Nov. 6) in Nashville. Celebrating the best of this year in country music and hosted by two of the genre's biggest stars (Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley), the CMA Awards were less about the trophies and speeches and more about the glitz, glamor and live music that rocked the country charts over the last 12 months.
  • Country Music Star On Live Broadcast

    Carrie Underwood has a long history of melding music with her television presence. She's racked up six Grammys, five Country Music Association Awards and hosted the award ceremony five times (a sixth to come on November 6th in Nashville). And aside from seeing her singing the Sunday Night Football Theme song, you will now see her in another light: a television broadcast of The Sound of Music.
  • CMA Awards Performers Announced: See What Hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley Have To Say About Each [QUIZ]

    Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be hosting the 47th Country Music Association Awards on November 6, and organizers recently announced the performers for this year's event. Music Times has come up with theoretical introductions from the hosts for each act. See if you can match the options below with the following artists: Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban
  • Luke Bryan Discusses Women's Struggles To Gain Traction In Country Field: 'It's Always Been Pretty Damn Crummy'

    Luke Bryan admitted in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that "it sucks" for women in the country music genre right now. Although this isn't quite as liberating as hearing Jay Z declare that "women is pimps too," Bryan is currently at the top of the country game (and the music game in general, having topped the Billboard 200 for two straight weeks with his album "Crash My Party") and perhaps in a position to do something about it.
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