• Dierks Bentley Goes Front and Center

    For the past 10 years, the CMA Songwriters Series has featured some of the genre's top songwriters. This year, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the series, PBS filmed an episode featuring Dierks Bentley for their popular series, "Front and Center."

  • Get Ready for Bari Leigh

    Bari Leigh may not be a name that you know, but after her debut release on July 29, 2014, you will! The Nashville-based 25-year-old's 'Tonight, I'm Unchained' is going to turn her loose on the world of country music and we're all going to be better for it.

  • Tyler Farr 2014 Tour Dates [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Tyler Farr's "Whiskey In My Water" music video has officially passed over 3.5 million YouTube views and as great as the video is, seeing him perform the hit song live and in person is even better. Between now and November, the singer will be on the Burn It Down tour with Florida Georgia Line, but he'll also be performing dates with other country superstars as well as solo dates at fairs.

  • Sia Tops Slow Week on Billboard 200

    This week was a relatively slow one on the Billboard 200, which allowed Sia to take the top spot for the first time in her career. We don't mean to suggest she didn't earn it: 1000 Forms of Fear sold 52,000 copies, the songwriter's largest sales week to date. However that was also the smallest sales week for a no. 1 in more than two years.

  • Top Country Streaming Songs for the Week

    This week, Billboard's Top Country Streaming Songs, the most popular streamed radio songs and on-demand songs and videos on leading online music services, are just about all "about the party!" The question is, how do the music videos rank? With nearly 50 million views so far, Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" takes the number one spot on YouTube views.

  • Miranda Lambert Goes Old School

    When Miranda Lambert celebrated her latest #1, "Automatic," last week, she kept the party in line with the theme of the hit song - celebrating a time when things were simpler.

  • Trey Songz Staves Off Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith on Billboard 200

    Things have calmed down a little on the Billboard 200 after three straight weeks featuring new releases topping more than 150,000 in opening week sales. Trey Songz still managed to set a high bar with his new album Trigga, which sold 105,000 copies.

  • If Country Music Stars Were Starbucks Flavors

    Everyone has their favorites - from country singers to Starbucks flavors, there is also that one "go to" pick that is first choice regardless of the day of the week or time of the year. What if the two were combined? What flavors would some of today's hottest country artists be?

  • Lana Del Rey and Sam Smith Clash for Top Spot on Billboard 200

    The last two weeks have featured a noticeable lack of new albums within the 200, debuting only three new records to the public (Led Zeppelin rereleases don't count). The last week of tracking reversed the trend in a big way however, bringing six new titles to the market.

  • Miranda Lambert on Way to 'Platinum' Status

    This week's Top 10 of the Billboard 200 featured somewhere between two and five new entries, depending on how you define "new entry." Stay tuned for the solution to the riddle.
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