The 2010 Grammy Awards air live tomorrow, January 31st, on CBS beginning at 8:00 p.m. EST, and this year’s list of country music contenders is a great one!

This year’s nominees include:
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
~ Dead Flowers by Miranda Lambert
~ I Just Call You Mine by Martina McBride
~ White Horse by Taylor Swift
~ Just A Dream by Carrie Underwood
~ Solitary Thinkin’ by Lee Ann Womack
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
~ All I Ask For Anymore by Trace Adkins
~ People Are Crazy by Billy Currington
~ High Cost Of Living by Jamey Johnson
~ Living For The Night by George Strait
~ Sweet Thing by …read more

Merry Christmas from Country Music Stop! May your day be peaceful, joyful, and full of family and friends!

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The music video for Keith Urban’s current hit single, Kiss A Girl, is set to hit iTunes today!
The video above is the promotional for the final cut, and shows the band performing in front of a giant green screen and will have animation added for the final release.
About the song, Keith says:
“Monty Powell, who I write a lot with, had that title ‘Kiss A Girl.’ We don’t generally write from titles, but I loved this one the minute I heard it. Even if you’ve been in a …read more

Country queen Reba McEntire recently let Entertainment Tonight behind the scenes of the shoot for her upcoming music video of her current hit single, “Strange.”
In the video she talks about why she’s laying in a bed covered with tissues, and that Strange was the highest entry into the charts that she’s ever had. She talks about what the song means, and reveals that the new album, currently titled Keep On Loving You, will be out later this year (tentatively set for an August release) and will have a very eclectic group of songs. I can’t wait!
A live version of …read more

We don’t get to see too many pics of Kenny Chesney — he manages to avoid the paparazzi pretty well and even his performances and videos are pretty well guarded! So it’s always a treat when get a few images of him, like this set from his visit to David Letterman last week.
Kenny wears a bright neon orange t-shirt, khakis and a baseball cap as he stops to sign autographs for a throng of waiting fans. MORE PICS after the cut!

Did you catch Kenny Chesney on David Letterman this past week? Don’t worry if you didn’t – he was on at the end of the program, performed his current hit Out Last Night, and really didn’t get to say much after.
David introduced Kenny’s album as “Greatest Hits Eleven,” mistaking the Roman numerals for two (II) as an eleven. I’m sure he’ll get there someday!

It’s hard to believe that May is already coming to a close! Below is a listing of all country music albums set to be released in June:
June 2
Tanya Tucker – My Turn
Tracy Lawrence – The Rock
Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
June 9
Darryl Worley – Sounds Like Life
Charlie Robison – Beautiful Day
June 16
Holly Williams – Here With Me
Darryl Singletary – Rockin’ in the Country
June 30
Brad Paisley – American Saturday Night
Cledus T. Judd – Polyrically Uncorrect
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For the first time in 13 years, Reba McEntire will be appearing at the CMA Music Festival to sign autographs.
She’ll be joined by a huge turnout of other country artists at the signing booths, including Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Julianne Hough, Montgomery Gentry, LeAnn Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Blake Shelton, Chuck Wicks, Caitlin & Will, Jason Michael Carroll, Bucky Covington, Gloriana, Joey + Rory, Little Big Town, The Lost Trailers, Lorrie Morgan, and Heidi Newfield, among many more.
The CMA Music Festival will be held June 11-14 in Nashville.
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Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban are taking some time out of their busy schedules for separate performances on this week’s season finale of American Idol.
Carrie will be performing “Home Sweet Home” on Tuesday, May 19th, and Carrie, 19 Recordings, Sony Music Nashville, and iTunes are donating a portion of the sales proceeds of the “Home Sweet Home” digital single to The Humane Society of the United States.
Keith is taking time away from his Escape Together World Tour for a performance on Wednesday, May 20’s continuation of the season finale.
About the show, Keith says, “I think this year, in …read more

Tim McGraw’s #1 hit single “Everywhere” is from his 1997 album also titled Everywhere. The narrator of the song reminisces about a lost love, saying that she’d be surprised all the places he sees her, because in his heart he sees her everywhere.
The song has actually gotten Tim in some legal hot water. In 2007, songwriter James Martinez filed a lawsuit against McGraw, Reid and Wiseman for $20 million dollars, claiming he had given a demo titled “Anytime, Anywhere Amanda” to the defendants and that the similarities between the two songs are substantial.
McGraw’s lawyers are confident the case will …read more