There’s a new artist having his very first Top 5 hit: Jameson Rodgers. We caught up with Jameson recently to ask him how it feels to have his debut song “Some Girls” in our Top 5: I’m just counting blessings, I’ve been here for 10 years, I have a lot of artist friends who haven’t been…… More
This week’s co-host is the newly crowned ACM Female Vocalist of the Year Maren Morris. She co-hosted the countdown from her kitchen! her 6 month old baby boy was sleeping a few feet away. “It’s been so nice having this downtime. I have liked being home for the first time in five years.” The home time…… More
This week’s co-host is Jason Aldean, who is socially distanced in our studio. Lon asked where Jason was when the virus hit, and he says he was on tour: “We were in Wisconsin, had 3 shows left, and I got a phone call from my manager, and we had to cancel 3 shows. From there,…… More
This week’s co-host is Tim McGraw, who tells Lon he spent most of the summer with his family: “We got to bring the girls in and stay together for most of the summer. We spent a lot of time cooking, watching movies, playing games, we hung out every day, and surprisingly there were only a…… More
This week’s co-host is Lee Brice. His last time here was with Carly Pearce and their duet “I Hope You’re Happy Now.” Lee tells Lon they had a subdued #1 party: “Normally a #1 party is a ton of people packed into a small space. So it was a blessing, it was just the writers and myself,…… More
This week, Kane Brown told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that he’s spent the past few months doing some improvement projects on his new house. “We just had a pool installed, we had turf installed, a new driveway, and we’re about to put in a basketball court.” But in the meantime, his previous house, the…… More
Here is Part 2 of Keith Urban co-hosting the Countdown. In it, Keith discussing the making of his new album “The Speed of Now Part 1” during the pandemic. He says he needed a “creative intervention” to get him back into the studio, and the result was the first song on the album, “Out The…… More
This week’s co-host is Kane Brown, and he tells Lon he’s keeping busy while he’s been off the road: “We’ve been working on the house, hanging with the baby, and working out. Also playing a lot of video games. Getting to spend a lot of quality time with my wife.” Kane’s baby Kingsley just passed the10 month point. “It’s…… More
NASHVILLE, TN (September 16, 2020) – Winners have been announced for the 55TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™, a Night of Heart and Hits Live from Nashville. 15-time ACM Award®-winning artist Keith Urban hosted the show featuring three iconic Nashville venues including Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and The Bluebird Cafe. For the first time in ACM…… More
Here is a podcast with Part 1 of Keith Urban co-hosting Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton. Keith did the show from his home studio, and during the podcast, Keith describes it. He also says that he spent a lot of time there during the past few months when the major studios were closed. He…… More
Keith Urban returns for a second week as Lon’s co-host. He will host next Wednesday’s ACM Awards, and then release his 11th album next Friday. Keith had this to day about the ACMs: “I love the fact that they’re going to do it. It would have been easy, under the circumstances, to skip it for…… More
An event as emotional as the terrorist attacks of 9-11 was bound to inspire a lot of music. There were several songs released in the weeks before the event that found new meaning on that September day. And there were several more that were directly inspired by 9-11 and the subsequent war. No question that…… More
Keith Urban co-hosts the countdown for the first of two weeks from his home studio in Nashville. “I’ve been doing huge amounts of work here these last few months, finishing up my new album. The studio is downstairs in my house, pretty good size, with windows and a lot of light. Real good creative space.”…… More
The nominees for the 54th annual CMA Awards were revealed on Tuesday morning (9/1). Select categories were announced by Luke Combs and Carly Pearce during ABC’s “Good Morning America” broadcast live from the historic stage of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, while Ingrid Andress and Gabby Barrett revealed the remaining categories on CMA’s…… More
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