Nashville notes: Charley Pride's statue + Ronnie Milsap's birthday

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A bronze statue of country legend Charley Pride will be unveiled outside Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, March 29. Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn and Little Jimmy Dickens are also honored with statues at the historic venue. The War and Treaty will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, March 27,

Watch Elle King surprise a high school teacher

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ABC Elle King stopped by Chouteau High School in Oklahoma on Friday, March 24, to surprise two special people: Cathy Welker-Graham, one of Elle’s biggest fans and the school’s teacher of the year, and Emma Hughes, a senior student who wrote to Elle about

Video of the Year finalists revealed for the 2023 CMT Music Awards

ABC CMT has revealed the top six Video of the Year nominees vying for the highly coveted award at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. The finalists are Blake Shelton‘s “No Body,” Carrie Underwood‘s “Hate My Heart,” Cody Johnson‘s “Human,” HARDY and Lainey Wilson‘s “wait in the truck,” Kane

Carly Pearce's '29' journey gets a “beautiful” ending

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ABC Carly Pearce‘s single “What He Didn’t Do” hit number one on the country charts this week. “WHAT HE DIDNT DO IS #1!!!! I can’t even put into words what this moment means,” Carly shared on Instagram. “When I wrote this song,

Get ready for a new Kelsea Ballerini music video

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ABC Kelsea Ballerini is set to drop the music video for her single “IF YOU GO DOWN (I’M GOIN’ DOWN TOO)” on Tuesday, March 28. The country-pop star shared the news on social media on Sunday, March 26. “hot girl summer?