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Brad Paisley will sure be busy at tonight's Country Music Assn. Awards , staged for the third consecutive year at the Sommet Center in downtown Nashville.

Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks have decided to call it quits, a source tells PEOPLE.

Out of all the new country singers to emerge in the early '80s, George Strait stayed the closest to traditional country.

Singers Beyonce, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, P!nk and Taylor Swift are the contenders for the 2010 People's Choice Award for female artist.

This year's nominees are ... Who will take home a Country Music Assn. Award at this year's kudos-fest Nov.

Darius Rucker was just a young boy with a love for "Hee Haw" and FM radio when he made a discovery - and a decision - that would shape the rest of his life.

Before Alabama, bands were usually relegated to a supporting role in country music.

A Carroll County woman is headed to Maryland's statewide Senior Idol contest. Linda Lovering, 61, won the county's first Senior Idol competition at the North Carroll Senior and Community Center on Friday.

NASHVILLE- Dolly Parton, Charlie Daniels and Kid Rock have been given stars on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville along with the late Ernest Tubb and Tootsie's Orchid Lounge founder Hattie Louise Bess.

Feeling a little bit country, Sony Pictures said Sunday, Nov. 8, that it will bring popular performer Kenny Chesney to movie theaters in April in a limited-engagement concert film, "Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D." Director Joe Thomas shot footage during Chesney's recently concluded Sun City Carnival concert tour.

Catch Trace Adkins, a very Dangerous Man, performing his hit songs like "Songs About Me", "Every Light In The House", brand new songs "Ladies Love Country Boys", and "I Came Here To Live."... Trace Adkins - Play All Biography Trace Adkins helped keep country's traditionalist flame burning during the crossover-happy late '90s, mixing classic honky ...

Kenny Chesney has made the very hard work of dominating country music look easy.

Country singer and songwriter Billy Currington was raised in Rincon, GA. Following high school, he made a couple attempts at relocating to Nashville in the hopes of getting a career in music off the ground, finally landing a job there at a concrete company, while still finding time to play at clubs on the side and work on song demos.

One of the biggest female country stars of the '90s and 2000s, Faith Hill also took advantage of the inroads Shania Twain made into pop territory, becoming an enormous crossover success by the end of the millennium.

After Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson was the most popular male country singer of the '90s. An heir to the new traditionalist movement of the '80s, Jackson's approach was rooted in classic honky tonk yet remained comfortably within the contemporary mainstream.

Brad Paisley tears it up on with amazing versions of "Mud On The Tires" and "Little Moments," a great cover of "Layla," and new tunes "Alcohol" and "When I Get Where I'm Going."... Brad Paisley - Play All Biography Contemporary country singer/songwriter Brad Paisley was born October 28, 1972, in Glen Dale, WV; given his first guitar at age eight, ...

Ricky Van Shelton was one of country music's biggest male stars during the late '80s and early '90s, prior to the emergence of crossover sensations like Garth Brooks.

Watch an exclusive live performance from Trisha Yearwood! The acoustic set includes "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love," "This Is Me You're Talking To" and more! ... Trisha Yearwood - Play All Biography One of the most popular female country singers of the '90s, Trisha Yearwood initially rose to fame as a protegee of Garth Brooks but quickly ...

Jo Dee Messina is bringing more than her top 10 country hits to Glendora on Saturday.

Watch a very special performance by country superstar Kenny Chesney! Kenny takes us on his boat and performs songs from his new album, Lucky Old Sun, which hits shelves on October 14th.