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By Ellise Shafer

The CMT Music Awards will be pushed from June 3 to Oct. 14 because of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, the network announced Friday.

Chrissy Metz is breaking into the music scene!

Carrie Underwood and her husband, Mike Fisher, are encouraging everyone to stay at home to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

A few hours after Leslie Fram discussed how the COVID-19 outbreak might affect the entertainment industry — and talked about bringing DIY hand sanitizer to victims of the deadly March 3 tornado that devastated Middle Tennessee — the Nashville-based exec found out she had her own brush with the virus.

Margo Price and her husband, Jeremy Ivey, took part in NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (Home) concert from the comfort of their Nashville attic.

Revered songwriter Marcus Hummon (“Cowboy Take Me Away,” “Suds In the Bucket”) has signed a new publishing deal with LBK Entertainment, Billboard has exclusively learned. The new signing marks the 2019 Nashville Songwriters Fame inductee's departure from former publisher Spirit Music Group.

Soccer Mommy is the latest musician to put on a concert from home during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

NASHVILLE — When the COVID-19 coronavirus forced the shutdown of the concert industry, independent Nashville artist Stevie Woodward got a double whammy.Not only did she lose the steady, six-nights-a-week bookings in the Music City club scene that kept her afloat, she also faced the stark reality that one of her roommates, a nurse at Vanderbilt Medical Center, might well bring the bug home from work.Woodward decided to make lemonade out of lemons and drove to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for an unexpected

Music Biz 2020 has been postponed due to uncertainty surrounding the global health crisis.The annual industry conference was due to take place this May in downtown Nashville, but will be pushed back to August.“Thank you to our registered attendees, speakers, and sponsors for your patience and continued enthusiasm for our event in this extremely uncertain period,” comments Music Biz President Portia Sabin in a statement.

The Music Business Association’s annual Music Biz conference, held in Nashville and scheduled for May, has been postponed until August, due to ongoing coronavirus concerns. The event is now scheduled to take place from Sunday, August 16 through Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at the JW Marriott Nashville. All conference registrations and hotel reservations will be honored and automatically transferred for the postponed dates.

The coronavirus has officially hit Nashville's music community.CMT closed its offices March 10 to thoroughly sanitize the premises after an artist manager who had attended the network's tornado relief telethon, held in conjunction with WSMV-TV Nashville on March 5, tested positive for COVID-19.

While countless tours and events have been canceled in the wake of the coronavirus, several country artists decided to treat their fans to an online concert on Monday evening (March 16).

Nicole Kidman shimmies to Keith Urban‘s songs during his free concert on Instagram on Monday (March 16).

Harry Styles stopped by NPR for an intimate Tiny Desk Concert, performing four tracks from his new album, “Fine Line.”

Lennon Stella is making people “Jealous” with her latest music video.

Canadian country music star Brett Kissel’s benefit concert in Edmonton has raised $57,000 for victims of last week’s tornadoes in Tennessee.

Sam Hunt served as the surprise guest at Tuesday (March 10) evening’s Rhythm and Boots showcase held at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley. The singer took the stage for his second show of the year, and during his 45-minute set, he debuted several tracks off his forthcoming sophomore studio album Southside, due out April 3.

The late Bill Hearn, who rose to president and chief executive officer of Capitol Christian Music Group, will be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame at the seventh annual GMA Honors & Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on May 6 in Nashville. Three vocal groups will also be inducted—Commissioned (representing gospel), The Isaacs (Southern gospel) and 4Him (Contemporary Christian music). These

The communal spirit of Nashville was felt at Marathon Music Works on Monday night (March 9), where over $500,000 was raised as part of the benefit concert To Nashville, With Love. All the proceeds made at the show went to the people of Nashville affected by the March 2020 tornado.