Country Music’s Historic Streaming Spike Is Being Fueled by Gen Z and Millennials

ABC reported Friday, citing multiple sources it did not identify.Messages left with Baldwin’s attorney and the district attorney’s office handling the case in New Mexico were not immediately returned Friday.This story is developing …

EXCLUSIVE: One day after New Mexico dropped criminal charges against Rust actor and producer Alec Baldwin in the tragic set death of DP Halyna Hutchins, Deadline has learned that the Oscar nominee and multi-Emmy winner is set to star in Mike Hatton’s feature directorial debut, Hollywood Heist.

Elon Musk is feeling the heat on Twitter after his SpaceX rocket blew up again!

Thania Garcia For the sixth week in a row, Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” tops the albums chart at No. 1 and its leading single, “Last Night,” adds a third nonconsecutive week atop the singles chart. In its latest tracking week, “One Thing” (released via Big Loud/Mercury/Republic Records) collected the equivalent of 167,000 album sales in the United States and 211 million on-demand official streams of the country set’s 36 songs, according to data by Luminate. “Last Night” leads the Hot 100 with 36.6 million streams after dominating the chart for the first time last month as the singer-songwriter’s first No. 1 single. New in the top 10 of the songs chart this week is Drake’s Kim Kardashian-sampling “Search & Rescue,” which launched to No. 2 on the list. As Drake has been known to do, the track was announced just a day prior to its official release on April 7, and still, the song logged nearly 34 million streams as the Toronto rapper’s 35th top-five hit.

Located in the north of Tennessee, Nashville is known as the hometown of country music thanks to its thriving scene. With Taylor Swift moving to the city as a youngster to kick start her career and with Dolly Parton calling the area her home, it’s clear that Music City has the A-list stamp of approval. But despite its roots, Nashville is far more than a music hub for songwriters and fans alike.

Tim McGraw, the country music star whose acting career has hit a new gear lately with roles in Yellowstone and prequel 1883, is launching his own media company with backing from Skydance Media.

Jodie Foster opens the new teaser for, the latest installment in the HBO crime anthology franchise.In the upcoming series, which premieres on HBO and Max later this year, Foster stars as Detective Liz Danvers, who pairs up with Detective Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) — with whom she clearly has a fraught history -- to investigate the mysterious case of six men who disappeared into the icy, dark Alaskan wilderness, leaving only their frozen boots behind.«It's crazy, the sh*t we survive,» a voice promises in the clip. Watch the full teaser below. Mexican filmmaker Issa López serves as writer, director and executive producer on the upcoming series, with Foster also executive producing.The upcoming season is described as such: «When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the six men that operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace.

As the historic ceremony crowning King Charles as monarch looms around the corner, organisers of the event are now in a "race against time" to finalise plans.

Granger Smith revealed he's leaving country music for ministry after the end of his upcoming tour. Smith, 43, shared a video announcing the news to his fans on Tuesday.

Achy breaky heart! Some of country music’s greatest songs are about heartbreak — and the relationships that inspired them can be just as dramatic.

From the Bachelor mansion to the driving range! Michelle Money and Mike Weir have been going strong since 2016.

When Deadline featured Alexander Rodnyansky for its International Disruptors column back in 2021, the media mogul said he’d “had five lives” when looking back at his prolific media career which spanned documentary filmmaking, founding Ukraine’s first indie TV network 1+1, managing Russian media company CTC and producing indie films.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Tanya Tucker, Patty Loveless and Bob McDill will be the Country Music Hall of Fame’s three 2023 inductees, it was announced in a news conference at the hall’s museum in Nashville Monday morning. Tucker will be inducted into the hall in the “Veterans Era Artist” category, while Loveless will get her entree in the “Modern Era Artist” category. McDill is to be inducted in the “Songwriter” category, which is in rotation with the “Recording and/or Touring Musician” and “Songwriter” categories, each coming up every three years. Cheers went up at the announcement ceremony as well as around Nashville, as all three have long been favored for induction, and Tucker and Loveless particularly talked up as should-be shoo-ins for their historical importance as leading women in the genre.

Shania Twain wants country music to be even more inclusive.

The winners are in for the 2023 CMT Music Awards!

Everything is bigger in Texas! Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown took home the top honor of Video of the Year at the 2023 CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2.

CMT Music Awards!This year, Lainey Wilson leads the charge with four noms, including Performance of the Year and Female Video of the Year, with three nominees tied for second place -- Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, and CMT Music Awards co-host Kane Brown.Across all categories, CMT is recognizing 21 first-time nominees, with Carrie Underwood, the most awarded artist in CMT history, also earning another nod this year. Hosted by Brown and Kelsea Ballerini -- also a nominee this year — the CMT Music Awards air at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS Sunday from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

Fashion expert Melissa Rivers is sharing her do's and don'ts of red carpet fashion ahead of the CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas. "A red carpet do would be take a page from the award shows we've already seen this year. One of the best years for fashion on the red carpet that we've seen in a long time," Rivers said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

Country music's biggest stars are opening up about how they get in the zone before stepping on stage. One thing many of the musicians have in common is they like to stay hydrated and make sure their dressing rooms are stocked with everything they need. Cole Swindell told Fox News Digital that his dressing room always has "plenty of water" and "maybe just a couple of drinks" in case his nerves become too much to handle.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer David Halls, the first assistant director on “Rust,” pleaded no contest on Friday to a misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon, making him the first person to be held accountable for the shooting death of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Halls, who was the film’s safety coordinator, appeared remotely for a plea hearing before a Santa Fe judge. Asked how he wished to plea, he answered, “No contest, your honor.” He will not serve jail time. Instead, he will serve six months of unsupervised probation. He is also expected to testify at a preliminary hearing in May, as prosecutors pursue involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin and the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed.