First Country: New Music From Ashley McBryde, Little Big Town, Phil Vassar & More

LOS ANGELES – Within the world of country music, equal playtime on the radio for female artists has become a hot button topic.

First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week.Country music had an influx of new music videos this week, including “Hang In There Girl,” which served as part three to Ashley McBryde’s latest video saga, as well as captivating storylines as seen on Diplo’s latest track from his country project Thomas Wesley with a new version of “Heartless,” featuring Morgan Wallen and Julia Michaels.Newcomers MacKenzie Porter and Parker McCollum also

In 2017, Little Big Town played 10 shows at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, its first residency at the famed venue. The country quartet would soon be playing arenas much bigger than the 2,300-capacity Ryman on its 2018 tour, but the Ryman run gave Leslie Cohea, GM at Little Big Town’s management company, Sandbox Entertainment, an idea.

Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.

Little Big Town visited Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday evening (Jan. 29), during which the country quartet performed “Next to You” off their album Nightfall.The band launched into a performance of the hopeful ballad with whispered vocals, instantly captivating the New York City audience.

Little Big Town's ninth full-length album Nightfall opens at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart (dated Feb.

Little Big Town is getting a little real about their latest album.

First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week.

By Jake Kanter

Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.     

Just more than a year after Netflix set up its first major U.S. production hub in New Mexico by buying ABQ Studios in Albuquerque, a clearer picture of the partnership is emerging as state lawmakers kicked off a 30-day legislative session on Jan.

By Denise Petski

My Chemical Romance have announced details of their first UK show in ten years - and it's a big one. 

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services.

Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.

Little Big Town dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night (Jan. 15) to share something sweet: a performance of “Sugar Coat.” A heartbreaker of a song -- or heart-mender, depending how you connect with it -- “Sugar Coat” is lifted from the country foursome’s ninth and latest studio album, Nightfall, due out this Friday.

Actor Lou Ferrigno, who played “The Incredible Hulk” on TV, is about to undergo another remarkable transformation.

Viva Friday is a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors.