Kenny Rogers Is No. 1 on the Top Country Albums Chart for the First Time Since 1986

Pennsylvania-based Christian rock band August Burns Red earns its ninth No. 1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart, as Guardians bows atop the tally dated April 18 with 12,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.The set follows the band's last full-length, Phantom Anthem, which entered Top Christian Albums at No.

After decades of session work in Nashville and elsewhere, Matt Rollings has plenty of friends. So it's no surprise that Matt Rollings Mosaic, his first solo album in 30 years, is populated by pals such as Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Lukas Nelson, the War & Treaty and Lyle Lovett.

Sam Hunt's second studio full-length, and first in more than five years, Southside, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart dated April 18.In its first week, ending April 9, the set earned 46,000 equivalent album units, including 16,000 in album sales, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.Southside marks Hunt's second Top Country Albums No.

By Chris Willman

Larry Gatlin is waiting out the coronavirus pandemic just like everyone else, only most of the time, he does so from the confines of Nashville’s golf courses, which remain open despite the stay-at-home orders issued in many states.

Kenny Rogers left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry. In a new clip of Biography: Kenny Rogers, longtime friend and collaborator Dolly Parton pays tribute to the late legend who passed away in March.

The musician says he attempted to receive testing for symptoms a month ago

Country superstar Sam Hunt has sung about being a homebody. But now that the global coronavirus pandemic has forced him to quarantine indoors, he’s feeling a little restless.

Welcome to Emerging Country, a Billboard series where we highlight an up-and-coming act who is making a splash in the genre. This month’s pick is country singer-songwriter Parker McCollum, who is introducing himself to country radio with his debut single “Pretty Heart” on MCA Nashville.For the past five years Parker McCollum has spent his weekends on the road.

Junior H clocks his first entry on the Top Latin Albums chart (dated April 11), as his sophomore EP Atrapado En Un Sueño arrives at No. 5.Atrapado marks the Guanajuato-bred singer-songwriter’s first entry on any Billboard album chart.

Ingrid Andress ascends to No. 1 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated April 11), becoming the top emerging act in the U.S.

Beoga are quickly becoming one of the Irish music scene's most interesting acts, blending quaint trad with warm and rich storytelling of the country music coming out of Nashville.

He was hospitalised last month

These are dark times as the world combats the global coronavirus pandemic, but Thomas Rhett brightened the mood a little bit when he performed his new song, "Be a Light," during the ACM Presents: Our Country special on Sunday (April 5).

Before singing "Wasted Time" from his Nashville studio, 2019 ACM entertainer of the year Keith Urban – the first artist to deliver a remote performance during Sunday (April 5) night's ACM Presents: Our Country broadcast on CBS – stated what we're all thinking: "This is a very strange time."Urban sent thanks, support and respect from himself, wife Nicole Kidman and their daughters to "all the first responders out there, everybody in the healthcare field and the public safety officers as well."

J Balvin’s Colores surges 32-2 on the Top Latin Albums chart (dated April 4) after registering its first full week. The album arrived at No. 32 on the March 28-dated chart from one d

Luke Bryan banks his 22nd No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, as "What She Wants Tonight" ascends 3-1 on the April 4-dated tally.

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.

Joe Diffie: In a post-modern world, he was the perfect old-school hillbilly singer. Like George Jones, there was no interest in going uptown, no need for turbo-sophistication. Give him a Manuel cowboy shirt, some clever wordplay, a hot band… and Joe, with that craggy, bluegrass-honed voice and the ability to twist notes like balloons at a kiddie party, was good to go.