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Star-studded collaborations are on tap for Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards, airing live on ABC from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Candice Glover, an R&B dynamo from St. Helena Island, S.C., was crowned the Season 12 winner of "American Idol" Thursday night.

Jo Dee Messina is postponing her Canadian tour. Later this month the country star was planning to head north of the border, and spend two-and-a-half weeks performing across the country.

Randy Travis, the wiry, multi-platinum-selling country crooner with a golden voice that carries enough bass to rattle your silverware , had a tough 2012.

Tim McGraw 's all-star TV special airs this weekend. He's leading the lineup for "ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night," which is set to run on CBS on Sunday.

Nettles says Friday in a news release that she is working with Rick Rubin and will release the album in the fall.

Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas.

The multi-artist Alabama tribute album Alabama & Friends will hit stores later this year, and a slew of big-name country stars are hitting the studio with the band for the project.

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Mother's Day is supposed to be a lovely way to honor the moms we love, but LeAnn Rimes and Brandi Glanville somehow managed to ruin even that special day! The country star is now a stepmother to Mason and Jake, Brandi's sons with her ex Eddie Cibrian and on Sunday, the singer extended an olive branch by sending the "Real Housewives of Beverly ... (more)

More country stars have signed on for this weekend's Billboard Music Awards. Shania Twain, Florida Georgia Line, and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles are among the newly announced presenters for the event.

Carrie Underwood fans will want to make plans to head to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum soon to relive her Blown Away tour.

DECATUR, Ga. -- If you hear a song called "Hush Hush" on country radio this spring, you might not catch every word, but you'll likely get the drift.

Jason Boland's come a long way since his Red Dirt-kicking, Pearl Snaps days. 2008's Comal County Blue proved the Okie native and decadelong Austinite worthy of the top tier of emerging Texas songwriters, its poignant tunes crafted through their songwriter's blistered heartbreak and alcoholism recovery.

Jeanne Zano Band Fourth Anniversary Party with No Vacancy: May 18, 7-11 p.m., Cooper's Cabana .

Country star Willie Nelson has donated more than $120,000 to the victims of last month's devastating fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas.

The 22-year-old man - who is yet to be named - attempted to swim to the 'I Knew You Were Trouble' hitmaker's property in Rhode Island, New England, in a bid to meet the country singer but got freaked out by her security team and swam back in the opposite direction where he was detained by police for trespassing.

Taylor Swift played out the plot of her song "Speak Now" in Tuesday night's season finale of the Fox comedy New Girl.

The Band Perry 's latest album, Pioneer , includes a foray into the folky territory of country music on the opening track "Better Dig Two" before veering into more pop/rock sounds on the second song, the group's current single, "DONE." The new album also includes some vocal harmonies inspired by the rock group Queen .

Lee Brice celebrated his latest #1 hit, "I Drive Your Truck," at a party on Music Row in Nashville Monday, and a few special guests made the event even sweeter for him.