Alan Jackson presses a plastic jug to his lips and takes a big swig. "I live about 10 minutes from here. This is all right. I'll be home in time to watch the news I reckon."...
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This city is full of singers and musicians looking for a break. Very few, though, have a country superstar for an uncle.
And there's the rub: No matter how talented Adam...
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After taking a couple of creative
detours on his last two albums, Alan Jackson returns to his
readily identifiable brand of traditional country with the
March 4 release of...
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Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella,"...
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Denise Jackson knew that her marriage to Alan Jackson wasn't perfect. She was too needy and insecure in the relationship, and he was on the road a lot, becoming one of...
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The Country Music Association's 2007 festival drew a record attendance of 191,154 people over four days.
The music festival, which began Thursday and ended Sunday,...
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If you hit a bump on the road, you can't expect everyone around you to stop driving.
That's pretty much what the judge presiding over Phil Spector's murder...
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The first of Dierks Bentley's two big outdoor shows this month is a gimme.
He'll play for thousands of adoring country fans this week at the CMA Music Festival in...
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It doesn't take a second for David Kells to recall the first concert he ever saw: Aerosmith with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Starwood Amphitheater, 1990.
Over the next...
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The Adriano De Souza Show has finally run its course.
The driver who allegedly heard Phil Spector say, "I think I killed someone," took the stand for the fourth,...
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Perhaps something was lost in translation between Phil Spector and his chauffeur.
The music producer's defense team got Adriano De Souza, the driver working for...
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The night Lana Clarkson died, Phil Spector didn't seem particularly drunk, according to the woman who he took to the House of Blues and, after meeting Clarkson, sent on...
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It was craft versus
showbiz at the inaugural Stagecoach festival, held Saturday and
Sunday in Indio, Calif., the site of the Coachella rock
extravaganza the weekend...
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The prosecution and defense agreed on one point: In court, Phil Spector is "Phillip" Spector.
Beyond that, the two sides were typically of a split mind as opening...
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Nasvhille's big Macs couldn't serve up enough customers to keep the latest installment of Now That's What I Call Music! from the top of the food chain.
For the...
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Here's the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles:
Album Of The Year
Taking the Long Way,...
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It's hard to believe how many times Brooks & Dunn have won Duo of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
The Hillbilly Deluxe artists, who also hosted the...
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When country music acts started noticing more Hispanic fans at their concerts, it didn't take long for Music Row to start dreaming of its Next Big Audience.
After all,...
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In 2001, when Atlantic Records
closed its Nashville office and put Craig Morgan and a
half-dozen other artists on the street, the former Army Ranger
says he was not afraid...
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Alan Jackson loves tinkering with cars and boats and says he's even worked on a few houses in his time. But when a tornado destroyed a Tennessee family's home and paralyzed...
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When Alan Jackson approached bluegrass star Alison Krauss about producing his next record, he was thinking of a rolling cascade of banjo and fiddle behind his laid-back...
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Alan Jackson, "Like Red on a Rose" (Arista)
Country star Alan Jackson has always performed with an elegant reserve, even when singing about neon honky tonks, teenage...
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Brooks & Dunn and Brad Paisley were both nominated for six Country Music Association Awards, but Ronnie Dunn emerged as the leader with seven nominations, including one for...
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Nominees for the 40th annual Country Music Association Awards, to be held Nov. 6 in Nashville, Tenn:
Entertainer of the year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley,...
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Stick a fork in the CMA Award nominations--they're Dunn.
Brooks & Dunn and solo crooner Brad Paisley racked up six
nominations apiece for the Country Music Association...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Their name might be Flatts, but this country trio spiked right to
the top of the charts.
One week after T.I. set the yea's
single-week sales record with King, Rascal...
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T.I., the self-proclaimed King of the South, can't get any further
north. The rapper's King landed the year's biggest opening week,
selling nearly 522,000 copies last week,...
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Ne-Yo's so sick that he can't be denied.
The rookie R&B
crooner, whose debut single "So Sick" already topped the
Billboard Hot 100 radio, now has a number one album to...
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Alan Jackson's mother had been after him for 10 years to make a gospel record. Last year, when the country superstar's father-in-law died, he recorded "Turn Your Eyes Upon...
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Country singer Vince Gill will host a television special next month with an unlikely combination of subject and venue: "The Grand Ole Opry at Carnegie Hall."
The two-hour...
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More than a little bit of
country came to the city Monday night, when the Grand Ole Opry
appeared at New York's Carnegie Hall as part of its 80th
anniversary...
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Although the CMA Awards' first soiree in New York will be peppered with cameos by Elton John, Billy Joel, Donald Trump, James Gandolfini and Bon Jovi, don't expect...
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The Country Music Association awards will be handed out tonight, but not in Nashville.
They'll be presented at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which doesn't even...
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Dolly Parton and Elton John will sing "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" at "The 39th Annual CMA Awards," which will air live on CBS from Madison Square Garden on Nov....
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The rendition of "Happy Birthday" at the Grand Ole Opry's 80th birthday bash this weekend is bound to be good.
The guest list includes Garth Brooks, Alison Krauss, Travis...
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In times of war, tragedy and turmoil, many hit songs have eloquently expressed a collective angst. But even though Hurricane Katrina has already inspired several musical...
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From clashes with her label chief to missed appointments and erratic behavior, country singer Mindy McCready's troubles go back further than her recent run-ins with the...
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Plans for a benefit concert intended to help victims of Hurricane
Katrina have been blown off, courtesy of the rapidly approaching
Hurricane Rita.
With the Category 5...
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With a little help from his friends, Michael Jackson is going to
try and heal the Gulf Coast.
The popster, who's currently
enjoying a lengthy vacation in the United...
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Upcoming celebrity benefits to raise money for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
• Kevin Smith is holding an online auction on his Web site,...
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Celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Leno, Master P and Dave Matthews are contributing star power to relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
DeGeneres, a...
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Country singer Brad Paisley has to be feeling a little like a bartender these days. His hit single, "Alcohol," a series of funny observations about imbibing that he wrote...
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A two-hour special featuring highlights from this year's Country Music Association festival will air on prime-time TV this week, with performances by Alan Jackson, Rascal...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Country artists need to try harder
when it comes to international markets, according to talent
executive Bruce Allen.
During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music...
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Henry Rollins will host a new TV
show about movies, "Henry's Film Corner," on IFC.
The monthly series debuts Dec. 4 and features Rollins
providing commentary on films. A...
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It only took 30 years,
but Jimmy Buffett can finally say he has reached No. 1 on the
U.S. pop albums chart.
"License to Chill," a set that includes duets with top
country...
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Some travelers passing through Atlanta's sprawling airport soon will have some famous duds to gaze at on their way to the gates.
Cowboy boots worn by Alan Jackson , a...
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Country Music Television's list of the 100 greatest love songs:
1. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton )
2. "You Were Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson )
3. "Sweet...
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Thanks to Avril
Lavigne, it was the fall of the house of Usher on this week's album
chart.
The un-Britney's sophomore album, Under
My Skin, put the stops on Usher's...
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When Joe Nichols was setting up his new tour bus, creature comforts were No. 1.
With scores of concerts and thousands of miles ahead of him this year, the decor of the...
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"It feels like the joker overthrew
the kingdom," Toby Keith commented backstage after winning the
entertainer of the year award at the 39th annual Academy of
Country Music...
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American Idol winner
Fantasia Barrino wasn't the only performer having a good night on
Wednesday.
Just a few states away from Los Angeles'
Kodak Theater, Toby
Keith was...
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Rebellious country icon Toby Keith dominated the 39th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards Wednesday (May 26) broadcast from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las...
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Winners at Wednesday's 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards:
Entertainer: Toby Keith .
Male Vocalist: Toby Keith.
Female Vocalist: Martina McBride .
New...
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Brooks & Dunn added to their record 17 Academy of Country Music awards Wednesday, beating out Montgomery Gentry and three other groups for the top vocal duo award.
Alan...
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Rock producer Phil Spector, already
facing murder charges in the shooting death of a B-movie
actress at his Los Angeles area home, was arrested on Friday
after an...
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Toby Keith took home three awards Wednesday in Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards show, including video of the year for his patriotic song "American...
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A stretch of Interstate 85 will likely be named for country music star Alan Jackson . The House voted 134-0 Thursday to honor the singer with a road naming in his native...
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Alan Jackson , George Strait and Jimmy Buffett will join for a May 29 concert at Texas Stadium near Dallas.
They'll share equal billing as they perform individually and...
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When Alan Jackson sang "Gone Country" several years ago, everybody thought it was a satire. But it's getting more real every day. The Tennessean reports Poison lead singer...
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Toby Keith received a leading four nominations for Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards, while Kenny Chesney , Rascal Flatts and Alan Jackson picked...
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Alan Jackson , George Strait and Jimmy Buffett will join for a May 29 concert at Texas Stadium near Dallas.
The three superstars will share equal billing as they perform...
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Grand Ole Opry stars Vince Gill , Patty Loveless and the Del McCoury Band will hit the road this spring for an 11-city Opry tour, the long-running radio show's first in...
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Georgia-born singer Alan Jackson ,
who shared a recent hit with Jimmy Buffett on the duet "It's
Five O'Clock Somewhere," led the field of contenders for the
Academy of...
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List of key nominations announced Wednesday for the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards:
1. Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney , Alan Jackson ,...
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Alan Jackson , who received a leading eight Academy of Country Music nominations Wednesday, can justify celebrating as early as he wants because — as the title of his...
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Alan Jackson can justify celebrating his leading eight Academy of Country Music nominations on Wednesday as early as he wants, because — as the title of his hit song...
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As record companies cut costs -- in
some cases, dramatically -- to stem losses, artists are feeling
the squeeze.
From majors to independents, labels are...
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Having conquered Broadway
and TV, Reba McEntire will return to the vehicle that launched
her to stardom: performing at rodeos, fairs and festivals coast
to...
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Dolly Parton will host Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards in April, and Shania Twain will perform.
CMT General Manager Brian Philips called Parton...
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On its way to becoming the No. 1
song of 2003 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks, 50 Cent's "In Da Club" set new audience marks
on each...
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If there was ever any doubt about
Shania Twain 's career prospects after the Canadian songbird
took time off to start a family, the success of her album "Up!"
and current...
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While the rest of the music
business is hurting, the concert industry continues to break
records. Still, some unsettling trends are casting a cloud over
the touring...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began a test Thursday of its new 88-cent-per-song online music service, trying to capture more of the music market at a price that undercuts the 99-cent...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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Performers like Rod Stewart and Alan Jackson , presenters like
Glen Campbell , Hall and Oates and the Smothers Brothers... gee, it's
hard to imagine why the broadcast...
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Alan Jackson and Martina McBride are teaming up for a concert tour next year, which is expected to stop hit about 50 North American arena dates beginning in late January....
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Toby Keith knows how to shock 'em. Despite being the biggest
loser at last week's Country
Music Association Awards, Keith wound up the biggest winner on the
album chart.
...
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The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville was lit up with the stars of country music as the 37th Annual Country Music Awards took place there Wednesday (November 5). The CBS...
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The Man in Black is gone but not forgotten.
Johnny
Cash was awarded three of Nashville's highest honors at the Country
Music Association's 37th Annual Country Music...
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Johnny Cash made history on
Wednesday at the Country Music Association awards show, winning
three top honors in a nationally televised extravaganza which
also paid a...
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It'll be a testosterone-fest at the Country Music Association Awards this year. For the first time in about 20 years, male singers took all five slots in both the...
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Tia Sillers, a writer of country
and rock hits, has re-signed her exclusive global publishing
agreement with Viacom's Famous Music.
Sillers and Mark D. Sanders wrote Lee...
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Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett's duet, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," reclaims the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, making the song a...
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Alan Jackson's scheduled performance on the Today Show's Summer Concert Series Friday (September 19) has been postponed due to Hurricane Isabel, which hit the east coast on...
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Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett have been tapped to open the 37th annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards on November 5. The two will perform their current seven-week...
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Alan Jackson's hit, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," holds the Number One spot on the Billboard and R&R country singles charts again for the seventh week in a row. That breaks...
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The Alan Jackson/Jimmy Buffett duet, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," maintains its hold on the Number One spot on both the Billboard and R&R country singles chart for the...
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Platinum-recording artist Alan Jackson has racked up enough hits songs to release a second greatest hits compilation. Greatest Hits Volume II, which will be released on...
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On Wednesday (May 21) the 38th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards was held for the first time in Las Vegas. The three-hour event got off to a rollicking start when the...
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Toby Keith has scored the most Academy Of Country Music nominations for this year--he racked up eight nods, while Alan Jackson is just behind him with six.
Picking up five...
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Alan Jackson's brand-new Christmas album, Let It Be Christmas, is a true-blue traditional Christmas project complete with a big band. Jackson explained to LAUNCH why he...
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Alan Jackson's five wins at Wednesday night's (November 6) CMA Awards in Nashville put the singer in the company of only two other acts in the history of the CMAs to win...
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Alan Jackson spent more time on stage accepting awards than he did in his seat Wednesday (November 6) night at the 36th annual Country Music Association (CMA) awards.
As...
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Among Alan Jackson's many accolades at the 36th annual CMA Awards, held Wednesday (November 6) at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, was the award for album of the year...
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(10/22/02, 5 p.m. ET) -
Alan Jackson's award-winning poignant hit, "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" was recently yanked from a political commercial spot by...
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Alan Jackson and George Strait are nominated again this year in the CMA vocal event category, which they won in 2000 for their collaboration on "Murder On Music Row." This...
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Alan Jackson set a new Country Music Association (CMA) record Thursday morning (August 29) when trios Rascal Flatts and Shedaisy announced during a press conference that the...
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Alan Jackson, Enrique Iglesias, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, and Gloria Estefan will take part in Concert For America, a commemorative television special broadcast September...
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Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" is nominated for both song of the year and single of the year at Wednesday night's (May 22) Academy Of...
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Alan Jackson's double-platinum Drive album recently became the first country album to achieve a 10-week run in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 since June of 1999. The last...
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Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" is still in the top 20 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart this week, sitting at Number 19....
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The soundtrack from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? has claimed the Number One spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums, bumping the previous chart-topper, Alan...
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Alan Jackson's new album, Drive, debuted on the top of the pop and country albums charts one month ago, and it has now has reclaimed the top spot on the Billboard 200 after...
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Alan Jackson will be performing his multiple-week chart-topping hit, "Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning" on the upcoming Grammy Awards on February 27. The song...
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Alan Jackson's recent coup of knocking rock group Creed's latest album, Weathered, from the top of the pop charts and replacing it with his latest, Drive, didn't have as...
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Country star Alan Jackson came out on top of the Billboard 200 album sales chart for the third consecutive week, once again besting Creed's Weathered for the honor. More...
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Alan Jackson's brand-new album, Drive, has made Billboard Internet chart history with the highest unit sales debut for a country album. In the upcoming February 2 issue of...
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Country star Alan Jackson proved too much for rockers Creed, ending the group's eight-week-run atop the Billboard 200 album sales chart with the debut of his latest album,...
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Alan Jackson's brand-new release, Drive, sold more than 400,000 units in its first week, according to sources. The numbers might have been even bigger had the retail supply...
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Alan Jackson will spend this Christmas in his favorite place--at his home, located just outside of Nashville. The singer will spend the holidays relaxing with his wife,...
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Alan Jackson's current single, "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning), has made history for the singer as it makes the fastest trip to the top five on the...
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Alan Jackson silenced the crowd at the CMA Awards last week when he sang "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)," a song he had written days before the show about...
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Alan Jackson's performance at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony has been rescheduled for October 22. The event was originally scheduled to take place last...
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Alan Jackson's performance at the Georgia Music Hall Of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday (September 15) was canceled as the entire event was put on hold until a new date...
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Alan Jackson celebrated sales of more than 35 million albums to date with friends, fans, and family during a block party held in his honor last Thursday (July 12) in...
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After stealing the show at last night's (June 13) TNN & CMT Country Weekly Music Awards (LAUNCH, 6/14), Alan Jackson spoke with reporters backstage and admitted that,...
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Alan Jackson swept Wednesday night's (June 13) TNN & CMT Country Weekly Music Awards, walking away with six awards at the ceremony held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center...
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Alan Jackson joined George Strait on stage during the George Strait Country Music Festival kick-off concert in Tampa, Florida on Saturday (March 24). Dressed in shorts and...
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In a recent national article, Alan Jackson was quoted jokingly referring to himself as "semi-retired," comparing his workload to that of the "little man" he primarily sings...
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Emmylou Harris won female vocalist of the year honors while Alan Jackson was named male vocalist of the year at the sixth annual Nashville Music Awards. Winners in 33...
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George Strait has announced the talent line-up for his fourth annual George Strait Country Music Festival. The tour, which kicks off in March, features Alan Jackson,...
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The entire audience at the Country Music association Awards in Nashville was brought to its feet tonight (October 4) upon hearing the announcement of George Strait and Alan...
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Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, and Jo Dee Messina have been added to the list of performers at the 34th annual Country Music Association Awards on October...
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The pairing of two of country music's biggest icons -- George Strait and Alan Jackson -- on a duet seems like a shoo-in for a Number One hit. In the case of the song...
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Growing up in Newnan, Ga.,
Alan Jackson was hard-pressed to find any live music around town -- or even in his home, for that matter. No one in his family was musically...
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Alan Jackson's father, Eugene Jackson, died on Monday (Jan. 31) from an aortic aneurysm. He was 72. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday (Feb. 2) at 2 p.m. ET at...
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Alan Jackson's current album, **Under The Influence**, is made up of classic country songs that had an effect on the singer's life. With that in mind, it's no surprise to...
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Alan Jackson fans might find themselves checking the children's music bins for the singer's next album, as Jackson says he plans to do a children's album of older,...
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While Alan Jackson leads the pack of today's traditional country music singers, fans can really get a feel for his strong country roots when they listen to his new album,...
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George Strait has asked Alan Jackson to record a duet with him for his next album, which is tentatively scheduled for a March 2000 release. The two recently went into the...
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Alan Jackson releases his new album, Under The Influence, today. The project consists entirely of remakes, and is hailed as a tribute to the legendary artists that Jackson...
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
NBC:
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Alan Jackson guests. (Look for an Alan Jackson feature on LAUNCH.com soon.)
Late Night With...
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Country star Alan Jackson is scheduled to make his first trip to Brazil as the international headliner at the Barretos Rodeo on Aug. 21. This is only the second time that...
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After a slew of country megatours failed to
ignite sparks at the box office in 1998, several artists have announced
they are curtailing touring the U.S. for much of 1999,...
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Legends from the worlds of country and rock music will be in Nashville tonight as the Country Music Association (CMA) gears up for its 40th anniversary celebration. An...
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Arista Nashville feels that it's high time country fans are treated to some interactivity. In fact, on September 1 the label will release its first enhanced CD, Alan...
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What was intended to be a "gift" to his fans ended up being more of a booby prize, when country singer Alan Jackson cancelled his free concert on Tennessee's Center Hill...
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Billy Ray Cyrus was the runaway winner at the TNN Music City News 32nd annual Country Awards extravaganza held Monday night at the Nashville Arena. The award ceremony,...
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Calling all hungry Alan Jackson fans: the lanky country singer, whose new album debuts later this Summer, debuted his Show Car Cafe in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee...
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For the first time in seven years, the International Country Music Fan Fair has failed to sell out, and industry insiders wonder if the sluggish sales are a sign of country...
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A group of 26 major country artists--including Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Bryan White, Lee Roy Parnell, Deana Carter and Tracy Lawrence--filed a trademark...
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The 33rd annual Academy Of Country Music Awards--known as the "Hat" awards--will see LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood once again face off over their different versions of...
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Rumors that country heartthrob Alan Jackson's 18-year-marriage hashit the skids resurfaced this week, after tabloids and tip sheets began reporting that he and his wife...
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Alan Jackson, Billy Ray Cyrus and George Strait received the most nominations for the 32nd annual TNN Music City News Country Awards. The show, to be televised live June...
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