Michael Hardy, known professionally as Hardy, scored his first No. 1 single as an artist with “One Beer,” featuring Devin Dawson and Lauren Alaina.
Penned by Hardy, Hillary Lindsey and Jake Mitchel, “One Beer” is the lead single from Hardy’s 2020 album, A Rock. Before his success as a singer, Hardy earned praised as one of Nashville’s hottest songwriters, co-writing recent No. 1 singles “God’s Country” (Blake Shelton), “Simple” (Florida Georgia Line) and “Up Down” (Morgan Wallen).
Dan + Shay have released the official music video for their original holiday song “Christmas Isn’t Christmas”! The duo posted to Instagram, saying, “The “Christmas Isn’t Christmas’ official music video is available now on @youtube! The words of this song are very close to our hearts, especially this year being apart from our fans, families, and friends. if this song reminds you of someone, tag them in the comments and let them know. and as a bonus, if you have a story, please share and we’ll do our best to reply! much love, and happy holidays to all.”
Shot in Nashville and directed by longtime collaborator Patrick Tracy, the clip finds the duo in a snow-covered setting for a song inspired by their families. You can view the video for Christmas Isn’t Christmas on YouTube: here.
Taylor Swift is offering fans a sneak peek of her songs that she is in the midst of re-recording off of her first six albums, after the masters were sold to Scooter Braun without her knowledge in June 2019.
Taylor has dropped the first snippet of her re-recorded version of “Love Story” for friend Ryan Reynolds‘ latest commercial. Taylor tweeted: “Okay so while my new re-records are NOT done, my friend @VancityReynolds asked me if he could use a snippet of one for a LOLsome commercial he wrote. So…here’s a sneak peak of Love Story! Working hard to get the music to you soon!!”
In the commercial, Ryan was dressed as a devil who finds true love with a young woman in a desolate city. “I just don’t want this year to end,” the actor says while Swift’s “Love Story” plays in the background.
Britney Spears celebrated her 39th birthday on December 2nd with the debut of a previously unreleased song. Ahead of the release of the deluxe edition of her 2016 album, Glory, Spears has dropped the single, “Swimming In The Stars”.
The new limited-edition deluxe vinyl of Glory comes after the hit album climbed back into the Top 10 on iTunes.
The Glory deluxe edition is available on Dec. 11. You can take a listen to Swimming in the Stars at the link: here.
ABCRising star Caylee Hammack calls back to her love of 90s rock group Everclear in the video for her current single, “Just Friends.”
Everclear frontman Art Alexakis cameos in the video, with Caylee sharing withBillboard that the band’s 1997 album, So Much for the Afterglow, “really shaped me” — especially the song “I Will Buy You a New Life,” which heavily inspired “Just Friends.”
The two connected after Caylee professed to guitarist Steve Wilson, a mutual friend, that she was a massive Everclear fan.
“Considering ‘Just Friends’ partly came from a Everclear binge during a breakup, I dream[ed] that Art Alexakis could star as a…mystery character in the music video,” Caylee says.
She adds, “‘I Will Buy You a New Life’ was one of the first songs and music videos that stuck in my head as a kid. I knew I had to reference that in someway. Then the idea popped in my head to just ask [for] [Art’s] number [from] of a mutual friend and call him. I’m glad I did. He is a wonderful creator and even better human.”
In the video, Caylee auditions for Art; at the end, the tables turn and she’s the one judging him. Caylee and her band also appear in black suits and ties, a nod to the original video for “I Will Buy You a New Life.”
“Just Friends” is featured on Caylee’s 2020 debut album, If It Wasn’t For You.
Warner Music NashvilleDan + Shay are set to deliver a pair of festive TV performances.
The American Music Award-winning duo will perform their new holiday songs “Take Me Home for Christmas” and “Christmas Isn’t Christmas” on the Today show December 8 during the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. ET hours.
Fans can also get in the holiday spirit when the duo performs tonight on Christmas in Rockefeller Center, airing at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
Dan + Shay’s current single, “I Should Probably Go to Bed,” is currently in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. They’re also nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 2021 Grammy Awards for their smash hit “10,000 Hours,” featuring Justin Bieber.
Katie Kauss/CMAThomas Rhett is sharing some of the humorous behind-the-scenes fails from the set of CMA Country Christmas.
Thomas and his wife Lauren Akins co-hosted the special that aired on ABC Monday night, and seeing as it was the couple’s first time hosting together, they were bound to face a few blunders.
The blooper reel opens as the two enter the makeshift house set, Thomas placing the two festive boxes he’s carrying on top of the pile Lauren’s carrying that ultimately topple out of her hands. From flubbed lines to a bug in Lauren’s hair, the couple handled the mishaps as gracefully as possible.
“@laur_akins and I had a time filming #CMAchristmas,” Thomas captions the video alongside a crying laughing emoji, much to their friends’ enjoyment.
“Not sure how many times I’ve liked this already,” comments Russell Dickerson with several laughing emojis. Hardy chimes in with “Hahahaha this is awesome,” while family friend and Tyler Hubbard‘s wife Hayley replies “The best,” with a heart emoji.
In addition to hosting duties, Thomas performed his original tune “Christmas in the Country” during the broadcast.
This week, the Tennessee native becomes the first artist to have two songs debut in the top 10 at the same time on the BillboardHot Country Songs chart, with “Somebody’s Problem” and “Still Goin’ Down” sitting at numbers three and eight, respectively.
With “Somebody’s Problem,” Morgan comes in behind his own record as the third highest debut on the chart this year, following his recent hit “7 Summers” and Luke Combs‘ “Forever After All,” which both debuted at number one.
Morgan and Luke also serve as the only two artists this year to have three songs on the Hot Country Songs chart top 10 simultaneously, as Morgan’s hometown ode “More Than My Hometown” currently sits at #2.
“Somebody’s Problem” and “Still Goin’ Down” are featured on Morgan’s upcoming double album, Dangerous, dropping on January 8.
On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled legislation for a new coronavirus stimulus worth more than $900 billion, hoping to break months of deadlock between the House and Senate. The group specified their “COVID Emergency Relief Framework,” which calls for $288 billion in small-business support and $180 billion for extended unemployment insurance, among other fiscal appropriations.
The new proposal follows months of failed negotiations between House Democrats and Republican White House officials. The bipartisan group said the pitch is a way to resolve the months-long deadlock between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican leaders, who have not wavered for months on their separate proposals.
An agreement on a new stimulus plan is becoming increasingly urgent, as part of the $2 trillion CARES Act are nearing their expiration, including expanded unemployment insurance and eviction moratoriums, which will vanish at the end of the year.
On Tuesday, an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said that healthcare workers, and workers and residents at nursing homes should be the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available. The committee held an emergency meeting in Atlanta to discuss the allocation of initial supplies of a vaccine, which could become available as soon as this month.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13-1 in favor of prioritizing the groups, which also includes staffers and residents at other long-term care facilities. This first group of recipients will be known as Phase 1a and will include some 23 million Americans.
In later phases, those expected to be included are people at high risk due to underlying conditions, those over the age of 65, essential workers and healthy adults and children. The committee will meet at a future date to determine subsequent phases of the vaccination program. State governors will ultimately make the decisions about who will receive the vaccine doses from Pfizer and partner BioNTech, which could start distribution as soon as next week. Members of the administration’s Operation Warp Speed vaccine program have said the most vulnerable Americans should be vaccinated early.
