Jordan Davis’ single “Buy Dirt” has hit No.1 on country radio, topping the Billboard and Mediabase country airplay charts. The track has maintained No.1 status for three weeks in Canada and two weeks in Australia. Since its release in May 2021, “Buy Dirt” has been streamed over 250 million times internationally and has been in the Top 5 on the country streaming chart for 15 weeks.
“Buy Dirt” is Davis’ fourth No.1 single and joins his other hit singles “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot,” “Singles You Up,” and “Take It From Me.”
Charli XCX has dropped her latest song “Beg for You,” featuring Rina Sawayama, from her upcoming album Crash, due out March 18.
Charli XCX had previously released another collaborative single, “New Shapes,” from Crash —this time featuring Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens. The trio were scheduled to perform the track together on Saturday Night Live, but were forced to cancel due to concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Charli XCX’s last album, How I’m Feeling Now, was released in 2020. A documentary about the process of making that album in isolation, titled Alone Together, was just released in theaters and on-demand on January 28.
Katy Perry’s Las Vegas residency, “Katy Perry: PLAY,” at Resorts World Theatre, just added more show dates from May 27 to June 11, 2022 — including Memorial Day Weekend — and July 29 to August 13, 2022.
The opening night of “Katy Perry: PLAY” featured her first live performance of “When I’m Gone”, Katy’s collaboration with producer/dance artist Alesso. The song has entered the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and the top five on iTunes in the U.S.
Tickets for new residency shows are on sale now. Visit Resort World Las Vegas’ official website for more information.
Caitlyn Smith shared her new song, “High,” on Friday. The singer-songwriter recently also released a new, radio single version of her song, “I Can't,” featuring Old Dominion.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Luke Bryan has added a limited-edition candle to his merch store. The candle is vanilla-scented and reads “To the Moon & Back,” in a nod to a song off Luke's 2015 Kill the Lights album.
Cody Johnson joins singer-songwriter Ian Munsick for a new song, “Long Live Cowgirls.”
Brantley Gilbert enlisted two very special co-stars to act in his latest music video: His wife Amber and the couple's young daughter, Braylen.
It's an intimate, autobiographical peek into the country star's family life, featuring shots of Brantley on the road joined backstage by Amber, followed by family scenes of little Braylen toddling around under her dad's watchful eye.
Putting the spotlight on Amber and Braylen was fitting for this particular song, which was written with the two of them in mind. In the lyrics of “How to Talk to Girls,” Brantley confesses that he still can't always find the right words to express his love for his wife and daughter.
“I've known Amber since we were kids. I've been married to her for six years now and I'm still in awe of her,” the singer comments. “Then my daughter came along, and I realized I still struggle to find the right words to say to the girls I love.”
The music video for “How to Talk to Girls” premiered this week.
Dierks Bentley has thoughts on masking rules in schools, and he's taking to Instagram to share his viewpoints and hear from fans.
On Friday, the singer posted a screenshot of the headline of a New York Times opinion piece, which is titled “Let Kids Take Their Masks Off After the Omicron Surge.” Written by columnist Michelle Goldberg, the article navigates the downside of long-term masking of children, and calls for a removal of mask mandates in schools after the current COVID-19 surge ends, even if future mandates have to be implemented in the future.
Dierks didn't offer any lengthy thoughts on the issue, aside from writing “Seems like common sense” in the caption, and asking fans for their thoughts.
In addition to being a country superstar, Dierks is a father of three. His kids range in age from eight to 13 years old, so all of them are currently in school.
In musical news, Dierks has been teasing a new album that he's working on for 2022. His current single is “Beers on Me,” a duet with Hardy and Breland.
If you ask Dolly Parton, Keith Urban's got it all: Looks, musical talent — and a gorgeous, talented wife.
Dolly recently made a stop on ABC's Good Morning America to discuss her new Duncan Hines line of cake mixes, and when asked who she'd choose if she could pick anyone to sing and bake with, she named the guitar-slinging Aussie.
“I love Keith Urban. I always thought he was one of the most talented and cutest guys in the world,” she tells GMA. “I'm not trying to hit on him cause he's got Nicole Kidman, and who could beat that.”
Dolly adds, “She's Jolene,” in a reference to the red-haired, ivory-skinned beauty in her own iconic country song.
But even more important than his good looks is Keith's personality and talent, Dolly goes on to say. “I love his writing and I just think he's dear,” she continues.
“He reminds me so much of my brothers and my own family back home. He's from Australia but he has that feel of our mountain southern people — he'd fit right in,” Dolly says. “I'd be happy to make him a big ole cake and spend all afternoon singing songs.”
As it happens, Keith and Dolly have already collaborated once. They came together for a version of “The Twelfth of Never” in 2005.
You can catch Jennifer Nettles on the small screen this weekend as the HBOmax comedy The Righteous Gemstones launches its second season. The solo star and member of chart-topping country duo Sugarland will return to her role of Aimee-Leigh Gemstone.
Ahead of the Season Two premiere, Jennifer hopped on social media to share a picture of herself in character, nearly unrecognizable behind a curly brown wig and oversized glasses.
Appearing only in flashbacks, Aimee-Leigh is the late wife of Dr. Eli Gemstone(played by John Goodman), the patriarch of the world-famous televangelist Gemstone family.
“Mama says you better put on your best black patton shoes, cause it's Special Service this Sunday!” Jennifer writes in the caption of her post, teasing the return of the show.
Jennifer's acting skills are already well-documented. She also appeared in the cast of Harriet, a biopic about the life of Harriet Tubman and in the cast of the Broadway musical versions of Chicago and Waitress.
You can catch the season premiere of The Righteous Gemstones at 10 p.m. EST on HBOmax.
Luke Combs just keeps rolling out peeks and hints into his next album. The singer shared rough mixes of two as-yet-unreleased songs this week on Twitter.
One, “Five-Leaf Clover,” is a gratitude-filled ballad that Luke's been trying out live during his tour stops recently. The other is “Tomorrow Me,” a song he debuted with just his acoustic guitar on social media in summer 2021.
“Another little taste of something y'all may or may not have heard,” Luke wrote when he shared the snippets of the two songs.
Around New Year's, Luke told fans he was hard at work on his third studio album, and in the weeks since, he's been making good on his promise to get new music ready for fans' ears. Meanwhile, his current single, “Doin' This,” is inside country radio's Top 30.
Luke shared exciting personal news with fans last week, too. He and his wife, Nicole, are expecting their first child, a baby boy.
Houston police took a man suspected of shooting three officers into custody, after an hours-long standoff ended Thursday evening. Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner confirmed that the suspect, who police have not identified, came out at 7:45 p.m. CT with his hands raised and surrendered. Houston police tweeted that the officers who were shot are being treated at Memorial Hermann Hospital, and all are in stable condition.
After fleeing the shooting scene in a Mercedes he carjacked, the suspect barricaded himself in a home for hours. Chief Finner said: “Officers surrounded that house. The suspect fired multiple times. Thank God he did not strike any of the officers. Officers returned fire. Again, we don’t know if that suspect is injured.” Finner said at a later press conference that authorities believe the man lived at the house and he fired multiple times at a SWAT team.
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