Chris Young‘s back in writing mode for his Young Love & Saturday Nights follow-up.
Chris hopped on Instagram Tuesday to share a selfie of him and his co-writers shot after their session together.
“Wrote a summer song with these fellas today!” the “Gettin’ You Home” singer wrote via onscreen text and thanked his co-writers Ray Fulcher, Andy Sheridan and Ty Graham in the caption.
Young Love & Saturday Nights arrived in March and spawned its chart-topping title track and single, which became Chris’ 14th career #1.
The Associated Press reports that Former President Donald Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to win the 2024 presidential election.
Early Wednesday morning, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency with a win in Wisconsin. The former president ended up with at least 279 electoral votes after clinching wins in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin, with Harris winning at least 219 votes. The race was marked by literal history, including two assassination attempts and 34 felony convictions against Trump, already having been impeached twice and faulted for mismanaging the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Trump 78m will be the oldest person to take the oath of office at his inauguration on Jan. 20. His running mate, freshman Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, 40, will preside over the Senate as the country’s first millennial vice president. Harris, 60, underwent a historic bid to become the nation’s first female president, first Asian American president and second Black president.
Trump said in his victory speech at his election headquarters in Florida: “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president. And every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family and for your future. Every single day, I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body.”
Harris didn’t speak on Election Night, forgoing her planned event at Howard University. Cedric Richmond, Harris’ campaign co-chair, said she will address her supporters and the nation later Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Rafael gaining strength Tuesday morning after forming in the Caribbean Sea, with forecasters saying it will strengthen into a hurricane with predictions the storm is headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast later this week. Rafael is the 17th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, and it will be the 11th hurricane if it strengthens further. The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday: “Rafael is expected to become a hurricane as it passes near the Cayman Islands with further strengthening before it makes landfall in Cuba.”
NHC forecasters said Tuesday that Rafael was located about 80 miles south-southwest of Montego Bay, Jamaica and 230 miles southeast of Grand Cayman, carrying maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and moving northwest at 13 mph. Forecasters warn that “heavy rainfall” will hit the western Caribbean with heaviest rainfall occurring over Jamaica and portions of Cuba through mid-week.
NHC forecasters said Rafael is “getting better organized” as its center passes Jamaica, and is expected to undergo “steady to rapid intensification” to become a Category 1 hurricane as it passes near the Cayman Islands by Wednesday before weakening to a tropical storm again. The hurricane center’s latest forecast cone, which comes with some uncertainty, has Rafael passing over the western reaches of Cuba on Wednesday afternoon or evening.
The NWS station in Mobile, Ala., says there seems to be an “unusually large amount of uncertainty with the movement of this system later in the week.” Texas does not appear to be in Rafael’s track to see direct landfall, but by mid- to late week, “heavy” rainfall is expected to spread north into Florida and adjacent areas of the Southeast United State. A tropical storm watch was issued Monday afternoon for the lower and middle Florida Keys and for the Dry Tortugas, which was later upgraded Tuesday to a tropical storm warning.
Rafael could potentially bring tropical storm winds to portions of the northern Gulf Coast, including the Florida Keys and south Florida on Wednesday afternoon. Heavy rainfall was expected to spread north into Florida and elsewhere in the southeast U.S. by the middle or end of the week, with as much as 3 inches forecast for the lower and middle Florida Keys.
Cody Johnson recently gave Leather the deluxe treatment as a 25-track project, and now he’s thinking about its follow-up, which he’ll record in 2025.
“This year marks 18 years of playing music live for a living,” says Cody. “I think I poured more into Leather than I have any other album. It’s kind of encouraged me to, you know, next year when I decide to go into the studio and start again, to really try to outdo Leather, if it’s possible.”
Earning three #1 singles and getting to record longer-than-usual albums isn’t something Cody takes for granted.
“Radio really handed us a great deal of momentum with ‘Til You Can’t’ that kind of bled over into ‘The Painter’ and ‘Dirt Cheap,'” Cody tells the press, before recounting the recording process of Leather Deluxe Edition.
“As far as Leather as a whole, we had an opportunity to listen to a lot more great songs because songwriters were reaching out, going, ‘Hey, I have really, really good songs. I want to give you these songs,'” the real-life cowboy recalls. “That, for me, gives me the tools to go in the studio and try to create real good country music that’s going to last and create more ripples.”
Leather Deluxe Edition is out now.
Cody’s latest single, “I’m Gonna Love You” with Carrie Underwood, is in the top 30 and ascending the country charts.
Here’s the full track list for Leather Deluxe Edition: “Work Boots” “Double Down” “Watching My Old Flame” “That's Texas” “Dirt Cheap” “Jesus Loves You” “Whiskey Bent” (featuring Jelly Roll) “Leather” “People in the Back” “Long Live Country Music” (featuring Brooks & Dunn) “The Painter” “Make Me a Mop”
Additional new songs: “Overdue” “The Fall” “How Do You Sleep at Night” “Country Boy Singin' the Blues” “Georgia Peaches” “Damn Good Life” “C’mon Cowgirl” “I Wished It Was You” “Take It Like a Man” “I'm Gonna Love You” (with Carrie Underwood) “Made In the USA” “Over Missin' You” “The Mustang”
Luke Bryan has earned his 31st career No. 1 with his song ‘Love You, Miss You, Mean It‘.
‘Love You, Miss You, Mean It’ was written by Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Jordan Minton and Jacob Rice and is included on Bryan’s newly released eighth studio album ‘Mind Of A Country Boy‘.
Bryan recently wrapped his ‘Mind Of A Country Boy Tour’ with the final show taking place in Des Moines, Iowa at Wells Fargo Arena.
The country superstar will also host the new Hulu series “It’s All Country” debuting on November 15, in which he explores stories and inspirations behind country songs and the artists that perform them. Bryan also will serve as co-host of the “The 58th Annual CMA Awards” with Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson and next year, and he returns as judge on ABC’s ‘American Idol’ alongside Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood.
The country star will also embark on the 23-date The High Road Tour kicking-off March 13 in San Diego and hitting 23 cities, including Portland, Ore. And Montreal, Nashville before wrapping in Gilford, N.H. on May 25. Scotty McCreery, Mitchell Tenpenny, Ashley Cooke and Dasha will serve as support.
Brown’s recent hits “Miles On It” and “Fiddle In the Band” are both featured on Brown’s upcoming album, along with his new song, “Backseat Driver” , written by Jacob Davis and Jordan Walker and produced by Dan Huff.
Beyoncé surprised fans on Tuesday by releasing a video for her song “Bodyguard,” which sees the Grammy-winning singer channeling actress Pamela Anderson. The video, released on Election Day, also urges people to vote in the 2024 presidential election.
The video – retitled “Beywatch” – depicts Beyoncé in a variety of settings, donning a red swimsuit styled like Anderson’s when she starred on the series, “Baywatch”. Bey also channels Anderson’s look in the 1996 film “Barb Wire,” wearing a black dress and high boots, as well as the Pam’s outfit in the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards.
The Election Day message shown in the ‘Bodyguard’ visual comes more subtly, and appears when the singer pulls out a prop pistol which releases a flag that reads “Vote.” Beyoncé had publicly endorsed Kamala Harris for president, speaking at a rally in the singer’s hometown of Houston late last month.
“Bodyguard” appears on Beyoncé’s country-themed album Cowboy Carter, which was released in March. The album features the singles “Texas Hold ‘Em,” “16 Carriages” and “II Most Wanted.”
Gracie Abrams has dropped the deluxe version of her sophomore album, The Secret of Us, featuring seven additional songs, including live recordings. Upon revealing the updated track list, Abrams wrote on Instagram, “!!!!!!!!!! The Secret Of Us Deluxe is out this Friday, Oct 18 with 4 new songs & 3 live versions and I could float away I am so excited”
Along with the original 13 tracks on the album, Abrams will include previously unreleased songs “Cool,” “That’s So True,” “I Told You Things,” and “Packing It Up” on the deluxe version. The new packaging will also include live Vevo recordings of album standouts “I Love You, I’m Sorry,” “I Knew It, I Know You,” and “Free Now.”
The Secret of Us was originally released in June and earned Gracie her first ever No. 1 in the UK, Australia, and the Netherlands, hitting No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Abrams also just wrapped her sold-out headlining North American ‘The Secret of Us’ tour, and rejoined Taylor Swift as direct support for the second North American leg of The Eras Tour.
Runaway June has shared that a video for their cover of “Mary, Did You Know?” is dropping soon. In the meantime, you can take a listen to the holiday classic wherever you get music.
“Makin’ Me Look Good Again” singer Drake White has teamed with Three Chord Bourbon for their newly launched collection, The Spirit of the Storyteller. Drake shares, “Crafted and mastered with the same care as every note we play. Best enjoyed fireside, but made to be savored anywhere on God's green earth. Raise a glass and let the story begin!” You can check them out now at drakewhite.threechordbourbon.com.
“Holy Smokes” isn’t just another song for Bailey Zimmerman.
In a recent press interview, Bailey opened up about its complex recording process and how it challenged him to pivot to a new vocal delivery.
“When we cut [‘Holy Smokes’], it was hard to get that punch to it, and I had to learn how to sing different when I cut the song,” Bailey recalls. “So, it feels like it's more punchier, and grittier and deeper.”
“Over the last three years, I've had to learn how to like, not only sing, but sing the right way and breathe and learn how to use this part of my voice and that part of my voice,” Bailey shares.
Bailey then sang “Nothing about those nights felt like sinning” in two different ways, explaining how it challenged him vocally to change from a calm delivery to an impassioned one.
“It was, like, hard to sing it, you know?” he says. “So, I put a lot of time into those vocals.”
“Holy Smokes” is now in the top 40 and making its way up the country charts.
