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Brett Young takes a positive approach to a broken heart in his new single, “You Didn’t.”

The simmering, R&B-leaning number finds the singer comforting the woman he loves who sadly didn’t love him back. But rather than making it a revenge anthem, the country singer takes a gentler approach, trying to ease her pain while he deals with his own. 

“I feel like it’s the most positive approach to a breakup ever,” Brett explains. “I think the subtext is that it’s very clearly a lie. It’s a guy saying he’s fine and then he understands he fell in love and she didn’t, but he’s lying. He’s still trying to take care of her in the process of getting his heart broken.”

The California native is known for releasing tear-jerking ballads, like the previous heartbreakers “Mercy” and “Like I Loved You,” which both topped the charts. Brett admits he’s not sure why country music fans gravitate to sad songs, but he believes “You Didn’t” is the perfect introduction to his next album. 

“[I] think it was such a fresh approach, and while realizing that country music fans really like to be sad for whatever reason, it felt like a good offering from this collection,” he says. 

Brett’s wife Taylor stars in the video for “You Didn’t.”

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Brothers Osborne are performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon tonight. It airs at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC. 

Chris Stapleton joins the lineup for Willie Nelson‘s Outlaw Music Festival Tour. He’ll perform on September 23 at the Waterfront Music Pavilion in Camden, N.J. Presale tickets are available Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET.

Vince Gill is going on a solo tour this summer. The trek begin on July 7 in Greensboro, N.C. and ends on August 28 in Atlanta.

The sequel to the Dolly Parton-themed comic book Female Force: Dolly Parton was released today. It’s part of a series of comic books that focus on female empowerment.

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Based on a new photo Kelsea Ballerini posted on socials, fans can be expecting new music very soon. 

On Tuesday, the singer posted a photo of herself posing in a vintage style, black-and-white checkered suit, with her dog Dibs‘ paw making a subtle, yet important appearance. 

“Dibs paw symbolizes the proximity of new music,” Kelsea hints, as his paw is only a few inches away from her feet. “And the suit symbolizes that i still wanna be serena vanderwoodsen happy tuesday,” she adds with a white heart emoji and a reference to the Gossip Girl character.

The humorous metaphor for new music on the way comes a day after Kelsea shared a lengthy postcommemorating the two-year anniversary of her last album, kelsea.

“It is the record and ‘era’ that I'm the most proud of,” she reflects of the project that features her recent #1 hit with Kenny Chesney, “Half of My Hometown, adding that it taught her “patience, humility, and to welcome the unexpected.”

“With this happy birthday post, the kelsea' chapter is now over. And for what's next.who knows what'll happen.aint that always kind of magic?” Kelsea writes.

The “Dibs” singer is set to co-host the 2022 CMT Awards with actor Anthony Mackie in Nashville on April 11.

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Carrie Underwood is blending drama and fun on her upcoming album. 

The hit singer dropped her new single, “Ghost Story,” last week, a dramatic tale of a woman who promises to haunt the memory of her ex. “It’s enough of hopefully what people like about me. There’s some drama, it’s a cinematic song. It’s a great story song. It’s this little revenge song,” she describes the number to ET Canada.

“Ghost Story” is the first taste of Carrie’s anticipated seventh studio album following 2018’s Cry Pretty, her 2020 holiday album, My Gift, and the companion gospel project, My Savior, released in 2021. While “Ghost Story” offers a moody vibe, the singer hints that the album will also include lighter notes.  

“It’s a very sing into your hairbrush in your house, in your room, kind of album,” she shares. 

Days after its release, “Ghost Story” is climbing through the top 30 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.  

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Chris Stapleton is looking at the “Joy” of life in his new single. 

The country titan adds his smooth, smoky voice to “Joy of My Life,” originally written and recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival co-founder and frontman John Fogerty in 1997. The lyrics depict a heartfelt picture of a man in love, who declares himself “the luckiest man alive.” 

“Joy of My Life” follows Chris’ most recent #1 hit, “You Should Probably Leave.” Both tracks are featured on his latest album, Starting Over, which is nominated for Best Country Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards. 

The superstar continues on his headlining All-American Road Show Tour with a two-night stay in Atlantic City, NJ on April 8 and 9. 

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CMT has unveiled the first round of star-studded performers for the 2022 CMT Awards. 

Luke Combs, Keith Urban, Maren Morris and Kane Brown are among the artists set to take the stage at the show in Nashville, along with Miranda Lambert, co-host Kelsea Ballerini, Carly Pearce, Little Big Town, and Cody Johnson, who tops the country charts this week with “Til You Cant.”

Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson will also light up Music City with a performance of their hit duet, “Never Say Never,” while Maren will team up with her husband Ryan Hurd. Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Kane is the most-nominated act at the fan-voted awards show, with four nominations. Kelsea, Mickey Guyton, Breland and Cody tie for second place, with three nods each. 

Voting is open now and closes on April 4 at 10 a.m. ET. Kelsea and Marvel film actor Anthony Mackiewill co-host the CMT Awards when the show airs live from Nashville on its new network home of CBS and Paramount+ on April 11 at 8 p.m. ET.

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For Cody Johnson, his new #1 single, “Til You Can’t,” isn’t merely a song, it’s an anthem for living life to the fullest. 

Cody admits that when he first heard the demo, the song’s melancholy nature struck a chord with him, noting that he “loved the lyrics” and noticed that the song “wasn’t as energetic” as the final product. 

“It was a little bit more docile, a little more calm and it almost had a sad feel to it. It does have those lyrics about ‘take the phone call from your momma’ until you can’t,” he describes of the song in its original form, adding that when it was time to produce the track, he knew what direction it needed to go in.  “This needs to be a message of ‘you got a chance, take the chance, go out and chase your dreams until you can’t,'” he adds. 

The Texas native says that selecting the song as a single was a no-brainer, because he hoped listeners would gravitate toward its encouraging message. 

“My thought was ‘if this is a hit on country radio, if the music video does well, if it goes viral, what a great message to have your name tagged to.’ I think that was the decision-maker for me. It was an easy choice,” Cody explains. “We try to not to think about it every day, but we all have an expiration date, and from now until that expiration date, it’s about pushing. Just chase your dreams, take your chances, tell the people you love you love them, and it turned into this happy, anthematic experience.” 

“Til You Can’t” is Cody’s first #1 hit.

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Jamey Johnson will become the next member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was invited by Bill Andersonduring his appearance on the Opry on Saturday night. 

Presale tickets for the summer leg of Dierks Bentley‘s Beers on Me Tour are available tomorrow at 10 a.m. local time.  

Jameson Rodgers, Kip Moore, Nashville star Charles Esten and more are performing at Drams N’ Jams, a benefit for Folds of Honor, on Thursday in Nashville. 

Riley Green is releasing the album We Out Here: Live on Friday, featuring live recordings from his headlining We Out Here Tour.

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Dolly Parton‘s new book is getting the feature treatment — with a little help from Reese Witherspoon. 

Two weeks after the release of Run, Rose, Run, which Dolly co-wrote with author James Patterson, the novel is now being adapted into a feature film co-produced by Dolly, Reese, James and Hello Sunshine, a media company founded by the Academy Award-winning actress. 

Dolly is set to star in the film, which follows an aspiring country singer who moves to Nashville with a collection of songs inspired by a dark secret from her past. The book was released on March 7 and became a New York Times bestseller, debuting at #1. It was accompanied by an album of the same name featuring original songs by Dolly. 

“I’m proud, excited and honored to be working with my good friend Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine on the movie of Run, Rose, Run from the novel I co-wrote with James Patterson. James and I love Reese and look forward to working with her and her wonderful team,” Dolly says in a statement. 

“Growing up in Nashville, I've loved Dolly since the moment I heard her magical voice and saw her luminous personality shine onstage. Beyond her magnetic presence as an artist and performer, she is one of the greatest songwriters and storytellers of our time,” praises Reese, calling the fellow Tennessee native an “icon.”

“My admiration for her grew to even greater heights when reading Run, Rose, Run, a gripping and heartbreaking book I couldn’t put down,” Reese continues. “I couldn't feel more honored to be working alongside her and James to bring this remarkable story to the screen.”

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Carly Pearce knows full well the healing power of music, as demonstrated by a pair of fans with a powerful story. 

During a recent stop on the 29 Tour at The Egg Performing Arts Center in Albany, N.Y., Carly noticed two fans in the audience who kept holding up a cardboard sign that she was having trouble reading from the stage. The singer was so curious that she stopped the show to read the sign, that said, “We've dated the same guy for 2 years. You saved us!”

“I immediately asked them to come down front so I could meet them & hug them. They told me ‘Never Wanted to be That Girl’ has been their saving grace,” Carly explains in an Instagram post, posing for a pair of photos backstage with the fans, Tara and Ashley. “Goodness, the power of music.I know they felt understood through my record, but I sure felt like I wasn't alone with my journey last night because of them.” 

Carly’s current single, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” finds her and duet partner, Ashley McBryde, realizing that they’re being two-timed by the same man. The song is rising through the top 10 on country radio.

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