Category Archives: NCD News

Garth Brooks’ 1993 album, In Pieces, was certified for sales of 10 million units (Diamond status) by the RIAA on Aug. 14.Garth now has nine Diamond-certified albums: Garth Brooks, No Fences, Rop...

Maddie & Tae are back on top of the singles charts for the first time since 2014’s “Girl in a Country Song.”The duo’s “Die From a Broken Heart” reached No. 1 on...

Luke Bryan’s new album, Born Here, Live Here, Die Here, which dropped on Aug. 7, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart this week (8/13/20).The album moved 65,180 equivalent ...

Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium was profiled on CBS Sunday Morning on Aug. 16.CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann spoke with Sheryl Crow, Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor and Marty Stuart ab...

Morgan Wallen shared a new track, “7 Summers,” on Aug. 13.Co-penned by Morgan, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, “7 Summers” is expected to be part of Morgan’s upcoming so...

Tim McGraw shared a new song, “7500 OBO,” a track from his upcoming 16th studio album, Here On Earth, which drops on Aug. 21.Penned by Matt McGinn, Jennifer Schott and Nathan Spicer, ̶...

Blake Shelton’s four Ole Red venues-Nashville, Gatlinburg, Tishomingo and Orlando-will launch a new competition series on Aug. 19.Ole Red Battle of the Bands will be a weekly competition that ta...

Mickey Guyton will release a new six-song EP, Bridges, on Sept. 11.Mickey co-penned every song on the upcoming EP, which also features songwriters Karen Kosowski, Hillary Lindsey, Jesse Frasure, Natha...

Dolly Parton will release a new holiday album, A Holly Dolly Christmas, on Oct. 2.The 12-song collection features several holiday standards, such as “Mary, Did You Know,” “I Saw Momm...

Country quartet Gone West-comprised of Colbie Caillat, Justin Kawika Young, Jason Reeves and Nelly Joy-released its debut album, Canyons, on June 12.Two months later on Aug. 12, Colbie announced via I...