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BRAD PAISLEY AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD RETURN TO HOST “THE 49th ANNUAL CMA AWARDS” LIVE FROM NASHVILLE ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4

 

NASHVILLE – Country superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be returning to host “Country Music’s Biggest Night™” for the eighth consecutive year in 2015. “The 49th Annual CMA Awards” airs live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 4 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network.

 

The return of the popular pair was announced by reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year Little Big Town during “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock,” which aired tonight on ABC. During the concert special, which was hosted by Little Big Town, viewers were able to Shazam the show to unlock a video montage of Paisley and Underwood’s many televised highlights from previous CMA Awards broadcasts. See the highlights package here. 

 

“We are so fortunate to have Carrie and Brad hosting the CMA Awards for the eighth time,” said Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “They have real chemistry on stage and bring credibility, comic timing, and critical acclaim to ‘Country Music’s Biggest Night.’”

 

“Brad and Carrie are great hosts because they are very active collaborators in the process,” said Robert Deaton, Executive Producer of the CMA Awards. “They are heavily invested in the continued success of the CMA Awards while being mindful of the prestige and history. They are not simply setting the bar for hosting an awards show, they are surpassing it every time they step out on our stage.”

 

Carrie Underwood Wows Grand Ole Opry Crowds During
Four Sold-out Weekend Shows

 

Performances Celebrate Opry’s 90th Anniversary Year

 

Seven-time GRAMMY® winner and Grand Ole Opry member Carrie Underwood performed during four sold-out shows at the Opry this past weekend as part of the Opry’s nine-month 90th Anniversary celebration this year. Carrie entertained the crowds with some of her biggest hits, including her most recent #1 song “Little Toy Guns” and the Platinum-certified GRAMMY winning song “Something in the Water.”  Both hits are from her Greatest Hits: Decade #1¸which Billboard claims as “the most popular hits album of the year in both overall units and pure sales.”

 

BRAD PAISLEY AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD TO PERFORM AT COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME® AND MUSEUM’S FUNDRAISER ALL FOR THE HALL NEW YORK OCTOBER 6

 

AFTH Benefit Concert also starring Vince Gill and Emmylou Harris to take place atTimes Square Best Buy Theater

 

 

In an intimate, guitar pull format, Grammy award winners Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, as well as Country Music Hall of Fame members Vince Gill and Emmylou Harris, will perform at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum fundraiser All for the Hall New York, Tuesday, October 6. The event will take place at the Times Square Best Buy Theater, uniting country music’s most accomplished artists and most generous supporters.

 

A limited number of VIP tables and individual seats are on sale now and available for purchase at $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 levels. Event proceeds will support the Museum’s education programs, which reached over 160,000 people in 2014. Details to reserve a table or individual seat are available below.

 

Attendees of the event have a rare opportunity to witness award-winning, critically acclaimed artists partake in something similar to a southern tradition known as the guitar pull, where a small group of musicians gather together and take turns presenting their songs while the other artists look on or add harmony and instrumentation. Originated in Nashville, some of the most legendary guitar pull sessions were hosted by none other than Johnny and June Carter Cash. All for the Hall New York participants will decide what to sing in the spur of the moment, with no set list, as they casually swap songs and stories during this one-of-a kind event.

 

Each year, Gill and Harris return to perform at the All for the Hall benefit concert. This year, they will be in the company of Paisley, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and entertainer whose talents have earned him numerous awards, including three Grammys, two American Music Awards, and 14 Country Music Association Awards (including Entertainer of the Year), among many others. Underwood, a multi-format, multi-media superstar with spanning achievements in music, television, and film, has won seven Grammy awards and is the first female artist to be named twice as the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year, will take the stage as well. Past participants include Jason Aldean, Gregg Allman, Zac Brown, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Patty Griffin, Levon Helm, Chris Isaak, Kris Kristofferson, Pat Monahan, Lionel Richie, Taylor Swift, Dwight Yoakam and more.

 

The museum’s All for the Hall campaign launched in 2005 and addresses the museum’s need for long-term financial security. Currently in its eighth year on the road, the annual fundraising event helps to provide a safety net for the institution and its work. This year’s proceeds will be dedicated to the support of the museum’s educational programs, which teach audiences about the enduring beauty and cultural importance of country music.

 

VIP tables and tickets are available now, and patrons have the option of purchasing a full table of 10 for $10,000, a half table for $5,000, or an individual floor level seat for $1,000. A full list of VIP ticket levels and benefits can be found at www.countrymusichalloffame.org/afthny.To purchase tickets or for more information, patrons may contact Rachel Shapiro at 615-416-2069 or rshapiro@countrymusichalloffame.org.

 

All for the Hall New York is produced by CAA’s Rod Essig, Vector Management’s Ken Levitan and BMI’s Jody Williams. The event is made possible by the generosity of AEG Live and the Best Buy Theater. All table and ticket purchases are a tax deductible charitable contribution to support the preservation of country music’s heritage.

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Carrie Underwood Earns the 21st #1 Single of Her Career with “Little Toy Guns”!

 

Co-Written Single Becomes the Second New Smash from Underwood’s Greatest Hits: Decade #1

 

Nashville, TN – Seven-time GRAMMY® winner Carrie Underwood ad ds even more heft to her aptly named Greatest Hits: Decade #1 as the collection’s second single, “Little Toy Guns,” tops the Mediabase country airplay chart this week to become the 21st #1 single of her career.

 

Earlier this year, the first new single from Greatest Hits: Decade #1, the Platinum-certified GRAMMY winner “Something in the Water,” notched a seven-week run at #1 on Billboard’s airplay/sales/streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart and achieved a record-setting 26 weeks atop Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart, the longest such tenure for a female artist.

 

Both “Something in the Water” and “Little Toy Guns” were co-written by Underwood, marking her 10th and 11th chart-toppers as a writer.

 

The music video for “Little Toy Guns” is currently climbing the Top 5 of CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown after previously logging three weeks atop GAC’s fan-voted Top 20 Country Countdown.

 

Featuring 20 of Underwood’s #1 hits, as well as four favorites in never-before-released versions, Greatest Hits: Decade #1 is available for sale here.

 

Underwood is currently working on music for her upcoming fifth studio album.

 

 

Please see below message from Thunder on the Mountatin:

 

It is with great regret that due to circumstances beyond our control, we are unable to hold Thunder on the Mountain which was due to take place June 26 – 28 near Ozark, AR. A separate statement regarding ticket refunds will be made direct to ticket holders.

Country music’s wildest party of the year turned it up a notch as hosts Erin Andrews and Brittany Snow led a star-studded event at the 2015 “CMT Music Awards” live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Carrie Underwood owned the night winning three coveted buckle awards, setting a new record with four consecutive wins in a row (her sixth total) for Video of the Year for “Something in the Water.” She also scored two additional awards for Female Video of the Year for “Something in the Water,” and collaborative video of the year with Miranda Lambert for “Somethin’ Bad.” With a grand total of 13 awards, Underwood now holds more awards than any other artist in the show’s history. Prior to winning Video of the Year, she delivered a flawless performance of her smash hit, “Little Toy Guns,” for the first time on television.

 

Hosts Erin Andrews and Brittany Snow kept the crowd laughing all night long. They opened with Erin showcasing an illuminating flip-book of photos proving once and for all she’s Carrie Underwood’s BFF, while Brittany was joined by the Beltones from Belmont University for a timely a cappella salute to women in country music. Later in the night, CMT premiered an original digital short proving that half the fun is actually getting to the show. Erin and Brittany hitched a ride via a new car service, Guuber, with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the driver. Along the way, they picked up a homeless Tom Arnold. Elsewhere other Guuber driver Steven Tyler serenaded Alan Jackson, and “The Late Late Show’s” James Corden jammed with passenger Justin Bieber to Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)”. Kristen Bell, Hunter Hayes, Big & Rich and Rick Springfield also made special appearances.

 

The evening’s winners are as follows:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR- Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water”

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR- Luke Bryan, “Play It Again”

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR- Carrie Underwood, “Something in the Water”

GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR- Lady Antebellum, “Bartender”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR- Sam Hunt, “Leave The Night On”

DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR- Florida Georgia Line, “Dirt”

COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR- Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood, “Somethin’ Bad”

CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR- Bob Seger and Jason Aldean, “Turn The Page”

 

COUNTRY MUSIC’S BIGGEST STARS
CARRIE UNDERWOOD, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, JASON ALDEAN, KEITH URBAN, 
KENNY CHESNEY, LADY ANTEBELLUM AND LUKE BRYAN
TO HEAT UP THE STAGE AT THE ‘2015 CMT MUSIC AWARDS’
LIVE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH AT 8:00 PM ET/PT FROM NASHVILLE

 

CMT, CMT Pure, and CMT Radio To Run Nominee Video Blocks and Performer Interviews Throughout The Day

 

NASHVILLE – May 19, 2015 – CMT today announced Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum and Luke Bryan are the first set of highly anticipated performers set to take the stage at the 2015 “CMT Music Awards”. The star-studded lineup marks the loudest night in country music and will broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 10th at 8:00 PM ET/PT.

 

Last week through an ambitious multiplatform rollout, CMT unveiled nominations for the awards, which includes more than 45 nominated artists/groups. This year, each performer scored multiple nods. Country superstar Carrie Underwood is the frontrunner with five awards nominations, including two for “Video of the Year,” two for “Female Video of the Year” and one for “Collaborative Video of the Year” for her duet with Miranda Lambert. Lady Antebellum and Kenny Chesney followed with an impressive four nominations each. Florida Georgia Line and Jason Aldean earned a respective three nominations, while Keith Urban and Luke Bryan both scored two nods. Additional performers, presenters and host will be announced at a later date.

 

To celebrate the upcoming performances, CMT will be airing nominee videos during morning music hours, while CMT Pure, CMT’s 24-hour music channel, will feature nomination blocks by category throughout the day. In addition, CMT Radio will feature performer interviews on both “CMT After Midnite” and “CMT Radio Live”.

 

Fans can vote now via CMT.com through June 7 at 11:59 PM ET to determine the winners. The six finalists for Video of the Year will be announced at the beginning of the live show and fans can then vote at CMT.com throughout the live telecast (ET/CT only) to determine the night’s big winner.

 

For more information as it becomes available, follow @CMT on Twitter and Instagram, use hashtag #CMTawards and like the CMT Music Awards on Facebook.

 

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Congratulations to Carrie on her win at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards Sunday night (5/17) for “Something in the Water,” which was named Top Christian Song!

 

The Billboard Music Awards were held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and aired live on ABC.