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During an appearance on Good Morning America in July, Morgan Wallen addressed his usage of the N-word in a leaked video and went on to pledge $500,000 to Black-led groups. Just a few months later, much of that money has yet to surface, with one of the only groups he mentioned by name accusing him of being “misleading.” In the original […]

Three excruciatingly long years after the release of her Album of the Year winner Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves has returned with a vulnerability-centered new era, complete with an accompanying film from director Bardia Zeinali.  Described as a “a modern tragedy told in three acts,” Star-Crossed—the singer’s fifth studio album—sees Musgraves embracing an approach of “rebirth” in her work, […]

Reba McEntire is advising fans to stay safe after testing positive for COVID-19.  In a recent livestream on TikTok, the 66-year-old country music superstar shared that she and her boyfriend Rex Linn both were diagnosed, although the pair was fully vaccinated.  “I just want to say one thing: this has been a hard year and it’s […]

After six years of dating, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are officially married.  The pair tied the knot at Shelton’s Tishomingo, Oklahoma ranch on Saturday, several weeks after Stefani shared that her family had thrown her a bridal shower, People reports.  The intimate wedding took place in a small chapel that Page Six reports Blake built […]

Taylor Swift’s 2012 Red album is getting the reissue treatment later this year. The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter announced the news on social media Friday, more than two months after she kicked off her re-recording series with Fearless (Taylor’s Version). Swift told fans the updated Red album will be expanded to 30 tracks, one of which is […]

Country star Morgan Wallen took a step out of the spotlight earlier this year after a video showed him saying the N-word while arriving home from a night out. At the time, he apologized for his usage of the racial slur, and NAACP Nashville president Sheryl Guinn offered to educate him on the word. His team reached […]

Fearless, the original version of which was released in 2008 on Big Machine Records, is the first album in the Taylor Swift catalog to receive the re-recording treatment. Early Thursday, Swift announced the completion of Fearless (Taylor’s Version), telling fans they can expect the re-recorded version of her sophomore album—complete with six previously unreleased songs […]

One of the songwriters on Morgan Wallen’s latest album Dangerous: The Double Album has pledged to donate his share of royalties  to the NAACP. This declaration from Jason Isbell, the only writer credited on the song “Cover Me Up,” comes after a video surfaced earlier this month showing Wallen using the N-word while speaking with friends outside of his home […]

Audiomack streams are now factored into the Billboard chart calculations. The youth-driven streaming platform announced the change Tuesday, confirming its US data will be incorporated into Billboard U.S. and global charts take streaming data into account. These will include the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200, Artist 100, and Billboard Global 200 charts. “Audiomack serves a unique listener base that […]

Taylor Swift had a monster year thanks to her back-to-back surprise albums. But apparently, her juggernaut success wasn’t enough to keep her on a Nashville mural depicting some of country music’s biggest stars. Per TMZ, Swift will be removed from the iconic mural and replaced by singer Brad Paisley. Swift had long appeared on the […]