The Country Music Association announced that Carrie Underwood will host the 53rd CMA Awards with special guest co-hosts Reba McEntrie and Dolly Parton on Nov. 13 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Carrie and Brad Paisley co-hosted the CMA Awards for the past 11 years. Dolly hosted the CMA Awards in 1988, while Reba hosted the show…… MORE
Before the Andrew Jackson Elementary School’s Eagle Honor Choir performed for more than 50,000 fans at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium during CMA Fest on June 9, the third- and fourth-graders from Old Hickory, Tenn., got a surprise pep talk from Carrie Underwood. Carrie stopped by the choir’s rehearsal in advance of their performance of her anthemic…… MORE
If you weren’t lucky enough to be one of the 80,000-plus fans who descend on Nashville during each day of CMA Fest this year, Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini have you covered. Kelsea and TR will once again co-host an upcoming three-hour television special on ABC that features 2019 CMA Fest performances from more than…… MORE
Carrie Underwood closed her set at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England, on June 29 with a rendition of “Before He Cheats” that had the zealous crowd singing along. The five-day festival, which debuted in 1970, drew an estimated crowd of more than 200,000 patrons. Carrie was featured on the headlining Pyramid stage with a…… MORE
Singer/songwriter Heidi Merrill filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Carrie Underwood, NBC and the NFL over “Game On,” the 2018 theme song to Sunday Night Football. According to the lawsuit, Heidi claims that her song, “Game On,” which she penned with three others in 2016, recorded and posted to YouTube in 2017, is “substantially—even strikingly—similar,…… MORE
Another CMA Fest is in the books . . . thanks goodness we had cameras everywhere. Check out 12 of our favorite photos from CMA Fest’s Nissan Stadium Shows, including Dierks Bentley, Carrie Underwood, Chris Janson, Dan + Shay, Tim McGraw, Eric Church, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett and Maren…… MORE
Carrie Underwood dropped a new video for her upbeat single, “Southbound.” Directed by Jeff Venable, the new clip features Carrie in action on her current tour interspersed with footage of her partying with friends. The drinks are flowing in the new video as the party-goers play yard games and “hit” the water. Penned by Carrie,…… MORE
Thousands of fans packed Nissan Stadium during Night 2 of CMA Fest on June 7 to see scheduled performances by Dan + Shay, Little Big Town, Thomas Rhett, Eric Church and Carrie Underwood, with surprise appearances by Joan Jett and Jon Pardi. Check out some of our favorite photos from Night 2, courtesy of photographer…… MORE
Before the stars hit the stage inside Bridgestone Arena for the CMT Music Awards on June 5, they strutted their stuff down the red blue carpet. Here are 111 of our favorite pics, courtesy of photographer Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com. photos by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com… MORE
Video of the Year: Best video of the year; awarded to the artist and the video director. Carrie Underwood – “Cry Pretty” WINNER Kane Brown – “Good as You” Keith Urban feat. Julia Michaels – “Coming Home” Kelsea Ballerini – “Miss Me More” Luke Combs – “She Got the Best of Me” Male Video of…… MORE
