I'm always listening to music whether it be doing homework, driving, relaxing, cooking, etc. Any chance I have to listen to music I take it. Which is why I wanted to focus on news in the genre of country music, even though country isn't necessarily everyone's cup of tea I listen to it daily. I'm going to discuss hot new album releases the recent CMT awards, and artist drama in this blog so if you aren't caught up in the world of country music you're about to be!
Luke Combs who is 30 years old has released two albums with Columbia Nashville along with ten singles and nine have reached the number one spot. He only started playing guitar at age 16 along with pursuing his music career. His list of awards continues to grow as he took home eight new awards this year including back to back wins at the Billboard Music Awards for top country album. His most recent news is this Friday he is releasing 5 new songs on his Deluxe Album. His marketing team has been working hard to advertise and bring in new fans including releasing song snippets to TikTok. He also performed with the iconic Brooks & Dunn for his hit song '1,2 Many' at the CMT awards last night.
The CMT Awards were last night just incase you missed it I'll fill you in on what you missed. Carrie Underwood was said to take home the biggest award of the night for Video of the Year for her song "Drinking Alone." Luke Bryan took home the award for Male Video of the Year with his summer hit single "One Margarita" he beat out artists like Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, and Morgan Wallen. There was a new category this year called "Quarantine Video of the Year" which went to artist Granger Smith for "Don't Cough on Me." For a complete list of winners and acceptance speeches from CMT click here.
Morgan Wallen is another breakthrough country artist at the age of 27 who is mainly known for his bad boy image. He made headlines for all the wrong reasons two weekends ago when he was pictured partying with students at the University of Alabama after they beat rival school Texas A&M University. Multiple young women were uploading pictures of them kissing Wallen to their social media. Many fans were saying they had lost respect for the young artist as he has a son who was born this July even though him and the mother are just co-parenting many find his behavior distasteful. Not to mention many news sites tore him apart for not wearing a mask while he was out partying. Despite his most recent bad press his songs continue to climb the charts and even performed right after the instances at Alabama, poking fun that his career was over after Saturday Night Live cancels his performance after breaking Covid-19 protocols.
Hometown Feature News: Feature news these days revolve around the same group of issues. Simply put, our world is a hot mess whether it be natural disasters or inequality. The same issues are occurring around the United States how are different places handling COVID-19. The state of Arkansas has reported 616 new cases of Coronavirus reporting over 6,706 active cases throughout the state. Out of those there are currently 97 on ventilators which is 12 more than last week. Over the weekend 15 Arkansas residents died from COVID-19 and there were 59 new cases in Faulkner Country this week. Governor Hutchinson in his weekly coverage stated that "We continue to see good testing numbers in Arkansas. Our antigen testing has already exceeded our monthly goal and our PCR testing is on pace to do the same. The Arkansas Department of Health continues to do outstanding work in identifying and tracing COVID-19 across the state." Multiple news ideas have been exchanged about COVID-19 preca...
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