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Miley Cyrus will ring in the new year with a new co-host.

The second iteration of Miley's New year's Eve Party will feature global superstar Dolly Parton.

According to a press release, the NBC special, executive produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, promises an A-list lineup of yet-to-be-announced musical performances and special guests.

Miley's New Year's Eve Party will air live on NBC from Miami on Saturday, Dec. 31 from 10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET and will also stream live on Peacock.

Niko Moon will start the new year with his headlining Ain't No Better Place Tour, kicking off January 19th in Spokane, WA. The 25-date trek features Dylan Schneider and Lauren Weintraub as support on select dates. General ticket on-sale is available today (Tuesday, November 22nd) at 10 a.m. local venue time at NikoMoon.com.

Niko and his wife, Anna, welcomed their first child, daughter Lily, last week. He recently posted a video of him carrying his baby girl out of the hospital for her first car ride home.

Niko is currently writing and recording the follow-up to his 2021 debut album, Good Time, which produced the chart-topping hit of the same name.

After more than 2 million tickets were sold for Taylor Swift's 2023 Eras tour through Ticketmaster's Verified Fan presale on Tuesday, the ticketing company announced Thursday (11-17) that a planned general sale for all other customers has been canceled.

Ticketmaster stated that it was due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory.

While many fans were able to get tickets on Tuesday, others were left waiting in hours-long Ticketmaster queues that eventually either crashed or sold out. The company later issued a statement about "historically unprecedented demand."

The site was supposed to be opened up for 1.5 million verified Taylor Swift fans and instead had 14 million people hit the site — including bots.

Swift's last concert tour in 2018 sold a total of 2.8 million tickets across 53 global dates and became the highest-grossing U.S. tour of all time. Her upcoming tour features 52 shows in North America alone.

The Eras tour is set to kick off in March in Arizona, and will hit a number of cities across the U.S. before wrapping things up in Los Angeles in August.

More than 90% of the ticketing inventory is already gone, breaking the record Tuesday for the most tickets ever sold in a single day by a touring artist.

It's unclear how the remaining tickets will be distributed or sold.

TL;DR:

• After more than 2 million tickets were sold for Taylor Swift's 2023 Eras tour Ticketmaster announced Thursday (11-17) that a planned general sale for all other customers has been canceled.
• The site was supposed to be opened up for 1.5 million verified Taylor Swift fans and instead had 14 million people hit the site — including bots.

Lauren Alain announced her engagement this weekend at the Grand Ole Opry. For those who missed it, she posted this on Sunday morning (11-20): "Bride be dang'd, y'all. My best friend asked me to marry him."

She added that she couldn't wait to become Mrs. Cameron Scott Arnold.

She shared a series of photographs of herself and her fiancé backstage at the Opry, including several shots of her ring and a champagne toast. There's also a picture of the couple onstage as Alaina announced the news publicly, as well as a shot of her showing off her engagement ring to the crowd.

Last night (November 20th) was filled with music, fun and laughs at the 50th annual American Music Awards, which took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Wayne Brady brought the funny and impromptu freestyles while hosting the night in celebration of music of all genres. Taking his job quite seriously, he even broke into a freestyle rap in honor of the award show and later did a quick dance number with professional dancer and choreographer Witney Carson, his partner on Dancing With the Stars.

Brady also gave a tribute to Takeoff of the Migos who was tragically shot and killed in Houston earlier this month.

As far as awards go, Taylor Swift took home top honors, winning Artist of the Year, as well as Favorite Pop Album for Red (Taylor's Version), Favorite Music Video for "All Too Well: The Short Film" and several others.

Dove Cameron won the award for New Artist of the Year while Dan + Shay walked away with the nod for Favorite Country Duo or Group.

And despite there being controversy surrounding Chris Brown's abruptly canceled performance in tribute of the 40th anniversary of Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Brown won the award for Favorite Male R&B Artist. The nod was presented by R&B singer Kelly Rowland, who gathered audience members who chose to boo following Breezy's win. Rowland honored Chris and thanked him for his contributions to R&B music.

Closing out the night, Smokey Robinson introduced Lionel Richie and presented him with the Icon Award. Stevie Wonder and Charlie Puth then put on a tribute performance for Icon Award winner.

WINNERS

ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Taylor Swift
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Dove Cameron
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR: Elton John & Dua Lipa - "Cold Heart - PNAU Remix"
FAVORITE TOURING ARTIST: Coldplay
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO: Taylor Swift - "All Too Well: The Short Film"
FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST: Harry Styles
FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST: Taylor Swift
FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP: BTS
FAVORITE POP ALBUM: Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
FAVORITE POP SONG: Harry Styles - "As It Was"
FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST: Morgan Wallen
FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST: Taylor Swift
FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP: Dan + Shay
FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM: Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG: Morgan Wallen - "Wasted on You"
FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST: Kendrick Lamar
FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST: Nicki Minaj
FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM: Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG: Future featuring Drake & Tems - "Wait for You"
FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST: Chris Brown
FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST: Beyoncé
FAVORITE R&B ALBUM: Beyoncé - Renaissance
FAVORITE R&B SONG: Wizkid featuring Tems "Essence"
FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST: Bad Bunny
FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST: Anitta
FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP: Yahritza Y Su Esencia
FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM: Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti
FAVORITE LATIN SONG: Sebastián Yatra - "Dos Oruguitas"
FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST: Machine Gun Kelly
FAVORITE ROCK SONG: Måneskin - "Beggin'"
FAVORITE ROCK ALBUM: Ghost - Impera
FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST: for KING & COUNTRY
FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST: Tamela Mann
FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST: Marshmello
FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK: Elvis
FAVORITE AFROBEATS ARTIST: Wizkid
FAVORITE K-POP ARTIST: BTS

PERFORMANCES

Pink opened the show, showing off her rollerskating skills while simultaneously performing "Never Not Gonna Dance Again."

Bebe Rexha hit the stage to perform her smash "I'm Good (Blue)" featuring David Guetta.

Brazilian artist Anitta made her American performance debut with Missy Eliott and performed "Envolver."

Carrie Underwood performed "Crazy Angels."

GloRilla performed her hit single "Tomorrow 2" and was joined by Cardi B.

Wayne Brady performed a freestyle on the spot, using the words/phrases "Owes You Money," "Loofah," "Sex," "Hip-Hop" and "Tracks," all of which were chosen by audience members.

Imagine Dragons performed "Enemy" with Dreamville's JID.

A tribute of "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was performed by Pink in honor of Olivia Newton-John.

Lil Baby performed a medley of his tracks "In a Minute" and "California Breeze" from his latest album It's Only Me.

Yola performed "Break the Bough."

Dove Cameron hit the stage after her win and performed "Boyfriend."

Stevie Wonder and Charlie Puth perform tribute to Lionel Richie, referred to as a "musical tennis match of Lionel Richie copyrights," which included "Three Times a Lady," "Easy (Like Sunday Morning)," "All Night Long," "Say You, Say Me," "Brick House" and "Jesus Is Love." They ended the event with a star-studded performance of "We Are the World" with Ari Lennox, Muni Long, Melissa Etheridge, Jimmie Allen, Yola, Smokey Robinson and more.

BROADCAST AUDIO

Dove Cameron acceots Artist of the year award

• "Wow. Thank you so much. This is so meaningful to me. I want to start by saying that every award that I ever win will always first and foremost be dedicated to the queer community at large. You guys have carved out such a space for me to be myself and to write music about it, and I've never felt safer or more loved and more supported, and I hope I can give you some semblance of that same feeling in my music. On the heels of what happened in Colorado Springs, I want to remind everyone how important queer visibility is and how important our community is. And I want to direct your attention to organizations like Glad and the Trevor project. I want to remind you that you are made absolutely right and you are so loved and so held, and I want to thank you for supporting me. Thank you for holding the space. I'm holding it for you too. Thanks, guys. Cheers and applause" 1:00 OC...too thanks guys Cheers and applause

Machine Gun Kelly accepts favorite rock artist of the year award

• "Thank you to the fans who got me here. And I love you. I just want to say I'm petitioning for larger mic stands next time. This suit is really uncomfortable to pee in. Speaking of uncomfortable, there have been some people in the rock community who called me a tourist, but they're wrong. I'm a rocket man. I -- we weren't born on the moon, but we looked at it and we were curious, and we went there supposedly. And these last two rock albums to me were me going to the moon." :42 OC....to the moon Cheers and applause

​​Dan and Shay accept Favorite Country Duo or Group

• "Dan: I think this mic stand is a pretty good height for me. I think it's pretty solid. Oh my goodness. My heart is pounding right now. I just want to thank all of you guys. First of all, thank you to the fans. This is a fan-voted award. We country not be up here -- y'all give it up for yourselves one time. We are so grateful to get to make country music. We are proud to represent our community here in L.A. This is unbelievable. I got to give a shoutout to my wife and boys watching at home. This is where daddy was. This is why I'm not home for early thanksgiving but I love you Ash or Ams, momma I love you. Shay: I'm so glad to make music with you. This is a dream come true to stand on this stage with you and accept this award. Thank you to our team: Lisa ray, Kurstin, Amber, Mikey, here tonight and to the fans, we - couldn't do this without you. Thank you so much for voting. You change our lives every single day. Love y'all. Thank you. Cheers and applause" :47 OC...y'all thank you Cheers and applause

Taylor Swift accepts award for Favorite pop Album for Red (Taylor's Version)

• "Wow. This album is a rerecorded album, and I cannot tell you how much my rerecorded albums mean to me, but I never expected or assumed that they would mean anything to you. So I can't thank you enough for caring about this album that I'm so proud of. I have some people who made this happen who I really want to thank. Chris row who coproduced this album with me, hours and hours and hours in the studio recreating red, an album I love so much. I want to thank all the artists who featured on the vault tracks, Chris Stapleton, Phoebe Bridgers. I want to thank my live touring band who played on this album, and I want to take a moment -- there was a music video that I did that I was really happy about, so I want to say thank you to Sadie sink and Dylan Obrian, I also want to take a moment to thank someone who directed the other music video, I bet you think about me, my beautiful, brilliant friend, my director Blake lively. And Mike teller and his beautiful wife Kelly teller for being in the music video. I love you guys for making this a possibilty for me and to the fans, I cannot thank you enough. This is so special. Thank you. Cheers and applause" 1:45 OC...special thank you Cheers and applause

Anitta accepts award for Favorite Female Latin Artist

• "Hello, everyone. Thank you so much! Oh, I want to say first of all, thank you so much for all my fans. Second, you guys are amazing. Without this, without you guys and my whole country of Brazil, I wouldn't be here today. It's the first time for a Brazilian here winning, so -- cheers and applause Second I want to say thank you to my team and my family and thank you for myself that I worked so hard too. And also, this award is to all the other nominees that I love so much, and Becky G, my friend, I love her so much and she deserves everything, and all the other nominees, rosalia, everyone else, there are no winners if there are no other people running this path with us and making a great amazing job. Thank you! Cheers and applause" 1:05 OC...job thank you Cheers and applause

Maneskin accepts award for Favorite rock song for "Beggin"

• "Thank you. Thank you very much. This is very nice. I'm going to do like MGK. Thank you. First of all, I want to say that for us as Italians, we have not -- cheers and applause Yeah. Shotout. We have not been told many, many times that one day we were going to be sitting next to some of the greatest artists in the world. For us, this has a double meaning. It's amazing for us. We are still kind of figuring it out. It's very surprising for us, and we never expected to win this category against this huge, huge, huge artists. So thank you once again. Thank you very much. Have a great night. Applause" :56 OC...a great night Applause

Taylor Swift accepts award for Favorite Music Video

• "This short film was ten years in the making, and the only reason I got to write and direct the short film is because you the fans chose the song all too well. You chose it. No one at a record label chose it. You picked it. You said that is the song that matters to us, and it just so happens that it was the song that mattered the most to me. So, I'm very happy we agreed on that. So the people who helped me make this, I really want to say, l will say this forever, Sadie sink and Dylan Obrian, thank you so much for trusting me as a director with your immense, incredible talent. Thank you to my D.P, Marina Yang, I want to say thank you to my producer Sal germane, my production designer Ethan Tobman, my editor Ted guard and the entire crew that worked with us on this. I'm so proud of it. I'm so happy you like it too. This is so special and wonderful and -- ahh, thank you. Thank you for this. Cheers and applause" 1:12 OC...you for this Cheers and applause

Taylor Swift accepts award for Artist of the Year

• "You know, in the past few years, I have released more music than I did in the entire decade preceding that, and I really feel like that's down to the fact that you, the fans, made it clear that you wanted to hear lots of music that I would make. You encouraged me. And so, I found that the more music I made and the more music I put out, the happier I was. The more I just kept that channel open and just kept creating, kept making things, and the more that happened, the more you guys were like, yeah, keep doing it. And the happier I was, so I have the fans to thank, essentially, for my happiness and -- cheers and applause -- And I love you more than I can say. I cannot express how unbelievable it is to me that I still get to do this and that you still care, so thank you underlined with 13 exclamation points. I don't know what to say. I love you. Cheers and applause" 1:23 OC...I love you Cheers and applause

Lionel Richie accepts Icon Award

• "I want to thank my kids and the mothers of my kids for keeping my kids together. Very important. And then of course there's the people along the way. Friends who have supported. Bruce, my manager, who is absolutely a dream manager. Lisa, who is actually more of the adult in the room because she has to deal with me. I'm the kid. I'm the child. But what I want to say and take this time to do is to talk to the young superstars. God has given you a light. That light is special. That light is only given to a few. When you hear the word hip, it means today. When you hear the word inspiring, it means forever. If you get a chance to have that light on you, understand what god has in store. He is not trying to tell you that your car looks great, your clothes look great. He's trying -- he/she, mother, God is trying to tell you that you are chosen to inspire. Take this opportunity. That light is on you. Inspire. God bless you all. Thank you very much. Cheers and applause" 1:49 OC...you very much Cheers and applause

The Florida half of Florida Georgia Line, Brian Kelley is delivering a tribute to his home state with his song "Florida Strong."

He wrote it just a couple of days after Hurricane Ian hit. Through a press release he stated: "My parents raised me knowing that everyone in my home state of Florida is a neighbor, and we help when and however we can."

Between now and the end of the year, he'll be donating a 100% of the royalties equally to the American Red Cross and Florida Disaster Fund to support hurricane relief wherever it is needed.

Proceeds will further help people prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters – including Hurricanes Ian and Nicole and other storms that may still impact this year.

Granger Smith had two big announcements over the weekend, a new album and a new movie.

The album Moonrise, which is out now is something he really didn't plan on, but once he started working on the film, he realized they didn't have music for it yet. In a press release, he said, "Before long, I had 12 brand new songs and a complete album.

He said writing like that was so different than any other process of music making that he'd been involved in with. And he" loved every minute of it."

As for the new movie with the same name, his character shares some of Grangers true life story. He plays a Country music artist that loses a child in a tragic accident. Moonrise the movie will be available through Pureflix on December 15.

Dierks Bentley is leaning towards Bluegrass on a new song he released over the weekend. "High Note" features bluegrasser Billy Strings. It's a witty track about weed that taps into one of his favorite genres of music.

As co-producer, the new music from Dierks, follows the lead single from his 10th studio album Gold, which should be out next spring.

With Thanksgiving upon us, we talked with some artists about their favorite holiday traditions. And Mitchell Tenpenny had a surprising answer when it came to the food he looks forward to: "The must-have item on my Thanksgiving spread is macaroni and cheese with Ritz crackers baked on top. It is so unhealthy, but so good… And my mom's deviled eggs. They kind of go hand in hand for me. I know that doesn't sound right, but it's not turkey. It's not ham. I mean I like that, but if like the mac and cheese isn't there or the deviled eggs, I like kind of being a brat about it. I will cause a fit so it's there every time and it's delicious." SOUND CUE :21 (OC: it's delicious)

Jordan Davis has announced that he'll be releasing a new album next year. In addition to "Buy Dirt," Bluebird Days will feature several recently released tracks including "Next Thing You Know," "Midnight Crisis," "Part of It," featuring Danielle Bradbery, and his current hit single, "What My World Spins Around." The latter has already picked up 45 Million streams.

In a recent interview with American Songwriter, Jordan talked about the upcoming release and said, "To me, it's an album expressing exactly where I'm at right now."

Bluebird Days will be available everywhere February 17.

Cody Johnson has had more than 1.5 Billion streams on Pandora and for that, he was awarded the Billionaire plaque. Known in the streaming world as a Pandora Billionaire, Cody said, "This is all because of the fans, they did this. "They've stuck with me for many years and never cease to surprise me in their constant support and involvement."

Cody learned about his new status at CMA rehearsals last week.

On December 2, he'll be releasing a LIVE album with his longtime touring band, Cody Johnson & The Rockin' CJB Live.

Maren Morris took a stand after actress Candace Cameron Bure made controversial comments about excluding the LGBQ community from the stories on her new network.

Referring to Bure's character from Full House, Maren posted a comment that read, "Make DJ Tanner gay again."

This came a day after The Wall Street Journal published an interview in which Bure, said she intends to "keep traditional marriage at the core" of the Great American Family network.

Chase Rice is ready to release a new album and says it's a return to his roots. He chose his late dad's photo for the album cover and titled it, I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell.

Chase commented through a press release, ""My dad was one of those good guys you read about. Tough, hardworking, always helping other people out. I try to live my life in a way that would make him proud. "
Chase wrote 3 of the songs himself and co-wrote on all the others.

The 13 new tracks, ranging from emotional reckoning to admiration of a Western way of life, will be available on February 10.

Jimmie Allen and Elle King will co-host New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash, airing on December 31st on CBS. They will be joined by Entertainment Tonight's Rachel Smith during the celebration, which will feature nearly 50 performances by country music's hottest superstars including Brooks & Dunn, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town, Zac Brown Band and more. The show will air live from Music City beginning at 8 p.m. ET on CBS as well as being available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

Jimmie said, "I was part of the show last year as a performer, so being able to co-host it this year with Elle King & Rachel Smith and see all the great performances that are lined up – it's going to be awesome. Hosting is something I've wanted to do for a long time and to do it on CBS is a big deal. I get to represent not only Nashville and country music but my home state of Delaware – primetime television on New Year's Eve! Let's bring this new year in right!"

Elle said, "New Year's Eve has always been one of my favorite nights to celebrate because we get to reflect on the year we've had while getting a fresh start. Nashville has been so amazing and welcoming to me this year and I can't wait to see what next year brings. I am so excited to be hosting the festivities live from Music City!"

The five-hour broadcast will cross multiple time zones, with the traditional countdown at midnight, Eastern Time, culminating with the Nashville music note drop and fireworks at midnight, Central Time.
Additional performers and information will be announced at a later date.

Carly Pearce will host the 13th annual CMA Country Christmas holiday television special set to air on ABC on Thursday, December 8th at 9 p.m. ET. The 60-minute special features performances by Dan + Shay, Scotty McCreery, Maren Morris, Old Dominion, Molly Tuttle, Steven Curtis Chapman, The War And Treaty, and Carly.

CMA Country Christmas was recently filmed in Nashville.

Billy Ray Cyrus has finally confirmed the rumor that he is engaged to his 34-year-old girlfriend, Australian singer-songwriter Firerose. She told People magazine that Billy Ray proposed back in August without a ring or getting down on one knee. He simply asked her, "Do you wanna marry me,'" she told the publication.

Firerose, born Johanna Rosie Hodges, designed her own five-carat engagement ring. According to Page Six, it could be worth as much as $220,000.

Billy Ray and his wife of 28 years, Tish Cyrus, recently finalized their divorce, according to the singer. He popped the question to Firerose four months after Tish filed for divorce.

Billy Ray and Firerose have together released a new single called "Time" which they co-wrote.

As part of Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville's 39th annual A Country Christmas event, Universal Music Group Nashville is hosting Parade of Trees, a display featuring Christmas trees decorated by Grand Ole Opry members Alan Jackson, Keith Urban, Little Big Town and Reba McEntire, along with George Strait, Jon Pardi, Jordan Davis, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Bryan, Maddie & Tae, Sam Hunt and Tyler Hubbard.

Along with their trees, country music's biggest stars have each donated "Once in a Lifetime" VIP experiences (fly-aways, VIP concert experiences, exclusive merchandise and more) all to benefit First Responders Children's Foundation. Proceeds raised will provide scholarships and mental health services to children who have lost a parent in the line of duty including a new collaboration with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals for the local Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.

Reba said, "The holidays are a special time when people come together to celebrate and be thankful for their blessings. This holiday season, I'm thankful I can help raise awareness for the First Responders Children's Foundation, which supports the children and families of first responders who risk their lives every day to serve our communities. I hope everyone will go to charitystars.com/paradeoftrees to enter to win and support the families of this wonderful organization."

The Parade of Trees is on display in the resort's Garden Conservatory and Cascades Atrium now until January 10th. Each VIP experience will be available for bid online at CharityStars.com/ParadeOfTrees also until January 10th.

Justin Moore is very hands-on when it comes to preparing Thanksgiving dinner. With the holiday just one week away, he tells us the family plan is already mapped out in keeping with tradition. "For Thanksgiving, I fry turkeys, and then I do a big pot of white beans. My mom does the dressing. She got the recipe from her sister, which she's passed unfortunately, but she kind of ruled the roost in our family on that side. But she did dressing like really, really well. And my mom got her recipe, and now my mom has taken over that role. Her and my dad actually do it together."

Justin recently released his new single, "You, Me & Whiskey," featuring Priscilla Block.

Niko Moon and his wife, Anna, have welcomed their first child, daughter Lily Anne Moon. Niko shared the news on social media on Tuesday (November 15th) by posting a picture of him holding the baby writing, "Lily Anne Moon is here y'all!"

Anna shared the same picture on her Instagram stories with the caption, "This man was made to be her daddy."

Niko and Anna shared their pregnancy news back in August, revealing they turned to IVF after struggling with fertility issues.

Miranda Lambert leads the list of Country nominees at the upcoming Grammy Awards, it was announced yesterday (Tuesday, November 15th) during a livestream from the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. She is included in all four Country categories, including Best Country Album for Palomino, "If I Was a Cowboy" and "In His Arms" for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance, respectively, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "Outrunnin' Your Memory," with Luke Combs from his Grammy-nominated album, Growin' Up. The 65th annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 5th in Los Angeles.

Luke Combs, Maren Morris and Willie Nelson trailed closely behind with three nods each.

Here are the mainstream Country Grammy nominees:

Best Country Solo Performance
Kelsea Ballerini – "Heartfelt"
Zach Bryan – "Something in the Orange"
Miranda Lambert – "In His Arms"
Maren Morris – "Circles Around This Town"
Willie Nelson – "Live Forever"

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Ingrid Andress and Sam Hunt – "Wishful Drinking"
Brothers Osborne – "Midnight Rider's Prayer"
Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert – "Outrunnin' Your Memory"
Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton – "Does He Love You (Revisited)"
Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde – "Never Wanted to Be That Girl"
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – "Going Where the Lonely Go"

Best Country Song
Maren Morris – "Circles Around This Town"
Luke Combs – "Doin' This"
Taylor Swift – "I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version)"
Miranda Lambert – "If I Was a Cowboy"
Willie Nelson – "I'll Love You Till the Day I Die"
Cody Johnson – "'Til You Can't"

Best Country Album
Luke Combs – Growin' Up
Miranda Lambert – Palomino
Ashley McBryde – Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
Maren Morris – Humble Quest
Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time

Miranda Lambert: "I've always viewed a GRAMMY Award as one of the highest honors you can achieve as an artist. I think back to creating these songs with some of my closest friends, not knowing where those writing sessions would lead, and it blows me away to see where they've taken us. These nominations are an absolute honor and I'm so proud to be representing the Country music community with this music that means so much to me."

Kelsea Ballerini: "the song about following your heart no matter where it leads just for nominated for a GRAMMY. couldn't be more cosmic. here's to always jumping right in baby with your heartfirst."

Carly Pearce: "Well… I really don't have any words. My first GRAMMY nomination?! Wow. Wow. Wow. Thank you @recordingacademy for this moment I'll never forget"

Ashley McBryde: "I'm so proud to be able to share these nominations with so many friends and collaborators – for a duet we wrote and took to No. 1 with Carly and the entire cast of Lindeville, where we gave ourselves the opportunity to change the approach and make decisions based solely on serving the songs. I've always said that recognition from the Recording Academy and joining the Grand Ole Opry are the two best things that could ever happen to you as an artist, so here I stand just in awe of this moment. It's such an honor to be right here right now. And especially in such good company."

Reba McEntire: "Never thought I'd get a #grammy nomination for the same song a second time! That's the power of a great song, written by Billy Stritch and Sandy Knox, and great duet partners like Linda Davis and now Dolly Parton! Thanks to everyone who voted. Thank you Dolly for making a dream come true by singing with me on this new version of 'Does He Love You.'"

Ingrid Andress: "Wishful Drinking is nominated for a Grammy!!!! Let's goooooo @samhuntmusic!!!!!!"

Luke Combs: "Humbled. Honored. Thank you, @RecordingAcad"

The Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on February 5th and air live on CBS.

Scotty McCreery and his wife, Gabi, are cherishing their new roles as parents to infant son Avery. They welcomed the baby, their first child, on October 24th and aside from being sleep deprived, Scotty tells us he and Gabi are adjusting to all the changes that having a baby brings. "It's a daily thing and I think learning and being sleep deprived, you know you try not to get too testy. I think we've already talked about, 'Hey, communication's gotta be key here, so if there's something that I'm doing that bugs you or that you want me to do just tell me and I'll try to make it happen.' Same way back and forth, so we're doing pretty well I would say for three weeks in. We're learning on the job just like everybody does but we're getting there. I think everyday we're getting more and more into a groove."

Scotty will release the deluxe edition of his Same Truck album on Friday (November 18th) on vinyl, CD and digital formats. The project will feature the original dozen songs, including his latest Number One hit, "Damn Strait," along with six new songs.

His latest single is called "It Matters To Her." Scotty just released the very personal video to go along with the song which features real footage of Gabi's pregnancy along the way leading up to Avery's arrival.