Toby Keith merged his Show Dog Nashville with Universal Records South and celebrated by signing a new artist to the label — Trace Adkins. Adkins...
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Consistent with the genre's commercial history, country music over the past decade largely revolved around male artists, led by Toby Keith, who finishes the 2000s as...
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American country singer Toby Keith says he won't apologize for supporting U.S. war efforts just hours before performing at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert. Keith says...
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County music star Toby Keith has been voted songwriter/artist of the decade by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Keith will be honored Oct. 18 for his...
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Toby Keith is "about half done" with his next album, "American Ride," which he plans to release this fall. But the album's title-track first single is already taking its...
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Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift will perform during the Country Music Television awards show June 17. The cable channel...
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Ethan Hawke might want to avoid crossing paths with Toby Keith in the near future. The country star lit into the actor for an article Hawke wrote in the new issue of...
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Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star. Toby Keith, perhaps best known to non-country audiences for his post-Sept. 11...
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Toby Keith's annual fundraiser for families of children with cancer raised $709,000 this year. The money goes to Ally's House, a charity started after original band member...
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Toby Keith has rocked the world of more than a few kids. A two-day fundraiser presided over by the country music star raised $709,000 for Ally's House, a charity named...
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A copyright infringement lawsuit
brought against country star Toby Keith by singer/songwriter
Michael McCloud has been dismissed.
In a 2006 suit filed in federal court in...
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Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs:
Patti LaBelle, "Miss Patti's Christmas" (Def Soul)
When it comes to Christmas music, Patti LaBelle is almost as...
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Bobby Brown ... country
superstar?
The R&B singer is one of several celebrities set to compete
in a new CMT series designed to give one of them a chance to
break out as the...
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Toby Keith dogged all comers in what turned out to be a busy week on the pop charts.
The politically polarizing country star landed his third career number one debut with...
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Toby Keith called his new album "Big Dog Daddy," and yes, it's more bravado from the brash country star.
Keith, a pitchman for Ford trucks, was asked to come down to...
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The first of Dierks Bentley's two big outdoor shows this month is a gimme.
He'll play for thousands of adoring country fans this week at the CMA Music Festival in...
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As flip-flops hit the pavement and barbecue grills ignite, some of the biggest artists are packing their bags to get the summer concert season started.
This year, everyone...
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The Academy of Country Music was just giving it away to Carrie Underwood and George Strait tonight.
A newcomer no longer, Carrie Underwood took home a leading three...
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Following is the list of nominees for the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards announced Monday in Nashville. The awards will be presented May 15 in Las...
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Since it debuted with its
self-titled release in 2000, Rascal Flatts -- Jay DeMarcus,
Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney -- has sold 13 million records
and become one of...
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Nickelback has all the right reasons to be among the top contenders for the 2006 Billboard Music Awards—namely, the Canadian rock outfit outsold virtually everyone...
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Pop diva Mariah Carey, whose
commercial success has not translated into awards show acclaim,
was snubbed at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, despite
scoring three...
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The people have spoken. Unfortunately, they seem to be repeating themselves.
Despite the potentially dramatic pairing of Isaiah Washington and recently outed Neil Patrick...
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Toby Keith's hit "As Good As I Once Was" has won country song of the year, and Country Music Hall of Famer Merle Haggard was honored as an icon during the BMI Music...
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For more than a dozen artists, nominations for the American Music Awards came in twos and threes.
Mariah Carey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Eyed Peas and...
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Don't expect too much insight into Toby Keith's life from his role in the new movie "Broken Bridges."
The singer, whose brash personality is as well known as his country...
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Ever since the Dixie
Chicks were boycotted by radio stations for insulting President
George W. Bush in 2003, country music liberals have felt under
siege but that doesn't...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Country-pop trio the Dixie Chicks,
still feeling a backlash for criticizing President George W.
Bush, have been forced to mostly abandon the American heartland
and Deep...
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Maurice White, whose music is the
driving force behind Broadway's "Hot Feet," isn't the only
original member of Earth, Wind & Fire who's tapping into his
entrepreneurial...
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From the street, the headquarters of the Country Stampede looks like a mom-and-pop shop, squished between two restaurants in an out-of-the-way strip mall.
And the...
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The Dixie Chicks appear to be more popular than the president these days. President Bush's approval rating has plummeted, but the Chicks are on top of the pop and country...
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Rascal Flatts' Gang keeps banging away on the competition.
For the third straight week, the county band's Me & My
Gang ruled the Billboard 200, this time holding off...
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In a country shootout for the top of the charts, Toby Keith
got flat-out Flatt-ened.
Fresh off a year-best
debut, Rascal Flatts' Me & My Gang held at number one despite...
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If the snippets Neil Young is posting on his Web site are any indication, his upcoming album, "Living With War," will be a serious musical broadside against the Bush...
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Their name might be Flatts, but this country trio spiked right to
the top of the charts.
One week after T.I. set the yea's
single-week sales record with King, Rascal...
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Toby Keith, "White Trash With Money" (Show Dog/Universal)
The last adjective usually attached to Toby Keith is "tame."
However, despite the evocative title "White Trash...
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When "American Idol" contestant Taylor Hicks belted out Stevie Wonder's golden oldie "Living for the City" there was scant age difference between the singer and the...
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CMT voters gotta have Faith. And Carrie. And, uh, Reese?
Faith Hill nabbed a leading four nominations for the 2006 CMT
Awards, the country music video kudosfest voted on...
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Brad Paisley would like to thank the Academy. The other one.
The Time Well Wasted singer received a leading six
nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards,...
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Regardless of their political
convictions, few in the music business would deny U.S. troops
"over there" the right to rock.
Marine Corps Capt. Jesse Davidson is circuit...
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Never mind that country music is considered bedrock conservative, the unofficial red-state soundtrack. This year, some of country's most famous names are singing in movies...
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His aunt was dying of cancer when Brad Paisley first heard the demo for "When I Get Where I'm Going," an inspirational song about life after death.
When she died a month...
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In his 1963 hit "Act Naturally,"
Buck Owens sang, "They're gonna put me in the movies/They're
gonna make a big star out of me."
More than 40 years later, a whole new crop...
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Mick and the boys will surely get some satisfaction out of this.
The Rolling Stones raked in $162 million in concert ticket
sales in 2005, becoming the top-grossing tour...
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Powerhouse tours by the Rolling Stones, U2 and Paul McCartney helped drive concert ticket revenues in North America to a record $3.1 billion in 2005, even as the number of...
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They may be politicians, but they're also a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll.
An all-congressional band known as the Second Amendments will perform for...
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Toby Keith used his skills as a former semi-pro player to help coach his son Stelen's, football team in Oklahoma this fall. The Mud Dogs were undefeated this season and won...
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It's rock vs. rap for this year's Billboard Music Awards,
with underdog Green Day hoping to out-trophy 50 Cent, who had near total
domination of the 2005 sales charts.
...
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Lee Ann Womack may not hate herself this morning.
The
country songbird picked up a trio of trophies at the CMA Awards Tuesday
night, including Album of the Year for...
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Although the CMA Awards' first soiree in New York will be peppered with cameos by Elton John, Billy Joel, Donald Trump, James Gandolfini and Bon Jovi, don't expect...
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The Country Music Association awards will be handed out tonight, but not in Nashville.
They'll be presented at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which doesn't even...
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Moving the Country Music Association awards show from Nashville to New York seemed to make as much sense as a Toby Keith-Barbra Streisand duet.
The awards, which air...
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Toby Keith is hard at work on his very first feature film, called Angel. The movie also stars Kelly Preston, Willie Nelson and Burt Reynolds. Preston plays a TV anchor who...
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For the seventh week straight, Kanye
West's "Gold Digger" featuring Jamie Foxx is in the top spot on
the Billboard Hot 100.
Chris Brown's "Run It!" is heating up the Hot...
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In times of war, tragedy and turmoil, many hit songs have eloquently expressed a collective angst. But even though Hurricane Katrina has already inspired several musical...
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A tip of the ten-gallon hat to Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack.
The country crooners wrangled themselves six nominations
apiece to lead this year's contenders for the...
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On the heels of losing its only
superstar, DreamWorks Records Nashville is being shuttered by
its parent company, Universal Music Group.
Toby Keith has left the label...
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Country artist Toby Keith said Wednesday he's forming his own label, Show Dog Nashville Records, to gain more control over his work.
He's betting he can sell his music at...
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Green Day, Santana, Kanye West and
Maroon5 are the latest additions to the lineup for "NFL Opening
Kickoff 2005," an hour-long September 8 ABC broadcast also
featuring taped...
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Everybody knows Joe Perry rocks as lead guitarist of Aerosmith, and even the casual listener can hear the blues influence in his playing. But it turns out Perry is also a...
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Not even Coldplay can mess with Texas.
The Brit band's
three-week run at number one came to a halt at the hands of Lone Star
State favorite son George Strait. His...
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Country veteran George Strait
earned his third consecutive No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts
Wednesday, while British rock band Coldplay slipped to No. 3
after a three-week...
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They started by predicting a riot, but instead there was brotherly love at the U.S. version of the global Live 8 extravaganza.
"Right now you're watching the biggest...
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The full lineup for Live 8 in Philadelphia:
Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, the Dave Matthews Band, Def Leppard, Destiny's Child, Jars of Clay, Jay-Z, Kaiser Chiefs, Toby...
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Those West End Boys are headed east end on a mission of hope.
The Pet Shop Boys have been tapped to headline the newly added
Moscow installment of Saturday's Live 8...
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Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas, Josh Groban, Def Leppard and Toby Keith have been added to the lineup of Saturday's Live 8 concert in Philadelphia.
Celebrity presenters...
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The Foo Fighters set a band sales record and Backstreet is
back--alright!--but nothing was as hot as Coldplay on this week's album
chart.
In its first week out, the Foo...
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Special agents from the Nashville and Memphis bureaus of the F.B.I. were backstage at the CMT Music Awards last week looking for Toby Keith. Fortunately for the superstar,...
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The nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards, which will be broadcast live 8 p.m. Eastern time April 11:
Male video: Keith Urban, "Days Go By"; Kenny Chesney, "I Go Back";...
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Music videos by newcomers Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson were among the leading nominees for the 2005 CMT Music Awards announced Wednesday.
The video for Big & Rich's song...
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Toby Keith is readying his first full-length studio album in nearly two years. The project is due May 17. Keith wrote the first single from the album, the...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is...
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Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will
be the honoree at music charity group MusiCares' annual
pre-Grammys bash in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, organizers said
Wednesday.
The...
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Country artists need to try harder
when it comes to international markets, according to talent
executive Bruce Allen.
During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music...
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Eminem topped music charts for a
second week, warming up a recent cold spell for record
companies who hope the rapper and big releases from acts like
U2 and Gwen Stefani ...
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Swedish DJ Eric Prydz rebounded to the
top of the UK pop charts Sunday, bouncing heart-throb Robbie Williams down to number three.
Prydz's "Call on Me" regained its hold...
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It only took 30 years,
but Jimmy Buffett can finally say he has reached No. 1 on the
U.S. pop albums chart.
"License to Chill," a set that includes duets with top
country...
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Last summer, country music's hottest act, the Dixie Chicks , was in a meltdown. Country CD sales were sliding and record executives were praying for a spate of holiday...
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Country Music Television's list of the 100 greatest love songs:
1. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton )
2. "You Were Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson )
3. "Sweet...
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Country music artists are hardly united in their support of the war in Iraq — but you'd never know it from listening to the radio.
While Toby Keith , Darryl Worley ...
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More than 500 soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen crowded around a stage at a U.S. installation to hear country star Toby Keith and 1970s rocker Ted Nugent .
"You guys...
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Thanks to Avril
Lavigne, it was the fall of the house of Usher on this week's album
chart.
The un-Britney's sophomore album, Under
My Skin, put the stops on Usher's...
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Kenny Chesney may be country's
reigning king of leisure, but when it comes to touring he is
big business.
As the summer amphitheater leg of Chesney's Guitars, Tiki
Bars &...
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"It feels like the joker overthrew
the kingdom," Toby Keith commented backstage after winning the
entertainer of the year award at the 39th annual Academy of
Country Music...
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American Idol winner
Fantasia Barrino wasn't the only performer having a good night on
Wednesday.
Just a few states away from Los Angeles'
Kodak Theater, Toby
Keith was...
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Rebellious country icon Toby Keith dominated the 39th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards Wednesday (May 26) broadcast from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las...
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Winners at Wednesday's 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards:
Entertainer: Toby Keith .
Male Vocalist: Toby Keith.
Female Vocalist: Martina McBride .
New...
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Bob Dylan , Keith Richards , Jerry
Lee Lewis , Kid Rock and Merle Haggard were among the "outlaws
and angels" that Willie Nelson brought out on Wednesday for his
third...
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Just over a month after its release,
Usher's chart-topping album, "Confessions," has been certified
triple-platinum for U.S. shipments in excess of three million
copies by...
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A new group called the Music Row Democrats is trying to shake the perception that country music is full of Republicans.
But it won't be easy. Like the 1967 Sonny James hit...
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Toby Keith took home three awards Wednesday in Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards show, including video of the year for his patriotic song "American...
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Winners of Country Music Television's Flame Worthy Video Music Awards:
_ Breakthrough Video of the Year: Dierks Bentley, "What Was I Thinkin'."
_ Cameo of the Year:...
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Starship may have built this city on rock and roll, but Blender magazine is tearing it down, naming the band's "We Built This City" as the worst song ever.
Some tunes on...
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R&B star Usher topped the U.S. pop
charts on Wednesday as his new CD, "Confessions," posted the
biggest album debut so far this year and became only the second
2004 release...
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Toby Keith received a leading four nominations for Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards, while Kenny Chesney , Rascal Flatts and Alan Jackson picked...
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Sammy Hagar is growing his
Mexico-based Cabo Wabo Cantina into a franchise.
The rock artist and one-time Van Halen lead singer will
open the first U.S. version of the...
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Georgia-born singer Alan Jackson ,
who shared a recent hit with Jimmy Buffett on the duet "It's
Five O'Clock Somewhere," led the field of contenders for the
Academy of...
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List of key nominations announced Wednesday for the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards:
1. Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney , Alan Jackson ,...
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Alan Jackson , who received a leading eight Academy of Country Music nominations Wednesday, can justify celebrating as early as he wants because — as the title of his...
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Alan Jackson can justify celebrating his leading eight Academy of Country Music nominations on Wednesday as early as he wants, because — as the title of his hit song...
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Eminem 's "The Marshall Mathers LP"
and OutKast's "Speakerboxx/The Love Below" have each been
certified for U.S. shipments of 9 million copies.
The sets are fast...
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The sun might have gone down on his album, but Kenny Chesney
sure went up on the charts.
The country crooner
reset the bar for 2004 as his new album, When the Sun Goes...
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Who would have thought a Kamikaze with a twist could stop 2004's
sobering sales slump?
Chicago emcee Twista, named the
world's fastest rapper by the Guinness Book of...
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Janet Jackson and a trio of
entertainers were putting the finishing touches Thursday to the
Super Bowl's halftime musical extravaganza.
Joining Jackson on stage for the...
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Josh Groban is living proof that a Foster child can still be
number one.
After years of consistently solid sales, David Foster -protg Josh Groban finally landed his...
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Dolly Parton will host Country Music Television's Flameworthy Video Music Awards in April, and Shania Twain will perform.
CMT General Manager Brian Philips called Parton...
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DreamWorks Records, which was
purchased by Universal Music Group, is laying off about 100
staffers Friday, sources say.
DreamWorks' business affairs, finance and executive...
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Rock stars, soul singers and famous
faces from the movies came to Las Vegas on Thursday to help one
of the world's largest computer companies make a pitch against
digital...
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If OutKast's
New Year's resolution was to stay on top, the Polaroid-shakin' rappers
are already off to a good start.
The Atlanta rap duo finished
2003 with...
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Here's another stat for shot-nine-times rapper 50
Cent's collection: One. As in, number one.
The
27-year-old's solo debut, Get
Rich or Die Tryin', was 2003's...
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After a somewhat controversial year that included public verbal feuding with Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines, Toby Keith says things will be different for him in...
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50 Cent's "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was the top-selling album in 2003, according to Nielsen SoundScan, followed by Norah Jones ' Grammy-winning debut album, "Come Away With...
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For those who put the Diary
of Alicia Keys on their gift wish list, expect to see the disc
coming down the chimney this Christmas--the soul diva's sophomore album
currently...
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Glory days are here again for the Boss.
Hitting that
Thunder Road in support of The
Rising, his first album of new material with the E Street Band
in 18 years,...
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On its way to becoming the No. 1
song of 2003 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks, 50 Cent's "In Da Club" set new audience marks
on each...
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If there was ever any doubt about
Shania Twain 's career prospects after the Canadian songbird
took time off to start a family, the success of her album "Up!"
and current...
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For the global recorded music
business, 2003 was a year like no other -- and one the industry
hopes never to see again.
In the past 12 months, record companies went to war...
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Chalk up another victory for Ruben
Studdard.
The reigning American
Idol champ squashed the competition with his debut album, Soulful,
opening on top of the album chart...
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So much for that sophomore slump.
Alicia
Keys' second album, The
Diary of Alicia Keys, opened at number one, scoring the best
single-week sales of any female artist in...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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No doubt about it, Jay-Z
rules.
The rap kingpin's supposedly final CD, The
Black Album, climbed back to number one on the album charts,
holding off a hard-charging No...
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Fiddy's sitting pretty at the top of the list of
Billboard Music Award finalists.
The G-Unit Crew
team leader pulled down nods in six categories for the 2003...
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Britney
Spears lived up to her album's billing. Michael
Jackson did not.
Spears was definitely In
the Zone--and in the record books--as her latest debuted atop
the...
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Steve Earle is a shadow of his former self.
Seriously. He's been on the Atkins diet, which has stripped more than 50 pounds off his frame, and the 48-year-old...
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Jay-Z sure knows how to make
an exit.
The retiring rapper is going out on top, as his
swan song, The
Black Album, beat out five other huge new releases last week...
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Publishing executive John Rollins, who witnessed the infancy of Vibe and Spin magazines, had a revelation one day when he dropped a Buena Vista Social Club album into his CD...
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Performers like Rod Stewart and Alan Jackson , presenters like
Glen Campbell , Hall and Oates and the Smothers Brothers... gee, it's
hard to imagine why the broadcast...
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Following is a complete list of
winners at the 31st American Music Awards, which took place on
Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles:
POP/ROCK
Favorite male...
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After a three-year run with the
production-heavy Neon Circus & Wild West Show, Brooks & Dunn
will scale back considerably in 2004 with the Red Dirt Road
tour.
The move is...
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Dick Clark says viewers who tune in to Sunday's American Music Awards telecast will get to hear jokes from host Jimmy Kimmel — instead of long sequences of...
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Toby Keith knows how to shock 'em. Despite being the biggest
loser at last week's Country
Music Association Awards, Keith wound up the biggest winner on the
album chart.
...
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Universal Music Group said Tuesday it reached a deal to buy DreamWorks Records, the music unit of the entertainment company formed by film and music moguls Steven Spielberg...
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The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville was lit up with the stars of country music as the 37th Annual Country Music Awards took place there Wednesday (November 5). The CBS...
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The Man in Black is gone but not forgotten.
Johnny
Cash was awarded three of Nashville's highest honors at the Country
Music Association's 37th Annual Country Music...
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Johnny Cash made history on
Wednesday at the Country Music Association awards show, winning
three top honors in a nationally televised extravaganza which
also paid a...
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Talk about a photo finish. OutKast, Rod Stewart and Clay Aiken
ended the weekly album chart derby in a virtual dead heat, with fewer
than 750 copies separating the three.
...
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It'll be a testosterone-fest at the Country Music Association Awards this year. For the first time in about 20 years, male singers took all five slots in both the...
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Merle Haggard says it's time for Toby Keith and the Dixie Chicks and their respective fans to mend fences over their opposing stances on the war with Iraq. Haggard tells...
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Nominees for the 37th annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards were announced during a press conference at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville Tuesday (August 26). The...
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Toby Keith has no problem sharing himself with his fans, but he may have taken that to a new level. Keith answered a few questions for Blender magazine in their new issue,...
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CMT's new special, Natalie Vs. Toby: Both Sides Of The War, explores the ongoing war of words between Toby Keith and Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks. Keith tells LAUNCH...
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Toby Keith kicked off his 2003 Shock'N Y'all tour on Sunday (June 15), in Dearborn, Michigan with opening act and fellow Oklahoman Blake Shelton. The bill drew more than...
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Country Music Television (CMT) will devote a 30-minute special to examining the verbal battle between country heavyweights Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines and Toby...
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Toby Keith said he thinks the T-shirt Dixie Chick Natalie Maines sported during the group's performance on the Academy Of Country Music Awards last month was intended to...
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Willie Nelson's new album, Willie Live & Kickin', hits stores on June 24. The project was recorded during the taping of Nelson's USA network birthday celebration in New York...
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Toby Keith said he was more surprised than anyone to learn he had won the award for entertainer of the year at last month's Academy Of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. The...
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Toby Keith and Willie Nelson's duet "Beer For My Horses" moves into the top spot on both the Radio & Records and Billboard country singles charts.
The song makes Keith's 17...
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Toby Keith's upcoming 2003 tour will be called the Shock'N Y'all tour, and it will be sponsored by Ford and its all-new 2004 F-150 truck. Keith said, "I had a chance to...
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Many of the artists participating in the 38th annual Academy Of Country Music Awards show will also be donating items for an online auction to benefit St. Jude Children's...
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Blake Shelton has been tapped to open Toby Keith's 2003 tour. According to Keith, "We always try to fill the middle slot on my tour with an act that's on fire, like Rascal...
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Toby Keith and Tim McGraw have signed a letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to allow more deregulation of the radio industry. The activists are...
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Toby Keith's "Courtesy Of The Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)" found its way to the lips of former P.O.W. Private First Class. Patrick Miller, U.S. Army.
Miller's...
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Toby Keith's new single, "Beer For My Horses," is shaping up to be one of his biggest hits from his 2002 album Unleashed. The song is a duet with Willie Nelson and sits at...
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Toby Keith recently contributed a potentially award-winning video to CMT for his current single, "Beer For My Horses." The video features a duet with Willie Nelson and was...
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Tickets to the upcoming Academy Of Country Music (ACM) Awards on May 21 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas go on sale to the public on Saturday (April...
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The CMT Flameworthy Music Video Awards were held in Nashville last night (April 7), and the big winner was Toby Keith. In addition to co-hosting with actress Pamela...
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A line from the Toby Keith song, "Courtesy Of The Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)," made it all the way to Iraq this week. During a recent segment on the Fox News...
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On Wednesday (March 26), Toby Keith performed for the U.S. military forces and their families at MacDill Airforce Base in Tampa, Florida, where President George W. Bush was...
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Darryl Worley joined Toby Keith to perform for the President of the United States and military families at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida Wednesday morning (March...
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Toby Keith ripped into the Dixie Chicks during his show in Huntsville, Alabama on Sunday night (March 23). After expressing his displeasure with the anti-war protesters who...
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Toby Keith is heading back into the recording studio to work on some new material that may or may not be his next album project.
Keith, whose next venture pairs him on live...
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Toby Keith recently reached a major milestone in his touring career--he passed the one million mark in ticket sales for his Unleashed U.S. concert tour. Keith's tour kicked...
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Toby Keith told a room full of reporters before his Oklahoma City concert on Friday night (March 14) that Dixie Chick Natalie Maines has "got a big mouth."
Keith, who was...
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Shania Twain, Faith Hill, and Toby Keith dominate this year's CMT Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards nominations with five apiece. Deana Carter, Rascal Flatts, and Blake...
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Toby Keith continues to sell out venues and break records across the country. In Terre Haute, Indiana last Thursday night (February 27), Keith made history at the Hulman...
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Toby Keith has scored the most Academy Of Country Music nominations for this year--he racked up eight nods, while Alan Jackson is just behind him with six.
Picking up five...
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After the success and controversy of Toby Keith's 2002 smash hit, "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue," in which Keith sang about putting a "boot in the ass" of America's...
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Toby Keith will join Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson to co-host the CMT Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards on April 7 from Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center. The...
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Toby Keith has officially been certified as the number-one concert ticket seller in country music for 2002, according to Pollstar magazine. Keith also ranked Number Seven...
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Even if Shania Twain, Tim McGraw, and Toby Keith leave the American Music Awards on January 13 without winning a single award, the country superstars certainly won't be...
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Toby Keith was named country singles artist of the year at Monday night's (December 9) Billboard Music Awards, which was broadcast live from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las...
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Toby Keith beat out fellow country heavyweights Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and Tim McGraw for the honor of country singles artist at the 2002 Billboard Music Awards Monday...
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Before Toby Keith recorded "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)," he performed the song which he wrote in the days following September 11, 2001 for...
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Toby Keith was traveling from one show to another when he got word of his six CMA nominations Thursday morning (August 29). "That's great," said Keith. "Congrats to my...
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When Toby Keith set out to record his chart topping Unleashed album, the singer was looking for a change of venue other than Nashville to record the project. Deciding on a...
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ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings is apparently not the only celebrity to take issue with Toby Keith's chart-topping country hit, "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The...
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Toby Keith is on top of his game in country music right now as his album, Unleashed, sits on top of Billboard 200 chart this week in its debut. While music is his main gig,...
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Toby Keith recently hit country superstar status. His last album, Pull My Chain, went multiplatinum and his just-released album, Unleashed, debuted at Number One on the...
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Country star Toby Keith's Unleashed debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 after selling more than 338,000 copies in its opening week, unseating the Dave Mathews Band's...
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Toby Keith's latest co-star in the popular 10-10-220 long-distance phone service commercials is 1980s puppet sitcom star, ALF. As Keith told LAUNCH, the furry alien TV star...
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Toby Keith's record release television special, Toby Keith Live, Uncut & Unleashed, aired Sunday (July 21) night on CMT, but instead of running for the scheduled one-hour...
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Toby Keith has been enjoying the world of superstardom in the last couple of years as his albums have sold millions, his songs hit the top of the charts, and his name is...
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Toby Keith's upcoming Unleashed album features a duet with country legend Willie Nelson. The song is called "Beer For My Horses" and was co-written by Keith and friend Scott...
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Toby Keith's current country Number One song, "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)," was the hardest song for the singer to write on his upcoming...
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Toby Keith's upcoming Unleashed album was originally scheduled for an August release, but to stay one step ahead of music pirates, the album was pushed up to a July 23...
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Toby Keith may have been "booted," so to speak, from ABC's July 4 special, but the singer has other plans for celebrating the upcoming holiday. Keith will perform a concert...
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Toby Keith's patriotic in-your-face song "Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue (The Angry American)" is the singer's fastest-rising single to date, sitting at Number 12 this...
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Toby Keith was asked to perform his current bold and not-so-politically correct hit "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)" on an upcoming ABC Fourth of...
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Last year, Toby Keith was forced to miss out on participating in Fan Fair activities due to his heavy tour schedule on the Brooks & Dunn Neon Circus And Wild West show. This...
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Toby Keith's videos garnered the most nods for the first-ever CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards with five nominations, including concept, laugh out loud, director, male,...
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Toby Keith is keeping busy leading up to next month's Academy Of Country Music awards, where he is a top nominee with eight nominations that include top male vocalist, album...
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(3/14/02, 5 p.m. ET) --Toby Keith and Brooks & Dunn tied for the most nominations with six each for the 37th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards, which will be handed...
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Toby Keith has vowed never to attend the Grammys or the American Music Awards again unless he has been asked to perform because, in his opinion, country artists are treated...
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While a sitcom may be a bit further down the road in Toby Keith's future, the singer has already mapped out much of the details. Keith, who was approached several months ago...
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Toby Keith's recently released album, Pull My Chain, has already been certified platinum (sales of one million copies) after 10 weeks, making it Keith's fastest-selling...
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Toby Keith heads into tonight's (November 7) CMA Award show with two nominations --male vocalist of the year and song of the year for his chart-topping hit, "How Do You Like...
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Since taking home two awards at last week's Academy Of Country Music Awards, Toby Keith's new single, "I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight," has been flying up the country...
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Toby Keith earned the first two awards of his career at last night's (May 9) Academy Of Country Music Awards in Los Angeles. Keith, who was a dark horse in the night's...
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Funeral services for Toby Keith's father, Hubert "H.K." Covel Jr., will be held today
(March 27) in Norman, Oklahoma. Covel, 67, was killed on Saturday (March
24) after his...
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Toby Keith's name kept coming up when the Academy Of Country Music (ACM) awards nominations were announced in Los Angeles today (February 27). Keith leads the ACM...
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Lee Ann Womackand Toby Keith top this year's list of nominees for the 36th annual Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) with six nominations each, followed by Faith Hill...
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Powerhouse vocalist Patti LaBelle will perform the national anthem at the 2001 FedEx Orange Bowl being held today (January 3). The Grammy-winning performer and author's...
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Toby Keith has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. He recently learned that his five-week Number One hit "How Do You Like Me Now?" has received song of the year...
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Toby Keith was honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) last night (September 18) as the benefactor of the first-ever songwriter/artists...
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Anita Cochran and Toby Keith join the cast of the Dukes Of Hazzard series in a special two-hour made-for-TV movie tonight (May 19) on CBS, titled Dukes Of Hazzard: Hazzard...
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While Toby Keith has been to the top of thecountry charts nine times already in his career, his most recent single,"How Do You Like Me Now?" has remained in the No. 1 on...
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Toby Keith continues to be the recipient of good news. Earlier this month, he received two ACM nominations -- top male vocalist and top video of the year for "How Do You...
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Toby Keith was fighting a serious case of the flu on Wednesday (March 1) and trying to prepare for a performance at Country Radio Seminar when he received word of his...
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Toby Keith filled in for an ailing Buck Owens on Monday (Dec. 13), at the final concert at the legendary Crazy Horse Saloon And Dancehall in Santa Ana, Calif.
"You hate to...
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Nashville careers have always been volatile, but no more so than in the past year. Mergers, label closings, and a country sales slip have meant artists are swapping record...
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The Academy Of Country Music has named John Anderson, John Berry, Tracy Byrd, Gary Chapman, Terri Clark, Joe Diffie, Ty Herndon, Olivia Newton-John, Toby Keith, Kathy...
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