AP - Jan 20, 2009
Country singer Jo Dee Messina and her husband have announced the birth of their first child, a boy. Craig Campbell, the singer s spokesman, says Noah Roger Deffenbaugh was born Monday afternoon at a...
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A two-hour special featuring highlights from this year s Country Music Association festival will air on prime-time TV this week, with performances by Alan Jackson, Rascal Flatts, Dolly Parton, Keith Urban...
More »USRN - Apr 7, 2005
The first single from Jo Dee Messina s upcoming album is a bona fide hit, much to the singer s delight. Radio and fans alike were anxious to welcome the singer back after a couple of years reprieve, as...
More »Reuters - Dec 16, 2004
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 No. 1. The cut stems from Snoop...
More »Reuters - May 22, 2004
Courtney Love , Wilco s Jeff Tweedy, Whitney Houston , Kelly Osbourne , Jo Dee Messina , Scott Weiland . The list goes on. All are creative rock or pop stars and veterans of rehab for drug and/or alcohol...
More »AP - May 17, 2004
Jo Dee Messina is going back on the road on May 30, with a string of dates lined up through November. Messina has completed a 60-day stint in rehab. She says she s excited to get back on the road,...
More »Reuters - Apr 23, 2004
Country singer Jo Dee Messina has entered a rehabilitation facility in Utah for treatment for alcoholism. Mike Curb, chairman of Messina s label, Curb Records, tells Billboard, Jo Dee has more drive...
More »Reuters - Mar 23, 2004
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world s largest retailer, has officially launched its digital music store Music Downloads and has incorporated many improvements since the cut-price service began offering song...
More »AP - Jan 29, 2004
Boston native Jo Dee Messina will be cheering and singing for the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots this week. The country singer was invited to perform for the team, its staff, management...
More »AP - Jan 26, 2004
LeAnn Rimes and Wynonna are among the stars expected to perform when the Country Music Association Music Festival, formerly known as Fan Fair, returns June 10-13 to downtown Nashville. Also scheduled...
More »AP - Oct 28, 2003
Jo Dee Messina says she s proud of the pain. She s talking about the 100-mile Ride for the Roses in Austin, Texas. But any muscle aches don t come only from Messina s marathon bike ride her...
More »AP - Oct 24, 2003
Country belle Jo Dee Messina is going to be busy this weekend. She s planning to bike 100 miles in Lance Armstrong s Ride For The Roses cancer fund-raiser in Austin, Texas, and she s performing afterward...
More »USRN - Oct 14, 2003
(10/14/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- Jo Dee Messina, Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, and Keith Urban have been confirmed as presenters for the upcoming 31st Annual American Music Awards, which will take place in Los...
More »USRN - May 29, 2003
(5/29/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Jo Dee Messina s newly-released Greatest Hits album debuted in the top spot on the SoundScan country albums sales chart, as well as in the Number 14 spot on the pop albums sales...
More »USRN - Apr 16, 2003
(4/16/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- The war with Iraq inspired Jo Dee Messina to write a song called Heaven Was Needing A Hero, which she shares with her fans on her official website, jodeemessina.com. There are...
More »USRN - Apr 11, 2002
(4/11/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Jo Dee Messina has spent quite a bit of time lately writing for her next album, the follow-up to the platinum-selling Burn. When it comes to co-writing, the singer tells LAUNCH...
More »USRN - Apr 5, 2002
(4/5/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Jo Dee Messina celebrated her Number One country hit, Bring On The Rain, at a party in her honor in Nashville yesterday (April 4). Messina recorded the song with her friend and...
More »USRN - Feb 17, 2002
(2/17/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Jo Dee Messina is close to having yet another Number One hit on her hands, as her latest single, Bring On The Rain with Tim McGraw, sits at Number Four this week on Billboard s...
More »USRN - Jan 4, 2002
(1/4/02, 3 p.m. ET) - Jo Dee Messina was thrilled to see her name on the list of Grammy nominations during a press conference held today (January 4) in Nashville. The singer was on hand to announce the...
More »USRN - Nov 14, 2001
(11/14/01, 5 p.m. ET) -- Jo Dee Messina got the news of her first American Music Award nomination while at a writing appointment in Nashville. The news was one interruption Messina did not mind. What...
More »USRN - Nov 1, 2001
(11/1/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- Jo Dee Messina is working on finding songs for her next album. As Messina tells LAUNCH, everything has changed since the last time she went into the studio to make an album....
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