Reuters - Jun 28, 2009
Country singer Tracy Lawrence's life has had an interesting trajectory, from hero to hellraiser to heaven-bound family man. The latest chapter is chronicled on The Rock, his first Christian album....
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George Strait, who had his 55th No. 1 single this year and was recently inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame, was nominated Thursday for five Country Music Association Awards, including for entertainer...
More »E! Online - Feb 7, 2007
Fans were clearly jonesing for Norah Jones. The jazz-pop warbler gave retailers a shot in the arm as her new album, Not Too Late, arrived just in time to score a monster chart-topping bow. For the week...
More »AP - Dec 20, 2005
One of country s hardest rock bands will open for one of rock s hardest country bands. Brooks & Dunn will warm up for the Rolling Stones in Omaha, Neb., Jan. 29. We ve thrown around the concept of...
More »Reuters - Dec 12, 2005
Kanye West, Shakira, Maroon 5 s Adam Levine and Fall Out Boy lead the lineup for MTV s 14th annual New Year s Eve broadcast, which will begin at 10:30 p.m. ET. Common, All-American Rejects and Young...
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Staging a benefit for hurricane relief was an easy decision for 3 Doors Down, the rock group whose members had personal losses from Hurricane Katrina. The band hails from the Katrina-wrecked Mississippi...
More »E! Online - Oct 26, 2005
Sometimes art does imitate life: Take this week s album chart, which finds Rod Stewart chasing after a younger blonde woman--Ashlee Simpson. Jessica s lip-synching sibling managed to hold off the...
More »Reuters - Sep 2, 2005
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 where he scored his greatest successes...
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 - Dec 15, 2004
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 Peace/Def Jam South effort sold...
More »Reuters - Nov 26, 2004
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 Assn. s Global Markets Forum...
More »E! Online - Apr 7, 2004
Janet Jackson might say there s been a sales malfunction on the charts. Despite all of her publicity, good and bad, Janet Jackson s string of chart-topping studio albums has finally come undone. Damita...
More »AP - Apr 7, 2004
Given all the barely clad women that are booty-shaking, grinding and gyrating on BET during the day, it s hard to believe things could get any wilder after dark. But as the rap group Whodini once rhymed...
More »AP - Mar 25, 2004
When Alan Jackson sang Gone Country several years ago, everybody thought it was a satire. But it s getting more real every day. The Tennessean reports Poison lead singer Bret Michaels is close to signing...
More »USRN - Mar 28, 2001
(3/28/01, 5 p.m. ET) -- The country-music baby boom continues as newly married Tracy Lawrence and his wife, Becca, announce that they are expecting their first child sometime in August. While Lawrence...
More »USRN - Jan 23, 2001
(1/23/01, 6 p.m. ET) - Tracy Lawrence recently married his girlfriend of two years, simply referred to as Becca. His label, Atlantic Records, issued a statement that reads: Tracy Lawrence has confirmed...
More »USRN - Aug 9, 2000
(8/9/00, 3 p.m. ET) - Tracy Lawrence and his crew came to the aid of the Charlie Daniels Band in Canada on Sunday (August 6) when Daniels and company got stuck at the Canadian border. Daneils, his band...
More »USRN - May 23, 2000
(5/24/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Tracy Lawrence was awarded the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Southern Arkansas University on May 12. Tracy is a former student of the University and was presented the award...
More »USRN - Mar 3, 2000
(3/5/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Tracy Lawrence was just one of many artists that put in an appearance at the 2000 Country Radio Seminar (CRS) in Nashville, held March 1-4. It was a welcome return for the singer...
More »USRN - Nov 9, 1999
(11/9/99, 1 p.m. ET) - In February, Tracy Lawrence will release his first studio album in nearly three years. The project, titled Lessons Learned, is being called the singer s most personal album. The...
More »USRN - Jul 30, 1998
(7/30/98, 6 p.m. PDT) - Atlantic Nashville s much-beleaguered Tracy Lawrence appears to be in hot water again. The Tennessean is reporting that the singer and his keyboard player accepted an invitation...
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