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2012 ACM Awards: Taylor Swift Takes Top Honor for 2nd Time, Lambert and Shelton Also Win Big

By UCN on April 2, 2012 5:37 AM

Taylor Swift accepts the award for entertainer of the year at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 1. (Steve Marcus / Reuters)

It was a night for married couples at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday as husband and wife Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert won several honors and a couple of country music fans married during the show.

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"Blown Away" Title of Carrie Underwood's 4th Album, Artwork Unveiled

By UCN on March 7, 2012 4:17 AM

If you look at the succession of Carrie Underwood's album artworks, from "Some Hearts" to "Carnival Ride" to "Play On," the country superstar seems to become more serious on each new cover, the warm smile of her debut quickly becoming a worried gaze.

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Point of Grace Launch New Radio Show, "Graceful Living"

By UCN on February 28, 2012 2:42 AM

Multi-platinum selling trio, Point of Grace (Shelley Breen, Leigh Cappillino, Denise Jones), is launching a new lifestyle and music radio show entitled "Graceful Living," in support of the group's ongoing platform to encourage others through their music and authentic lifestyle.

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Carrie Underwood Releases New Single 'Good Girl'

By UCN on February 25, 2012 12:37 PM

After offering some caustic relationship advice on her smash single "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood shoots off another warning against unseemly male figures in "Good Girl," an uptempo new single released on Thursday (Feb. 23).

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Lady Antebellum Working On Follow-Up to "Own the Night"

By UCN on February 24, 2012 1:28 PM

The shine is still bright on Lady Antebellum's Grammy Award for Best Country Album for 2011's "Own the Night," but the trio is already at work on its follow-up even as it tours to support its third album.

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Carrie Underwood to Release 4th Album on May 1

By UCN on February 3, 2012 7:56 AM

Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood pose at the CMT Crossroads Live From "Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam" rehearsals at Indiana State Fairgrounds, Pepsi Coliseum on February 2, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images North America)

Carrie Underwood fans, your wait is almost over.

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New Music Coming from Carrie Underwood: 'Good Girl' Single Set to Release Next Month

By UCN on January 25, 2012 4:18 PM

Fear not, Carrie Underwood diehards: the country superstar will be unveiling new music in less than a month.

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Country Duo Sugarland Face Legal Action Over Indiana Stage Collapse

By UCN on November 23, 2011 10:30 AM

Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush of Sugarland perform at Conseco Fieldhouse on October 28, 2011 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images North America)

Country duo Sugarland was named in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by 44 survivors of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse and family members of four people who died, by far the largest claim yet stemming from the tragedy.

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Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney Team Up for 'Brothers of the Sun Tour'

By UCN on November 15, 2011 9:00 AM

Oh, the stories Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney could tell you from their early days together in Music City. And they're about to make more, joining forces on an ambitious stadiums-only tour next summer.

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