Recent Country Music News Headlines

• Interview with Rachele Lynae
• Georgia On My Mind Benefit Show Adds to Lineup
• Weekly Charts
• This Week’s Country Aircheck Radio Airplay #1 Single: “Chasin’ You” by Morgan Wallen
• This Week’s Most Added New Single at Radio: “All Night” by Brothers Osborne
• This Week’s Billboard Country Albums Chart #1 Album: What You See Is What You Get by Luke Combs
• This Week’s Billboard Streaming Chart #1 Single: “I Hope” by Gabby Barrett
• This Week’s Billboard Country Digital Songs #1 Downloaded Single: “I Called Mama” by Tim McGraw
• This Week’s Texas Country Music Chart’s #1 Single: “Rodeo Clown” by Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen
• This Week’s Texas Regional Report’s #1 Single: “Breaking Things” by Mark Powell

Recommended Viewing – Recent Country Music Videos

• Music Video: Cover of Matt Stell’s “Prayed For You” by Megan Ashley
• Video: “As Good As I Once Was” by Toby Keith
• Quarantunes #22 by Raul Melo of The Mavericks
• Video: “One Night in a Row” by Rockie Lynne
• James Barker Live Stream – 5/17/20
• Quarantine Kitchen with Thompson Square – 5/17/20
• Granger Smith Podcast #32
• Lyric Video: “One of Them Girls” by Lee Brice
• Live Video Flashback: “The Streak” by Ray Stevens
• Video Rewind: “Smoke Rings in the Dark” by Gary Allan
• CMT Video: Tim McGraw’s Quarantine Workout Routine
• Dustin Lynch Vlog #25
• Video: “Good Enough” by Colleen Michelle Miller
• Hot Country Knights Video: Doug’s Race Car
• CMT Video: Sara Evans Plays Copy Cat
• Story Behind the Song: “Mattress on the Floor” by Mo Pitney
• Acoustic Video: “What I See” by LANCO
• Merle Monday #5: “That’s the Way Love Goes” by Joe Nichols
• Justin Moore Podcast Coming Soon
• Unplugged Video: “Six Days on the Road” by Sawyer Brown
• Lyric Video: “PawPaw Biff” by Rodney Carrington
• James Barker Live Stream – 5/18/20

This Date in Country Music History

• 2019 – Morgan Wallen scored a #1 single with “Whiskey Glasses”
• 2016 – Thomas Rhett’s single “Die a Happy Man” was certified double-platinum
• 2008 – Sugarland swept Song and Single of the Year at the ACM Awards with “Stay”
• 2004 – Montgomery Gentry released their album You Do Your Thing
• 1999 – Chely Wright released her album Single White Female
• 1996 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 single with “My Maria”
• 1959 – Johnny Horton topped the charts with “Battle of New Orleans”

Today’s Birthdays (See All Country Artist Birthdays)

• Craig Campbell
• David Nail
• George Strait
• Joe Bonsall (Oak Ridge Boys)

Today’s New Albums (See All Album Release Dates)

• None Today

Today’s New Singles (See All Single Release Dates)

• Every Other Memory – Ryan Hurd
• Made For You – Jake Owen
• Should’ve Seen Me Yesterday – Noah Smith
• Country Livin’ – Jon Hope
• Spur of the Moment – Kylie Frey

Today’s Photo Flashback (See All Photos)

• None Today

Contests

• Win a Virtual Performance by LANco – ends 5/18/20
• Win Autographed Guitar from Craig Morgan – ends 5/22/20
• Win Autographed Prize Pack from Carrie Underwood – ends 5/29/20
• Win 1 Year Subscription to Kane Brown Quarterly Fan Box Featuring Exclusive Merch & Gifts – Ends 6/1/20

This Week’s Events (See All Upcoming Events)

Date/Time	Event
05/20/2020 TBA	Feed the Front Line Benefit Presented by CMT – Online
05/21/2020 TBA	DelFest at Home – Online
05/21/2020 8:00 pm	Whiskey Myers Live Stream from Billy Bob’s Texas
05/22/2020 TBA	DelFest at Home – Online
05/22/2020 7:00 pm	Rachele Lynae “Every Reason” Album Release Party – Facebook Live
05/23/2020 TBA	DelFest at Home – Online
05/24/2020 TBA	DelFest at Home – Online