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She's traveled a long way from her hometown of Checotah, Okla., but Carrie Underwood still remembers where she comes from. The former 'American Idol' champ joined several other 'Idol' winners as part of a recent Fox TV special, 'AI: Welcome Home,' dishing on their often humble upbringings, and how fame has affected their lives...

Rascal Flatts are living by the title of their new album, 'Nothing Like This.' The CD debuted at No.1 on the country albums charts this week, selling almost 165,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan data, to top both Keith Urban, who came in a close second (almost 162,000 sold) with his brand-new CD, 'Get Closer,' and Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now,' which stayed in the No...

Reba's 26th studio album, 'All the Women I Am' makes its debut at No. 3 on the country charts, selling more than 64,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan data. "Every song on the album portrays a different story for each woman in the song," Reba tells The Boot...

Fresh off the release of his fourth studio album, 'My Kinda Party,' Jason Aldean has announced his plans for a 2011 headlining tour. The My Kinda Party tour will kick off on January 21 in Little Rock, Ark. and wrap up sometime in May. Only five of the 32 cities have been revealed, but Jason promises the show will be a "party" at every stop...

Although Jason Aldean couldn't hold back the mighty Taylor Swift (who sold 320,000 copies of 'Speak Now' this week), he's celebrating the news that his latest album, 'My Kinda Party,' has debuted at No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart. With 193,000 copies of his album sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, Jason logged the best first-week sales by a male country act since Kenny Chesney in 2007...

Jason Aldean doesn't want his fans to fret because he wasn't nominated for a County Music Association award this year. The multi-platinum-selling artist, whose latest album 'My Kinda Party' hit stores this week, has taken the absence of a CMA nomination in stride...

Jason Aldean fans who pick up his eagerly anticipated fourth studio album, 'My Kinda Party,' may have a hard time believing that the multi-platinum-selling artist didn't write the 15 songs. The stories in 'Tattoos on This Town' about drag racing in pickup trucks and swinging from trees ...

She may have been ousted from the judges table on 'American Idol,' but there is plenty of musical counseling in Kara DioGuardi's future. The celebrated songwriter and record label exec recently signed on to be the head judge of 'Going Platinum,' a new songwriting competition that will air on the Bravo network next year...

Los Angeles went a little 'hillbilly' Wednesday night, as Blake Shelton brought his first-ever headlining tour to town. While his first greatest hits collection, 'Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton,' doesn't hit stores until November 9, the singer brought the CD to life at the Club Nokia...

While Reba's upcoming album is entitled 'All the Women I Am,' she's been tackling the opposite sex's perspective with a cover of Beyoncé's 'If I Were a Boy.' Reba's countrified version of the hit song will appear on her new CD, due in stores November 9. Thi...