Rodney Atkins

Not only are we getting ready to celebrate a new year, but a new decade as well, and what better way to ring in 2010 than with music? To that end, many of your favorite country stars are working to help fans celebrate, while others have taken the time off around the holidays to rest, relax and be refreshed when they return to the road in January...

Before he was adopted by Margaret and Allan Atkins, the baby they would name Rodney Atkins was called Jimmy Holston. That was the name given to him by the Holston Home in Greenville, Tenn. And now the Holston United Methodist Home for Children has beautifully renovated campus, and a residence hall with a new name: The Rodney Atkins Youth Home...

Andy Warhol once famously said, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But depending on the circumstances, 15 minutes can also bring pain and misery (or at the very least 900 seconds of inconvenience!). It's in that spirit that Rodney Atkins is asking fans to share with him memories of the worst 15 minutes you've ever experienced...

Rodney Atkins is accustomed to fans running up to him, either to ask for an autograph or to simply shake his hand. But when the tables are turned, he has a better understanding of what fans feel when they meet him for the first time. "It's still a trip for me to see somebody that I've only seen on television or in a movie," the singer admits to The Boot...

The cardinal rule in show business is never to go on after an animal act or kids. Rodney Atkins has a hard time following that mandate, because his son Elijah likes to share the spotlight. For the past two years Elijah has joined his dad during Music Fest activities in Nashville...

It's hard to find a NASCAR fan who isn't also a country music fan. Rodney Atkins, who performed at the Food Lion Speedstreet 600 in May prior to the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race in Charlotte, N.C., tells The Boot that there is a big correlation between racing and country...

We'll see a lot more of Rodney Atkins on TV this month -- not singing country music, but rather singing the praises of adoption. Atkins is the celebrity spokesperson for the National Council for Adoption and will appear in several PSAs for the organization throughout the month of May...

To say that Rodney Atkins has been on a hot streak lately is putting it mildly. With a string of four consecutive No. 1 songs from the same album, the million-selling 'If You're Going Through Hell,' Atkins accomplished a feat no country artist had done in five years...

March is ending with a bang in the country music world, with the release Tuesday of new albums from two of Nashville's biggest stars. Keith Urban wears his heart on his sleeve on his fifth studio album, 'Defying Gravity.' With upbeat love songs like 'Sweet Thing,' 'Kiss a Girl' and the particularly personal 'Thank You,' Urban's new CD is packed with sunny romance...

Immediately following the inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama, George W. Bush will travel to Midland, Texas, where singer Rodney Atkins will join Lee Greenwood and the Gatlin Brothers in a Welcome Home rally for the President and and Mrs...