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Wednesday's Peoples Choice Awards kicked off the 2011 awards season in high gear, and the fan-voted ceremony brought plenty of surprises. In the Favorite Country Artist category, Taylor Swift beat out fellow nominees Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts and Lady Antebellum...

What are some of your favorite stars doing to welcome in the New Year? Many of them are working hard, helping fans celebrate. Several artists have taken the time off around the holidays and will hit it hard when they return to the road in mid-January...

The Zac Brown Band is going home to Georgia to celebrate New Year's Eve with a special show at the Philips Arena in Atlanta on December 31. Considering the year they've had, the group is pretty excited to be ringing in 2011 with a hometown crowd...

Earlier this year, Zac Brown gifted Alan Jackson with a No. 1 song, featuring the superstar as a duet partner on 'As She's Walking Away.' Alan certainly knows how to return the favor! Just prior to the Zac Brown Band's performance at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday night (December 29), Alan presented Zac with a 1966 Cadillac El Dorado...

Darius Rucker, Rodney Atkins, Easton Corbin, Neal McCoy, Sawyer Brown, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Eric Church and Clay Walker are among the artists who'll take the stages at 2011's star-studded Country Thunder festivals, scheduled to take place in Florence, Ariz...

Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride and Trace Adkins are the latest artists to be added to the list of performers at the 2011 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The event is set to take place March 1-20 at Houston's Reliant Stadium, with Trace performing on March 2 during Armed Force Appreciation Day, while Martina is scheduled for March 9 and Miranda for March 16...

To celebrate the holiday season, AOL Music is thrilled to announce a month-long series of giveaways! We're gifting rare items sent to us by all of your favorite artists, from Taylor Swift to Ozzy Osbourne. If you're looking for the perfect holiday present for a friend or family member (or yourself...

The Zac Brown Band are known for their pre-concert "eat-and-greets," where they treat about 200 lucky fans to pictures, autographs and a huge spread of down-home southern fare. But did you know that most everything on the buffet is an original Zac Brown recipe...

Nicole Kidman was already a staple on New York and Hollywood red carpets before marrying Keith Urban in 2006. Now she's gracing red -- and orange and black -- carpets in Nashville and Las Vegas, as well! With her awards show duties now doubled, thanks to marrying a country superstar, the Oscar-winning actress does say she has a favorite...

Rascal Flatts' 'Why Wait' has climbed to the top of both the Country Aircheck/Mediabase and Billboard country charts this week. On Mediabase, The Band Perry's 'If I Die Young' falls to No. 2, followed by Reba at No. 3 with 'Turn on the Radio...