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Taylor Swift has broken yet another record. The superstar's pop-country crossover smash, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" has been at No. 1 for nine weeks on Billboard's Top Country Songs chart, setting a new record for most weeks at No...

New Country Music Hall of Fame member Connie Smith was paid another tribute to her stellar career on Wednesday night (Nov. 7) in Nashville. The 45 RPMs, a group of musicians and singers who pay homage to traditional country music once a month in concert at Music City's Douglas Corner nightclub, welcomed Connie and husband Marty Stuart and brought in special guests to perform the singer's hits. Rea

Legendary country artists, pop and rock superstars and longtime friends paid tribute to the three newest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday evening (Oct. 21). Garth Brooks, Connie Smith and Hargus "Pig" Robbins were officially welcomed into the ranks of country music's select few who are enshrined and commemorated with bronze plaques bestowed upon them by the Country M

Kix Brooks calls Hargus 'Pig' Robbins the Elvis of session players in Nashville. "Elvis had entered the building when Pig came in," Kix recalls, talking to The Boot about the recent Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. "When Pig walked in the room, all the musicians stopped and waited to see how he was gonna take the song...

Marty Stuart's new album, 'Nashville, Volume 1: Tear the Woodpile Down,' continues to take the singer down his journey of rediscovering country music. "It would be full of country music," Marty tells The Boot with a smile. "It's wonderful music...

New Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Connie Smith says she hopes each new artist in country music will take time to find their own individual voice. "I hear so many of the young people today sing and I think they have a good voice, yet I wonder if they'll ever know that they sound alike," Connie tells The Boot...

Garth Brooks was announced, along with Connie Smith and piano legend Hargus 'Pig' Robbins, as the newest addition of the Country Music Hall of Fame yesterday (March 6), and the country superstar and pop-culture phenomenon knows exactly what his late mother would have said upon hearing that he's been given the coveted honor...

The latest additions to the illustrious Country Music Hall of Fame were announced at a news conference on Tuesday morning (March 6) and they cover a wide range of entertainment and country music history. Global entertainment icon Garth Brooks has sold more than 128 million albums since the start of his career and toured the world taking his unique brand of country music to meteoric heights... Read

With a deep, commanding voice that can equally convey eternal joy and unbearable heartache, Connie Smith has rightly been labeled the "Rolls Royce of Country Singers." She's been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1965, and has enjoyed a string of major country hits, including 'Once a Day,' 'Cincinnati, Ohio,' and 'Nobody but a Fool...

Dolly Parton once famously said, "There are only three female singers in the world; Streisand, Ronstadt and Connie Smith. The rest of us are only pretending." That's perhaps one reason new music from longtime Grand Ole Opry member Connie Smith can be celebrated as an "event...