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Country music has been an integral part of the Grammy Awards since the first trophies were presented in 1959, although the first country Grammy was actually awarded to folk group the Kingston Trio for the murder ballad "Tom Dooley." Country music has also been a presence since the first Grammy live telecast in 1971, although arguably a limited one until recent years...

The Boot rounds up today's country music news from around the web. Look for multiple Grammy nominee Hunter Hayes on "CBS This Morning" tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 8) at 7:00 AM ET. Among the trophies for which Hunter is vying is the coveted Best New Artist award...

Hunter Hayes has three nominations at the upcoming 55th Annual Grammy Awards, including one for Best Country Album for his self-titled debut. The album has yielded three hit singles already, and Hunter admits the way he made the whole project was a bit of an experiment...

(Pictured left to right are Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Recording Academy, George Flannigen, Sony Music Nashville chairman/CEO Gary Overton, Carrie Underwood and Nashville Chapter President Jon Randall Stewart) The ballroom at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville could've been a set for one of the scenes of the popular new ABC-TV drama, "Nashville," Wednesday night (Ja