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The Boot rounds up today's (Jan. 14) country music news headlines from around the web. Fan voting will begin Jan. 21 for the Academy of Country Music's new artist categories. The nine nominees were announced today (Jan. 14): Jana Kramer, Kacey Musgraves and Sunny Sweeney are nominated for New Female Vocalist...

The third annual Country Throwdown Tour Fired Up by Kingsford® landed in Nashville for its final day of the six-week extravaganza on Sunday (July 8). The talent-filled trek was met with a slew of fireworks and a little rain during the stop at The Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel.

For the third year, Darius Rucker will host a celebrity concert and golf tournament in Nashville, benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The June 4 "Darius and Friends" show will include performances by Rodney Atkins, Clint Black, Sunny Sweeney and Chuck Wicks...

It's been more than three months since Sunny Sweeney has had a cancer stick, pardon, a cigarette. The songstress, who says she smoked "too long to even think about," can only exclaim, "Isn't that crazy?" when discussing her feat. "I have my little electrical cigarette," the singer-songwriter tells The Boot of her secret weapon...

Sunny Sweeney is loving being a 'Mrs.' Back in November, the singer-songwriter tied the knot with longtime beau Jeff Hellmer during an intimate ceremony with friends and family at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas. She sat down with The Boot recently to discuss how she and her Austin, Texas police Sergeant husband are balancing their careers and married life...

Sunny Sweeney is making a fresh start for 2012. On Saturday (Jan. 28), the Texas singer announced via Twitter and Facebook that she has quit smoking. "Haven't said anything til now but I wanted to share some good news. I am officially a non smoker," she shared with followers...

The Country Radio Broadcasters (CRB) have announced the lineup of performers for the 2012 New Faces show, one of the most anticipated events of the annual Country Radio Seminar (CRS). Sunny Sweeney, Hunter Hayes, the Eli Young Band, Thompson Square and David Nail will all take the stage on Friday, Feb...

"I'm a huge -- like ob-sessed Chelsea Handler fan," Sunny Sweeney confesses. "Every time a Chelsea book comes out, my dad gets it for me. My mind is perpetually in the gutter, so I'm thinking, 'This is my soul mate. I need to meet this woman...

Congratulations are in order for Sunny Sweeney and Jeff Hellmer, who tied the knot on Friday (11-11-11). The 'Drink Myself Single' singer (who obviously isn't living out her lyrics) said "I do" to the Austin, Texas police Sergeant at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, surrounded by friends and family...

Visit Sunny Sweeney's website, and you'll see that she wrote her own biography, something most artists hire an outside journalist to compose. Instead of writing the typical bio -- listing her musical influences, career accomplishments and how hard she worked to get where she is -- Sunny simply tells fans random facts about herself ...