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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Taylor Swift leads a list of country's hottest stars set to perform at the CMT Music Awards next month.

Keith Urban revealed his heavy metal rocker past to Conan O'Brien on Monday's (May 6) episode of 'Conan.' Urban's stint as a hard rocker only lasted about a week before he was fired, though!

Donn Jones/Invision/AP NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Lady Antebellum's last album "Own the Night" opened on top of the charts, spawned two No. 1 hits and has sold more than 1.8 million copies.

Jason Merritt, Getty Images Jason Aldean and actress Kristen Bell will co-host the 2013 CMT Awards, which airs live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on June 5 (8 ET/PT).

LeAnn Rimes' upcoming new album will feature guest performers Alison Krauss, Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty fame, and the legendary Jeff Beck, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. The new album, entitled Spitfire, is due out June 4.

Twitter While most fans watched the ACM Awards from their couches, they were treated to a little behind-the-scenes action live from Las Vegas, thanks to Twitter.

Luke Bryan has more than a million followers on Twitter (@LukeBryanOnline), and he pays attention to each and every one of them. The country music hitmaker recalls a recent event where a tweet from a fan motivated him to personally handle a problematic situation with one of his shows...

Blake Shelton has earned plenty of criticism for his outlandish tweets (@blakeshelton), offending everyone from animal lovers to gay rights activists, but don't expect him to start censoring himself anytime soon. The 36-year-old says he will continue to tweet whatever he wants, because it's what his fans expect of him...

Faith Hill has been a trailblazer for most of her 17-year career and she's set to make history again. The songstress will debut her brand-new tune, "American Heart" on Twitter (@faithhill) this Sunday (Sept. 30), marking the first time a country artist has debuted a single and lyric via the social-networking site...

You'd be hard pressed to find a country singer who hasn't been the target of the anonymous Twitter user known by the handle @NotJakeOwen. Yesterday (Aug. 1), the fearless commentator set his sights on Darius Rucker, tweeting, "$500 reward to anyone that can prove @DariusRucker owns the best of Patsy Cline in his music collection...