WALKER HAYES

And what a berry sweet lineup it is.

Orlando country radio station K92 FM is putting on an all-star 'Jingle Jam' concert in December. And local country music fans must have been good...

CMT announced that country stars Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Walker Hayes have been named the 2022 Artists of the Year.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (AP) — CMT will honor country stars Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Walker Hayes as their 2022 Artists of the Year. The network will air its annual TV special on Oct. 14 featuring tributes by other artists. Pearce, Johnson and Hayes are first time artists of the year, while Brown and Combs come back for their third time. Both released new albums in 2022 and will be touring overseas. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

CMT will honor Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Walker Hayes as their 2022 Artists of the Year during a ceremony in October.

Friday afternoon, the SEC gave some love to a new tune called "Y'all Life," by Walker Hayes. He's the guy who brought you the "Fancy Like" song last year that ended up as an Applebee's ad. The SEC rolled out the song to its followers on Friday afternoon, saying it "just might be the song of football season right here" and asking Hayes, "wanna collab[orate]"? And there's nothing wrong with liking "Y'all Life," even if it sounds like its catchiness was bred in a laboratory. But when you're talking about the South, the home of country music, you've got to bring a little more game to the picnic than this.

Headling the two-day Ocoee Music Fest on April 8-9 is Vanilla Ice and country music artist Walker Hayes.

57th ACM Awards - Show Miranda Lambert appears onscreen accepting the award for entertainer of the year remotely at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards on Monday, March 7, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) (John Locher)LAS VEGAS — Country music’s biggest stars shone brightly during the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards, presented Monday night at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. A few of the night’s biggest surprises included Miranda Lambert walked away with the entertainer of the year and Pearce taking female artist of the year, Variety reported. See the complete list of categories and nominees below, with winners noted in bold and italics. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison) (Eric Jamison/AP)©2022 Cox Media Group

Morgan Wallen won album of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards for “Dangerous: The Double Album,” a year after he was removed from the ACMs ballot after he was caught on camera using a racial slur.

Dolly Parton, Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett will be pulling double duty with special performances on top of their hosting duties at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (AP) — Country star Chris Young combined his skills as an artist and a producer to earn seven nominations at the Academy of Country Music Awards, including album of the year and single of the year. Chris Stapleton, a five-time nominee, is up for entertainer of the year, alongside Lambert, Eric Church, Luke Combs and Carrie Underwood. Wallen earned nominations for album of the year for "Dangerous: The Double Album," which was the most popular album across all genres last year. He also earned nominations for male artist of the year and song of the year. Co-hosts Allen and Barrett also earned nominations for male and female artist of the year, respectively.

Country star Chris Young combined his skills as an artist and producer to lead the nominees for the Academy of Country Music Awards.

The song put the singer-songwriter on the top of the country charts – and put the restaurant chain on the tip of almost everyone's tongue – but the married father of six has had a long, sometimes painful journey to double-platinum success.

The song put the singer-songwriter on the top of the country charts – and put the restaurant chain on the tip of almost everyone's tongue – but the married father of six has had a long, sometimes painful journey to double-platinum success.

Preview: In an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning," the singer-songwriter discusses the breakout success of "Fancy Like" – the song and the TikTok dance.

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