Nominees for The 44th Annual CMA Awards was announced with old favorites and new names listed. Each nominee is gunning for a coveted crystal trophy on "Country Music's Biggest Night." For the fifth year, the announcement of the final nominees in five of the 12 CMA Awards categories was made on ABC ... More RTV Newsflash

Academy Award-winning Gwyneth Paltrow has gone country. Gwyneth Paltrow Releases Country Single You may or may not remember her flop dramedy “Duets,” but her cover of Smokey Robinson’s “Cruisin’” with Huey Lewis actually became a #1 adult contemporary hit. Now, she has gone country. While reports are saying she’s releasing a country album, ... More RTV Newsflash

Ricky Van Shelton After winning the Academy of Country Music's 1987 top new artist award, the singer/songwriter collected 10 No. 1s on Country Songs through 1991, including the Dolly Parton duet "Rockin' Years." The Grit, Virginia-raised Shelton retired from touring in 2006 and these days, according to his website, enjoys ... More RTV Newsflash

Dwight Yoakam was born in Pikeville, Ky., on Oct. 23, 1956, but spent a sizable portion of his youth in Ohio. Inspired by the Beatles and the Byrds, as well as the honky-tonk music of the area, he moved to Los Angeles in 1978 after years of rejection in Nashville. ... More RTV Newsflash

Martina McBride used to sell t-shirts on the road with Garth Brooks while her husband worked the tours as a lighting and sound technician but the McBrides left all that behind when Martina had her first smash with "My Baby Loves Me" in 1992. The Grammy-winning Kansas native's biggest hits ... More RTV Newsflash

Travis Tritt   With shoulder-length hair and a deep love for southern rock and outlaw country, Tritt's breakthrough hit was the unapologetically unsophisticated "Country Club" in late 1989. Although the Georgia native fancies himself an energetic country rocker, his biggest hits have ironically been his ballads. He topped the Hot Country ... More RTV Newsflash

LeAnn Rimes She was 13 years old when she arrived on the Country Songs chart in 1996 with "Blue," quickly drawing comparisons to Patsy Cline (for whom the song had been written decades earlier). Rimes, now 27, has notched twelve top 10s on Country Songs through 2006, and her career ... More RTV Newsflash

Kenny Chesney Rules, Taylor Swift Moves Up On Forbes’ Biggest Country Moneymakers List. We already know it's good to be a country music star. But Forbes has detailed the earnings of some of the biggest names in country music, based on touring, publishing royalties, album sales, and more, and made ... More RTV Newsflash

In addition to her acting ambitions, Jennette enjoys many activities including dance, karate, ice skating, piano, cooking, reading, writing, and watching movies. Her other talents and skills include roller blading, skateboarding, singing, baseball, basketball, and trampoline. She hopes to someday graduate from film school and dreams of turning her own ... More RTV Newsflash

Snow Patrol frontman forms alt-country supergroup.  Members of Snow Patrol, R.E.M., Belle & Sebastian, and more band together to record a country concept album. Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody has brought famous friends together for his Tired Pony project, musically inspired by alt-country heroes Wilco, Calexico, Lambchop and Smog.   The ... More RTV Newsflash

Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift Lead 2010 CMT Music Awards Nominees. Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum, and Jason Aldean lead the pack of nominees for the 2010 CMT Music Awards. They each scored three nominations each, including all appearing among the finalists for Video of the Year. Swift and Underwood also ... More RTV Newsflash