The CMT 2021 Artist of the Year event goes down tonight at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, celebrating Chris Stapleton, Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, and Luke Combs.

The network notes these five artists “collectively dominated the last 12 months in country music, leading across all CMT platforms, scoring chart-topping albums and singles, while simultaneously finding creative ways to connect with fans and meet the personal and professional challenges posed by the pandemic.”

In addition, Mickey Guyton will be honored as Breakout Artist of the Year, while Randy Travis will be honored as CMT Artist of a Lifetime, with Garth Brooks and Jon Pardi set to pay tribute to the legendary artist.

The night will include solo performances by Gabby, Kane, and Luke, with Kelsea performing with the Jonas Brothers remotely from the band’s “Remember This” tour. Chris will be celebrated with a never-before-seen collaboration between Boyz II Men and Pentatonix’s Kevin Olosula, while Mickey, will team with Yola on stage.

The night will also feature Walker Hayes treating fans to the first-ever award show performance of his smash hit “Fancy Like.”

The CMT 2021 Artist of the Year airs 9 pm on CMT.

This weekend marked the 10^th anniversary of Toby Keith’s hit song “Red Solo Cup” and he marked the milestone on social media. “Today marks 10 years of raising our red solo cups to this song!,” he shared on Insta next to a video of him performing the track. “Proceed to party.” Check it out here.

The CMT Artist of the Year special goes down Wednesday in Nashville, and the network just announced the artists confirmed to perform this year.

In addition to solo performances from this year’s honorees, Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown, and Luke Combs, honoree Kelsea Ballerini will perform with the Jonas Brothers remotely from the band’s “Remember This” Tour. This year’s remaining Artist of the Year honoree Chris Stapleton will be celebrated with a never-before-seen collaboration between Boyz II Men and Pentatonix’s Kevin Olosula.

But that’s not all. Mickey Guyton, this year’s Breakout Artist of the Year, will team with Yola on stage, and Walker Hayes will treat fans to the first-ever award show performance of his smash hit “Fancy Like.”

CMT’s 2021 Artist of the Year special airs Wednesday at 9 pm from Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

Source: CMT

Reba McEntire’s three-part box set, “REVIVED REMIXED REVISTED,” is out now, featuring reimagined versions of some of her classic songs, and she’s “thrilled” with how it came out.

“You know, listening to the three versions of the songs that I have recorded in the past, I have performed on stage, now listening to the dance mix,” she says, “it’s like, ‘Wow, that’s weird!’ Or it’s like, ‘Wow, get up and dance.’ Or ‘I never would have picked that song to be a dance remix until now.’”

She adds, “They did a great job. I’m just so thrilled with it,” noting, “I love them.”

• Meanwhile, to help promote the set, Reba shared a video where she chats with three different versions of herself, a “revived,” “remixed” and “revisited” version.
• ONE MORE THING! The album features Reba’s first-ever duet with her good friend Dolly Parton on ”Does He Love You,” and she can’t believe it’s taken this long for it to happen. “I’m shell shocked. How have we not done one?,” she tells Billboard. “Every time I’d hear Dolly doing a duet with somebody else, I would get a little sad or a little jealous, like, ‘I want to do a duet with Dolly.’” She adds, “Everything happens for a reason and timing is everything. So it worked out perfectly.”

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