CMT is once again set to honor today’s hottest country stars. The network announced that their annual “Artists of the Year” event will take place October 13th at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

The event honors the “top five country artists who collectively ruled the last 12 months in country music…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.”

Last year the Artist of the Year ceremony was shifted instead to honor Americans on the frontlines during the pandemic. Winners in 2019 included Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, and Thomas Rhett.

Randy Travis fans just got some new music. The legendary performer just released the previously unheard song, “Ain’t No Use,” from The Vault.

The song is featured on the special re-release of Randy’s debut album “Storms of Life (35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” which features three previously recorded and unreleased songs. The set drops September 24th.

Josh Turner is already in the holiday spirit. The singer is set to release the holiday album “King Sized Manger” on October 8th, followed by a holiday tour.

The new album will feature 11 tracks, including Christmas classics, and four original holiday tunes.

“Making a Christmas record can be a mighty daunting task for an artist,” says Turner. “We had a lot of fun throwing out all the preconceived notions of what a Christmas record should sound like,” noting, “In my opinion, it’s about the words and the heart and soul of how a song sounds. You don’t need jingle bells on a song to make it a Christmas song.”

Check out the track list below:

“Angels We Have Heard On High”
“What He’s Given Me” (Featuring Pat McLaughlin)
“King Size Manger”
“Joy To The World” (Featuring Rhonda Vincent)
“Soldier’s Gift”
“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” (Featuring The Turner Family)
“Go Tell It On The Mountain”
“Mele Kalikimaka My ‘Ohana” (Featuring Jake Shimabukuro and Ho’okena)*
“The First Nowell”
“Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town”
“Silent Night, Holy Night”

To support the album, Josh will head out on a 16-city “Holiday & The Hits” Tour that kicks off November 18th in Holland, Michigan, and wraps December 20th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Carrie Underwood will once again perform the opener of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, starting with the opening game September 12^th. Well, now she’s giving fans a little tease of what to expect.

Carrie shared a snippet of the opener, which has her singing “Waitin’ all day for Sunday night,” followed by various football images, including a clip of Tom Brady hoisting the Super Bowl trophy.

This is the ninth time Carrie has recorded the Sunday Night Football opener.

Check out the teaser HERE.

Earlier this year Zac Brown teased that Zac Brown Band’s new album is “the best album we ever made,” and now we finally have details about it.

The album, “The Comeback,” is set to drop October 15th, and will feature 15 tracks, including their latest single “Same Boat,” and previously released “Stubborn Pride,” featuring Marcus King. Also guesting on the record is jazz vocalist Gregory Porter on the song “Closer to Heaven.” “The Comeback” also features the just-released track “Slow Burn.”

“’The Comeback’ celebrates our collective resilience as a community,” Zac shares. “This music is about standing together and rediscovering our roots and what makes us human.” Check out the track list below and “Slow Burn”.

“Slow Burn”
“Out in the Middle”
“Wild Palomino”
“Us Against the World”
“Same Boat”
“Stubborn Pride” [feat. Marcus King]
“Fun Having Fun”
“The Comeback”
“Old Love Song”
“Any Day Now”
“Paradise Lost on Me”
“GA Clay”
“Love & Sunsets”
“Closer to Heaven [feat. Gregory Porter]
“Don’t Let Your Heart”