As the Battle Rounds portion of Season 12 of The Voice gets underway, a new outtake video has been released showing a few of the funny moments that didn’t make the show. The video counts down the “Top 10 moments you didn’t see” on the current season, including several clips highlighting the well-known banter between Blake Shelton and his team’s advisor, Luke Bryan. The video can be seen here.
On this day in 1996, Patty Loveless landed another #1 single with “You Can Feel Bad”. The song was released as her first single from her album The Trouble with the Truth.
The song also hit #1 on the RPM Canada Country Tracks chart and ended the year at #8 on the Billboard US Country Songs chart.
Josh Turner is back.
After a five-year wait between albums, his sixth studio album, Deep South, debuted this week at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
Josh said, “I’ve lived a lot of life since the release of my last album and I’ve learned a lot during the making of this album. I have grown as a writer and as an artist.”
He adds, “It’s been cool to see this culmination of life and lessons and age boiled down into this project and I am really proud of Deep South.”
Turner’s last album, Punching Bag, was released in June 2012. The album hit #1 on the charts but didn’t produce a #1 hit. His last #1 single was “All Over Me” in 2010.
Jason Aldean and his wife, Brittany Kerr, both took to social media yesterday (3/21) to share special messages for each other on their two year anniversary. Jason posted a picture of the two sharing a kiss at their beachfront wedding in Mexico, along with the caption, “Happy 2 year Anniversary to my baby! Blessed to get to spend my life with my best friend.” Meanwhile, Kerr shared a sweet video that was filled highlights from their big day. Brittany later shared a picture of her and Jason eating oysters while “pretending we are at the beach!”
On this day in 1996, Shania Twain’s The Woman In Me was #1 on the Country Albums chart. The album produced six singles, three of which hit #1 on the Hot Country Singles chart, “No One Needs to Know”, “Any Man of Mine”, and “You Win My Love”.
The Woman in Me is Twain’s second studio album and has gone on to be Certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are releasing a new duet single, “Speak to a Girl,” this Thursday (3/23). The single will impact country radio at 5 PM ET and will be available to download and stream shortly after that. Adding to the excitement, Tim and Faith are also set to give the world television premiere of “Speak to a Girl” on the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards on April 2.
· “Speak to a Girl” is the lead single from the couple’s first joint album that will be released by Sony Music Entertainment later this year.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an emergency alert mistakenly was sent to some wireless phones in eastern Iowa and Polk County.
The message sent around 7:30 p.m. Monday read, “Civil Emergency in this area until 8:45 p.m. EDT” and “Take Shelter Now Polk-County.”
But there was no emergency.
A news release from Johnson County Emergency Management says the message was supposed to be a follow-up on a missing person from Johnson County. The message system vendor is investigating how and why the erroneous message was sent and how it reached Polk County towers.
Kansas City, Mo.–The basketball gods evened the score in the most cruel way imaginable Monday as the William Penn men’s basketball team gave up a large lead and eventually fell 83-82 in overtime to Texas Wesleyan in the semifinals of the NAIA Division I National Championships.
Duer bracket champion WPU (33-4), which overcame an 18-point deficit two nights earlier to reach the semifinals, itself fell victim to a double-digit comeback Monday. The program, which also saw the only other remaining top seed LSU Alexandria be eliminated by Life in the night’s first contest, came one win shy of reaching its second-ever national title game. The team’s 33 wins are the second-most in program history; many other records and superlatives will also define the season.
The Statesmen went to overtime for the third time this year (entered 2-0) and first time in the postseason since the 2013-2014 year (also won), but Monday did not continue the theme of happy endings.
William Penn led by three at 82-79 with 19.7 seconds left in the extra session, but the Rams (28-7), winners of the Liston bracket, scored a quick layup and took advantage of a missed free throw by Lionel Ellison (Sr., New Orleans, La., Kinesiology). TWU then sprinted down the court and Dion Rogers knocked the eventual game winner with two seconds left. Unfortunately, the navy and gold failed to get off an answer before the buzzer sounded and its campaign suffered an abrupt conclusion.
The Statesmen, who outshot the Rams 47.7{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b}-34.6{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b}, were on fire throughout the first half (51.6{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b}, led 40-30 at intermission) and also for a few minutes of the second stanza as they built a 51-35 edge with 16:22 left in regulation. The 16-point edge seemed fairly safe, but Texas Wesleyan was not going to be an easy out and rallied all the way back with a 22-6 run to knot the game at 57-57 with 9:29 remaining.
The advantage switched hands seven times (also six ties) in the game, mostly during the waning minutes. Down 72-68 with 3:13 on the clock, William Penn closed on a 7-3 run to force OT. Ellison hit a trifecta at the top of the key to tie the score at 75-75, and neither side could add another point in the final minute.
The Statesmen scored first in additional play on a Jarvis Haywood (Sr., Charlotte, N.C., Business Management) three-pointer, one of four for him. The Rams then matched them at 78-78, but for all but two seconds of the overtime, WPU was on top.
Trying to preserve his team’s 80-79 edge in the final minute, Kevin Smith (Sr., Baltimore, Md., Physical Education) notched his third steal of the night and was fouled with 20 seconds remaining. The senior connected on both throws to extend the margin. Unfortunately, as already told above, the Rams had the last say, taking Statesmen Nation across the spectrum of emotions in mere seconds.
Torren Jones (Sr., Chandler, Ariz., Sociology), who finished with one last massive double-double (his 28th of the season) of 19 points and 18 rebounds, was double and triple-teamed by Ram defenders all night, so his teammates were needed to pick up some slack.
Haywood was one who took on the challenge, guiding WPU with 22 points (12 in first half) on 9-for-14 shooting.
Smith matched Jones with a double-double of 16 points and 10 assists in addition to six rebounds and the trio of thefts. Fellow point guard Ellison also had a stout stat line with nine points, seven assists, and four steals.
Charles Knowles (Sr., Chicago, Ill., Physical Education) and Jeremy Postell (Sr., Atlanta, Ga., Sociology) both contributed six points as well.
The huge shooting edge unfortunately could not lift the Statesmen as rebounding and turnovers doomed the squad. WPU was outrebounded 48-44, including a 17-6 mark in offensive boards that resulted in TWU holding a 13-2 advantage in second-chance points. The navy and gold also committed 22 turnovers (16 for the Rams); the two situations led to Texas Wesleyan taking 13 more shots than WPU.
Foul trouble was again a thorn in William Penn’s side, but not near as bad as in its quarterfinal game. The Statesmen were whistled for eight more infractions, leading TWU to go 20-for-27 at the charity stripe, while William Penn was just 11-for-15. Jones fouled out in the last few two minutes of overtime.
Both teams hit nine long balls.
“We had three goals this year–to win the regular season conference title, the conference tournament title, and the national title,” Head Coach John Henry said. “To have achieved two of those and to have reached the national semifinals is a tremendous accomplishment. We are all heartbroken over this loss, but one day we will recognize what we did this year.”
The loss ends the collegiate careers of Ellison, Kordario Fleming (Sr., Memphis, Tenn., Physical Education), Haywood, Jones, Knowles, Postell, Smith, and Rufus Williams (Sr., Tuscaloosa, Ala., Physical Education).
Story provided by Wade Steinlage
On this day in 1993, George Strait landed his 23rd Billboard #1 single of his career with “Heartland”. The song was released as the second single from his album Pure Country. The album was a soundtrack for the movie of the same name.
With the help of “Heartland” and other songs, the album became Strait’s most commercially successful album, having sold over six million copies.
Frankie Ballard is sharing more details about his surprise wedding to Christina Murphy in Bee Cave, Texas, on March 12. Frankie tells People that the two wanted to keep the ceremony close to Christina’s hometown of Austin to make sure that all of her grandparents could attend. Ballard also says that Murphy’s late father, Mike Murphy, was honored throughout their wedding day. He says, “It was very difficult for Chrissy to walk down that aisle without him. She held tight to a handkerchief sewn from his favorite shirt.”
· As for his favorite wedding highlight, Frankie says, “The best moment was our 10 second smoocher right after ‘I do.'”
Ballard says of his bride, “She fills in all the gaps in my personality, and loves me in a way that makes my spirit dance. I now have the strength of 10 men, but at the same time, I’m humbled by such a pure gift from God.”
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