This week, multi-platinum artist Gary Allan released Set You Free on MCA Nashville (available now on iTunes), marking his ninth studio album. The album catapulted to #1 on the iTunes (all genre) Album Chart this morning. It’s Allan’s highest debut on iTunes to date. The lead single “Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)” has already sold over 700,000 downloads, has been certified gold and is quickly approaching platinum. The song blazed a fire fueled trail up the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart and shows promise of being Allan’s fifth #1 hit. The album (originally slated for a March release) w...

The ultimate country music collection features today's hottest hits from country music superstars Sugarland, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Trace Adkins, George Strait, Reba and many more!

The world's best selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, is releasing the highly anticipated compilation of today's hottest country hits on August 26. NOW That's What I Call Country will feature 20 hit songs from the superstars of country music as well as the best new artists in the format. This collection contains 15 Top-5 singles...

Happy Birthday to "Malcolm in the Middle" star Frankie Muniz (1985), comedienne Margaret Cho (1968), country singer Gary Allan (1967), Goo Goo Doll John Rzeznik (1965), actress and 80s hottie Morgan Brittany (1951), singer/songwriter Jim Messina (1947), Spanish tenor Jose Carreras (1946), American singer Little Richard (1932), film director Otto Preminger (1906; d. 1986), animator Walt Disney (1901; cryogenically frozen, 1966), Metropolis director Fritz Lang (1890; d. 1976), American general George Armstrong Custer (1839; d. 1876), and 8th President of the United States Martin Van Buren (17...

Chris Brown has ended hip-hop sensation Soulja Boy's reign at the top of the U.S. pop charts with his new song Kiss Kiss. Brown's collaboration with rapper T-Pain has toppled Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy), which spent seven weeks at number one.

Soulja Boy's hit falls to three on the new countdown, while Timbaland's Apologize climbs to two.

Country star Gary Allan claims the highest debut on the new chart with his Watching Airplanes, which enters at 89.

In other U.S. singles charts, Foo Fighters' The Pretender claims an 11th week atop the Modern Rock countdown, while Co...

Carrie Underwood has put rumours her ex is now dating Britney Spears behind her by claiming the top spot on the new albums chart. It's a great week for country music on the Billboard 200 - the top three albums are all debuts from country acts.

American Idol winner Underwood's Carnival Ride scores the singer the biggest sales week for a female country act in three years, with 527,000 copies sold - more than 400,000 more than bluegrass star Alison Krauss' Raising Sand collaboration with rocker Robert Plant, which debuts in second place.

Singer Gary Allan comes in third with his new ...

It's raw and emotional. It's freight-train-to-nowhere lonely. It's hard-rockin', no-apologies country music that has traded in its twang for a gravelly growl millions of fans recognize as the voice of Gary Allan. And with Living Hard, his latest release from MCA Nashville, Allan once again proves that, though times may change, the thread of truth at the center of his music remains the same.

"I think the fans are gonna feel that this record is different," he says, "but the most important thing is that what I do is authentic. I've never pushed for a certain image. I've just always ...

Dead rapper Notorious B.I.G. is back at the top of the U.S. album chart after taking his new Greatest Hits package to number one. The slain rap star latest release debuts at the top with opening week sales of 99,000.

The latest number one, Biggie's third, coincides with the 10th anniversary of his death and comes in 7,000 sales ahead of Canadian rockers Arcade Fire's number two debut Neon Bible. Also debuting in the top five is country star Gary Allan's Greatest Hits, which bows at five with 70,000 sales.

In a good week for new releases, Relient K and Korn also enter the top 10 ...

Happy Birthday to "Malcolm in the Middle" star Frankie Muniz (1985), comedienne Margaret Cho (1968), country singer Gary Allan (1967), Goo Goo Doll John Rzeznik (1965), actress and 80s hottie Morgan Brittany (1951), singer/songwriter Jim Messina (1947), Spanish tenor Jose Carreras (1946), American singer Little Richard (1932), film director Otto Preminger (1906; d. 1986), animator Walt Disney (1901; cryogenically frozen, 1966), Metropolis director Fritz Lang (1890; d. 1976), American general George Armstrong Custer (1839; d. 1876), and 8th President of the United States Martin Van Buren (17...

Heart-warming stories and riveting musical performances are the heart and soul of summer's hot TV special "CMA Music Festival: Country Music's Biggest Party," which airs Monday, July 24 (9:00-11:00 PM/ET) on ABC.

Added to the list of artists appearing on the special are Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Gary Allan, Dierks Bentley, Sara Evans and Miranda Lambert. Several of today's top hit makers are already scheduled to perform including Brooks & Dunn, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and Hank Williams Jr. Additional artists will be announced soon.

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Happy Birthday to "Malcolm in the Middle" star Frankie Muniz (1985), comedienne Margaret Cho (1968), country singer Gary Allan (1967), Goo Goo Doll John Rzeznik (1965), actress and 80s hottie Morgan Brittany (1951), singer/songwriter Jim Messina (1947), Spanish tenor Jose Carreras (1946), guitarist JJ Cale (1938), American singer Little Richard (1932), film director Otto Preminger (1906; d. 1986), animator Walt Disney (1901; d. 1966), Metropolis director Fritz Lang (1890; d. 1976), American general George Armstrong Custer (1839; d. 1876), and 8th President of the United States Martin Van Bu...