Based On A True Story…
''Based on a True Story...'' is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on March 26, 2013, through Warner Records, Warner Bros. Records, and debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. In a career best for Shelton at the time, nearly 200,000 copies of the album were sold in its first week. ''Based on a True Story...'' became the ninth best-selling album of 2013 in the US, earning Shelton a Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA on September 30, 2013. In 2016, ''Based on a True Story…'' was certified double-platinum by the RIAA. Five singles were released from ''Based on a True Story...'' The lead single, "Sure Be Cool If You Did", peaked at #1 on Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'''s Hot Country Songs chart, while the subsequent two singles, "Boys 'Round Here" and "Mine Would Be You", peaked at #2 on that chart. The final two singles, "Doin' What She Likes", and "My Eyes (Blake She ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blake Shelton
Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin (Blake Shelton song), Austin" from his Blake Shelton (album), self-titled debut album. "Austin" spent five weeks at number one on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. The now Platinum album, Platinum-certified debut album also produced two more top 20 entries ("All Over Me" and "Ol' Red"). His second and third albums, 2003's ''The Dreamer (Blake Shelton album), The Dreamer'' and 2004's ''Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill'', are gold and platinum, respectively. His fourth album, ''Pure BS'' (2007), was re-issued in 2008 with a cover version, cover of Michael Bublé's pop hit "Home (Michael Bublé song), Home" as one of the bonus tracks. His fifth album, ''Startin' Fires'' was released in November 2008. It was followed by the extended plays ''Hillbilly Bone'' and ''All About Tonight ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Double-platinum
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials (gold, platinum and diamond). The threshold required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater than others, may exist for different music media (for example: videos versus albums, singles, or music download). History The original gold and silver record awards were presented to artists by their own record companies to publicize their sales achiev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of ''American Idol'' in 2005, returning as a judge beginning with the twenty-third season. Underwood's first single, " Inside Your Heaven" (2005), made her the first-ever country artist to debut atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist to top the Hot 100 in the 2000s. Bolstered by further crossover singles " Jesus, Take the Wheel" and " Before He Cheats", Underwood's debut studio album, '' Some Hearts'' (2005), became the best-selling debut album of all time by a solo female country artist, was ranked by ''Billboard'' as the top country album of the 2000s, and won her three Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist. She followed it with '' Carnival Ride'' (2007), which sold over half a million copies in its first week and won two Grammy Awards. Her third studio album, '' Play On'' (2009), yielded the chart-top ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luke Bryan
Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality. Bryan is a five-time "Entertainer of the Year", being awarded by both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards, Country Music Association. In 2019, Bryan's 2013 album ''Crash My Party'' received the first Album of the Decade award from the Academy of Country Music. He is one of the world's List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists, with over 75 million records sold. Since 2018, Bryan has been a judge on the singing competition television show ''American Idol''. His first ten albums – ''I'll Stay Me'' (2007), ''Doin' My Thing'' (2009), ''Tailgates & Tanlines'' (2011), ''Crash My Party'' (2013), ''Spring Break...Here to Party'' (2013), ''Spring Break...Checkin' Out'' (2015), ''Kill the Lights (Luke Bryan album), Kill the Lights'' (2015), ''Farm Tour... Here's to the Farmer'' (2016), ''What Makes You ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jason Aldean
Jason Aldine Williams (born February 28, 1977), known professionally as Jason Aldean, is an American country music singer. Since 2005, he has been signed to BBR Music Group, Broken Bow Records, a record label for which he has released eleven albums and 40 singles. His 2010 album, ''My Kinda Party'', is certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His 2012 album ''Night Train (Jason Aldean album), Night Train'' is certified double-platinum, while his 2005 Jason Aldean (album), self-titled debut, 2007 album ''Relentless (Jason Aldean album), Relentless'', 2009 album ''Wide Open (Jason Aldean album), Wide Open'', and 2014 album ''Old Boots, New Dirt'' are all certified platinum. Aldean has received five Grammy Award nominations throughout his career, twice for Grammy Award for Best Country Album, Best Country Album. 27 of Aldean's 38 singles have reached #1 on either the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. In 2023, he released "Try T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Country Music Association Award For Entertainer Of The Year
The Country Music Association Awards is a major awards show in country music, with the highest honor being the award for Entertainer of the Year. It is the final award presented at the ceremony and recognizes the artist "displaying the greatest competence in all aspects of the entertainment field", with consideration to not only recorded performance but also "in-person performance, public acceptance, leadership, and overall contribution to country music" they have exhibited throughout the eligibility period. It is generally considered the highest competitive honor presented at the CMA Awards. The inaugural recipient of the award was Eddy Arnold in 1967, with Loretta Lynn becoming the first female winner in 1972, and Alabama (band), Alabama being the first group awarded in 1982. Garth Brooks holds the record for most wins in the category, with seven, while three-time recipient George Strait has a leading nineteen nominations. To date, Barbara Mandrell and Taylor Swift are the only ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Red River Blue
''Red River Blue'' is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on July 12, 2011, via Warner Bros. Records, and is Shelton's inaugural No. 1 album on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, debuting at the top spot on July 30, 2011. Four singles were released from the album: "Honey Bee", " God Gave Me You", " Drink on It", and " Over". All four singles peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' charts for Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay. "God Gave Me You" is a cover, written and originally recorded by Christian rock singer Dave Barnes. ''Red River Blue'''s title track is a duet with Shelton's then-wife and fellow country singer Miranda Lambert. ''Red River Blue'' earned Shelton his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Album, and "Honey Bee" earned him his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Solo Performance. "Over" earned him a second nomination in the latter category. Shelton's cover of "God Gave Me You" earned a Grammy A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Voice (American TV Series)
''The Voice'' is an American singing reality competition television series that premiered on NBC on April 26, 2011. Based on the original '' The Voice of Holland'' and part of ''The Voice'' franchise, it has aired 27 seasons and aims to find unsigned singing talent (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. Singers must be at least 13 years of age to compete. The winner is determined by television viewers voting by telephone, internet, SMS text, and iTunes Store purchases of the audio-recorded artists' vocal performances. They receive US$100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group for winning the competition. The winners of the twenty-seven seasons have been: Javier Colon, Jermaine Paul, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery, Tessanne Chin, Josh Kaufman, Craig Wayne Boyd, Sawyer Fredericks, Jordan Smith, Alisan Porter, Sundance Head, Chris Blue, Chloe Kohanski, Brynn Cartelli, Chevel Shepherd, Ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grammy Award For Best Country Solo Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo (vocal or instrumental) country recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only. The award combines the previous categories for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Instrumental Performance (if it is an instrumental solo performance). The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between male and female performances. Recipients Artists with multiple wins ;5 wins * Chris Stapleton ;2 wins * Carrie Underwood * Willie Nelson Artists with multiple nominations ;6 nominations * Miranda Lambert * Chris Stapleton ;5 nominations * Carrie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grammy Award For Best Country Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Country Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the country music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The award was first presented under the name of Best Country & Western Album in 1966 to Roger Miller for ''Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug'' and was discontinued the following year. In 1995 the category was revived and was presented as Best Country Album until 2025 before receiving its current denomination at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in 2026 alongside the debut of a sister category Best Traditional Country Album. This follows Beyoncé’s ''Cowboy C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the music industry in the United States, and thus the show is frequently called "music's biggest night". The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone, and the original idea was to call them the "Gramophone Awards". The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and are considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards with the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The 67th Annua ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |