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The Grand Ole Opry’s newest member wraps 2017 as surprise guest for Garth Brooks’ sold-out show in Nashville Nashville, TN — December 20, 2017 — In a remarkable year full of career milestones, Chris Young counts his induction as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry at the top of his bucket list. After joining Jason Aldean as special guest on his “They Don’t Know Tour” throughout 2017, Chris played his final show of the year on Saturday night (12/16), surprising a sold-out hometown crowd at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena with an acoustic performance before reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, Garth Brooks, took the stage. The banner year included the release of his highly anticipated seventh studio album,  Losing Sleep , his third record in less than two years and second consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart. Earlier this month, the title track from Chris’ chart-topping album was officially certified GOLD by the RIAA, hitting the 500,0

Nominations Announced for the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ceremony Will Be Simulcast Live on Sunday, January 21, 2018, on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. (ET)/5 p.m. (PT) The complete list of 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations follows this notice. The  24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®  presented by SAG-AFTRA with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC is produced by Avalon Harbor Entertainment, Inc. and will be  simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT) . TNT & TBS subscribers can also watch the SAG Awards live through the networks' websites and mobile apps. In addition, TNT will present a special encore of the ceremony at 11 p.m. (ET)/8 p.m. (PT) that same evening. Prior to the televised ceremony, the honorees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles will be a

“Light It Up,” written by Luke and Brad Tursi, is the follow up to “Fast” which tallied as Luke’s 18 th career No. 1 single and made  Billboard  chart history when he became the only  artist in the 27-year history of the  Billboard  Country Airplay chart to garner six No. 1 singles from one album.   Luke began his album launch week  with a performance at the 40 th  Annual Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, D.C. in honor of his good friend and idol Lionel Richie, who was among the five 2017 icons recognized for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. The show will air on Dec. 26, 9/8CT on CBS.  On Friday, Luke performed two songs from his  What Makes You Country  album on  Good Morning America  live from Opry City Stage in the heart of Times Square and sang the title track on  The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.  Tomorrow Luke will perform “Most People Are Good” on  The Ellen DeGeneres Show .   Luke made his first stop in New York City at Lennox Hill H

Photo L-R:  Andy Elliott - Pearl Records, Glenn Noblit - Pearl Records, Hilary Hoover - Pearl Records, Lesly Simon - Pearl Records, Mitch Rossell - Songwriter, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Mandy McCormack - Pearl Records, Chris Waters - Pearl Records.  Nashville, TN - Dec. 11, 2017 - CMA “Entertainer Of The Year” Garth Brooks celebrated topping the charts on Saturday night (12/9) ahead of his first show of seven at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Brooks celebrated with industry friends and his team including Pearl Records, CMA, CRB, ASCAP, BMI, Ticketmaster and Amazon Music who helped host the party. Brooks' poignant and “romantic power ballad” ( LA Times ), “Ask Me How I Know” hit the the top spot last week on both the Billboard and Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country Airplay charts and is also Brooks' most streamed #1 single on Amazon Music Unlimited. The track is Brooks’ 20th No. One and the first songwriting cut by newcomer Mitch Rossell.  Brooks' stint in Nashvill

LOS ANGELES — After winning Season 4 of NBC’s  The Voice  in 2013, Danielle Bradbery found success, yet she still felt like she needed to find her own identity. Wanting to take hold of the creative process on her next project, she took four years to hone her writing skills and come into her own. The Texas-native showed that transformative sound when she  returned to its stage  for a live performance of her album cut,  “Worth It,”  in celebration of her BMLG Records sophomore album,   I DON’T BELIEVE WE’VE MET , that NPR calls “a significant, and successful, reinvention captured in a taut 10 tracks,” available now.  “I am so thankful to everyone at  The Voice  and to all the incredible fans that have supported me along the way. They have stuck with me all this time and it’s incredible,” explained Bradbery. “I had some growing up to do since I won, so it was amazing to return where it all started for me, to show everyone how much I’ve grown, and what I’ve been up to.” A stark di