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There are ten country albums on the 2016 calendar and more than a dozen more planned, but not yet scheduled, plus those we just know are going to drop. Like Miranda Lambert? She has to release an album filled with emotional love and heartbreak songs this year, right?

Gary Allan, Big & Rich, Frankie Ballard and more top country artists have been added to the lineup at the 2016 Taste of Country Music Festival.

Five red-hot, rising country acts will usher in Christmas with a twang bang this fall. The fifth annual Taste of Country Christmas Tour features dates with Frankie Ballard, Chase Rice, Old Dominion, Canaan Smith and a Thousand Horses. Tickets go on sale this week.

We're not sure what made us laugh harder — hearing Frankie Ballard talk about scaring a sheep during a stage fall, or watching him get super excited about singing the Saved by the Bell theme song. In this video, he does both.

TGIF, indeed! Friday at 2015 Country Jam meant top-notch acts like Frankie Ballard, Thompson Square and, of course, Australia's Keith Urban, as well as several new faces. 100-degree weather did not scare any fans away, and it was another country-filled day at the longtime Colorado country festival.

Consider Country Jam Colorado the train that never runs out of steam.

Carrie Underwood returned to the stage for the first time since the birth of her son at the CMT Music Awards Wednesday night (June 10), but her most entertaining performance took place offstage.

Even though the CMT Awards are a little more casual of an awards show, that doesn't stop our favorite country stars from dressing in their very best. Country's finest showed up to the awards Wednesday night (June 10) looking country sexy -- but some looked a little better than others.

"The show must go on." We've heard that sentiment expressed in the music business many, many times over the years. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself why?

This is not your father's country music — and that's a good thing.