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James Johnston Takes Us Behind The Scenes On Video For ‘WE GREW UP ON’

debut single in 2021 ( RAISED LIKE THAT , which recently earned a Gold certification from ARIA), Johnston placed third in the 2009 series of Australian Idol , then made ... Factor Australia . Thus far in 2023, Johnston has also picked up three prestigious awards. He took home the ‘ Country Award ’ at this year’s Queensland Music Awards back

Willie Nelson To Be Inducted Into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

dual winner at the Grammy Awards, taking home the ‘Best Country Solo Performance’ award for Live Forever and Best Country Album for A Beautiful Time . A Beautiful Time ... Till The Day I Die . It also peaked at #8 on the Australian ARIA Country Albums Chart. Earlier this year, Nelson released his 73rd solo album, I Don't Know

Features / This Album Changed My Life

This Album Changed My Life: Hayley Jensen On Carrie Underwood’s ‘Storyteller’

ARIA Country Album Chart. Earlier this year, Hayley was nominated for ‘Female Artist of the Year’ at the Golden Guitar Awards . Her latest single, Bring

The Wolfe Brothers Announce Australian Tour Dates

ARIA Country Albums up until now. With a tally of six Golden Guitars sitting proudly on the mantlepiece they are now the most awarded country rock duo ever in Australia

Features / Music

The Countrytown & KIX Country Centre Stage Artist is Kirsty Lee Akers

music – Telstra Road To Discover (2006), Toyota Star Maker (2007) and a Golden Guitar Award (2008). She had success with her albums Little Things (2007), Better Days (2009), Naked ... ARIA Australian Album, and #29 all-genre ARIA Albums chart). In 2021, Akers took home her second Golden Guitar Award for her ‘Vocal Collaboration of the Year’ rendition of John

Photo of Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg & Norah Jones

Willie Nelson Celebrated His 90th Birthday With Snoop Dogg, Norah Jones & More

dual winner at the Grammy Awards, taking home the Best Country Solo Performance award for Live Forever and Best Country Album for A Beautiful Time , his tribute album ... Till The Day I Die . It also peaked at #8 on the Australian ARIA Country Albums Chart. Earlier this year, Nelson released his 73 rd solo album

Fanny Lumsden Announces Highly Anticipated Fourth Album ‘Hey Dawn’

follow up to 2020’s watershed Top 10, 5x Golden Guitar and ARIA Award-winning album Fallow . It will be accompanied by a national tour with her incredible band

Getting Over You By Kirsty Lee Akers - Song Of The Day

album proved a career-defining release across all charts (ARIA #1 Australian all genres, ARIA #1 Country). Released on April 15, WILD was the first album released through Kirsty ... music – Telstra Road To Discover (2006), Toyota Star Maker (2007) and a Golden Guitar Award (2008). Download Getting Over You here

Casey Barnes Wins His First APRA Music Award

Real ) and James Johnston ( RAISED LIKE THAT ). Started in 1982, the APRA Music Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honouring songwriters and publishers that have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding ... throughout the relevant period. ARIA Top 20 Australian Country Albums chart is also used to cross reference with Country Tracks chart. The 2023 APRA Music Awards were held on Thursday

Monday’s KIX Live Celebrates Andrew Swift & Friends

Country Heart (2018) and Kids On Cassette (2021) followed. The latter three were all ARIA Award nominated for ‘Best Country Album’. They have earned themselves a solid reputation for their ... ARIA Charts, and was nominated for ‘Best Country Album’ at the 2022 ARIA Awards. Embedded Content Cass Hopetoun Cass Hopetoun has been delighting fans with her varied and refreshing songbook

Features / Premiere

My Sister’s Blue Suitcase by Lisa De Angelis – Premiere

winner Catherine Britt. Lisa has also been the opening act and backing vocalist for ARIA Award nominee Amber Lawrence , while also being mentored by ARIA Award-winner Fanny

Morgan Wallen: 'I Am Unable To Sing'

After debuting at #4 upon release (3 March) and spending three weeks in the ARIA Albums Chart, Wallen’s new album, One Thing At A Time, made ... popular country music singer recently won the Country Music Artist Of The Year award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Accepting his award via video message while on his One Night

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