Carena Liptak

The top country album of 2026 so far is obvious. But there were several more projects that also had a heavy impact on what the genre looks like this year.

Health — especially mental health — is the most-cited reason for why artists are taking time off the road in 2026.

'Imagine That' is a guy's last-ditch effort to get his ex back, by any means necessary.

Parker McCollum cleared his calendar for the weekend as wife Hallie Ray Light went into labor.

Some of Jason Aldean's road crew were pretty vocal about their opposition to his song 'Try That in a Small Town.' Those people aren't on his payroll anymore.

"I don't think she meant to do it, man. I don't think she thought she was gonna hurt me. She thought I was indestructible."

'Now just taking stool softeners, which is giving me an urge to go to my mom's assisted living facility and play bingo with the gals,' Larry joked.

She sounds just like her mom.

Musgraves hasn't said anything about why the shows were canceled.

'I think that we should normalize people that truly know they don't wanna have kids,' Pearce reflects.