• The 48^th annual ACM Awards just keep getting bigger!  George Strait and Garth Brooks are the most recent recipients of the Artist of the Decade award.  That award is being renamed the “ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award.”  And now in honor of longtime ACM producer, Dick Clark the two are coming together to perform a tribute to the media giant.  No word on what the performance will include, but Brooks says, “I commend the Academy on naming the ACM Artist of the Decade Award after Dick Clark.  Although there is no award the entertainment industry has that can match the magnitude of the star Dick Clark was, and still is, it is an honor to get to be a part of the Academy’s tribute to him.  There may be others who have contributed as much to the music industry, but there is definitely no one that has contributed more than Dick Clark.  He was music’s best friend, and a dear friend to me.”  You can catch the performance April 7^th on CBS.

• And the Pistol Annies are ready to release their sophomore album.  “Annie Up” will be released May 7^th and includes twelve tracks.  A few track titles include, “Hush Hush,” “Dear Sobriety,” and “Girls Like Us.”  The all girl trio hasn’t released the lead single...yet.  Check out the album cover and complete track listing at the Country Music Minute Blog.

Pistol Annies 'Annie Up' Track Listing

1. ‘I Feel a Sin Comin’ On’
2. ‘Hush Hush’
3. ‘Being Pretty Ain’t Pretty’
4. ‘Unhappily Married’
5. ‘Loved by a Workin’ Man’
6. ‘Blues, You’re a Buzz Kill’
7. ‘Don’t Talk About Him, Tina’
8. ‘Trading One Heartbreak for Another’
9. ‘Dear Sobriety’
10. ‘Damn Thing’
11. ‘Girls Like Us’
12. ‘I Hope You’re the End of My Story’

• Carrie Underwood has achieved number one for the 17^th time with “Two Black Cadillacs.”  Carrie co-wrote the song, making this her eighth number one as a songwriter.  And with that achievement, Underwood took to Twitter to announce the fourth single from her “Blown Away” album saying, “I am so excited to announce that, hopefully, your radios will soon be blasting ‘See You Again.’ I hope you are as happy as I am!”  Take a listen to the song and let us know what you think...

Carrie Underwood "See You Again"