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 Posted by at 1:01 pm on September 11, 2024
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HCM Weekly Country Music News – December 12th, 2025

 Posted by at 1:59 pm on December 12, 2025
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This Week’s Country Music News and Videos

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Grand Ole Opry Member and Country Music Hall of Famer Charley Pride passed away due to complications from COVID-19
  • 2019 – Luke Combs picked up a bunch of hardware.  His album This One’s For You was certified Triple Platinum.  His song “Must’ve Never Met You” was certified Platinum, his single “She Got The Best Of Me” was certified Double Platinum, and his singles “Beautiful Crazy” and “When It Rains It Pours” were certified Quadruple Platinum
  • 2018 – Cole Swindell’s duet with Dierks Bentley “Flatliner” was certified Platinum
  • 2018 – Eli Young Band’s single “Crazy Girl” was certified Triple Platinum
  • 2011 – The Henningsens signed a record label deal with Sony Music Nashville
  • 1998 – Faith Hill scored a #1 hit with “Let Me Let Go”
  • 1996 – Clint Black received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • 1987 – Reba McEntire scored a #1 hit with “The Last One To Know”

Today’s Birthdays

  • Hank Williams III

Today’s New Albums

Today’s New Singles

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This Date in Country Music History – December 12th

 Posted by at 7:58 am on December 12, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Grand Ole Opry Member and Country Music Hall of Famer Charley Pride passed away due to complications from COVID-19
  • 2019 – Luke Combs picked up a bunch of hardware.  His album This One’s For You was certified Triple Platinum.  His song “Must’ve Never Met You” was certified Platinum, his single “She Got The Best Of Me” was certified Double Platinum, and his singles “Beautiful Crazy” and “When It Rains It Pours” were certified Quadruple Platinum
  • 2018 – Cole Swindell’s duet with Dierks Bentley “Flatliner” was certified Platinum
  • 2018 – Eli Young Band’s single “Crazy Girl” was certified Triple Platinum
  • 2011 – The Henningsens signed a record label deal with Sony Music Nashville
  • 1998 – Faith Hill scored a #1 hit with “Let Me Let Go”
  • 1996 – Clint Black received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • 1987 – Reba McEntire scored a #1 hit with “The Last One To Know”

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This Date in Country Music History – December 11th

 Posted by at 7:25 am on December 11, 2025
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Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Dustin Lynch released his duet “Chevrolet” with Jelly Roll
  • 2023 – Ashley Cooke released her single “Your Place”
  • 2019 – Loretta Lynn’s biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress
  • 2018 – Jaida Dreyer won the “Real Country” singing competition show on the USA Network that also featured Shania Twain, Travis Tritt, and Jake Owen as judges
  • 2015 – Cam released her debut album Untamed
  • 1999 – Brad Paisley scored his first career #1 hit with “He Didn’t Have To Be”

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This Date in Country Music History – December 9th

 Posted by at 6:47 am on December 9, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2017 – LANco scored a #1 hit with “Greatest Love Story”
  • 2017 – The Tim McGraw/Faith Hill duets album The Rest of Our Life topped the album charts
  • 2014 – Carrie Underwood released her two-disc Greatest Hits:  Decade #1
  • 1995 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “Tall, Tall Trees”
  • 1989 – Garth Brooks scored his first career #1 hit with “If Tomorrow Never Comes”

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This Date in Country Music History – December 8th

 Posted by at 7:28 am on December 8, 2025
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Jason Aldean

Jason Aldean

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2017 – Luke Bryan released his album What Makes You Country
  • 2014 – Jason Aldean’s album Old Boots, New Dirt was certified platinum
  • 1990 – George Strait topped the charts for the first of 5 weeks with his hit “I’ve Come To Expect It From You”
  • 1982 – Country Music Hall of Famer Marty Robbins died of a heart attack in Nashville

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