Megan Pacella

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are obviously doing something right. In addition to having their respective award-winning country music careers, the two bombshell country stars have now been invited to host the CMA awards a whopping five times. Luckily, the dynamic duo isn’t getting tired of hosting the awards show — in fact, they both admit to being really excited to host the 2012 CMA Awards.

It’s hardly been two days since Taylor Swift dropped her newest single, ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together,’ on us, but already the tune is breaking records. In a record-setting 50-minutes, Swift’s newest radio gold single had already hit No. 1 on iTunes, besting Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ for the fastest-selling single in iTunes history.

As summer begins to wind down, Jake Owen begins to think of anything he can to hold on to the feeling of warm days, lakeside afternoons and barefoot nights. In fact, Own loves summertime so much that he’s willing to put out new summer-themed songs — in September — that he hopes will help listeners hang onto the feeling of warm weather and vacation days all year round. The upcoming summery EP, appropriately called ‘Endless Summer,’ will hit the web and some retailers on Sept. 25.

Like a bad car wreck you just can’t turn away from, Miranda Lambert is officially hooked on the hit show ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo’ — but unfortunately, her husband Blake Shelton isn’t on the same page.

We’re not sure if Kelly Clarkson is trying to tease us by putting on smashing renditions of country classics, or if she just really loves the genre as much as we do. Clarkson once again proved that she has the chops to fully switch from pop music to country at will when she performed Trisha Yearwood‘s ‘Walkaway Joe’ this week.

Oh, to be young and in love. After news that Taylor Swift has been gallivanting around with Conor Kennedy began surfacing last week, rumor mills are now spinning a buzz that perhaps country music’s sweetheart thinks her current beau is ‘the one.’ Or at least, that’s what unnamed sources have been telling People Magazine.

If you know anything at all about Blake Shelton, you’re probably aware that the country crooner makes a lot of jokes. But thanks to a spoof of ‘The Voice‘ on ‘Sesame Street,’ Shelton is playing the fool this time. The short clip is made for a young audience, but we think it’s pretty hilarious for adults, too. Seeing the ‘Over’ hitmaker as a Muppet is just what the doctor ordered.

Las Vegas’ Venetian Hotel is said to be making an announcement this week about the biggest musical event in its history — and we think it’s safe to assume that they’ll be publicizing a Tim McGraw and Faith Hill residency in Sin City.

A lot of country music lovers might claim to be Luke Bryan‘s biggest fan, but 11-year-old Holly Horrell from Illinois probably gets the prize. Instead of taking a trip to Disney World or the beach with her family this summer, Holly begged her parents to take her to Leesburg, Ga., the home of — you guessed it — her favorite singer.

If you’ve been dying to get the details on Blake Shelton‘s upcoming Christmas album, the wait is almost over.

Taylor Swift has been uncharacteristically quiet on Twitter lately. It probably has something to do with the fact that she’s busy preparing to release a follow-up album to 2010′s ‘Speak Now,’ doing promotions for Cover Girl and attending awards shows. But even the super busy country music starlet took time out of her schedule to watch the 2012 Olympics and tweet in support of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team and 17-year-old Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin.

We can’t imagine Reba McEntire speaking with anything but a sweet southern drawl. But as it turns out, the iconic country star would love to try out a British accent for producers of ‘Downton Abbey.’ McEntire recently spilled that snagging a role on the hit PBS drama would be a dream come true for her.