Peter Case, "HWY 62" (Omnivore)

Tim McGraw, "Damn Country Music" (Big Machine)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — CeeLo Green says "Heart Blanche," his first studio album of new music in five years, is only the beginning of what he has planned.

Facebook on Thursday made it easier to share music, introducing a new post format amid the boom in online streaming. A person listening to a song on a streaming site would click “share” and then “copy.” He or she would then paste it on Facebook, adding commentary if desired, and friends will see the post with options to hear the song. “We hope by making this experience better, artists will share more, friends will share and engage more, and music will become a better part of the Facebook experience overall,” Michael Cerda, director of product at Facebook — the world’s second most popular website after Google — wrote in a blog post.

The singer tops Forbes’ annual list with earnings of $135 million.

Little boy has the best reaction to hearing Adele’s single “Hello.”

The divorce of country music superstars Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert might be final, but it was Lambert who came out on top at Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards, copping a top prize while her ex went home empty-handed. Lambert, 31, accepting her record sixth consecutive female vocalist of the year award, made only a glancing reference to her very public breakup with Shelton, saying "I appreciate it. Earlier at the 49th annual CMAs, Shelton, 39, was a good sport, laughing heartily as hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood mined his summer divorce from Lambert for comic fodder.

NASHVILLE (Reuters) – The 2015 Country Music Association awards were handed out in Nashville on Wednesday in a live ABC television broadcast. …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music's top digital male artist Jason Aldean has returned to Spotify a year after pulling out of the streaming service over concerns about fair compensation.

Musical biopics about everyone from Oasis to Janice Joplin are in the pipe, helped by demand from streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon.

Musical biopics about everyone from Oasis to Janice Joplin are in the pipe, helped by demand from streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon.

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Tommy Overstreet, a country music artist who had several hits in the 1970s, has died at age 78.