
George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has died. He was 81.
Jack Greene, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star who earned fame with the hit "There Goes My Everything," has died in Nashville at 83.
They don't call him Chief for nothing: Eric Church is the top nominee at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards.

They don't call him "Chief" for nothing: Eric Church is the top nominee at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards.
Carrie Underwood will star in NBC's live broadcast of "The Sound of Music" late next year.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Oct. 29-Nov. 4. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
Winners of the 46th annual Country Music Association Awards presented Thursday night in Nashville:
It was couples night at the Country Music Association Awards as Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert capped an emotional evening with Shelton's first entertainer of the year award.
Winning the Country Music Association Awards' entertainer of the year is a top honor and always counted as a career high point. But for Blake Shelton it wasn't even the most memorable moment of an amazing Thursday night.