2017 ACM Awards: Predictions and Personal Picks
Brothers Osborne, Lori McKenna, Maren Morris, and Jon Pardi are already winners. Here are our predictions and picks for the rest of this year’s ACM ballot.
Brandy Clark
2017 ACM Award Nominations
The nominations have been announced for the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards.
2017 Grammy Awards: Staff Picks & Predictions
In preparation for tomorrow’s award ceremonies, here are the staff picks and predictions for the 2017 Grammy Awards.
Country Universe Favorites Dominate Nashville Scene’s Annual Critics’ Survey
Miranda Lambert, Brandy Clark, Margo Price, and Sturgill Simpson had the best albums of 2016, according to the annual Nashville Scene survey of country music critics.
Year-End Rodeo 2016: Individual Ballots
Lists of lists!
The Twenty Best Albums of 2016
Here’s a look at what the writers of Country Universe believe are the twenty best albums of 2016.
The Twenty Best Singles of 2016
Our Best of 2016 retrospective begins with a look at the year’s best singles.
A Country Music Conversation, Day 22: “Take a Little Pill” to “Wake Up Older”
Day 22 features tracks from Brandy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Randy Travis, Shania Twain, and Julie Roberts.
A Country Music Conversation, Day 15: “Love, Me” to “Mean”
Day 15 features tracks from Collin Raye, Miranda Lambert, Bobby Bare, Kip Moore, and Taylor Swift.
A Country Music Conversation, Day 7: “Even the Man in the Moon is Crying” to “Follow Your Arrow”
Day 7 features tracks from Mark Collie, Terri Clark, Reba McEntire, Pirates of the Mississippi, and Kacey Musgraves.