Alanna Conaway

After dancing around the No. 1 position on the country singles chart over the past few weeks, Love and Theft finally have locked in the top slot with their hit song, ‘Angel Eyes.’

Love and Theft are on the brink of scoring their very first No. 1 single with ‘Angel Eyes,’ but the celebration has already started. The tune, which was written by Love and Theft’s Eric Gunderson (along with Eric Paslay and Jeff Coplan), has been certified gold for digital downloads exceeding 500,000 copies sold.

After the release of their highly-successful debut gospel album, the Bellamy Brothers are releasing yet another inspirational disc filled with 14 new songs. ‘Pray for Me’ is set to hit stores on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

Newcomer Jana Kramer‘s voice will soon be heard more than ever before, as the brown-haired ‘One Tree Hill’ star has signed on to sing the well-known Nationwide Insurance jingle, ‘On Your Side,’ in a new series of commercials.

In addition to having their first Top 5 hit, ‘(Kissed You) Good Night,’ which also recently went gold, country trio Gloriana is now celebrating their sophomore album’s impressive chart debut. ‘A Thousand Miles Left Behind’ came in at No. 2 on Billboard’s Country Album Chart and at No. 10 on Billboard’s all-genre Top 200 albums chart.

Bucky Covington fans have anxiously been counting down the days until the release of the singer’s sophomore album, ‘Good Guys,’ set to hit stores on Sept. 11. To give them a little something to hold them over, Covington has revealed the album cover artwork, as well as the list of which 12 tracks will complete the new project.

Lee Ann Womack is apparently looking for a new home after several years and several albums with long-time label Universal Music Group’s MCA Nashville division, according to Country Weekly.

As expected, the Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw trek, the Brothers of the Sun Tour, has surpassed the one million mark in ticket sales. The tour launched in June and has quickly become one of the summer’s hottest shows, regardless of genre. Pollstar recently named the tour as the highest-grossing trek of the summer, topping other big name artists including Roger Waters, Coldplay and the Dave Matthew

When the members of the Zac Brown Band throw a party, they really throw a party. Mix some good music with a healthy dose of southern cooking, and what do you get? The 2012 Southern Ground Music and Food Festival — a full-blown traveling music event, which will hit both Nashville and Charleston this September. ZBB announced the lineup for both stops this week.

Eli Young Band‘s lead vocalist, Mike Eli, is quickly gearing up for fatherhood. As Taste of Country reported back in March, the singer and his wife Kacey are expecting their first baby in August, so it makes sense that they’re tilling their brains looking for a name for their tiny son or daughter.

As he promised his fans, Wade Hayes has shifted gears to 100 percent music now that he has completed his chemo therapy for his stage IV colon cancer. The singer announced his battle with the disease late last year. The latest tune from Hayes — which he wrote about the emotional rollercoaster he went on from the early stages of his diagnosis — is called ‘Is It Already Time...

Dierks Bentley returns to the top of the country singles chart this week for hte 10th time in his career with his latest hit, ’5-1-5-0.’ The tune hit No. 1 on both the Billboard and Mediabase / Country Aircheck charts, after inching its way up through the Top 5 over the past few weeks.