country strong

With all of her apperarances on award shows, TV shows and movies as of late as a vocalist, it was inevitable that some label somewhere would offer to sign Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow to a recording contract, like Atlantic Records has reportedly

The up-and-coming singer/songwriter scored his first two albums in the Top 20 sales this week thanks to a digital-only EP that works well as a stopgap between album number two and three. Find out how other artists fared on this week's rundown of the best-selling albums.

With the first 'major' relase of 2011, Steel Magnolia's self-titled debut finally made an appearance in stores last week and the duo was rewarded with a Top 10 debut on the SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart. The Grascals made a debut as well, where did they fall?

Country Strong was the #6 movie last week and looks to be a film that will remain on the charts for a while, thanks - mostly -  to the strong music found in the film.  This iTunes-exclusive soundtrack features 14 new songs.

With an amazing 477% sales increase, the sountrack from Country Strong has landed in the Top 10 of the SoundScan Hot 200 Albums sales chart this week.  Click the image above to find out how the rest of the top 20 country albums fared

Featuring 13 tracks, of which 12 are actually featured within the film, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the film Country Strong certainly could have been a total mess.  But it isn't as it features

The heart of all country music songs lies in the lyrics, the everyday relatable stories that ground the music in authenticity, even when the melodies change with the times. If you think your 'country strong' story would be a great song, find out how to enter the contest here.

Academy Award winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow (2002 Shakespeare In Love) will make her live country music singing debut in November when she performs "Country Strong," the titular song for her upcoming film of the same name, on the CMA Awards telecast.

The track listing for the soundtrack to the upcoming film Country Strong was released Today.  In addition to the cast recordings by Gwyneth Palthrow, Garret Hedlund, Leighton Meester and Tim McGraw are songs from Ronnie Dunn, Trace Adkins, Hank Jr