CMT News in Brief

A series of syndicated radio programs recorded by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys will be released in a 10-CD boxed set on Jan. 27 by Collectors' Choice Music.

Country music again tops the pop albums chart, thanks to Taylor Swift, who sold 592,000 copies of her second album, Fearless, during its first week of release to debut at No. 1 on Billboard's count...

Julianne Hough and Cody Linley (from Hannah Montana) are the latest couple voted off ABC's Dancing With the Stars.

A kick-off party for Project Paper Doll, an effort to help raise money for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, was held Monday evening (Nov. 17) in the hospital's theater.

Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora says the band's new project will sound different than their 2007 album, Lost Highway, which was recorded in Nashville.

Charlie Daniels, Patty Loveless and former Lonestar vocalist Richie McDonald will be signing autographs this week at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.

Earl Scruggs' first solo headlining concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium has been released on CD by Rounder Records.

Blake Shelton and newcomer Randy Houser released new country albums on Tuesday (Nov. 18).

Clint Black is suing his manager and accountant, Charlie Sussman, over a dispute involving the independent record label, Equity Records, according to The City Paper, a Nashville newspaper.

Jewel will be selling copies of her first country album, Perfectly Clear, for a minimum $1 donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.