Mornings with KP

Megan Moroney and Jamey Johnson are teaming up for their "MOJO" charity benefit show in Alabama next month; Jon Pardi donates $40,000 to several Florida charities while on his Christmas tour; HARDY will announce this year's NYE Bash in Nashville with comedian Bert Kreischer

Michelle and Glen were seen together again, this time arm in arm during an event for Brad Pitt's new "F1" movie - are they dating?; Trace Adkins just announced his 30th anniversary tour - it's been almost 30 years since the release of his debut album!; Zac Brown Band finally spoke up about the "satanic ritual" controversy in Las Vegas

Happy Birthday to Randy Houser! He turns the big 5-0 today…let’s look back on some of Randy’s biggest hits

Awhhh yes, Honky Tonk Badonkadonk, it became a crossover smash hit with co-writer Trace Adkins in the 2000s. Before Randy had his breakthrough as an artist, he helped write some of our favorite songs in country music.

Back that thing up, he wrote this with Justin Moore back in 2008 - Randy moved to Nashville in the early 2000s, and it wasn’t until his songs “Anything Goes” and “How Country Feels” were released that he was recognized as a mainstream, country powerhouse.

This song really resonated with fans; it painted the picture of a small town and life’s simple pleasures - it’s kind of like Jason Aldean’s “She’s Country” - people just loved it.

Before this song, Randy was just “the guy who wrote hits for others” - not anymore!

Morgan Wallen is officially the highest-selling country artist of all time, and if we are looking on a global scale (with all genres), Morgan is third behind Taylor Swift and Drake; Ernest posts a funny video to socials explaining that he's writing a song for iconic country duo, Brooks & Dunn (after an 18-year hiatus)

Carrie Underwood had a surprise performance of "O Holy Night" at the Rolling Hills Community Church in Tennessee; Jessie Murph fans are concerned for her after "Hallelujah" performance at Jingle Ball; Kentucky man refuses to sell his 250 acre farm to an AI company - it's essentially the same storyline as Cody Johnson's song "Dirt Cheap" in real life!

By 2007, Carrie Underwood was more than just an American Idol star - she was one of the biggest female hitmakers in country music. Remember this song?

“All American Girl” was Carrie’s 7th career number one, the music video was so funny too - it was about a family who hoped for boy but instead welcomed a girl who grows up to be athletic, successful, and empowered. We got to see a different side to Carrie, it wasn’t about her powerful ballads anymore - we got to laugh at her wit and enjoy a story.

Some of my favorite music videos in country come from the late 2000s, and this song definitely matched the trend for creative and funny storytelling. The visual storytelling in the music video boosted the song’s popularity on Country Music Television and stayed on the Hot Country Songs chart for over 20 weeks!

Riley Green and Ella Langley just hit their second #1 together on the Billboard Country Airplay Chart with "Don't Mind If I Do," but could Riley be working on another female duet for 2026?; Garth Brooks may have an AI beard, fans call out a weird video on social media; Did Morgan Wallen use Facetune this week on Instagram?

KP was making fun of Tim McGraw's pants last week, well Tim says he doesn't care about the haters - he's been doing this music thing for a long time; Audrey McGraw made her acting debut on Paramount+ "Landman" and man can she SING!; Could Megan Moroney be teasing a collaboration with Brad Paisley for the 2026 'Cloud 9' album?

This song…it spent 50 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It was and still is iconic…let’s go back to 2018 when Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line broke our radios with “Meant To Be”

This song is one of the best-selling songs of all time, it dominated country radio, pop radio, and streaming playlists. And actually, Tyler Hubbard thought “Meant To Be” was pretty average when he wrote it

Side note, it was also the first time a female debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart - and country fans were not particularly happy with a pop artist taking this win…to them, it highlighted the gender imbalance problem still present today in country radio. Bebe Rexha’s success stood out because most female country artists were struggling to get country airplay all.

Megan Moroney's pre-sale was last week for the 2026 "Cloud 9" tour, but fans are not thrilled with the ticket queue lines or the prices - gone are the days of small venues for Megan; Pop singer Tate McRae is still getting backlash for her collaboration with Morgan Wallen, but she says she doesn't regret recording "What I Want."