2nd Baby Girl For Justin Moore

Justin Moore and his wife, Kate, welcomed their second daughter, Kennedy Faye Moore, to the world yesterday. Kennedy was born in her father’s home state of Arkansas at 7:59AM. The seven pound, 18-and-a-half inches long beauty joins 21-month-old sister Ella Kole. Baby Kennedy will have the honor of receiving big-sister Ella’s hand-me-downs, which Justin is pretty excited about, “Now having a girl, and having another little girl, I’m like, ‘Yes! No new clothes for a while! We can make these last a while now’.” Justin just wrapped up touring with Miranda Lambert and was home for the birth. He’ll take the next few weeks off to spend time with his family. He'll tour next year with Blake Shelton. Oh, and if you're wondering about the name, Justin said, “Faye was my grandmother’s name, who passed away a couple of years ago, so we thought it would be a great way to remember her. And, we both just liked Kennedy.”

Dierks Bentley had a “surreal” moment, performing in Washington, D.C. on Monday as part of the one-hour TV special, Country Music: In Performance at the White House . Catch Dierks sing “Home” in what he calls “our nation’s ‘Home’,” when the show airs on PBS tomorrow. Dierks has also released a customizable version of the “Home” music video for fans to personalize with their own photos.

Re-Cap of the AMA

Taylor Swift won Artist of the Year at the 2011 American Music Awards last night. This is Taylor’s 10th career AMA and the second time she has won the Artist of the Year trophy. Taylor also won Favorite Country Album for Speak Now and Favorite Female Country Artist. Blake Shelton picked up the Favorite Male Country Artist award at the AMAs. Lady Antebellum won Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group. The Band Perry performed “If I Die Young,” and was nominated for the Sprint New Artist of the Year, but did not win.

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton have been pretty open when it comes to their relationship, however, the couple has stayed pretty quiet about how Blake popped the question. Miranda did divulge a few details last week on Chelsea Lately, though, revealing that it took place at their ranch and that she was wearing a camo jacket, which she joked, “tells you everything you need to know.” Also during the interview Miranda admitted she was so nervous about the release of her album, Four the Record, that she had fever blisters the week before it came out. Granted, she had nothing to worry about, because it – like her previous three albums – debuted at #1.

Alabama will reunite for more than a dozen concerts in 2012, band members Jeff Cook and Teddy Gentry confirmed. The first scheduled date takes place February 28th at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. "Alabama's agreed to do 15-20 shows next year, and possibly if that works out, we will do an overseas tour in 2013," Cook said. The three founding members are also planning to record a new album.

Got 60 Minutes This Weekend?

Taylor Swift is profiled on CBS’ 60 Minutes this Sunday. The singer speaks candidly about her fame, admitting that she thinks of a “million people” as she gets dressed in the morning. In terms of being a role model, Taylor says that it would be “really easy” for her to say, “I’m 21 now, I do what I want. You raise your kids.” However, she realizes that isn’t “the truth of it” and warns, “Every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation. So make your words count.”

Artists who perform or are featured on the CMA Awards each year usually see a boost in sales the week after the show, and this year was no different. The Band Perry, who picked up the Single, Song and New Artist trophies, saw their album sales jump 112-percent from the week before. Other artists that saw a sales increase post-CMA Awards include Thompson Square (+96%), Eric Church (+61%), Jason Aldean (+53%), Blake Shelton (+52%) and Sara Evans (+52%).

Glen Campbell’s 1975 album, Live in Japan, will be released worldwide for the first time on January 24th. Since its original release, the package has only been available overseas. It includes Glen’s own material along with select covers, including Conway Twitty’s “It’s Only Make Believe” and Paul Anka’s “My Way.”

Who Are Country's Sexiest Men?

If you can't get enough of Lady Antebellum after the great El Paso performance, catch the trio performing on next week’s Dancing With the Stars finale. Monday, the remaining three finalists and their partners will perform with the winner to be announced on Tuesday. The remaining three finalists on this season of Dancing With the Stars are talk show host Ricki Lake, reality TV personality Rob Kardashian and actor J.R. Martinez.

Bradley Cooper may have been named People’s 2011 Sexiest Man Alive, but Tim McGraw wasn’t far behind. The actor-singer is credited as one of the mag’s Sexiest Men Alive and tells the publication that he keeps fit by doing two-hundred push-ups and crunches a day. Also featured in the issue – which hits newsstands Friday – is LeAnn Rimes’ husband, actor Eddie Cibrian, who is in the section "25 Sexy Chests to Be Thankful For."

Trace Adkins has been voted as “Country’s Sexiest Man” by readers of Country Weekly magazine. Trace will appear on the cover of the magazine set to hit newsstands on Friday. To thank his fans for the honor, the country star has made a live version of his next single, “Million Dollar View,” available for download on his website TraceAdkins.com through November. “Million Dollar View” is the follow-up to his Top-10 hit, “Just Fishin’,” from his album, Proud to Be Here. Trace will perform on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on December 7th.

What? No Video?

MIRANDA LAMBERT explains why fans everywhere are asking, “Will there be a music video for Miranda Lambert’s ‘Baggage Claim?’” Miranda says they’re skipping it and explains why, “We didn’t do a video for ‘Baggage Claim,’ umm, because the song is actually, was going so fast. It’s rising so fast, we really didn’t have time, by the time we got the video out the song would’ve been already in the Top 5. So, we just opted to skip it and do a video for the next single.” However, Miranda is coming to a television near you today as she performs “Baggage Claim” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live!

THE BAND PERRY, Justin Bieber, Cee Lo Green, Jennifer Hudson and more are set to come together in the nation’s capital for TNT’s annual Christmas in Washington special. The show will be hosted by Conan O’Brien and airs on Friday, December 16th at 8PM Eastern on TNT. Christmas in Washington is a holiday tradition benefiting the Children’s National Medical Center. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the event, which is attended each year by the President and First Lady and other Washington VIPs. The show will be taped at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, December 11th.

Kenny and Tim To Tour Together

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw will reunite for a 19-date stadium tour in 2012. Kenny took a small break at the end of his Goin’ Coastal tour and is ready to get back out on stage and in front of his fans. Kenny said, “I’m gonna be out there singing my heart out and trying to just do what I do. I’m working on music right now and I’m working on putting all the pieces together. I’ve had a little time off, so it’s starting to get exciting again and we know that we’re gonna go out and do what we love to do.” The Brothers of the Sun tour will be the first time in 10 years that the two country superstars have hit the road together. The tour will also feature Jake Owen and Kenny’s “You and Tequila” partner Grace Potter and her band, The Nocturnals. Brothers of the Sun kicks off June 2nd in Tampa, Florida.

David Nail is back and better than ever with his second album, The Sound of a Million Dreams, which is out today. The album takes its name from a song on the project that struck a particular chord with David. David said, “’Cause I think in, in essence, you know, it is the sound of a million dreams. There’s so many different moments that I’ve, imagining myself doing what I’m doing now and, and a lot of the song, you know, referencing songs from the past. You know, there’s so many different moments of my life. I kinda look back to questioning whether or not I would have this opportunity, and some song or some moment in my life caused me to suddenly believe that maybe there was a chance.” The record includes David’s current single, “Let it Rain” as well as the Keith Urban co-penned tune “Desiree,” which appeared on The Ranch album.

Miranda On TV Tonight

Last week may have been monumental for Miranda Lambert, who not only celebrated her 28th birthday, but she was also crowned the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year. How do you top that? Why make the TV rounds, of course. Miranda will perform “Baggage Claim” on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening. The tune appears on her Four the Record album, which also made history last week when it debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Miranda said, “It’s kinda crazy, you know, you, you hope when you get into this business that you can make history, and to actually see it happening is, it’s a dream come true. And, I’m, I’ve worked my butt off and it’s like, ‘Thank you, God. It’s payin’ off.’” Wednesday, Miranda will perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, before heading to Hollywood for ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! that night.

Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Taylor Swift were among the winners at the Billboard Touring Awards in New York City on Thursday night. Kenny was honored for top touring package for his Goin’ Coastal Tour with the Zac Brown Band, Uncle Kracker and Billy Currington, which sold 1.3-million-tickets this year. Jason claimed the Breakthrough category, and Taylor’s Speak Now World Tour earned the award for Concert Marketing and Promotion.