"Women are the cornerstone of country music." Leslie Fram, CMT's award-winning senior vice president of music strategy, stated this in January 2013 upon announcing the music network and country ...

CMT’s Next Women of Country franchise, launched in 2013, has selected its class of 2025, naming seven burgeoning female country artists to the latest edition. The Class of 2025 is Alexandra Kay, Dasha ...

This year's class of rising stars was introduced during a showcase co-hosted by CMT’s Leslie Fram and singer-songwriter Kimberly Perry. By Ashley Cullins Senior Business Editor CMT introduced the 14 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country icon Loretta Lynn doesn't mince words when it comes to CMT's decision to honor all-female artists, including Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and more, at its annual ...

In its tenth year, CMT's Next Women of Country program will honor an unprecedented 16 acts. At downtown Nashville's City Winery, the 2023 class -- featuring top 20 country charting artist Megan ...

CMT pledged Monday that 50% of its music video airplay would be dedicated to female artists. The change takes place immediately, a statement from the network said. CMT previously played 40% women and ...

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. MT revealed its 2016 "Next Women of ...

CMT is changing their Artists of the Year show to honor only women, including Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris, Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big ...

The lineup yesterday morning on CMT could not have looked more different than what was queued up at most country radio stations across America: In the network’s morning bloc were videos from Pistol ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country icon Loretta Lynn ...