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Like it or not, Chris Young is country music's sexiest man

Well the ballots have been cast and the votes counted and this year's sexiest country man according to Country Weekly is Chris Young, whether you like it or not. 

Beauty and sex appeal is definitely in the eye of the beholder and it seems like no matter how sexy a man is to one person or a million people, there will always be those who don't agree. 

Heck, do you remember when Adam Levine was voted People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive last year? It was almost like the "grab your pitchforks" opening scene from Shrek when people started freaking out about it. 

Chris isn't too hard on the eyes, so I won't complain. 

Who would you liked to have seen make the cover? 

Exclusive: The Doobie Brothers reveal new lyric video for 'China Grove' featuring Chris Young

Yesterday, November 4, the Doobie Brothers released their new album "Southbound" featuring duets with some of today's biggest country music stars including Blake Shelton, Sara Evans, Toby Keith, the Zac Brown Band, and many more. 

One of the artists featured on the album was Chris Young who sang the band's classic China Grove with them. He recently told Billboard about working with the band, "The Doobie Brothers are one of those legendary bands that no matter your generation, you know their music and can't help but sing and groove along to every song."

"I met Chris in the studio when he came in to do his vocal on the song he's on," lead vocalist Tom Johnston says of Young. "He's a great guy. I had a good time chatting with him and getting to know him."

Check out the new lyric video Chris and the Doobie's recently released for China Grove. 

 

Far from being a tribute album, "Southbound" is a collaborative effort that brings together the top names in the country format with current band members Tom Johnston, John McFee, and Patrick Simmons, as well as former Doobie Michael McDonald, who returns to the band for this project. “I’m humbled. I had no idea all these people were into the band,” says Johnston. “Everybody was giving equally of themselves to do this, and it was a collaborative effort. I was blown away.”

Fans can purchase "Southbound" in stores now and also on iTunes and Amazon.

Fans can also catch the Doobie Brothers when they perform on tonight's CMA Awards where they'll be performing with Jennifer Nettles, Hunter Hayes and Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum. The awards air live on ABC at 8 p.m. EST.

The Doobie Brothers, "Southbound" Track List:

"Black Water" with Zac Brown Band

"China Grove" with Chris Young

"Jesus Is Just Alright" with Casey James

"Listen to the Music" with Blake Shelton and Hunter Hayes on guitar

"Long Train Runnin'" with Toby Keith

"Nobody" with Charlie Worsham

"Rockin' Down the Highway" with Brad Paisley

"South City Midnight Lady" with Jerrod Niemann

"Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" with Tyler Farr

"Takin' It to the Streets" with Love and Theft

"What a Fool Believes" with Sara Evans

"You Belong to Me" with Amanda Sudano Ramirez of Johnnyswim, and Vince Gill on guitar

 

Chris Young announces overseas tour dates

RCA Records Nashville artist Chris Young is prepping his passport as he makes plans for his first shows in Germany while making his second visit to Australia and third trip to London and the UK to bring his 2015 A.M. WORLD TOUR to international audiences.  

The A.M World Tour will earn new stamps in Young’s passport as he heads to Australia, with headlining shows set for Melbourne (3/11/15), Sydney (3/13/15) and a return visit to CMC Rocks The Hunter Festival in Ipswich (3/14/15). While en-route to the land down under, Chris will take top-billing at Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii for his first full concert in the Aloha State. International fans can later catch the full throttle, hit-packed show with headlining stops in London (9/14/15) and Dublin (9/17/15) before making his inaugural run in Germany for dates in Munich (9/19/15), Cologne (9/20/15) and Berlin (9/22/15). Young will kick off the Fall 2015 run of shows with a two-night stint in Switzerland for the Gstaad Festival (9/11-12/15). Additional worldwide dates are expected to announce in the coming weeks.

The 29 year-old singer made his inaugural trip to the UK and Ireland in 2013 for the CMA Songwriters Series. That same year he made his CMC Rocks The Hunter debut. In 2014 Young made another trek across the pond for shows in London, Dublin, Stavanger, Oslo, Gotteborg and Stockholm. 2015 will mark his third consecutive year to share his show with international audiences.

Chris Young’s latest album A.M. has already yielded his Gold certified, sixth chart-topper “Who I Am With You” and Top 5 hit and Gold certified single “Aw Naw.” His latest hit, “Lonely Eyes,” is quickly climbing the charts. Join the conversation with Chris Young’s more than 2.2 million followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and get tickets to catch him on tour at www.chrisyoungcountry.com.

[Photo credit: Ben Enos]

Dierks Bentley apparently trying to start his own drone army

Dierks at his Miles & Music concert - photo via Twitter

Country stars are big on giving those who help them cool gifts. Miranda Lambert gave Carrie Underwood a motorcycle for helping out on their Something Bad duet and she gave Dierks Bentley an off road vehicle as an end of tour gift that he promptly got stuck in a tree. Rascal Flatts like to give out Jeeps and Luke Bryan once gave Jason Aldean a pretty sweet new (old) Bronco as a thank you. 

Over the weekend, Dierks Bentley held his latest Miles & Music for Kids bike ride and concert in Nashville and Chris Young, Jon Pardi, and Chase Rice were all there to take part. Before the show, Chris revealed the pretty cool gift all three got from Dierks as a thank you ... drones.

Chris also told ABC Radio that Dierks and Chase were betting Jon would be the first to crash his.

“We’re like, ‘I don’t know why, but we just have a gut feeling it’s gonna be you,'” Chris says, “so I don’t know if he’s too happy about that, but all of our money is on him crashing his into a tree or something in the next week.”

So I guess if you see drones flying over (and maybe crashing at) future Chris, Jon, or Chase concerts, you'll know who to blame. 

Chris Young's mom gives update after singer undergoes surgery

After canceling his Friday night autograph session due to accidentally cutting his left hand with a kitchen knife Thursday night, Chris Young ended up undergoing surgery in Nashville to repair damaged tendons. Unfortunately that meant that he also had to cancel his performance at LP Field Saturday night during CMA Music Fest. 

Chris Young cancels autograph session after late night kitchen incident

Ouch! 

Chris Young has been forced to cancel his scheduled autograph signing session today at CMA Music Festival after cutting his hand during a late night cooking accident. 

Following a fantastic night celebrating with over 500 fans at his annual fan club party, Chris Young returned home where he cut his left hand while cooking a late dinner. He was taken immediately to a Nashville-area hospital where doctors assessed his injury. As a result, Young is forced to cancel his planned four-hour fan autograph session scheduled for today during CMA Music Festival.

Young is expected to make a full recovery and return to the stage tomorrow night for his planned appearance at LP Field to play for tens of thousands of fans at CMA Music Festival in Nashville.

Chris’ latest single, “Who I Am With You,” from his recently released album A.M., is climbing the country radio charts as Young hits the road with Dierks Bentley on the RISER TOUR. For all the latest information on Chris Young, visit http://chrisyoungcountry.com/ and follow him on Twitter @ChrisYoungMusic.

Chris Young sets annual fan club party date

Chris Young’s Annual Fan Club Party has been set for Thursday, June 5^th in Nashville, Tennessee, just days before he celebrates his 29^th birthday.  Tickets for the exclusive event, including a VIP option for preferred seating, will go on sale at 7:00PM central TODAY, March 24^th to current and new fan club members. Click HERE to join Chris Young’s fan club and buy tickets to this year’s party. The celebration, now in its 13^th year, hits the water in 2014, as partygoers will be cruising on the General Jackson.

The boat will be rockin’ as every fan on board experiences the high-energy full band show and a personal meet and greet with Chris.  Tickets also include reserved seat, dinner buffet, and a gift.  As an added treat, students from the Nashville School of the Arts are providing entertainment during the cruise and will be featured as the opening act. 

Chris Young is celebrating the holidays with Celine Dion

Family is at the heart of RCA Records Nashville singer songwriter Chris Young's holiday traditions, and this year, he has the honor of celebrating family, as part of the 15th annual Home For The Holidays With Celine Dion. The special, which features inspirational stories about children adopted from foster care into loving families, will air Wednesday, Dec. 18 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. 

Chris Young heads across the pond for tour dates

November 20, 2013 - After making his inaugural trip to the UK and Ireland earlier this year for the CMA Songwriter’s Series with Kristian Bush and Brett James, RCA Records Nashville artist Chris Young is making plans for another hop across the pond in 2014 to perform back-to-back dates at the C2C Festival. On March 15 he’ll take the stage in Dublin, Ireland then travel to London, England on March 16 for the closing date of the festival.

Young will reunite with Bush and James before this year comes to a close for two intimate shows next month in Decatur, Georgia at Eddie’s Attic. Tickets are onsale HERE for the December 1 and 2 dates.

Just weeks after releasing his critically acclaimed new album, A.M., Young isn’t slowing down anytime soon.  His current single, “Aw Naw,” broke into the Top 3 on the country radio charts and he recently rejoined Brad Paisley for the fall leg of his Beat This Summer Tour. Young is also slated to present at the American Country Awards airing December 10 on FOX.

For all the latest information on Chris Young, visit http://chrisyoungcountry.com/ and follow him on Twitter @ChrisYoungMusic.