Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood lead the nominations at his year’s Country Music Television (CMT) Awards.

Ashlee Simpson has fired back at American football fans who booed her Orange Bowl half-time performance last week, but she's sure it has nothing to do with how bad she was.

The Country Music Association Awards are set to move out of Nashville, Tennessee, for the first time in 39 years in 2005 when the prize-giving is transferred to New York city.