Lionel Richie

The show's producers sketched out how Season 18 will look and operate.

"I couldn't have asked for a better mentor."

What? Why? Because it's funny, that's why!! Watching these two try to keep a straight face is hilarious!!!

With a long and mega-successful career, you would think that Lionel Richie would have been nominated for practically every music award there is by now. But in the short time since he crossed over into the country side of things, Richie hasn't been formally honored for his work -- until now, that is. This year, the 'Just for You' hitmaker received his first ever CMA Awards nomination.

Reports from Nielsen SoundScan, a company that tracks music sales in the U.S. are in! For the first half of 2012 Country album sales have increased by about 1 million units over those for the same period last year.  Country albums made a jump from 18...

Darius Rucker is just one of the artists that will duet with Lionel Richie at the 2011 CMA Awards. He’s one of the many country artists that joined Richie to sing some of his classic hits on his upcoming ‘Tuskegee’ album that is scheduled to be released in March.