Brad Paisley released his latest album “Moonshine in the Trunk” on 25 August to the great anticipation of his fans. Apart from his reputation as a country star, the first single, “River Bank”, paved the way for a successful release. Along with the album came the second single and power ballad “Perfect Storm”. Billboard describes the latter song as the words every woman wants to hear and every man wish he could say. In the first week 
of the album release it sold 53 000 copies. At this point Brad has 22 No. 1 singles and 19 of those songs he either wrote or co-wrote.
Brad has also been collaborating with America’s largest western and work wear store, Boot Barn. According to Jim Conroy, the chief executive officer for Boot Barn, it’s Brad’s authenticity that inspired them to come up with a clothing line in his style. In addition, Brad’s values are in the same place as those who purchase their clothes at Boot barn. The launch is called “Moonlight Spirit” and it includes boots and accessories. Brad will be in charge of the designs.
At the beginning of November Brad participated in the Emmy Award winning show “College GameDay Built by the Home Depot” where he was joined by host Chris Fowler. He is an avid Mountaineers fan and ESPN’s senior coordinating producer, Lee Fitting, related to the press that getting a celebrity guest such as Brad did wonders for the show.
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Along with Carrie Underwood, Brad just finished hosting the “48th Annual CMA Awards” that took place on the 5th of November. For the last seven years these two have been a hosting duet for this special occasion and their chemistry on stage has been praised by the fans and media alike. Leading up to the awards ceremony, they headed off to New York where they appeared on “The View” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers”. The monologue they performed is regarded as the most edgy in the time they have hosted the ceremony. They didn’t pull any punches and targeted politics, the Ebola virus and last but not least, Taylor Swift’s road to stardom.
Brad is currently busy with his “Country Nation World Tour”, which was original scheduled until the end of fall. But fans will be glad to know that he decided to extend the tour. Tickets are already available and some special guests will be joining him, such as Parmalee and Arista from the Stoney Creek Records family band in addition to the “Swon Brothers” duo.
On a silly note, Brad took part in a funny segment with Jimmy Kimmel soon after the CMA awards, reinforcing his known attribute for being funny. In the segment Brad was asked three very silly questions regarding his fear of certain appliances, the imaginary bunny he would like to have and why he doesn’t have a Wi-Fi password. Both Brad and Jimmy made it through the segment without so much as cracking a smile.
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Throughout the year Brad was an expert on “Rising Star”, a hit show for the ABC network, and he also contributed to the Disney movie entitled “Planes: Fire & Rescue”. His voice was used for a pick-up truck called “Bubba” and he recorded two songs for the soundtrack, namely “All In” and “Runaway Romance”.
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