The colourful and sometimes controversial singer was twice ACM's Entertainer of the Year

“Country music’s biggest night” is clearly designed to showcase country at its best, and this year’s best looked like diverse collaborations, differing styles and a spectrum of stories united in the name of damn good music. But the question remains: Did it show country music as it is?

How fortunate, then, that crossroads are as country a symbol as you can get.

The country singer has been defending “Try That in a Small Town” in his performances, saying it has nothing to do with race.

A huge American country music star has denied his new song is “pro-lynching” after its video was banned due to claims it glorified vigilantism.

CMT pulled video on Monday, 4 days after its release