Lists and ranks! Celebrities might not know it, but they are in a race to top lists and score the highest of ranks! And Maxim.com have decided to compile their own list of the Hottest Women of Country Music!
The list naturally contains new names like Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler.
The list also contains some of those Country Music heavy weights like Shania Twain, Faith Hill and Martina McBride.

Lil Wayne is making waves right now. In a New York City courtroom on Thursday, Lil Wayne just had the moment of truth. He pleaded guilty to weapons possession that was charged against him when the police found a loaded gun on hid tour bus back in July 2007. With this admission, Lil Wayne is facing up to one year in prison. He still needs to go back in court for another hearing on Dec. 15, but the sentencing is scheduled in February. And at the moment, Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, is free on $30,000 US bond.

Kanye West has abruptly canceled his scheduled American tour!
West and Lady Gaga were going to start an American tour on November 10th, but that's not going to happen anymore because Kanye wants some time off to grieve for his mother, who passed away back on 2007!

Jay-Z fans out there that have been waiting for the rapper’s Blueprint 3 album release don’t have to wait long. The original date of release is supposed to be on Sept 11, but due to some reasons it was pushed forward to Sept 8! That’s tomorrow!

I'm dazed and confused! I have one question: How can Robbie Williams top a list of pop stars while Michael Jackson, who is The King of Pop, comes in at No. 3?

Chris Brown’s face showed his gloom when his sentence was read out in the Los Angeles Superior Court under Judge Patricia Snegg. The sentence was given last Tuesday, 7 months after Chris Brown was arrested for beating Rihanna. Judge Snegg ordered Chris to five years’ probation and six months’ community labor. He must keep his distance from Rihanna for at least 90 meters; exception is when they are attending major music events. He will also have a year of domestic violence counselling program.

If he violates any of the terms of his sentence, he could be sent to state prison! I’m sure he doesn’t want to go there so he’d better behave!

Music icon Whitney Houston has been in some sort of hiding all these years.
She will release her new album 'I Look to You', her first in several years, later this month.
Whitney will also be giving her first interview in 7 years in September and who other than Oprah Winfrey gets the exclusivity of that?!

Steve Tyler is a great singer and no one can deny that Aerosmith are somewhat of a legend!
But Steve Tyler, who is 61 and kinda frail, thinks he's still 25 and as strong as a horse!
He got too excited at a concert in South Dakota the other night, jumped and danced and fell and hit his head and broke his shoulder! Ouch!

Paula Abdul has made it official; she's no more a judge on American Idol.
Paula revealed the news to her fans and to the world on her Twitter.

Eminem and Mariah Carey are at it again and things might get slightly ugly!
Eminem is threatening to release nude pictures of Mariah Carey! Ouch!

It's about time! Chris Brown finally released a video apologizing about his unacceptable behavior and assault of Rihanna back in February.
TMZ got their hands on it first!

If you live in The States and you happen to be a fan of Kanye West, you'll be happy to hear that Fuse TV is bringing you Kanye in all his glory right to your TV screen!
Mark the date: July 25th.

Will we see Paula Abdul as a judge, yet again, on the next American Idol?
The answer to that question is still unknown!
It all depends on the formulation of Paula's new contract.

Christopher Adam Daughtry, know to many as Chris Daughtry is an American Idol finalist, song writer, singer and composer. Chris didn’t win the title but he surely won the fans.
Just after American Idol, Chris created a group in which he is the lead singer known as Daughtry (I guess you already know that, right?) and they released their first album in November 21, 2006, 'Daughtry' and it was surely their breakthrough to fame.
It sold more the 4 million albums in the US and more than 5 million albums worldwide. Daughtry was a success from the beginning.