Fiercely rooted in the classics, the girl who left her Kentucky home at 16 to take a job at Dollywood has grown into a woman who embraces the genre’s forward progression. GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Carly Pearce has come a long way from her critically acclaimed and commercially lauded third studio album 29, which includes PLATINUM-certified “What He Didn't Do.” Lighting a fire with her debut album Every Little Thing and the PLATINUM-certified title track, Carly’s 3X PLATINUM-certified “I Hope You’re Happy Now" with Lee Brice won both the 2020 CMA Awards Musical Event and 2021 ACM Awards Music Event, plus ACM Single of the Year. She picked up her second consecutive ACM Music Event of the Year in 2022 with Ashley McBryde duet “Never Wanted To Be That Girl,” Carly’s third No. 1. The song also took home the 2022 CMA Musical Event of the Year and won a GRAMMY® Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, marking Pearce’s first and making history as the first female pairing to win in the category. Honored as one of CMT’s 2022 Artists of The Year, Pearce is clearly living out her childhood dream. She now steps into the next chapter of her musical career with the praised release of her latest single "we don't fight anymore" (feat. Chris Stapleton), which earned her second GRAMMY® nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Pearce recently released her highly anticipated fourth album, hummingbird, and continues to resonate with her honest lyrics and timeless musicality.

Highways Festival 2026

Corey Kent

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