VH1 News — Country star Keith Urban prevented Prince from taking the #1 spot on the Billboard albums chart. more info

Rolling Stone — The Big News: Both Keith Urban’s Defying Gravity and Prince’s three-disc Target exclusive surpassed industry projections in the battle for Number One, but in the end a mere 3,000 copies separated the two and Urban scored the first Number One albu... more info

MTV.com News — Flo Rida's R.O.O.T.S. comes in at #8.By Gil Kaufman Keith Urban Photo: Kevin Winter/ ACM2009/ Getty Images Despite releasing a budget-priced $11.98 three-CD set at Target, Prince will miss out on landing just the second #1 album of his car... more info

ContactMusic — Country star KEITH URBAN has laughed off allegations he caused a stink in New York City by dumping sewage from his tourbus onto a Manhattan street.Crewmembers working... more info

All About Jazz — The 44th Academy of Country Music Awards swung political, personal, playful and patriotic on Sunday> Ultimately opted for popular in bestowing its top honor on "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood, naming her entertainer of the year over vetera... more info

Idolator — The Academy of Country Music Awards have some obligation to be slightly edgier due to their Las Vegas location and "always a bridesmaid" relationship to the similarly acronymed CMAs, but other than the spectacle Jamie Foxx shouting out Barack Obama o... more info

PopSugar — The big bright stars of country music came together in Las Vegas last night for the Academy of Country Music Awards. Nicole Kidman stood out on the red carpet, laughing with Keith Urban in her daring dress, while the young ladies in the circuit like ... more info

The Newsroom — As the who's who of country music gather for the 44th-annual Academy of Country Music Awards, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman reveal their favorite for American Idol. (April 6) more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — And you thought Dave Matthews was full of crap. New York newspapers have been reporting that Keith Urban’s tour bus emptied its septic tank in the street outside the Webster Hall club in New York City, following Urban’s show there l... more info

All About Jazz — ACM Awards: Scorecard Nominees and winners at the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards, held April 5 in Las Vegas. Winners are in bold italics. Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Carrie Underwood Keith Urban Top... more info