Comedian John Caparulo will relinquish his no-holds barred and hilarious take on everyday occurrences in his first CD and DVD titled, Meet Cap on Warner Bros. Records. The CD will be released on Feb. 10, 2009 and DVD will follow a little over one month later on April 17, 2009. Meet Cap originally aired on Comedy Central Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008.

Caparulo’s laugh-out-loud stand-up comedy covers everything from Pepper Spray to Dirty Jobs. His trademark sharp humor, unique take on life and love and slight tendency to cuss will keep comedic fans laughing for hours.

The simple approach to life and comedy Caparulo has embodied has landed him three appearances on NBC’s “Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” a half-hour special on Comedy Central and a spot on the Next Generation Of The Blue Collar Comedy Tour. In 2008, Caparulo was featured as one of the four comedians on “Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show.” He also recently finished hosting the fist season of “Mobile Home Disaster” on CMT.

CD & DVD Track Listing:

Cleveland Rocks
Pepper Spray
Airport
People Who Read
Fast Food Nation
I Love
Dirty Jobs
Relationships
I’m All For Porn
Weird Pets

For more information on John Caparulo, please visit http://www.myspace.com/johncaparulo.

James Otto’s “Just Got Started Lovin’ You” (#6) and Blake Shelton’s “Home” (#19) have made the list of CMT’s “Top 20 Videos Of 2008!” Check-out the full list below …

CMT’s Top 20 videos of 2008:
1.Just A Dream - Carrie Underwood/
2. All I Want To Do - Sugarland
3. Shiftwork - Kenny Chesney
4. You’re Gonna Miss This - Trace Adkins
5. Picture To Burn - Taylor Swift
6. Just Got Started Lovin’ You - James Otto
7. Small Town Southern Man - Alan Jackson
8. Letter To Me - Brad Paisley
9. All Summer Long - Kid Rock
10. Troubadour - George Strait
11. All-American Girl - Carrie Underwood
12. Love Story - Taylor Swift
13. Ready, Set, Don’t Go - Billy Ray Cyrus
14. Every Day - Rascal Flatts
15. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven - Kenny Chesney
16. Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It - Darius Rucker
17. International Harvester - Craig Morgan
18. Good Time - Alan Jackson
19. Home - Blake Shelton
20. You Look Good In My Shirt - Keith Urban

Whitney Duncan will be releasing a digital EP titled, Selections From Right Road Now. The EP will be released to all digital retailers Tuesday, Dec. 23!

The EP will include four tracks from her upcoming debut CD, Right Road Now, and one bonus track. The EP will feature the singles “When I Said I Would” and the “Bed That You Made.” All tracks were co-written by Whitney and produced by Mark Bright and John Shanks.

Track Listing:
1. Bed That You Made
2. Little By Little
3. So Sorry Mama
4. When I Said I Would
5. Away

Whitney's forthcoming album, Right Road Now, will be released in 2009. Listen to "The Bed That You Made" now at WhitneyDuncan.com!

Tune in to GAC starting on Monday, December 29 at 8 p.m. and join their special host Taylor Swift as they kick off the count down of GAC's Top 50 Videos of 2008. Every night from Dec. 29 - Jan. 2 at 8 p.m. ET they'll bring you closer and closer to the #1 fan-voted video of the year.

If you want to see the entire countdown, start to finish, tune in on Saturday, January 3 starting at 10 a.m. ET and again on Sunday, January 5 starting at 4 p.m. and again at 10 p.m. ET. They'll take you from #50 all the way to #1 during a 6-hour marathon of the videos you the fans voted as the best of 2008!

All of you waiting eagerly for John's upcoming solo album, we finally have some news to share! The album will be entitled Son Of A Preacher Man and will be released by Warner Bros. Records this May. Shortly after that, three-time ASCAP Songwriter of the Year, John sets out on tour with multi-platinum duo Big & Rich through the summer. But you won't have to wait until May to hear what John's been cooking up in the studio.

The album's first single, "Another You," will be released to radio on January 12th, 2009 (don't forget to call your local station and request it!!!!!). A heartbreaking ballad that explores the theme of love lost and never regained, "Another You" is classic John Rich: raw and emotional, and one of his best songs to date! You can also catch him in the third installment of CMT's highest rated series, Gone Country this January.

Blake Shelton is #7 and James Otto is #10. see how Nashville's A-listers took over the world – By Katie Kauss. Check it out!

Check out CMT.com right now to see the nominations, and vote for your favorites for the CMT Online Awards 2008! Tune in to CMT at 3:30pm ET on December 26th to see the results.

Nominations for the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards were announced December 3 by The Recording Academy® and both Randy Travis and James Otto came away with four nominations.

Randy Travis received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Country Album category for his first Country music album in eight years, Around The Bend. In addition, songwriters Ashley Gorley and Bob Regan were nominated in the Best Country Song category for Travis’ “Dig Two Graves” from the same album.

“It has been almost 25 years since I released my first album and this is the first time I have been nominated for Best Country Album," said Travis. "I spent years going through songs with my longtime producer Kyle Lehning for this album and my career has really come full circle with this release. To be able to go and record this album was amazing, and now to be nominated for it is more than I could ask for. I am very blessed and thankful to all who have supported me throughout this journey."

Travis has garnered six Grammy Awards. The Best Country Album nomination marks his 15th overall nomination.

James Otto received his first two Grammy Award nominations in the Best Male Country Vocal Performance Category for “Just Got Started Lovin’ You” from his debut album Sunset Man and as songwriter in the Best Country Song Category for his contribution on Jamey Johnson’s “In Color.”

"Who would have guessed that the boy who found his first guitar in a trash can would be nominated for two Grammy Awards? I didn’t even realize I was in the running, so I’m totally shocked, honored and humbled by the nominations,” said James. “By the time I was writing and recording Sunset Man, I had been through 10 years of ups and downs in the music business. I was finally signed to Warner Bros. Records and had met and married my wife, Amy. I had really grown as an artist and knew what I wanted to say – I wrote straight from the heart.”

Otto continued, “To be acknowledged for my vocal performance on ‘Just Got Started Lovin' You,’ and for co-writing ‘In Color’ with Jamey Johnson is probably the best Christmas gift anyone could ever give me. I want to thank everyone who ever helped me get there, especially country radio and my fans. You guys have always believed in me and supported me, and I hope to always do you proud.”

The Grammy Awards will be handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8th, 2009. Tune in to the 51st Annual Grammy Awards telecast, which airs that night on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

JAMES OTTO tops Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart for all of 2008 with "Just Got Started Loving You." Coming in at number two is GEORGE STRAIT with "I Saw God Today," and ALAN JACKSON's "Small Town Southern Man" is at number three. The chart year runs from December 1st, 2007 through November 29th, 2008.

Billboard's Top Ten Hot Country Songs for 2008

10) "I'm Still A Guy" -- Brad Paisley
9) "Cleaning this Gun (Come on In Boy)" -- Rodney Atkins
8) "I Still Miss You" -- Keith Anderson
7) "You're Gonna Miss This" -- Trace Adkins
6) "Love is a Beautiful Thing" -- Phil Vassar
5) "Home" -- Blake Shelton
4) "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" -- Darius Rucker
3) "Small Town Southern Man" -- Alan Jackson
2) "I Saw God Today" -- George Strait
1) "Just Got Started Loving You" -- James Otto