Profile
Famous as :
SingerBirth Name :
Darius Carlos RuckerBirth Date :
May 13, 1966Birth Place :
Charleston, South Carolina, USASpouse :
Beth Leonard (since 2000)Claim to fame :
Single "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" (2008)
2009 CMA Awards: Taylor Swift Receives Album of the Year
November 12, 2009 10:11:01The winners for the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards which is taking place at the Sommet Center in Nashville on November 11 keep pouring in. Hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, it has revealed Lady Antebellum and Jamey Johnson as early winners at the event and added Darius Rucker as another victorious musician at the gala.
Darius who has performed a song called "Alright" once again came to the stage of Sommet Center to take the honor as Best New Artist. Naomi Judd and her bandmate from The Judds, Wynonna Judd, were given the duty to announce the winner. "It was 25 years ago tonight that we attended our first awards show, and to our surprise, it was our first award," Wynonna said. Naomi then invited Darius to claim his prize. "Well, come on down Darius Rucker," she said.
Full Nominations List of 2009 AMAs, Taylor Swift Leads With Six Kudos
October 14, 2009 09:10:50During a press event taking place on October 13 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, this year's nominations for American Music Awards have been announced by Adam Lambert, Paula Abdul and Snoop Dogg. The repicients are picked up based on "the data supplied by the Nielsen Company's Broadcast Data Systems, which monitors radio airplay performance, and SoundScan, which tracks retail music sales."
Taylor Swift, whose album "Fearless" has spent more than 30 weeks on Billboard Hot 200, receives six nods followed by Michael Jackson with five and Eminem with four each. The country music beauty is listed as one of the contenders for Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Album in Pop/Rock and Country Music categories. Also, she is vying for Favorite Artist in Adult Contemporary Music.
Rascal Flatts, Jennifer Love Hewitt Among Presenters for 2009 ACM Awards
April 03, 2009 04:04:16Both country music band Rascal Flatts and actress Jennifer Love Hewitt have been listed as presenters at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. They are going to present awards at the annual event on April 5.
Other country music singers tapped as presenters at the ceremony are Kellie Pickler, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jack Ingram, Martina McBride, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton. In addition to them, R&B/soul singer Jamie Foxx, actor Matthew McConaughey and supermodel Marisa Miller also join them in the presenters list.
Artist of the Week: Darius Rucker
September 22, 2008 12:09:01Starting his music career as a lead singer of soft pop/rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, Darius Rucker has no doubt trying his hands at making country music tune. "The other guys in the band grew up in Maryland and Chicago, and they were into Led Zeppelin and rock," he says. "I was the one bringing in the country stuff."
"Don't Think I Don't Think About It" is the first single from his second major studio album, "Learn to Live", which has been available in stores since September 16. The song has climbed to number 3 in Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and reached number 35 in U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Those achievements have made him the first black to crack the country Top 10 since Charley Pride did so with his song "Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This" in early 1988.
