More Country News Dec 29th

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Bailey Zimmerman Talks About Being Recognized: Bailey Zimmerman has had one heck of a year, landing at number two on “Billboard’s” Top New Country Artist list for the year, and being put in their number four slot for Top New Artist across all genres. The biggest surprise for Zimmerman? “People come up to me in airports now,” he told Taste of Country, “just to come up and be like, ‘Man, I love the music.”

Jimmie Allen’s Take On “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”: If you want to get into the holiday spirit, Jimmie Allen has just the thing. Allen posted his version of the Christmas classic “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” from his home studio. He asks in the video if he should release the song, and several notable artists quickly chimed in to tell him, as Flo Rida put it, “You BETTER release this.”