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  • Billboard’s Women of the Year Tell Us What the Best Thing Is About Being a Woman

    In music, perhaps more than anywhere else, women really do run the world. So at Billboard’s Women of the Year Awards, honoring all things female in the recording industry, we asked some of music’s biggest names what their favorite part of being a woman is.

  • Girl's Loving Serenade To Mom With Cancer Is Heartbreakingly Sweet

    BRB, there's something in our eyes.

  • 5 Winners and Losers of the Week in Business

    Getty Images From a popular multiplex operator going public to a retailer getting hacked at the worst possible time, here's a rundown of the week's best and worst news from the business world. Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) -- Winner

  • Will 'Blackfish' Sink SeaWorld's Bottom Line?

    Alamy A raft of musical acts are bowing out of gigs at SeaWorld (SEAS) parks -- and they're just a few of the folks suddenly not willing to visit. Heart, Willie Nelson, Martina McBride, Cheap Trick, and Barenaked Ladies have all canceled

  • This Woman Turned Her Love Of Country Music Into A Way To Fight Cancer

    Two years ago, country star Martina McBride released a song called "I'm Gonna Love You Through It," about one woman's battle with breast cancer. McBride didn't know at the time that the heartfelt song and video -- which featured celebrities like Sheryl Crow as well as everyday women who had struggled with breast cancer -- would spark a movement among her fans to support cancer treatment and research. Sheila Jones, an Alabama mother and cancer fundraiser, had been a mega-fan of McBride for years (specifically, since the country singer released the song "Independence Day" in 1994).

  • WATCH: Was The Country Music Awards Wedding Totally Awkward?

    Think tying the knot in front of hundreds of guests is nerve-wracking? It was originally McBride's idea to stage a live wedding. Yahoo! Music blogger Wendy Geller wrote the wedding was "a bit bizarre." Although the vows went off without a hitch, the overall performance was poorly-structured.

  • Justin Bieber Performs On 'A Home For The Holidays'

    The 13th annual edition of "A Home for the Holidays With Martina McBride" (Wed., 8 p.m. EST on CBS) continued its ongoing commitment to adoption and helping children in foster care find the titular home for the holiday season. McBride was joined by several guests throughout the night, along with celebrities who've adopted children or been adopted themselves. Musical performances sprinkled throughout the night featured McBride, OneRepublic, Christina Perri, Mary J. Blige and the young man McBride introduced as "the next best thing" to Santa Claus. Justin Bieber was on hand to sing his single from his Christmas album for the children at St. Ann's.

  • See Country Music Association Awards Nominees' Opinions Of The Gay Community

    Tonight the biggest names in country music will come together for the 45th annual Country Music Association Awards. Stars like Taylor Swift, Martina McBride, Blake Shelton, and Sugarland will vie for bragging rights in categories including Entertainer of the Year, Musical Event of the Year, and Album of the Year. Country music has a long and rich history in the United States, but due to its often conservative point of view and fan base (remember the reaction to the Dixie Chicks dissing President Bush?), it also has a reputation for not always being the friendliest when it comes to issues and themes related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.