Forbes magazine released their annual Celebrity 100 list, which rates famous people based on their earnings, how much they’re in the public eye, etc.  This year, the highest ranking country star by far is Taylor Swift.  Not only did she pull in about 45 million bucks, Forbes says she’s one of the few music acts who can still actually sell music.  Kenny Chesney is the next country star on the list, but he’s slipped from #31 last year to #54 this year.  Forbes says Kenny makes about $1.6 million per show, which is almost double his closest $-per-show competition, Keith Urban.  Rascal Flatts also make the list at #62, Toby Keith’s at #67 and Keith Urban clocks in at #76.  See the full list here.

I wasn’t all that jealous when Alan Jackson sold his gi-normous Nashville estate a month or so ago.  I just can’t imagine living that way.  However, I can imagine living THIS way.  Check out the Florida property he’s selling now.  Click here to see pics.

Brad Paisley is touring Europe, and he got all excited about his visit to Norway.  It’s always fun for country stars to visit countries where they’re not even sure if people know who they are, only to find out that they’ve got thousands of fans there.  And that’s exactly what happened to Brad in Norway, as you’ll see from his tweets:

“As they say in Norvay, “herda shveeda veeda nyuva fyerda shveena shmeena myerna vyooda freeda shmorgasboarda.””

“By the way, these Norwegians are the nicest people I’ve ever met. Truly.”

“There is nothing like singing “when yer a celebrity it’s adios…” and hearing a crowd sing”re-all-e-tee” with a norsk accent back at you.”

“I sure loved Norway. Beautiful. And you knew every word. Gotta come back.”

Hey, baby…..

Blake Shelton wants your pick up lines.  To celebrate his new single, “It’s All About Tonight,” Blake is asking you to submit your favorite pick up line, whether it’s a funny one or one that really works.  If you submit one, you automatically get a free download of the song, and the best line will win a big prize package from Blake.  (That sounds a little like a pick up line right there!)  Here’s the number to call:  615-942-0716

Oh, boy did she ever go CRAZY at her bachelorette party this weekend in Vegas.  At one point she was passed out on the floor of a club wearing only a hot pink sparkly bikini, surrounded by…Oh, never mind, we all know I’m lying.  Carrie Underwood never does anything awful or crazy in public, so as you can imagine, she had a lovely time sipping drinks with her girlfriends and dancing a bit at a Vegas nightclub on Friday night.  And that’s it.  No sloppy photos.  No ugly gossip.  End of story.

It’s quite lovely.  Click here to see it…

So here’s something nice that’s gotten all screwed up:  Jimmy Buffett has organized a big, free benefit for the Gulf Coast in Alabama on July 1st.  Guests include Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown Band.  Free benefit, you ask?  How could that benefit anyone?  The idea is to bring people and attention to an area that needs business right now, and also to bring a night of entertainment to people who have had a rough few months due to the oil spill.  So here’s the problem:  Of course scalpers scooped up many of those free tickets, and immediately turned around and put them up on eBay for upwards of  $600 each.  This made fans so mad that they contacted the governor of Alabama, who then contacted eBay.  In an unusual move, eBay has agreed to block the sale of tickets to this show on their site, because they agree that it’s lame for scalpers to benefit from something that’s meant to help the Gulf region.

The local paper in Mike Fisher’s city of Ottowa is reporting that his wedding to Carrie Underwood will take place on July 10th.  They also quote a “source” as saying that it will take place at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, which is kind of random, but I guess could be true.  Carrie and Mike haven’t confirmed this, nor will they if they’re smart, but the date does make sense since she’s taking a break from her tour from the 5th to the 30th of July.

He said he was going to do it, and he’s almost done it! To bring attention to foster kids who grow up, leave the system and end up homeless (which is what happened to him), country singer Jimmy Wayne is walking halfway across America. He started in the dead of winter in Nashville, and has persevered through some of the nastiest weather ever to get to his destination of Phoenix, Arizona. He’s now 60 miles from the Arizona border, and along the way he has done a great job of getting people involved in his cause. The only breaks he’s taken were to speak to the California Senate and the US Senate about foster kids and homelessness. So hats off to Jimmy, who has shown the rest of us what real commitment to a cause is all about.

Here’s the video of Dierks on that bizarre Jimmy Kimmel show that was shot entirely on Jimmy’s laptop camera due to a power outage…pretty cool!