Day: March 3, 2026

Country superstars Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan are known for their ongoing, good-natured internet banter,  and Shelton’s latest round of trolling might be one of his funniest yet.

This time, Shelton took aim at Bryan’s just-released song, “Word On The Street,” specifically poking fun at a lyric in the chorus that references being “B.S. free in B.F.E.” Rather than let the line slide, Shelton decided to have a little fun with it,  all while sitting on his tractor and doing farm work in Oklahoma.

In a video shared to social media, Shelton began, “Hey guys, it’s Blake here. I’m out here doing a little farm work in Oklahoma out in the woods. Yeah, I was listening to an old country station out of Ardmore, Oklahoma. I was driving along and I heard my initials on this song. And so I turned the radio up.” 

That’s when he realized that Bryan’s new song was playing through his speakers. 

“I heard the lyrics and man, I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer. So I actually had to look up what BFE means because he says ‘BS free in BFE,’ I think,” Shelton joked. “And so I looked up BFE and man, I got to say, this is one of the most honest lyrics that I’ve heard from Luke.” 

In true Blake Shelton form, he took the joke a step further: “And I’m damn happy about it because I can honestly say that I’ve never been butt effing in Egypt. I’ve never even been to Egypt. So I definitely never butt F’ed there. But anyway, that’s a risky and powerful lyric from Luke! And very honest is my point because I’ve never been there and he’s right about that and never done that there. And I’ll just leave it at that.” 

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Shelton’s commentary about his fellow country star’s new song didn’t stop there. 

“But anyway, it’s always shocking when you hear your name or your initials in a song and come to find out it’s Luke and he is a buddy of mine. And so it makes sense that he knows these things about me. But I just wanted to personally get on here and tell you guys, this is a super honest lyric. And so go check out Luke’s new song. I’m proud of the guy. I love him,” he quipped. 

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Luke Bryan also addressed the lyric on his Instagram, joking that the line was a reference to Shelton. 

This is just the latest light-hearted jab Shelton has taken at Bryan. Recently, he even called out a fan at one of his concerts for wearing Luke Bryan merch, and took things a step further by having his team hand-deliver her a shirt with his own face on it instead.

Shelton and Bryan have spent years trading playful jabs, from the time Blake hilariously attempted to mimic Luke’s dance moves onstage to the moment Bryan was mistaken for Shelton at a gas station.

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Megan Moroney’s third studio album, Cloud 9, has set a new personal record in addition to scoring a historic milestone for the females in country music. Over the past decade, just seven country albums by five different woman have reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Now, for the first time in her career, Megan Moroney’s highly buzzed about project has earned her place on that short list, alongside superstars like Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and more.

Released on February 20, the 15-track collection debuted at the top of the definitive all-genre chart, which ranks the most popular albums. According to Luminate, Cloud 9 earned 147,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week, including 78,000 in album sales and 69,000 from streaming equivalent album units (SEA).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular U.S. albums based on a combination of album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Billboard explains, “Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.”

This is an incredibly high achievement for Moroney, not only because it was her best first-week sales to date. It also markedthe biggest week for a country album by a woman in nearly two years and the highest first-week total consumption for any country artist in 2026 so far. The last woman to be No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was Beyoncé, who spent two weeks in the top spot with her first country project, Cowboy Carter, in April of 2024.

Along with Moroney’s Cloud 9, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Taylor Swift also rose to the top of the chart with Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) in 2023, Red (Taylor’s Version) in 2021 and Fearless (Taylor’s Version) in 2021. Additionally, Carrie Underwood made the ranking with Cry Pretty in 2018, proceeding Shania Twain with Now in 2017.

Comparatively, during that same period, 17 country albums by 11 different men have hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Reflecting on this rare milestone and its significance for female country artists, the Sony Music Nashville/Columbia Records singer/songwriter said, “Not to be cliche but I’m on cloud 9! I have to give credit to my fans, they’re the best in the world. To have them embrace an album like this is a dream come true. I can’t wait till we’re screaming these songs together on THE CLOUD 9 TOUR!”  

Even before the entire Cloud 9 album dropped, Moroney was making waves on the chart. Four tracks, all released in advance of the project, reached the top 40 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart: “6 Months Later,” “Beautiful Things,” “Wish I Didn’t,” and the title track. “6 Months Later” also became a GOLD-certified No. 1 hit at country radio and earned the Georgia native her highest-charting song on Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 29 in January.

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The album marks Megan Moroney’s the second top 10, and third chart entry, following Am I Okay?, which reached the No. 9 spot on the Billboard 200 in 2024, marking the year’s third-biggest debut from a female Country artist.

She will celebrate the success of the album and the fans who have given it so much love throughout her upcoming Cloud 9 Tour. The massive 430date global trek will launch May 29 and feature stops in major arenas across North America, Europe, and the UK before wrapping up in October.

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