Tune in the week of November 27th to GAC's Top 20 Countdown when we travel to Minneapolis to join Trace Adkins and Martina McBride on their “Shine All Night” Tour! Also tune in to see who will lay claim to the coveted #1 spot on the countdown!

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Premiere Radio Networks host Blair Garner welcomed Trace Adkins and Martina McBride to Blackbird Studio in Nashville last week. Their upcoming Shine All Night Tour kicks off Nov. 20. Listen to the interview here

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by Pat Gallagher - The Boot

Trace Adkins left the oil fields in Louisiana and moved to Nashville in 1992 at the tender age of 30. After playing honky tonk bars in the early '90s, he finally got a record deal. By 1996, he hit the ground running with his first single 'There's a Girl in Texas.' Since then he has released eight albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard country music charts.

Trace told The Boot where he was when he heard his debut single on the radio for the very first time.

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Trace Adkins has claimed the top spot for the last three years, Toby Keith was first in 2005 and Keith Urban in 2004. Who will you make No. 1 in this year’s Top 50 Videos of 2009? It’s up to you! You can vote every day for up to 10 of your favorite videos, November 2 through November 30.

Join our special hosts, Martina McBride and Trace, for GAC’s Top 50 Videos of 2009. The countdown kicks off on Monday, December 28 at 8 p.m. ET.

But wait, there’s more!

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Country Music Superstar Becomes New Face and Voice of BC

For the second time in its 100 year history, BC Headache Powder is represented by a country music entertainer. In the mid 1970s it was Faron Young. In 2009, it's Trace Adkins, the country music superstar, who has been an esteemed member of The Grand Ole Opry since 2003, and was a finalist on the NBC reality show "The Celebrity Apprentice" in 2008. He also received the Academy of Country Music's 2008 Single of the Year Award for his chart-topping hit, "You're Gonna Miss This."

"I'm very particular about attaching my name to products or causes, unless it's something I use or believe in," said Adkins. "My relationship with BC Headache Powder is personal and runs deep.

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Trace Adkins is teaming up with Tickets-for-Charity® on his Shine All Night Tour with Martina McBride to make fantastic seats available to benefit Wounded Warrior Project and its work empowering severely injured service men and women right here at home. Here’s an easy way to support America’s heroes -- and a great way to see Trace on stage from some of the best seats in the house! Visit TicketsforCharity.com.

By: Whitney Self

It's not everyday that a celebrity or a country singer makes their way through my hometown of Mattoon, Ill. So, when I read a story about Trace Adkins back home, I was quite surprised, but not nearly as surprised I'm sure as the employees of Neal Tire and Auto Service who met him a couple of weeks ago -- on the side of the road. When a call came through that an unmarked bus had a flat tire just outside of town, this seemed like an every day job for the tire company employees.

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