Country music superstar, Trace Adkins is gearing up to release his highly-anticipated new single, "This Ain't No Love Song" on Monday, May 17. Written by Tony Lane, Marcel and David Lee, the song is the lead single from Adkins' forthcoming album on Toby Keith's newly formed record label with Universal Music Group, Show Dog - Universal Music.

As the title states, it's not your typical love song from Adkins but a tune on the subject with a clever twist. Adkins' voice shines to the point where you wonder if the song was written especially for him. The platinum-selling singer pulls in equal parts of a melodious ballad mixed in with some backwoods country charm.

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Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins became early winners at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards when their category was presented off-camera Saturday night (April 17) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Shelton's collaboration with Adkins on "Hillbilly Bone" was named vocal event of the year. Shelton and Adkins will perform "Hillbilly Bone" during the 45th annual ACM Awards airing live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 18 - NBC - 9pm ET/PT

On Sunday, April 18, country star Trace Adkins is headed back to the boardroom with business tycoon, Donald Trump, where he'll serve as Trump's eyes and ears on "The Celebrity Apprentice," airing on NBC, 9pm ET/PT.

As Boardroom Advisor to "The Donald," Adkins will oversee both celebrity teams as they craft image makeovers for country artists Emily West and Luke Bryan.

Adkins was a runner-up to winner Piers Morgan on the popular reality series in 2008. As a result of his appearance on the show, he has raised more than a half-million dollars for his charity, The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN).

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Apple's iTunes Offers Downloadable iPad Apps for All Four Issues of Popular Comic Book Series

Country sensation Trace Adkins recently became a comic book action hero with LUKE McBAIN, an original, four-issue comic book mini-series, inspired by Adkins' persona and Southern roots. Previously available at thousands of comic book stores across North America, Luke McBain comics are now offered as their own app through the ComicStore digital comics platform designed specifically for the new Apple iPad.

Since the launch of the premiere issue in November 2009, the adventures of Luke McBain have been a hot selling item. The merging of country music and comic books has been well received, and now the critically acclaimed series has the opportunity to reach a brand new audience via Apple's iPad, but that is just the beginning. The Luke McBain iTunes apps will expand to the iPhone and iPod Touch in the coming months, with advanced features that will deliver the finest and most elegant digital comics experience available.

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By: Calvin Gilbert - CMT.com

Monday (April 5) marks the 13th anniversary of Trace Adkins' first No. 1 single, "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing." In retrospect, it's almost a miracle that Adkins' weathered the era at Capitol Nashville in the late '90s when management upheavals were underway at the label. Several other artists at Capitol fell to the wayside, but Adkins seemed to persevere through patience and tenacity. And the hits, as they say, kept on coming during the next decade, including No. 1's such as "Ladies Love Country Boys" and "You're Gonna Miss This." And if some of the singles -- including material as diverse as "Honkytonk Badonkadonk" and "Arlington" -- didn't make it to the top of Billboard's country chart, they helped solidify Adkins' identity as an artist.

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Congratulations to Trace & Blake for the nomination for Best Collaborative Video of the Year for the 2010 CMT Music Awards! Remember Trace & Blake need you votes to win! This year, the CMT Music Awards promise to be better than ever with more music and more stars when the 2010 CMT Music Awards air live on June 9. VOTE NOW!