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Nielsen and Billboard have released their 2011 Music Industry Report, and the findings are quite encouraging, especially for country music fans. With album sales up across the board for the first time in seven years and digital album sales on a surprisingly steady incline as well, Jason Aldean and Lady Antebellum released two of the top-selling records of the year.

East Texas has even more to proud of -- Miranda Lambert's latest album, 'Four the Record,' has been certified gold, signifying sales of more than half a million records. Not surprised, are we? It's Miranda's fastest-selling album so far and the critics love it.

Pop star Lionel Richie is recording an album of duets with some of country's biggest stars, according to Taste of  Country. This should be an interesting album! I love Lionel Richie, especially when he was with the Commodores!