Luke Combs won the Songwriter/Artist of the Year award at this year's Nashville Songwriter Awards.

The "Beer Never Broke My Heart" singer didn't attend the award ceremony, but he thanked the NSAI for the honor through a video message.

"Songwriting has been a huge part of my life since I picked up guitar almost 10 years ago now, and to be recognized for that is a really awesome thing," Combs said.

He added, "It's been a really awesome experience and this is a pretty cool cherry on top of everything we've gotten to do over the past couple of years."

The Song of the Year award went to "Break Up in the End," penned by Jessie Jo Dillon, Jon Nite and Chase McGill. The song was sung by Cole Swindell.

Meanwhile, Combs' sophomore album, What You See Is What You Get, is set to drop on November 8.

Produced by Scott Moffatt, What You See Is What You Get features 17 songs, including the five tracks previously released on Combs' recent EP, The Prequel.

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Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" has extended its reign as No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart to a tenth week and has also achieved the feat of being the first debut hit by a soloist to stay on top for so long.

The song, produced by Brown himself, first hit top spot on the chart dated July 13, supported by a viral dance challenge on TikTok and YouTube.

"The Git Up" is the first single from Brown's first full-length album, Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs, which is due out on October 11.

"I grabbed spoons, tambourine, anything I could find that made a nice sound," Brown recently told Billboard about writing the song. "When I got finished, it was so full of joy. I was doing the dance as I was writing it. I said, 'This is going to be a song that makes people dance and brings joy.' "

The single is the first Hot Country Songs No. 1 written, produced and performed by a single person since the chart began using the streaming, airplay and sales-based metrics to rank a song.

According to Nielsen Music, the track's U.S. streams dropped 7% to 19 million streams and download sales declined 21% to 15,000 in the week ending September 12.

The song ruled Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales for a 12th week each. On Country Airplay, the track advanced 48-46, logging a 12% increase in audience impressions to 1.9 million in the week ending September 15

Brown's hit is the first Hot Country Songs No. 1 to lead for at least 10 weeks since Luke Combs' "Beautiful Crazy," which spent 11 frames on top beginning on March 2.

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Taylor Swift has announced her U.S. and international concert dates and festivals for 2020 in support for her latest album, Lover. However, the lineup for next year only includes two U.S. cities.

Swifties can catch her performance at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on July 25 and 26. The following weekend, July 31 and August 1, Swift will perform at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Dubbed "Lover Fest West" and "Lover Fest East," the two-night stadium stands are being billed as her only U.S. dates in 2020.

The public on-sale for the shows is October 14, 2019, with registration for new Verified Fans opening on Thursday, September 19 at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

The tour will kick off on June 20 at Werchter Boutique in Werchter, Belgium, with seven more dates slated in Germany, Norway, Denmark, Poland, France, Portugal and Brazil.

"For me, the Lover album is open fields and sunsets and SUMMER. I want to celebrate the album and perform it live with you in a way that feels authentic to the music. I want to go to some places I haven't been, and play festivals for the first time in ages...and where we didn't have festivals, we made some. Introducing, Lover Fest East and West. Details and additional dates coming soon!" Swift said on Instagram.

Tour Dates:

June 20 - Werchter Boutique (Werchter, Belgium) June 24 - The Waldbühne (Berlin, Germany) June 26 - Oslo Sommertid (Oslo, Norway) July 1 - Roskilde Festival (Roskilde, Denmark) July 3 - Open'er Festival (Gdynia, Poland) July 5 - Festival de Nîmes (Nîmes, France) July 9 - NOS Alive (Oeiras, Portugal) July 18 - Allianz Parque (Sao Paulo, Brazil) July 25 - SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles, California) July 26 - SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles, California) July 31- Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts) August 1- Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts)

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