Cassadee Pope

Lucy Hale is officially a Hall of Famer! The newcomer blasted past the competition all week long, blowout after blowout, to enter a small ring of Taste of Country Showdown kings and queens. Now, two new songs -- and two fresh faces -- are up for battle.

Artists get crowds singing along on a daily basis, but it isn't every day that new country artists start singalongs of epic proportions. While on a visit to Texas last week, Cassadee Pope led over 6,500 fans in a singalong during a benefit show, KAJA’s St. Jude Jam.

The follow-up to Cassadee Pope’s Platinum hit ‘Wasting All These Tears’ is another breakup song, but with a fresh perspective. On ‘I Wish I Could Break Your Heart,’ she plays a lost-in-love girl cheerfully unable to do what’s necessary to have any control of where the relationship is headed.

Cassadee Pope's debut single 'Wasting All These Tears' has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Cassadee Pope's 'I Wish I Could Break Your Heart' video finds the brunette beauty longing to do something she could never do.

After three rocking decades (plus three years), Motley Crue is calling it quits, having just announced their final tour. The silver lining in this news is that country's Big Machine Records is paying tribute to the rockers with a 'Country Music Tribute to Motley Crue' album, and they're pulling in Florida Georgia Line, LeAnn Rimes, Brantley Gilbert and Cassadee Pope to help.

Eight new artists are competing for New Artist of the Year honors at the 2014 Taste of Country Awards. Three came from reality television, one came from scripted television, three made it the old-fashioned way and one came from out of nowhere to become one of the hottest concert tickets in country music. Who do you think should win the New Artist of the Year award?

Blake Shelton employed two very talented backup singers for his New Year's Eve performance -- an ode to Southern living anthem, 'Boys 'Round Here.'

Country Radio Seminar (CRS) officials have announced which country music newcomers will show off their talents as the CRS 2014 New Faces of Country Music Show performers.

Season 3 winner of 'The Voice' Cassadee Pope is now a seasoned veteran of the intensely competitive singing show, but she can't quite get used to the fact that her material may be covered -- and admits that she's worried.