He had not one, but two, performance slots at the 2025 CMA Awards. Wilson Jr. not only gave a top-tier acoustic rendition of Ben E. King's classic "Stand By Me," but also teamed with Shaboozey for a ...

Stephen Wilson Jr.'s latest song "Gary" just might be the anti-AI anthem that we didn't know we needed. It was on November 19 (the same day that he wowed the world with his performance of "Stand By Me ...

"Gary" was inspired by a somewhat mysterious tragedy. In 2023, Wilson spotted a memorial billboard along the highway that paid tribute to a pre-teen named Gary. The details of the boy's death weren't ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Stephen Wilson Jr. performed a staggering cover of "Stand by Me" at the 2025 CMA Awards. The New Artist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson Jr. chose the CMA Awards telecast for the live television premiere performance of their theme for the ...

Bringing some more firepower out ahead of the big game. Though country fans everywhere have been pretty disappointed with the ...

Stephen Wilson Jr.has exploded onto the country scene recently, and when I sat down with him, I asked which artist has given him the best career advice. He didn’t hesitate — it was Eric Church. Wilson ...

Among this year’s CMA Awards nominees, there are a few slightly outside-the-box contenders that may leave the casual listener and maybe even a genre aficionado wondering: “Wait, are they an outlier, ...