Get the champagne ready, because it's official: Nashville's Big Bash is returning to the airwaves this New Year's Eve, and it's set to showcase some of the biggest names in country music. Singer-songwriters Jimmie Allen and Elle King will co-host the CBS special live from Nashville, ringing in the new year with live performances by the likes of Little Big Town and Kelsea Ballerini.
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Jimmie Allen shot to the top of the charts with his 2019 No. 1 hit single, "Make Me Want To." He's been a fixture in country music since, becoming only the second Black artist ever to win the Country Music Association Award for New Artist of the Year in 2021 - more than a decade after Darius Rucker took the prize.
Elle King, best known for her chart-topper "Ex's & Oh's," is an alternative rock and country crossover artist (and the daughter of funnyman Rob Schneider). Earlier this year, King won the Academy of Country Music Awards' Video of the Year prize for her The Wedding Singer-inspired collaboration with Miranda Lambert, "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)."
