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Kip Moore celebrates his 40th birthday today (4/1). Kip just announced a brand new album coming in May 2020 called Wild World. He’s always nice to look at so we…

Kip Moore, Country Music's 'Wild One' - Photos!
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Kip Moore celebrates his 40th birthday today (4/1). Kip just announced a brand new album coming in May 2020 called Wild World. He's always nice to look at so we do just that on his big day.

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Dustin Lynch (L) and Kip Moore take photos during the 12th Annual ACM Honors at Ryman Auditorium on August 22, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Kip Moore attends the ACM Lifting Lives TOPGOLF Tee-Off at TOPGOLF on April 06, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Kip Moore performs at Cumberland Caverns on April 27, 2019 in McMinnville, Tennessee.


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Kip Moore performs at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on December 14, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Kip Moore performs at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on December 14, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Kip Moore performs onstage in the HGTV Lodge at CMA Music Fest on June 8, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Kip Moore and Cassadee Pope attend the 53rd annual ASCAP Country Music awards at the Omni Hotel on November 2, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Kip Moore (L) and Dierks Bentley perform onstage during ACM Presents: Superstar Duets at Globe Life Park in Arlington on April 17, 2015 in Arlington, Texas.


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Kip Moore performs during the 2013 CMA Music Festival on June 7, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Kip Moore headlines Day 1 County Thunder Music Festivals Arizona on April 7, 2016 in Florence, Arizona.


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Kip Moore performs onstage during day one of 2015 Stagecoach, California's Country Music Festival, at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2015 in Indio, California.


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Kip Moore and family members attend the BMI #1 Party For "Hey Pretty Girl" By Kip Moore at Flying Saucer Draught Emporium on August 22, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Kip Moore performs onstage during day one of 2015 Stagecoach, California's Country Music Festival, at The Empire Polo Club on April 24, 2015 in Indio, California.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.