It's fun to hear artists talk about the first time they heard one of their songs on the radio. Not that we're bragging, but it's a big deal. Okay, we're bragging. But there's another place that's cool to hear your song for the first time.

I'm talking about the Waffle House jukebox. They had the first-ever Tunie Awards last week, and they named Chris Stapleton as "Country Artist of the Year."

He even showed up to accept the award, or maybe he just happened to be there eating waffles. But he did say a few words. "I've had a lot of dreams come true, but one dream that I wanted is to have a song on the Waffle House jukebox.

"Not only did I get a song on the Waffle House jukebox, I got this fantastic award. So thank you so much, Waffle House. We love you… we're going to keep on eating you… and I just can't thank you enough."

Chris had the most country songs played. As far as most overall songs played, there's a Top 10 and "Tennessee Whiskey" was #6. Sam Hunt and Keith Urban also made the list. (Skip to 5:52 below to see Chris talking about his award).

Thanksgiving has Carrie Underwood in a "count your blessings" kind of mood. "I am thankful for definitely my family. I have the best kid in the world [and] another on the way, and I'm excited that my busy season is about to slow down and I'm going to really get to spend some time with them."

Meanwhile, Carrie's husband Mike Fisher hit up Instagram with props on her Oklahoma Hall of Fame induction. He wrote, "You've remained humble in success and never craved the attention or fame one bit. Thanks for always being the small town girl from Oklahoma even though you're one of the biggest stars."

Dan + Shay were up for four awards at last week's CMAs, but they came away empty-handed. They're not the first artists to get shut out like that, but it still hurts. Dan Smyers put his thoughts and feelings into an Instagram post & it's so sad!

He says he spent a day allowing himself to be sad, and then looked to the future. Dan says, “I'm proud of what we've accomplished and will work even harder for our fans in 2019. Love to all who've been there for us. We're just getting started."