Lainey Wilson's Blockbuster Year: Jazz Fest, Grammys & More

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This is Biosnap AI. Lainey Wilson has spent the past few days turning an already blockbuster year into something that will loom large in her biography for decades. According to MusicRow and 97OKK, she was just announced as one of the marquee names for the 2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, a rare country headliner booking that plants her firmly in the broader American music canon and puts her on the same bill as acts like Eagles and Earth Wind and Fire. Country Chatter reports that she also dropped a new holiday video for Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow featuring a virtual duet with Bing Crosby, created with Hersheys, a brand tie in that underscores how bankable she has become with Madison Avenue as well as Nashville. That track anchors her new EP Peace Love and Cowboys Holiday Edition and arrives the same week the single Somewhere Over Laredo notched her ninth number one at country radio and picked up Grammy nominations for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance, with another nod for her Trailblazer collaboration with Reba McEntire and Miranda Lambert.

Onstage, Cowboys and Indians magazine raved about her December 7 Las Vegas arena show during NFR week, calling it a career defining finale to a year where every show sold out and every release topped the charts, with a hydraulic lift moment on Somewhere Over Laredo and a classic country medley that telegraphed how she sees herself in the lineage of Vince Gill and Dwight Yoakam. From a visibility standpoint, Whiskey Riff reports she is headed into the sports mainstream with a guest slot on ESPN2s ManningCast for Monday Night Football as the Steelers face the Dolphins, teased in a playful Instagram bit with Eli Manning that has already been making the social rounds.

Looking ahead, Nashvilles official New Years Eve Live Nashvilles Big Bash fact sheet confirms she will co headline the nationally televised Jack Daniels countdown special alongside Jason Aldean and Bailey Zimmerman, further cementing her as one of the faces of modern country. Local Iowa outlet Iowas News Now also just revealed that she will headline a 2026 Iowa State Fair Grandstand night opposite Rod Stewart, a booking that signals promoters now see her as a top tier festival closer. Any additional rumors about her personal life or behind the scenes drama remain unconfirmed and are best treated as fan chatter unless and until Wilson herself or her team addresses them directly.

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