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Top Country Music Artists
25 of the biggest country music artists of all time — from Hank Williams and Johnny Cash to modern stars like Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.
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Artist↕ | Hometown↕ | Active Since↕ | Style↕ | Biggest Hit↕ | Grammy Wins↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolly Parton | Sevierville, Tennessee | 1,964 | Traditional Country / Bluegrass | I Will Always Love You | 9 |
| Johnny Cash | Kingsland, Arkansas | 1,954 | Country / Rockabilly / Gospel | Ring of Fire | 13 |
| Willie Nelson | Abbott, Texas | 1,956 | Outlaw Country / Country Pop | On the Road Again | 10 |
| Garth Brooks | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 1,985 | Contemporary Country | Friends in Low Places | 2 |
| Shania Twain | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | 1,993 | Country Pop | Man! I Feel Like a Woman! | 5 |
| Kenny Rogers | Houston, Texas | 1,958 | Country / Country Pop | The Gambler | 4 |
| George Strait | Pearsall, Texas | 1,979 | Traditional Country / Neotraditional | Carrying Your Love with Me | 0 |
| Hank Williams | Georgiana, Alabama | 1,946 | Traditional Country / Honky-tonk | Your Cheatin' Heart | 0 |
| Tim McGraw | Delhi, Louisiana | 1,990 | Contemporary Country | Live Like You Were Dying | 3 |
| Carrie Underwood | Checotah, Oklahoma | 2,005 | Country Pop / Contemporary | Before He Cheats | 8 |
| Brad Paisley | Glen Dale, West Virginia | 1,999 | Contemporary Country | Whiskey Lullaby | 3 |
| Miranda Lambert | Lindale, Texas | 2,001 | Country / Red Dirt | The House That Built Me | 3 |
| Chris Stapleton | Lexington, Kentucky | 2,008 | Country / Blues / Southern Rock | Tennessee Whiskey | 9 |
| Kacey Musgraves | Golden, Texas | 2,010 | Country / Pop / Psychedelic | Follow Your Arrow | 4 |
| Luke Bryan | Leesburg, Georgia | 2,004 | Country / Country Pop | Drink a Beer | 0 |
| Blake Shelton | Ada, Oklahoma | 2,001 | Country / Country Pop | Austin | 0 |
| Reba McEntire | McAlester, Oklahoma | 1,975 | Traditional Country / Country Pop | Fancy | 0 |
| Alan Jackson | Newnan, Georgia | 1,989 | Neotraditional Country | Chattahoochee | 2 |
| Zac Brown Band | Atlanta, Georgia | 2,003 | Country Rock / Southern Rock | Chicken Fried | 3 |
| Maren Morris | Arlington, Texas | 2,014 | Country Pop / Americana | My Church | 1 |
| Thomas Rhett | Valdosta, Georgia | 2,010 | Country Pop | Die a Happy Man | 0 |
| Eric Church | Granite Falls, North Carolina | 2,005 | Outlaw Country / Country Rock | Springsteen | 0 |
| Darius Rucker | Charleston, South Carolina | 1,986 | Country / Pop (Hootie crossover) | Wagon Wheel | 1 |
| Lainey Wilson | Baskin, Louisiana | 2,014 | Country / Bell Bottom Country | Heart Like a Truck | 2 |
| Morgan Wallen | Sneedville, Tennessee | 2,015 | Contemporary Country | Last Night | 0 |
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