Billboard's staff picks the greatest country songs of the past century that have made us love, cry, drink and dance. In many ways, country music tells the story of America. There is the celebration of ...

Donny and Marie might have been on to something when they first sang about being a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n roll back in 1976. Though the cheeky song poked fun at the Osmond sibling ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. The way we listen to and understand music has continued to ...

Country music's top songs of 2020 show where the genre is headed, and for fans of a more traditional country sound, this could be a good thing. "Stick That in Your Country Song" sneers at an industry ...

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

In 20 years, fans of country music are going to look back on the era of bro-country like anyone under age 35 today looks back on the urban cowboy craze -- with much amusement and confusion. “What was ...

The 2024 PCCAs air live on NBC from Nashville's iconic Grand Ole Opry House and will stream on Peacock Mickey Bernal/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty The 2024 People's Choice Country Awards are finally ...

The story of outlaw country starts in very different places, depending on who is spinning the yarn. Historian Joe Nick Patoski wonders if it all started in 1972, after Willie Nelson’s home outside ...

He was falling apart. Brilliant and tortured, devout and driven, Johnny Cash had been discovered in the Memphis of Sun Records–the musical milieu that gave America Elvis Presley–and had built a career ...

Want to ostracize yourself from your peer group in one fell swoop? Fervently defend your undying love for Top 40 country music. That'll do the trick. Despite ire, skepticism, and stereotypes, the past ...

For most people who grew up in the rural areas of the world -- or like to pretend they did -- being country is a thing of pride. Plenty of big country names know what it's like to live out in the ...

Irish country music is a massive, ever-growing industry that continues to sell out venues across the country. America is yet to discover the very best of Irish country music charts. Turn on any local ...