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Country Recording Artists
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Albums: American IV: The Man Comes Around, Super Hits, At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash, born J. R. Cash, (February 26, 1932--September 12, 2003) was a Grammy Award-winning American country singer. Cash is widely considered to be one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive voice, the boom-chick-a-boom or...
- Carrie Underwood
Albums: Some Hearts, Carnival Ride, Enchanted
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is a country music singer-songwriter from Checotah, Oklahoma. She gained fame after winning the 4th season of American Idol in 2005. Besides singing, she can also yodel as well as play both guitar and piano.
- Sugarland
Albums: The Incredible Machine, Gold And Green, Love On The Inside
Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush make up country duo Sugarland who exploded onto the music scene in '04 with Twice The Speed Of Life ("Baby Girl", "Something More"). Enjoy the Ride ("Want To", "Settlin" and "Stay") quickly followed in '06. Their third studio album Love On The Inside ("It...
- Shania Twain
Albums: Come on Over, Greatest Hits, Millenium Best 2000
Shania Twain (Eilleen Regina Edwards) was born August 28, 1965 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada to Sharon and Clarence Edwards. She grew up as Eilleen Twain in Timmins, Ontario, after her parents separated when she was two and her mother remarried to Jerry Twain, a full-blooded member of the Ojibwa...
- Tim McGraw
Albums: Set This Circus Down, Greatest Hits, Live Like You Were Dying
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor. With many of his albums and singles topping the country music charts, Tim has achieved total album sales in excess of 40 million units. He is married to country singer Faith Hill and is the son of former...
- Faith Hill
Albums: Cry, Breathe, There You'll Be
Audrey Faith Perry, later known as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967 in Star, Mississippi), is a successful American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her much-publicized marriage to country singer Tim McGraw.
- Reba McEntire
Albums: At Her Very Best, For My Broken Heart, Rumor Has It
Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, known for her pop-tinged ballads that include 22 #1 hits. She has issued 29 albums, with more than 45 million records sold as of 2006.
- Willie Nelson
Albums: 16 Biggest Hits, The Essential Willie Nelson, The Best Of
William Hugh "Willie" Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist, originally from Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains iconic, especially in American popular culture.
- Garth Brooks
Albums: The Hits, Fresh Horses, Sevens
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer songwriter and charity director. Brooks was a phenomenal musical force in the 1990s. He had his chart breakthrough in 1989, having come apparently from nowhere, and was an immediate commercial...
- Dolly Parton
Albums: The Essential Dolly Parton, Jolene, Dolly Parton Slipcase
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American country singer, songwriter, composer, producer, entrepreneur, author and actress. Parton began performing as a child, singing on local radio and television in East Tennessee. At age 12 she was appearing on Knoxville TV, and at 13, she was...
- LeAnn Rimes
Albums: The Best Of Leann Rimes, Family, I Need You
Margaret LeAnn Rimes (born August 28, 1982, in Jackson, Mississippi) is a popular American country and pop music singer. Rimes emerged with her first single, "Blue," when she was just thirteen years old in 1996. She is most recognized for her crossover hit "How Do I Live" which, according to...
- Zac Brown Band
Albums: Home Grown
When you first see Zac Brown in person you immediately get an infallible feeling that you’ve just encountered somebody very special. Only in his mid-20’s, Zac possesses an uncanny aura -- in both his personality and in his music -- that is beyond his young years.
- Patsy Cline
Albums: 12 Greatest Hits, Walkin' After Midnight, The Patsy Cline Story
Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer. Born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester, Virginia, United States, she received her first contract as a country singer in 1953 and, despite her short life, would become one of the most influential singers...
- Kellie Pickler
Albums: Small Town Girl, Kellie Pickler, Santa Baby
Kellie Dawn Pickler (born June 28, 1986) is an American singer best known for her sixth-place finish on the fifth season of American Idol. She was eliminated from the show on April 26, 2006. The 21-year-old Pickler auditioned for American Idol in the fall of 2005 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Trisha Yearwood
Albums: Songbook: A Collection of Hits, Hit Machine 19, Jasper County
Trisha Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is a three-time Grammy-winning American country music singer. She cites Linda Ronstadt as her biggest influence, and Ronstadt's sound and vocal stylings are clearly apparent in Yearwood's music. Other influences include Emmylou Harris, Patsy Cline, and...
- Hank Williams
Albums: 24 Greatest Hits, 40 Greatest Hits (disc 1), The Complete Hank Williams (disc 1)
On a warm night in June, 1949, with his first number one record spilling out of radios across the country, a frail young man walked onto the stage of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium for his Grand Ole Opry debut. Behind him lay nearly a decade of struggle and rejection in pursuit of this goal; ahead, a...
- Darius Rucker
Albums: Don't Think I Don't Think About It, Learn to Live, Back to Then
Darius Rucker (born May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina[1]) is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, of which he has been a member since the band's inception in 1989. Along with his work in Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker recorded one studio...
- Lee Ann Womack
Albums: I Hope You Dance, Greatest Hits, There's More Where That Came From
Lee Ann Womack (born August 19, 1966, in Jacksonville, Texas) is a country music artist who may best be known for her 2000 crossover hit, "I Hope You Dance". Her 1997 self-titled debut album brought her onto the country music scene as a herald of a more neotraditional country music sound, in a...
- Waylon Jennings
Albums: The Essential Waylon Jennings, Nashville Rebel, The Best of Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings was born June 15, 1937 and raised in Littlefield, Texas. Jennings was one of the artists who helped father the country outlaw movement during 1970´s, refusing to play the popular Nashville sound at the time. At the age of 12 he worked as a DJ on a local radio station and...
- Patty Loveless
Albums: Classics, Mountain Soul, When Fallen Angels Fly
Patty Loveless (born Patty Lee Ramey on January 4, 1957 in Pikeville, Kentucky) has been one of the most popular female country singers since the 1990s. She rose to stardom thanks to her mix of honky tonk and emotive country ballads. She released her self-titled debut in 1987, and her most recent...
- Emmylou Harris
Albums: Wrecking Ball, Pieces of the Sky, Brokeback Mountain
Emmylou Harris is truly a modern innovator. For over 30 years, Emmylou has flowed effortlessly between genres achieving popularity in pop, folk, country and now alternative. The common bridge is an exquisite vocal style and a gift for discovering the heart of a song.
- Jamey Johnson
Albums: That Lonesome Song, The Dollar, In Color
Jamey Johnson (born in Enterprise, Alabama) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to BNA Records in 2005, Johnson made his debut with his single "The Dollar", which reached a peak of #14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
