The song became Dolly Parton’s first major pop crossover.

The line between genres has been irrevocably blurred. If the industry continues on the path that it’s starting down, we may very well see a collapse of genre classifications. But, for now, we have ...

This is probably one of the biggest country-pop crossover hits of all time, and Jeannie C. Riley’s Texas twang resonates from the beginning of the song to the end. Despite being very much a country ...

Country music has never held this many of the top spots on the all-genre chart at once - here's why.

Like many popular genres, country music began with Black people. Keep scrolling to read up on 20 of the most popular country songs by Black artists today. Tracy Chapman's 1987 single "Fast Car" became ...

Love is in the air, but you need a great country song to keep it there. This round-up of the greatest country love songs features some of the most romantic, endearing, satisfying and — ahem — ...

Kacey Musgraves may be country music's best and most important modern singer-songwriter. Her top songs show a rare ability to match poetic lyrics with pop-friendly arrangements. To say it a better way ...

August Ponthier's Everywhere Isn't Texas is as much a fully realized introduction as a complete revival. Its an existential debut that asks: How,... "World Famous," the whimsical, scene-setting ...

Billboard offers its take on the top country songs of 2025, including music from Cody Johnson, Tyler Childers, Lainey Wilson and more. It was another banner year for country artists in 2025. Morgan ...