Taste of Country said many more country stars such as Shania Twain, Reba McEntire, Billy Ray Cyrus, Doug Stone, Shelby Lynne, ...

As we gear up to celebrate the best of today's country music at the 52nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards, it seemed a fitting time to take a look back at the country music legends we have lost.

Joe Ely, the progressive country music pioneer and renowned Texas singer-songwriter, has died. He was 78. Ely died on Monday, Dec. 15, at his home in Taos, New Mexico, due to complications of Lewy ...

When it comes to making music, most artists tend to stay in one lane. They are drawn to a specific genre, and they stick with it for the duration of their career. For others, they're comfortable going ...

Today, many genre fans look back on the 1990s as one of the best decades for country music. The era marked the end of the Urban Cowboy sound and the pop-influenced music of the previous decade.

If you like country music and a “good looking cowboy,” you are in luck, because the folks at Ranker.com have you covered. That’s right, the site crowdsourced things, letting fans vote on who the most ...

It has been 10 years since "Tomatogate" rallied women in country music. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images, Rich Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images ...

After stars including Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll and the Entertainer of the Year-nominated Morgan Wallen skipped the 2025 CMA Awards on Nov. 19, fans were left wondering: Is it really Country Music's ...

“Outlaw” is a term that’s been bandied around quite a bit in the field of country music. What started out as more or less a marketing campaign, culminating in the 1976 Wanted: The Outlaws compilation ...

Leslie Fram, former CMT executive, and Cameo Carlson, CEO of mTheory, have championed diversity in Nashville's country music scene for over a decade. Initiatives like CMT's Next Women of Country and ...

To get a sense of how wide the country music landscape — and the divides within it — are in 2025, consider the varied reactions to an announcement the Recording Academy made in June: The best country ...

Full House can't compare to Willie Nelson's house. The country legend is one of more than 20 country music stars with a lot of kids — as in, more kids than you can safely fit in a minivan. Three ...