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The best-selling country artists of all time include Elvis Presley, Tim McGraw, and Shania Twain. We used RIAA's data to compile this list based on total album units sold in the US.
If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums.
Dolly Parton, one of the most successful female country artist in history. Country and pop music star, actress (most notably "9 to 5" and "Steel Magnolias"), songwriter. Best known for "I Will Always Love You," which she took to #1 on the country charts in 1974 [4] and 1982 [5]; also covered by Whitney Houston for "The Bodyguard" soundtrack.
This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their career, even if they were not exclusively country music performers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Billboard Music Award for Top Country Artist recognizes the most successful country artists on the Billboard Charts over the past year. Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift has won the most awards with three each. Dixie Chicks became the first group to win it in the 1999 Billboard Music Awards.
Hank Williams Jr, who will eventually move on from simply imitating the style of his famous father to become one of the most successful artists in country music history, reaches number one for the first time. [42] [43] 1971: Dolly Parton, the most successful female country performer of all time, achieves her first number one.
Her third album, "Sitting Pretty on the Top of the World," followed in 2021. Alaina had a big year in 2022. She was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in February and signed with Big Loud Records.
Most recently, she played Bailey in Country Comfort and appeared on The Masked Singer. McPhee also made her Broadway debut in 2018, when she starred as Jenna Hunterson in the musical Waitress . 4.