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1975 in country music, Continued backlash over pop-influenced country after John Denver is named CMA Entertainer of the Year; country music records chart highly on the Billboard Hot 100; Willie Nelson becomes major star 15 years after his first recordings with album Redheaded Stranger; divorce of George Jones and Tammy Wynette; deaths of Bob ...
Trace Adkins (born 1962) David "Stringbean" Akeman (1915–1973) Rhett Akins (born 1969) Alabama; Lauren Alaina (born 1994) Jason Aldean (born 1977) Alee (born 1992) Daniele Alexander (born 1954) Jessi Alexander (born 1976) Gary Allan (born 1967) Susie Allanson (born 1952) Deborah Allen (born 1953) Duane Allen (born 1943) Harley Allen (1956 ...
He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'."
The table of years in country music is a tabular display of all years in country music, to provide an overview and quick navigation to any year.
The rotunda of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. This is a list of the 155 inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, as of 2024, counting groups as a single inductee. Of these, 16 inductions are solo female performers, and 1 induction is a female duet.
Willie Nelson sets a new record as the oldest artist to achieve a number one country song at age 70. [69] 2004: 2005: The chart's name changes to Hot Country Songs. Josh Gracin becomes the first American Idol finalist to achieve a country number one. [2] [70] [71] 2006: George Strait achieves his 41st number one, breaking Conway Twitty's record.
The song's long run at the top of the chart was somewhat controversial, as the song is largely a pop song without much country influence and its success on the charts was driven by a change to the chart's criteria to include airplay on non-country radio stations, prompting disputes over what constitutes a country song; many of Swift's later ...
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