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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.
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.
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 longest unbroken run at the top was the four weeks which Alan Jackson spent at number one with "Chattahoochee". In 1993, Toby Keith, who would go on to become one of the most successful artists in country music history, [2] [3] scored his first number one when "Should've Been a Cowboy" reached the top spot in June. [4]
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.
The omissions of singers Dionne Warwick, Jennifer Hudson, Justin Bieber, Bill Withers and Nat King Cole were also criticized. [4] Singer Chaka Khan, who was ranked 29th on the list, called Rolling Stone editors "children of Helen Keller" and publicly expressed her outrage about being placed lower than Mary J. Blige, Adele and Mariah Carey. [5]
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.
1932 in country music, "Why Should I Be Lonely" [13] by Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians Top Country Record. 1933 in country music, Jimmie Rodgers dies in May 1933. "Yellow Rose Of Texas" [14] by Gene Autry and Jimmy Long Top Country Record. 1934 in country music, "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" [15] [9] recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers ...