Death is an inevitable truth for all people, but somehow it's even more tragic when unexpected. That was the case with these 44 country singers who died before their time. Some were victims of tragedy ...

The moment Dolly Parton preceded Beyoncé in becoming bigger than the music industry itself happened at some point around Valentine’s Day in 1981. At the time, her single “9 to 5” was surging to the ...

JD Shelburne can still remember the days when he was just a little kid standing amongst the big pews of his hometown Baptist church singing the Christmas classic "Away in a Manger." "It was one of the ...

Scotty McCreery wrote his single “Five More Minutes” with Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell shortly after the death of his grandfather in January of 2015 and began performing it live later that year; ...

In the 1970s, the country music charts were filled with artists who first found fame during the previous decade(s): to name a few, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley. But there were also a ...

The 1990s are seen as one of the golden eras of country music. It was the decade that marked the emergence of a new generation of country stars who often mixed traditional country sounds with a modern ...

The explosion of emerging talent that came onto the country music scene in the 1990s included a wave of impressive new bands. For decades, the genre had been overwhelmingly dominated by solo acts — ...

It's challenging to take one's imagination back to a time before Trisha Yearwood was country music royalty. For anyone who spent the 1990s tuned into their local country radio station, Yearwood's ...

Taylor Swift wanted to soak in the crowd's cheers as she was accepted the award for Best Female Video on Sept. 13, 2009, but Kanye West had other plans. "I'm really happy for you," West said after ...

Kenny Chesney's best songs are rockers, ballads, anthems, blasts of nostalgia and reminders of what it feels like to see him live in concert. The best Kenny Chesney song is all of these things. The ...

Ray Stevens' novelty song 'Ahab the Arab' may have received some bad reviews for political correctness, but the singer says that there was no malicious intent involved in creating the tune. When asked ...

Mandi Sagal takes aim at modern Christianity with her fiery new song "Holy Smoke." Backed by acoustic guitar and swelling production, the singer-songwriter doesn't mince her words. "I see your Bible's ...