A Woman Is Finally Having Fun at the Top of the Country Charts
F or the first time in 51 weeks, a woman has the No. 1 song at country radio. Ella Langley’s heart-eyed honky-tonk duet with ...
Black country music ‘renaissance’ forces genre to reckon with racial history
The growing popularity of Black country artists, spurred in part by Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” has sparked a conversation ...
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Ella Langley Was The ONLY Female Artist To Top The ‘Country Airplay’ Chart In 2024
Ella Langley was the only female artist to top the Billboard Country Airplay chart in 2024. The more prominent Hot Country Songs chart wasn’t any better, with only Kacey Musgraves (as part of her duet ...
Inside the 'timing and preparation' that guided Megan Moroney's 2024 country success
The team behind the superstar-making year for Megan Moroney, the Academy of Country Music's and Country Music Association's ...
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Lainey Wilson On The Staying Power Of Female Artists In Country Music: “Because It’s So Hard To Break Through, They Stand The Test Of Time”
No one has had more of a meteoric rise in the past couple of years than Lainey Wilson. She took home the “Entertainer of the Year” award at the CMAs in 2023, and then in 2024, the artist won a “Female ...
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4 Country Music Duets That Changed the Genre Forever
These country duets are some of the best collaborations in country music history, and we think they're worth revisiting.
Shaboozey, Beyoncé and Post Malone Shake Up 2024 Year-End Country Charts, While Morgan Wallen Is Tops
Notably that week, as Shaboozey dethroned Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” two Black artists reigned back-to-back for the first ...