Billboard’s list:
1. George Strait
2. Garth Brooks
3. Reba McEntire
4. Alan Jackson
5. Tim McGraw
6. Randy Travis
7. Toby Keith
8. Kenny Chesney
9. Alabama
10. Brooks & Dunn
11. Rascal Flatts (really?)
12. Clint Black
13. Hank Williams Jr.
14. Shania Twain
15. The Judds
16. Faith Hill
17. Vince Gill
18. Dixie Chicks (would have been in the top 10 if they hadn’t spit on their fans)
19. Keith Urban
20. Brad Paisley
21. Ricky Van Shelton
22. Dwight Yoakam
23. Martina McBride
24. Travis Tritt
25. LeAnn Rimes
Hank Jr. 13th hmmm..
;-)
How in the world would they put Martina McBride lower than the Dixie Chicks? But then, how did the Dixie Chicks even make the list?
Most of today's popular country is just pop music with a twang.
I like Junior Brown, BR5-49, Alison Krauss, Buck Owens, Chet Atkins, Chris Knight, Eddy Arnold, Freakwater, Gillian Welch, The Handsome Family, Hank Williams (the first and third, not so much the second), Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristoferson, Mavericks, Patsy Cline, Robert Earl Keen, Steve Earle...