Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” marked a historic moment in country music. Following its release in March 2024, Beyoncé became the first Black woman to lead Billboard’s Top Country Album chart since it ...

The country music icon carried on one of the genre’s most famous family legacies while creating a legendary career of his own ...

The 2025 American Music Awards went off without a hitch on Monday, May 26, but that doesn't mean it wasn't without its awkward moments. The most awkward of the night went to Shaboozey and Megan ...

Ella Langley becomes the first woman in country — and second country artist — to appear at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously on the ...

Over the past century, the country music genre has become one of the most popular and recognizable within the American music industry. It first originated in the early 1900s, particularly among ...

To some fans, country music was meant to be played one way—unfiltered, unplugged, and entirely acoustic. This is a purist school of thought, and one that mainly applies to bluegrass and folk music.

Winning both Best Country Album and Album of the Year at the Grammys in February, Cowboy Carter introduced a fresh wave of talented artists reshaping the genre and prompted music lovers to look back ...

Thanks to Shaboozey, everybody at the bar is gettin’ educated on the history of the country music. During the 2025 AMAs on Monday, the “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” artist presented the award for Favorite ...

They say opposites attract for a reason. Sometimes the best collaborations, whether musical or otherwise, come about when unlikely people team up. That’s certainly the case in country music, where ...

Left-leaning protest artist Bryan Andrews borrows from the sounds of the '70s in 'Yeehaw,' to make a point. The new song ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. The way we listen to and understand music has continued to ...