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  • produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing stories about working-class and blue-collar American life. Country music is known for its...
    192 KB (21,006 words) - 03:38, 6 September 2024
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    Dolly Parton (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her...
    155 KB (16,303 words) - 02:38, 2 September 2024
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    Kris Kristofferson (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup the Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the...
    51 KB (4,895 words) - 01:30, 4 September 2024
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    Shania Twain (category Canadian Country Music Association Fans' Choice Award winners)
    best-selling music artists of all time and the best-selling female artist in country music history. Her success garnered her several titles, including the "Queen...
    148 KB (13,561 words) - 20:41, 31 August 2024
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    Loretta Lynn (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    Loretta Lynn (née Webb; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released...
    80 KB (7,823 words) - 19:28, 29 August 2024
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    Toby Keith Covel (July 8, 1961 – February 5, 2024) was an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman. Keith released...
    71 KB (7,779 words) - 17:15, 5 September 2024
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    Hank Williams Jr. (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    As Williams struggled to define his own voice and place within the country music genre, his style began slowly to evolve. His career was interrupted...
    41 KB (3,597 words) - 16:28, 25 August 2024
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    George Strait (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait has sold more than 120...
    89 KB (7,811 words) - 11:29, 6 September 2024
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    singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at age 13 and has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Christian...
    126 KB (10,381 words) - 01:28, 31 August 2024
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    Johnny Cash (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    crossover appeal earned him the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. Cash was born J. R....
    127 KB (13,746 words) - 05:14, 15 August 2024
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    Reba McEntire (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    Steagall. Drawn to her singing voice, Steagall helped McEntire secure a country music recording contract with PolyGram/Mercury Records in 1975. In that year...
    132 KB (12,819 words) - 22:16, 4 September 2024
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    Waylon Jennings (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at age eight and performed at fourteen...
    74 KB (7,773 words) - 14:17, 22 August 2024
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    Kenny Rogers (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences...
    67 KB (6,503 words) - 23:19, 28 August 2024
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    Carrie Underwood (category Canadian Country Music Association Song of the Year winners)
    "Before He Cheats", becoming the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history. She won three Grammy Awards for the album, including Best New...
    280 KB (25,557 words) - 00:58, 1 September 2024
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    "Entertainer of the Year", being awarded by both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association. In 2019, Bryan's 2013 album Crash My Party...
    66 KB (5,051 words) - 16:04, 6 September 2024
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    Alan Jackson (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is known for performing a style widely regarded as "neotraditional...
    45 KB (5,045 words) - 01:50, 6 September 2024
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    K.d. lang (category Canadian Country Music Association Album of the Year winners)
    lang received the Entertainer of the Year award from the Canadian Country Music Association. Lang would win the same award for the next three years...
    52 KB (4,836 words) - 14:42, 3 September 2024
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    Billboard Hot 100. Chesney has received twelve Country Music Association Awards, including the Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year...
    60 KB (5,905 words) - 08:08, 5 September 2024
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    Year-End. He has also won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards, and...
    91 KB (8,871 words) - 06:57, 6 September 2024
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    Glen Campbell (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top award as 1968...
    71 KB (6,331 words) - 03:45, 29 August 2024
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