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Jan 18, 2024 · Between Lainey Wilson's first-ever GRAMMY nominations and Brittney Spencer's highly-anticipated album arriving Jan. 19, female country artists are making bigger statements and waves than they have in decades — and there's plenty more where that came from. Lydia Farthing. | GRAMMYs / Jan 18, 2024 - 10:46 am.
- Olivia Newton John
- Deana Carter
- Leann Rimes
- Dottie West
- Lucinda Williams
- Anne Murray
- Taylor Swift
- Jennifer Nettles
- Kacey Musgraves
- Sara Evans
Though her name is synonymous with Grease and '80s pop, Olivia Newton-John's contributions to the country music genrecan't be forgotten. The ethereal singer found success on both the country and pop charts with hits such as "Have You Never Been Mellow" and "I Honestly Love You," paving the way for future crossover stars like Taylor Swift and Shania...
On her massively successful album Did I Shave My Legs for This?,featuring the cheeky title track, "Strawberry Wine" and "We Danced Anyway," Deana Carter brought down home wit and heartfelt lyricism to country radio. In 2021, Carter celebrated the 25th anniversary of the album with a special re-issue featuring Lauren Alaina, Martina McBride, Ashley ...
LeAnn Rimes became a country sensation at just 13 years old. Her debut studio album Blue hit No. 1 on the charts and she quickly became a household name. In the years since her breakthrough, she's continued to release timeless songs, such as "How Do I Live," and has been a champion for the next generation of country greats. In 2022, she released he...
Dottie West was already one of the most popular country singer-songwriters in the 1960s, but by the mid 1970s, her popularity had reached its zenith. Decked out in her signature sequins, West took the country world by storm with a series of duets with Kenny Rogersand the in-your-face "A Lesson in Leavin'." West died from injuries sustained in a car...
Though she's known as an alt-country queen, no list of female country artists would be complete without Lucinda Williams. The impact that Williams has had on the genre as a whole can't be understated. Her 1998 masterpiece Car Wheels On a Gravel Road,with its homespun tales of Southern Gothic heartache, was a welcome respite from the uniformity of c...
With numerous hit songs including "Snowbird," "You Needed Me" and "Danny's Song," Anne Murray was the first Canadian to reach No. 1 on the US Billboardcountry charts. She's credited with helping to pave the way for other Canadian country artists, such as k.d. lang and Shania Twain.
Though she has moved on to pop, there's no denying that Taylor Swift made major waves in the country music genre in her rise to the top. She's a crossover sensation with countless awards, number one singles, and albums that continue to appeal to the many fans that grew up with her. In 2021, she re-recorded her smash country album Red as Red (Taylor...
Jennifer Nettles, the lead singer of Sugarland, is a total powerhouse. She's had incredible success with her band as well and multiple solo projects. In recent years, she's become a familiar face on television, starring as Dolly Parton's mom in Dolly Parton's A Coat of Many Colors and as '80s televangelist Aimee Lee Gemstone on HBO's comedy The Rig...
One of the newer faces on this list, Kacey Musgraves has become an international sensation with several acclaimed studio albums under her belt (including a very underrated Christmas album). Her fourth album Golden Hour won Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the 2019 Grammys. In 2021, she continued to push boundaries with her album star-cro...
With eight studio albums and multiple pop/country cross over hits,Sara Evans is an incredibly talented singer-songwriter. Breakthrough third album Born to Fly has been certified 2x platinum and gave us hit songs that kept Evans on the map, including "I Could Not Ask for More," "I Keep Looking," and "Saints & Angels." In 2020, Evans released her mem...
Mar 31, 2023 · Country music’s view of women is often reductive, yet a new generation of female country singers are breaking the mold. They've cracked open the notoriously slow-to-change genre, nudging it toward aural, queer, gender and racial diversity. Meredith Lawrence. | GRAMMYs / Mar 31, 2023 - 07:21 am.
Mar 28, 2024 · In observance of Women's History Month, Holler has compiled a list of country music’s most influential women. We’ve combed through the genre’s history books to celebrate the female artists, instrumentalists and musical groups that have had the greatest impact on the format, many of whom paved the way for more and more female performers to ...
Jul 5, 2022 · Courtesy Henry Holt & Co. The story of women in country music is being written anew every day, but it needs its actual scriveners, too, to keep a record of what progress is or isn’t being...
Mar 9, 2023 · Female artists now represent around 10% of country music played on the radio. Those statistics get even scarier when it comes to older female artists. Not only is the music of women in country being restricted on the radio and in the charts, but it’s also got an age limit. So what is going on?
May 31, 2022 · Though she provides a broad history of women in country music — including the ongoing influence of pioneers like Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton, and a fond look at the early-’90s heyday when...
