http://mp3.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=131&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody OnlineTraditional Countryen720Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:22:31 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=131&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61721&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61721 art.61721 George Strait art.61721 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61721&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61721&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43391&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.43391 art.43391 Kenny Chesney art.43391 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43391&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43391&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems rocketed to Number on the country and pop charts and eventually sold more than 4 million copies. In 2008 Chesney won the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award for the fourth consecutive year. Chesney's mix of heartland rock, pop and country has earned him more than thirty Top Ten country singles and numerous awards.

Born Kenneth Arnold Chesney on March 26, 1968, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to a hair stylist mother, he was raised in nearby Luttrell. Chesney played football at Gibbs High School in Corryton, Tennessee, but didn't begin playing music until he was in college at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, where he studied advertising. After graduating, he moved to Nashville and signed with BMI and Opryland Music Group in 1992. His debut album, In My Wildest Dreams, came out in two years later on the newly revived southern rock label Capricorn Records. Though it was more pure country than his later albums, Chesney set the tone of his winning career with his smooth baritone on slick ballads like "When She Calls Me Baby" and the upbeat honky-tonk of "Whatever It Takes," which climbed to Number 59 on Billboard's country singles chart.

Chesney left Capricorn for RCA subsidiary BNA Records and released his breakthrough second album, All I Need to Know (Number 39, 1995), which yielded Top Ten country hits in the pop-country "Fall in Love" (Number Six, 1995) and ballad "All I Need to Know" (Number Eight, 1995). Successive albums — Me and You (Number Nine Country, 1995) and I Will Stand (Number Ten country, 1997) — fared even better, producing the country hits "When I Close My Eyes" (Number Two, 1996), "Me and You" (Number Two), "She's Got it All" (Number One), "A Chance" (Number 11), "I Will Stand" (Number 27) and "That's Why I'm Here" (Number Two).

Chesney became a crossover success with Everywhere We Go (Number Five country, Number 51 Pop, 1999), with its hits "How Forever Feels" (Number One country, Number 27 pop, 1999), "You Had Me from Hello" (Number One country, Number 34 pop), the novelty song "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" (Number 11 country, Number 68 pop, 1999), and "What I Need to Do" (Number 8 country, Number 56 pop, 2000). The album sold 2 million copies. He began the next decade of his career with Greatest Hits (Number One country, Number 13 pop, 2000), which featured four new songs including "I Lost It" (Number Three country, Number 34 pop) and "Don't Happen Twice" (Number One country, Number 26 pop).

Chesney's sixth release, 2002's No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems was barely country at all; aside from his Tennessee twang and the presence of pedal-steel guitar, the songs were more in line with those of such average-guy, heartland rockers as Bob Seger, Tom Petty or John Mellencamp. No Shoes… rocketed to Number One on both the pop and country charts, yielding huge crossover hits in the upbeat rockers "Young" (Number Two country, Number 35 pop) and "Big Star" (Number Two country, Number 28 pop), the ballad "A Lot of Things Different" (Number Six country, Number 55 pop) and mid-tempo "The Good Stuff" (Number One country, Number 22 pop, and the pure pop-country of the title track (Number Two country, Number 28 pop, 2003).

Chesney has continued his momentum with successive platinum and multi-platinum Number One country albums throughout the 2000s: When the Sun Goes Down (Number One country, Number One pop, 2004), Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) (Number One country, Number One pop, 2005), The Road and the Radio (Number One country, Number One pop, 2005), Live: Live Those Songs Again (Number One country, Number Four pop, 2006) and Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (Number One country, Number Three pop, 2007).

His string of Top Ten country hits in the 2000s includes, "There Goes My Life" (Number One country, Number 29 pop, 2004), his duet with Uncle Kracker "When the Sun Goes Down" (Number One country, Number 26 pop, 2004), his collaboration with Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait on Hank Williams' "Hey Good Lookin'" (Number Eight country, Number 63 pop, 2004), "Anything But Mine" (Number One country, Number 48 pop, 2005), "Living in Fast Forward" (Number One country, Number 48 pop, 2005), "Summertime" (Number One country, Number 34 pop, 2006), "Beer In Mexico" (Number One country, Number 61 pop, 2007), "Never Wanted Nothing More" (Number One country, Number 22 pop, 2007), "Don't Blink" (Number One country, Number 29 pop, 2007) and his duet with Strait on "Shiftwork" (Number Two country, Number 47 pop, 2007).

Chesney has won numerous awards including Academy of Country Music honors for New Male Vocalist of the Year (1997), Top Male Vocalist of the Year (2002) and Entertainer of the Year (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008); Country Music Association nods for Album of the Year (When the Sun Goes Down, 2004) and Entertainer of the Year (2004, 2006, 2007); and American Music Association awards for Artist of the Year (2004) and Entertainer of the Year (2007); as well as several CMT video awards.

In 2005, Chesney's personal life became tabloid news when he married actress Renée Zellweger in the U.S. Virgin Islands and filed for an annulment after only four months of marriage. In 2008, Chesney — who has a home in the Caribbean — was slated to embark on his Corona beer-sponsored "Poets & Pirates" stadium tour with openers LeAnn Rimes and Keith Urban. ]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67317&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Outlaw Country Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.67317 art.67317 Johnny Cash art.67317 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67317&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67317&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37946&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:36 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.37946 art.37946 Brad Paisley art.37946 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37946&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37946&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Who Needs Pictures. In 2003, he released chart-topper Mud on the Tires. Time Well Wasted came at the end of 2005, and earned him both the CMA and ACM award for Album of the Year, as well as four Grammy nominations. A few months after Paisley's son William Huckleberry was born in 2007, his sixth album, 5th Gear, was released. The album succeeded with a handful of hit singles and a Grammy for the instrumental track, "Throttleneck." Perhaps the award was inspiration for his next album, the largely instrumental effort, Play. - Linda Ryan]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63535&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.63535 art.63535 Tim McGraw art.63535 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63535&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63535&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss All I Want with opener Faith Hill and by the end of the jaunt, the two were hitched and fetching all kinds of Johnny and June Carter Cash comparisons. McGraw and Hill's first duet, the romantic, heart-string pulling "It's Your Love," came out in 1997 with the kind of affectionate aplomb that propelled McGraw (and Hill) to red carpeted, crossover superstardom. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8471&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:58 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8471 art.8471 Toby Keith art.8471 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8471&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8471&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss ABC News anchor Peter Jennings to protest Keith's appearance on a network Fourth of July special. Of course tons of media hoopla followed, giving Keith the kind of priceless promotion that propelled "Courtesy" into legendary crossover hit status. Since then, Keith has continued to crank out the kind of roadhouse honky-tonk country songs that he began his career with, but he also stuck with what made him the most money -- riling up angry right wing Americans. His 2003 album Shock'n Y'all (it sounds like "Shock And Awe" when you say it out loud) featured "The Taliban Song," which referred to Middle Eastern men as camel herders. In interviews, Keith dismisses these kinds of songs as "bus songs," tunes that he pens for fun, and were never meant to be released until his fans insisted. But not all of his "bus songs" are politically charged. Keith's "Weed With Willie" (also from Shock'n Y'all) makes light of Willie Nelson's love for incredibly strong marijuana and "Grain of Salt" from 2006's White Trash With Money serves as a tourist's tequila anthem. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17661&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:58 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.17661 art.17661 Keith Urban art.17661 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17661&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17661&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Love, Pain And The Whole Crazy Thing. Defying Gravity followed in March, 2009. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42556&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Outlaw Country Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.42556 art.42556 Willie Nelson art.42556 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42556&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42556&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Red Headed Stranger. It was the hit "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" that perpetuated the then-popular image of the longhaired country boy. Willie Nelson had arrived as a country superstar. His folky, nasal inflections carried his voice through many different genres of music, including Western Swing, traditional pop, jazz, Traditional Country, Cowboy country songs, Honky-Tonk, rock 'n' roll, folk music and of course, the blues. Nelson's success lasted until the late 1980s, when some trouble with the IRS landed him in a number of stuffed-crust pizza commercials and a cameo role in the film Half Baked smoking his beloved joints. When the day is done, Nelson can easily be considered a bona fide legend. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1046&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:52:16 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1046 art.1046 Alan Jackson art.1046 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1046&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1046&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4772&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:33 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4772 art.4772 Brooks & Dunn art.4772 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4772&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4772&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Star Search dream come true. Kix Brooks was on the Capitol Records roster with a solo album before spending time writing songs for a handful of country artists. Through an introduction from Arista Nashville guru Tim DuBois, Brooks befriended Ronnie Dunn who had won a national country talent competition. The uncanny chemistry between the two quickly made them the most popular country duo of the 1990s. Their slick sound and warm tones traverse from heavy, knee slapping, honky-tonk inspired boogie rock to radio-friendly ballads worthy of womanly tears in beers. Brooks and Dunn's songs tend to lure fans of new country music with their sharp ears for barbed melody as well as their hypnotizing close-harmonies. After 20 successful years, Brooks and Dunn announced that after a farewell tour in 2010, the two would retire as a duo. To commemorate, they released #1s and Then Some in October 2009. The 30-song double album includes 23 No. 1 hits plus two new songs: "Indian Summer" and "Honky Tonk Stomp." An expansive collection, #1s and Then Some is a brilliant bookend to a distinguished career. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.962&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Honky-Tonk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.962 art.962 George Jones art.962 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.962&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.962&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss
Jones grew up the eighth child in a poor Texas family, his father an alcoholic laborer, his mother a church pianist. He came to music early, singing at 9, playing guitar at 11, and writing his first song at 12. Jones ran away from home at age 14; in 1947 he was hired by the duo Eddie and Pearl. A regular radio spot gave Jones his first glimmer of fame and also got him his first endearing nickname, Possum, so dubbed by a disc jockey for Jones' close-set eyes and turned-up nose. By 18 Jones already had a wife, a child, and a broken marriage behind him.

After three years in the Marine Corps, Jones returned to Texas to start his musical career in earnest. He again gained attention while singing on the radio. A Houston producer, H. W. "Pappy" Daily, signed Jones to the Starday label; there, Jones had his first C&W hits, including "Why Baby Why" (Number Four, 1955), "You Gotta Be My Baby" (Number Seven, 1956), and "Just One More" (Number Three, 1956). After Starday merged with the national label Mercury in 1957, Jones began cutting the classic singles that made him famous; among them, 1959's "White Lightning," Jones' first C&W Number One and his only pop hit (Number 73). Other hits from this period include "Who Shot Sam" (Number Seven, 1959), "The Window Up Above" (Number Two, 1960), and "Tender Years" (Number One, 1961).

Jones' long string of country hits includes "She Thinks I Still Care" (Number One, 1962), "You Comb Her Hair" (Number Five, 1963), "The Race Is On" (Number Three, 1964), "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (a duet with Melba Montgomery) (Number Three, 1963), "Walk Through This World With Me" (Number One, 1967), "A Good Year for the Roses" (Number Two, 1970), "The Grand Tour" (Number One, 1974), "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (Number One, 1980), and "Yesterday's Wine" (with Merle Haggard) (Number One, 1982). In addition to these and other major sellers were dozens of Top 20 hits. In all, Jones has found himself on the C&W chart—as a solo artist or in duet settings—over 150 times.

But Jones' phenomenal success as an artist ran neck and neck with his increasingly erratic behavior. Jones' excessive drinking, and later drug abuse, caused him to consistently miss shows (giving him the new nickname, No Show Jones), shirk off recording sessions, and behave violently toward wives and friends. In 1969 Jones married country superstar Tammy Wynette. Though their four-year marriage was stormy (Jones was accused of beating her and threatening her with a rifle), the two had chart success together during and after the marriage: "We're Gonna Hold On" (Number One, 1973), "Golden Ring" (Number One, 1976), "Near You" (Number One, 1976), and "Two Story House" (Number Two, 1980).

Jones turned over a new leaf in his recording career and personal life during the 1980s. Eschewing the overproduced sound that had been cluttering his work, Jones returned to his honky-tonk roots. He sought help for substance abuse, amended his no-show ways, and established a stable fourth marriage. His 1992 single "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" (Number 34 C&W) featured 10 contemporary country hitmakers, including Garth Brooks, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, and Travis Tritt. In 1994 Jones recorded The Bradley Barn Sessions, a series of duets with performers including Trisha Yearwood, Keith Richards, and Mark Knopfler. That fall, Jones underwent triple bypass surgery; upon recovery, he returned to the studio to record One, a reunion album with Wynette that the pair supported with a short tour. The following year saw the release of his notoriously self-deprecating, tell-all autobiography, I Lived to Tell It All. An album of the same name followed later that year, peaking at Number 26 on the country chart. In 1998 he began hosting his own variety show on TNN, The George Jones Show, which ran for two years.

Jones recorded one more album for MCA in 1998 but asked to be released from the label out of frustration from lack of radio airplay. He was in the finishing stages of recording his debut for Asylum the following year when he drove his sport-utility vehicle into a concrete bridge, landing him in the hospital with damaged lungs and liver. He later pleaded guilty to DWI — his first slip off the wagon in more than a dozen years. He survived the ordeal with a new lease on life, a rush of renewed media interest, and his highest-charting album of the decade, Cold Hard Truth (Number Five C&W), which featured the single "Choices" (Number 24 C&W). Live With the Possum followed later the same year.]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66465&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:39 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.66465 art.66465 Dierks Bentley art.66465 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66465&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66465&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Dawson's Creek wasn't just about white American middle class kids, but white American middle class kids growing up in suburban Tennessee, Bentley would be all over those soundtracks. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2192&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2192 art.2192 Martina McBride art.2192 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2192&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2192&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4635&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:06 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4635 art.4635 Randy Travis art.4635 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4635&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4635&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Inspirational Journey, which combined aspects of traditional country and contemporary worship music. The album was a hit on country radio as well as contemporary Christian outlets. Many of the songs were also featured on Touched by an Angel, in which Travis also guest-starred. Travis has since released country/Christian albums in rapid succession: Worship and Faith (2003), Passing Through (2004) and Glory Train (2005). In 2008, he released the CD/DVD Around the Bend. - Linda Ryan]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6043&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Bakersfield Sound Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:54 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6043 art.6043 Merle Haggard art.6043 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6043&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6043&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.200&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:51 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.200 art.200 Trace Adkins art.200 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.200&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.200&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44110&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:51 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44110 art.44110 Dwight Yoakam art.44110 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44110&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44110&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37729&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:38 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.37729 art.37729 Montgomery Gentry art.37729 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37729&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37729&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44997&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:06 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44997 art.44997 Gary Allan art.44997 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44997&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44997&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61365&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Nashville Sound Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61365 art.61365 Patsy Cline art.61365 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61365&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61365&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37872&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:26 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.37872 art.37872 Blake Shelton art.37872 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37872&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37872&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4802&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Country Pop/Cosmopolitan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:01 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4802 art.4802 Dolly Parton art.4802 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4802&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4802&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7675527&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:35 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7675527 art.7675527 Jamey Johnson art.7675527 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7675527&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7675527&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss The Book. With a hit single ("The Dollar") under his belt, Johnson hit the road -- and partied hard. Things started to unravel, first when his wife divorced him and then further when his record label dropped him. Lost and in shock, Johnson cut himself off from friends and family and became a recluse, writing smash hits for George Strait ("Give It Away") and Trace Adkins ("Honky Tonk Badonkadonk") to pass the time. In 2008, Johnson returned to the spotlight with the release of his sophomore effort, That Lonesome Song, a battered collection of songs dealing with loss, growing pains and regret. - Linda Ryan]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65908&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.65908 art.65908 Miranda Lambert art.65908 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65908&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65908&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Nashville Star. It wasn't long before Sony snatched her up, which isn't as impressive as the fact that they let her pen 10 of the 11 songs on her debut album, Kerosene. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3250&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Southern Rock Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3250 art.3250 Charlie Daniels art.3250 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3250&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3250&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait, New Morning, and Dylan. Charlie Daniels was known as the long haired country boy with adroit musical skills that were a true gift from the gods of music. In his heyday, Daniels surrounded himself with an ever changing team of exquisitely talented musicians that contributed to his trademark sound: strict country music with an edgy injection of Southern Rock, blues shuffles and Boogie Rock overtones. Aside from making music that would soon pump from the speakers of Bo and Luke's General Lee, Daniels wrote songs that Elvis Presley covered; he played with Leonard Cohen's touring band in the 1960s, and even produced the Youngbloods' album Elephant Memory. Daniels managed to install a set of ethics for his fan-base-turned-subculture when he penned its anthem, "Long Haired Country Boy" with: "People say I'm no good and crazy as a loon / Cause I get stoned in the morning, get drunk in the afternoon. / Kinda like my old blue tick hound I like to lay around in the shade / I ain't got no money but I've damn sure got it made.../ I don't want much of nothing at all but I will take another toke." - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.924&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:48 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.924 art.924 Travis Tritt art.924 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.924&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.924&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3482&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Honky-Tonk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3482 art.3482 Hank Williams art.3482 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3482&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3482&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss
Hiram "Hank" Williams was born in a two-room sharecropper's shack in southeastern Alabama. His father was shell-shocked from World War I and committed himself to a veterans' hospital when Hank was seven, leaving Williams' mother to support him and his sister. She played organ in the local Baptist church, where Hank sang in the choir, and she bought him a guitar for $3.50. When he was 11, Williams moved in with relatives in a railroad camp and began frequenting the Saturday-night dances, where he learned about country music and moonshine. The following year, he moved with his family to the larger town of Greenville and began learning blues songs from a black street singer named Rufe "Tee-Tot" Payne. Williams played on streetcorners with Tee-Tot, sold peanuts, and shined shoes.

In 1937 the family moved to Montgomery, Alabama. Hank won an amateur contest by performing his "W.P.A. Blues" and, dubbed the Singing Kid, he secured a twice-weekly radio show on local station WSFA. Soon after, he formed the Drifting Cowboys and began playing the Alabama roadhouse circuit, with his mother as booking agent and driver.

By December 1944, Williams had played nearly every roadhouse in Alabama and had married Audrey Mae Sheppard. Two years later, he signed a songwriting contract with Nashville publishers Acuff-Rose, and he recorded in Nashville on the small Sterling label. Soon after, he got a recording contract with newly formed MGM and began his successful collaboration with producer/arranger Fred Rose. That summer (1948), Williams joined the popular KWKH country music radio program Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport. His records started making the C&W charts, and he finally hit big with "Lovesick Blues," which became the Number One country record of 1949.

On June 11, 1949, Williams played at the Grand Ole Opry for the first time and received an unprecedented six encores. His fame grew along with his touring schedule of one-nighters across the country. Besides recording his bluesy C&W records, he also recorded gospel-influenced songs under the name Luke the Drifter. By 1952 his drinking had gotten out of hand, his health had deteriorated, and his marriage ended in divorce. Williams' chronic back problems had resulted in his dependence on painkillers, and in August he was fired from the Grand Ole Opry because of frequent no-shows. Four months later, at the age of 29, he died of a heart attack in the back of his Cadillac en route to a show in Canton, Ohio. (Many years later reports were issued that he actually died in a Knoxville, Tennessee, hotel room after excessive alcohol and drug consumption.)

After his death, Williams' records sold more than ever, and have continued to do so in the nearly 50 years since. His oft-covered catalogue has produced hits for artists ranging from Fats Domino and John Fogerty's Blue Ridge Rangers to Ray Charles and B.J. Thomas and has been the inspiration for a whole new generation of alt-country artists. In the late '90s Mercury Records began reissuing Williams' music on lavish CD sets. The 1998 box set The Complete Hank Williams won two Grammys.

from The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001) ]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4663&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4663 art.4663 Clint Black art.4663 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4663&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4663&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Nashville Star winner Buddy Jewell, Black saw to his own music, releasing Spend My Time (2004), Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic (2005) and Love Songs (2007). In early 2008, Black released a cover of the Hollies' classic "Long Cool Woman." - Linda Ryan]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.59784&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.59784 art.59784 Vince Gill art.59784 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.59784&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.59784&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Turn Me Loose. From this album, Gill's first single "Victim of Life's Circumstances" broke Top-40 and he's been on an uphill hayride ever since. Gill's Country Rock upbringing sometimes makes its way into his traditional-tinged Country Pop, and his latest recordings are saturated with the kind of passion you just can't fake. Gill's buttery vocals bring his sweeping ballads to life in a way that lets you know he's a man in love. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55028&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:44 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.55028 art.55028 Lee Ann Womack art.55028 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55028&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55028&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss I Hope You Dance, her biggest hit. The title track spent five weeks atop the country charts, crossing over to the pop and adult contemporary charts. Trying to recapture the crossover momentum,Womack released the glossy Something Worth Leaving Behind in 2002. It took three years to produce There's More Where That Came From, a return to her traditional roots. The album won CMA's Album of the Year, and "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" won single of the year. In 2008, Womack released album seven, Call Me Crazy. - Linda Ryan]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4922&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Country Pop/Cosmopolitan Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4922 art.4922 Conway Twitty art.4922 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4922&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4922&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66740&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:05 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.66740 art.66740 Josh Turner art.66740 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66740&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66740&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9391301&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:04:05 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9391301 art.9391301 Eric Church art.9391301 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9391301&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9391301&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Sinners Like Me. His traditional sound instantly found a place in the hearts of fans and critics, many of whom were getting fed up with the commercialization of modern country. Three years and countless tours later, Church released his sophomore effort, Carolina. - Jamie Sanchez]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11761&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:54 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.11761 art.11761 Lonestar art.11761 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11761&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11761&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16784&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:23 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.16784 art.16784 Sara Evans art.16784 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16784&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16784&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Three Chords & the Truth, debuted in 1997, landing her some radio play and a touring support slot for the great George Jones. Since then she's released albums at a prolific rate: 1998's No Place That Far was met with praise from critics; 1999's Girl's Night Out garnered her even more fans and positive press; 2000's Born to Fly did well enough, but she really hit her stride in 2003 with Restless. With less traditional instrumentation and more commercial-sounding songs and production, Restlessindicated that Evans had swapped twang for a more mainstream rock orientation, but she never lost her voice's impassioned force. In 2005, the singer earned Billboard's "country's next female superstar" status when Real Fine Place debuted at the top spot on the magazine's country album chart and at No. 3 on the Top 200 Album Chart. Veering closer to the pop flame than at anytime before, the winsome singer covered a Sheryl Crow song and hired John Mayer's drummer and bass player for the record. But she didn't entirely turn her back on her country roots; on songs like "Coalminer," and the "Cheatin'," she sounds as down home as someone in a pair of Daisy Dukes. She's also appeared on albums by leading country lights like Keith Urban, Faith Hill and Carolyn Dawn Johnson, and doesn't plan to stop there: Evans, who lives outside of Nashville with her husband and two children, son Avery and daughter Audrey, says the next thing she wants is a career on the silver screen. And who would ever doubt her -- by her own admission she can switch gears at the drop of a…diaper: "I can separate things so easily in my mind. I can literally change a diaper or discipline Avery and then walk on stage. I'm such a multitasker you would not even believe. If I just had a few more arms, there's no telling what I could do. I think that's the trademark of a true woman," says Evans on her website. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1986&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:39 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1986 art.1986 k.d. lang art.1986 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1986&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1986&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Shadowlands (1988), the Canadian crooner crossed over with the '50s Pop stylings of Ingenue. She experimented with that approach on the daring misfire All You Can Eat before getting dark and loungey on Drag. While her voice can handle all these stylistic changes, her songwriting can't. That may be why her finest moments often have her interpreting standards such as Cole Porter's "So in Love." But lang doesn't want to sit still: sun-and-sea drenched '60s pop album Invincible Summer recalls every Golden State act from the Mommas and the Poppas to the Association. While the Burt Bacharach style ballad "Suddenly" is a standout, most of these songs still sound like prefabrications rather than the real thing. Which is odd, because Lang's talent is as real as you can get. Her fans are waiting for her to realize it. - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5289455&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:12:36 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5289455 art.5289455 Gretchen Wilson art.5289455 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5289455&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5289455&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss The Simpsons episode where Homer befriends the aspiring country singer Lurlene Lumpkin. Like Lumpkin, Wilson grew up in a poor, rural part of the country. Born to a 16-year-old mother and to a father who left the home when she was only a toddler, Wilson grew up in Pocahontas, Ill., and moved nomadically from trailer park to trailer park. While only 14 and with just an eighth grade education, she worked as a bartender and a cook in the same tavern as her mom. Wilson began her career in her early 20s by singing in bar bands and soon she relocated to Nashville where she joined up with the Muzik Mafia songwriting club. Her debut single, "Redneck Woman," (which she co-wrote with John Rich of Big & Rich and Lonestar) set sales records on the Billboard charts, making her an overnight sensation. She has been credited with saving country music in a time when Nashville is leaning toward the pop production of Faith Hill and Shania Twain -- artists who sound like they're desperately trying to cross over into the Adult Contemporary market. In contrast, Wilson celebrates her redneck roots in her compositions (by name checking Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock, for example). - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.216&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:37 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.216 art.216 Diamond Rio art.216 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.216&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.216&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5701&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss '50s Rock 'n' Roll Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:36 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5701 art.5701 Jerry Lee Lewis art.5701 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5701&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5701&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61325&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Honky-Tonk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:51 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61325 art.61325 Loretta Lynn art.61325 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61325&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61325&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) that made her a brand name in non-(Ford)truck-driving households across the nation. One of the first female country singers to address feminist issues, Lynn was considered a maverick during the '70s by the Grand Ole Opry's stuffed-shirt elite. With songs like "Don't Come Home a Drinkin'" and "The Pill" she stood in stark contrast to the stand-by-your-abuser sentiment of the time. This outspoken quality and her bedrock vocal style has been her legacy, influencing countless artists and earning her the utmost respect of the Nashville nation. The album-per-year pace Lynn had kept up for almost thirty years began to slacken during the '90s as she went into a sort of semiretirement, releasing fewer records, but choosing her material more carefully. As a duet partner, she teamed up with nearly every big-name country artist, ushering that peculiarly country tradition into contemporary times. Still Country (2000) finds her in fine form; the hard Honky-Tonk rocker "Country in My Genes" serves as a showcase for her pure country vitality and confirms her icon status. - Mike McGuirk]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40229&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Cowboy Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:39:34 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40229 art.40229 Marty Robbins art.40229 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40229&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40229&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56164&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:04:05 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.56164 art.56164 James Otto art.56164 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56164&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.56164&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss his way. He surrounded himself with the best writers' circles that Music City had to offer. He soon recorded an album that fell into the hands of Shania Twain, and it wasn't long before Otto was signed to Mercury Nashville and opening for Twain on her 2003 tour. In 2008, Otto released his sophomore effort, Sunset Man, which housed the No. 1 single "Just Got Started Lovin' You." - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4254&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss '50s Rock 'n' Roll Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:52 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4254 art.4254 The Everly Brothers art.4254 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4254&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4254&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4365&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Country Pop/Cosmopolitan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:04 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4365 art.4365 The Judds art.4365 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4365&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4365&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44099&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44099 art.44099 Patty Loveless art.44099 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44099&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44099&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10806&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:06 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.10806 art.10806 Joe Nichols art.10806 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10806&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10806&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Man With a Memory in 2002, which finally got him onto the country charts. Soon after, Nichols was awarded the Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music and was nominated for three Grammys. He struck again with 2004's Revelation, before cranking out III the next year and the critically acclaimed Real Things in 2007. In September of that year, Nichols married longtime sweetheart Heather Singleton. The following month, he checked himself into rehab. Sober and eager to get back on track, Nichols got the lead role in the Broadway play Pure Country, and in 2009 he released Old Things New. - Linda Ryan]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10832425&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Country Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.10832425 art.10832425 Jake Owen art.10832425 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10832425&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10832425&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4965&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Nashville Sound Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:57 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4965 art.4965 Don Williams art.4965 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4965&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4965&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37770&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss New Traditional Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:54 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.37770 art.37770 Keith Whitley art.37770 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37770&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37770&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss A Hard Act To Follow, which featured Honky-Tonk songs with slivers of rock. Today, the album is considered an integral part of the New Traditional family tree. Behind the varied production on every one of his recordings reveals a man with a soulful voice and a strong love for country music. Whitley continued to make commercially produced albums that he was generally unhappy with, battling alcoholism concurrently. His battle ended May 9, 1989, when he died from acute alcohol poisoning. - Eric Shea]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37511&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss Country Pop/Cosmopolitan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:52 -0800 Top Traditional Country Artists on Rhapsody Online art.37511 art.37511 Billy Ray Cyrus art.37511 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37511&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37511&variant=data&rws=%2Fcountry%2Ftraditional-country%2Fartist-chart.rss