This week finds a full slate of artists releasing new music for the new year. Music icon Ringo Starr teams with bluegrass ...

As always, the January 2025 list of the Top 40 country songs is equal parts airplay, sales and streaming charts, plus fan ...

The top country songs of 2024 prove that country music — especially traditional country music — is in very good hands. A full 25 percent of the Top 40 songs from this year are by artists who ...

Billboard offers its takes on the top country ... songs also represent a mix of established artists and introductions to newcomers. Many of the songs feature writing from the artists themselves ...

Even though country music is mostly known as a genre that revels in nostalgia ... Throughout the decades, country musicians have both used their songs to protest racism, homophobia, and misogyny ...

The Beatles’ "Blackbird" finally becomes a chart hit in the U.K., more than 50 years after it was first released, as fans ...

Archeophone, founded in 1998, is a tiny label known for its impressive discoveries. Six years ago, Martin and Hennessy released another Levin find, a song ... ‘Well, it’s not really country ...

Country music continued its surge in 2024, with country and country-inspired songs proliferating the Hot 100 this year, logging more weeks at the chart's pinnacle than songs from any other genre.