"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Dolly's heartbreaking song about the other woman in a marriage is as hauntingly beautiful today as when ...

Reba McEntire is queen of the all-female country duet, but does she have the best one ever? You'll find her on three of these famous girls-only songs. Trisha Yearwood, Miranda Lambert and Kelly ...

Societal expectations of women and female stereotypes have informed art since time immemorial, and classic country is certainly no exception. Whether through patriarchal consequence or the age-old ...

Charley Pride, widely considered the genre’s first Black superstar, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.

Three decades after Shania Twain notably notched her first No. 1 hit, she continues to influence female country artists. “Any Man of Mine” was a sassy, confident directive about Twain’s expectations ...

Despite efforts to improve representation, female artists make up a small percentage of country radio airplay. Beyoncé's success on country radio with "Texas Hold 'Em" without traditional promotion ...

We recently looked at five standout songs recorded in the 1950s that were largely overshadowed by covers that came later. Of course, there weren’t only five songs that fit that description. One of the ...

According to Dr. Jada Watson at Song Data, female artists indeed represented just over 8 percent of the songs programmed at country radio in 2024. Truthfully, as a girl-dad, this scares me because it ...