Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music singer and songwriter. She made her debut in March 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman", a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party. Wilson followed this album one year later with All Jacked Up, the title track of which became the highest-debuting single for a female country artist upon its 2005 release. A third album, One of the Boys, was released in 2007.
Asleep at the Wheel is an American Western Swing music group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and is based in Austin, Texas. The band has won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970 inception, released over twenty albums, and has charted more than 21 singles on the Billboard country charts. Their highest-charting single, "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read", peaked at No. 10 in 1975.
Devil Without a Cause is the fourth studio album by American musician Kid Rock. Released on August 18, 1998, the album saw Kid Rock continuing to develop his sound, and marked the finalization of his stage persona as a 'redneck pimp'. Additionally, the song "Cowboy" is seen as being instrumental in the development of the fusion genre country rap.
Cocky is the fifth studio album by American musician Kid Rock. Released in 2001, it is his third release for Atlantic Records.
Carrie Marie Underwood is an American singer. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Underwood's single "Inside Your Heaven" made her the first country artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a number-one song on the Hot 100. Her debut album, Some Hearts (2005), was bolstered by the successful crossover singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "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 Artist. The next studio album, Carnival Ride (2007) had one of the biggest opening weeks of all time by a female artist and won two Grammy Awards. Her third studio album, Play On (2009), produced the single "Cowboy Casanova", which had one of the biggest single-week upward movements on the Hot 100.
"Redneck Woman" is the debut single of American country music artist Gretchen Wilson, released on March 15, 2004, from her debut studio album, Here for the Party (2004). Wilson co-wrote the song with John Rich. It is Wilson's only number-one single on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song also reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, the song found modest success in Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, reaching number 50 on the Australian Singles Chart, number 45 on the Irish Singles Chart, and number 42 on the UK Singles Chart.
Benjamin Joseph Levin, known professionally as Benny Blanco, is an American record producer, songwriter, and record executive. He is the recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also won the BMI Songwriter of the Year Award five non-consecutive times, and won the 2017 iHeartRadio Producer of the Year Award.
"Tennessee Whiskey" is a country song written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove. It was originally recorded by country artist David Allan Coe for his album of the same name, peaking at number 77 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1981. George Jones' 1983 version of the song was included on his album Shine On, and reached number two on the Hot Country Singles chart.
Benjamin Isaac Hoffman is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician. Hoffman is well known by his country musician alter ego Wheeler Walker Jr., as whom he has released five studio albums.
Brothers Osborne is an American country music duo consisting of brothers TJ Osborne and John Osborne. Born in Deale, Maryland, the duo signed a recording contract with EMI Records Nashville in 2012 and began releasing music the following year. Their 2015 song "Stay a Little Longer" became a top five hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, and their success led to the release of their debut studio album titled Pawn Shop the same year. Since then, Brothers Osborne have released the albums Port Saint Joe (2018), Skeletons (2020), and Brothers Osborne (2023).
Bro-country is a form of country pop originating in the 2010s, and is influenced by 21st-century hip hop, hard rock, and electronica. Bro-country songs are often musically upbeat with lyrics about attractive young women, the consumption of alcohol, partying, blue jeans, boots, and pickup trucks.
Nikki Lane is an American country music singer-songwriter and artist. She has released four albums: Walk of Shame, All or Nothin', Highway Queen, and Denim & Diamonds.
Suffer in Peace is the second studio album by American country music artist Tyler Farr, released on April 28, 2015, through Columbia Nashville. Following the success of his 2013 debut effort Redneck Crazy, Farr reteamed with producers Jim Catino and Julian King to work on new material for his next country album, carrying traditional content that spoke about his life while telling relatable stories. Reviews for the record were positive to mixed, with critics divided over the production and lyrical content. Suffer in Peace debuted at numbers two and four on the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts, respectively. It spawned three singles: "A Guy Walks Into a Bar", "Withdrawals" and "Better in Boots". After performing at NBC's Today on the album's release date and holding a concert the next day in Manhattan's Irving Plaza, Farr was set to tour with Lee Brice in February 2016 but had to go through surgery and be put on vocal rest. This would be Farr's last record for the label before leaving in September 2018 and signing with Jason Aldean's Night Train Records in March 2019.
I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt is the second studio album by American rapper Earl Sweatshirt. It was released on March 23, 2015, by Tan Cressida Records and Columbia Records. It has guest appearances by Dash, Wiki, Na-Kel and Vince Staples.
Meredith Cody Jinks is an American outlaw country music singer and songwriter. His breakout 2016 album, I'm Not the Devil, reached No. 4 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, while a number of other albums such as Lifers, After the Fire, and The Wanting reached No. 2 on the same chart.
Midland is an American country music group formed in 2014 in Dripping Springs, Texas. The group members are Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson, and Cameron Duddy. Through Big Machine Records, the band has released two EPs, their self-titled EP and The Last Resort. They have released three studio albums, On the Rocks, Let It Roll and The Last Resort: Greetings From, which have accounted for seven charted singles on the Billboard country chart: "Drinkin' Problem", Burn Out", "Make a Little", "Mr. Lonely", "Cheatin' Songs", "Sunrise Tells the Story" and "Longneck Way to Go". Midland's musical style is known as neotraditional country and country rock.
Ol' Wheeler is the second album by American country artist Wheeler Walker, Jr. Released on June 2, 2017, the album debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, with 7,800 copies sold in its first week. Prior to the album's release, crowd funding music site PledgeMusic removed the album's pre-sales and refunded fans due to obscenity complaints. Upset, Wheeler Walker, Jr. claimed censorship and angry fans responded by trolling a page promoting the band 311.
"Save That Shit" is a song by American rapper Lil Peep from his first studio album, Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 (2017). It was released as the fourth single from the album on August 12, 2017. The track was produced by Smokeasac and IIVI, and written by the artist himself, George Astasio, Jason Pebworth, Jon Shave, Michael Blackburn and Juan Alderete de la Peña. The song is Lil Peep's sixth highest charting single in the United States, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart following his death on November 15, 2017.
Summer Marjani Walker is an American R&B singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, she signed with the local record label Love Renaissance, an imprint of Interscope Records in late 2017. The following year, she released her debut commercial mixtape Last Day of Summer (2018), supported by its lead single, "Girls Need Love." The song became her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and spawned a remix featuring Canadian rapper Drake. Her debut studio album, Over It (2019) was met with critical and commercial success, peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 chart—briefly breaking the record for the biggest debut streaming week for a female R&B artist—and receiving double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The discography of American country music singer–songwriter Lainey Wilson includes four studio albums, three extended plays (EPs), seven music videos, 11 singles, and ten promotional singles; she has appeared on two additional albums. While still in high school, Wilson self-released an EP of songs on her Myspace account called Country Girls Rule. In 2014, her self-titled studio album was issued on the Cupit label and was later followed in 2016 by her second studio offering Tougher. The latter disc was her first to make Billboard Top Country Albums.
