The country music tradition has always celebrated effective brevity over flowery prose, but the mid-2000s gave a whole new meaning to “get to the point.” Fluffy filler words? Extended metaphors? No, ...

While we like to think of country music as its own niche, it often bleeds into other genres. The three songs from the 2000s below aren’t country, but they borrow many of that genre’s conventions. If ...

If you grew up in the early 2000s, chances are you still know every word to Jessica Andrews' "Who I Am." More than two decades later, the beloved country-pop hit is making a comeback, this time ...

Throwing it back to the best of 2000s country on this fine Thursday. The decade following up what's considered the "Golden ...

Bringing together the genre's finest talents has always been a country music staple. From the legendary duets between Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn to more modern collaborations between ...

The Grand Ole Opry, country music's beloved cultural institution and an American staple, turns 100 this year. To celebrate, the Opry is revealing a list its fans compiled of the 100 greatest country ...

Chesney leads Billboard's 100-position Top Country Artists of the 21st Century retrospective. Below, find a breakdown of the 2000-24 top 10. By Jim Asker Kenny Chesney rules as the No. 1 country act ...

Here's who produced the most No. 1s on Hot Country Songs in the first quarter of the century, as part of Billboard's yearlong retrospective. The first quarter of the 21st century has been a remarkable ...