A comment made in 2015 referring to women in country music as "tomatoes" and men as the "lettuce" still resonates a decade ...

Beyoncé won favorite female country artist and favorite country album at the 2025 American Music Awards for "Cowboy Carter." This was Beyoncé's first nomination and win in both categories ...

Pioneering female music industry executives Leslie Fram and Cameo Carlson are finding new ways to amplify diverse voices in Nashville's country music scene. Fram was laid off from CMT's parent ...

The artists below aren't all underrated themselves. You might even be familiar with most of them. The songs I've chosen for each of them, however, are extremely underrated within their wider ...

Dolly Rebecca is one of the most famous female country singers known for her decades-long career in country music. She has released numerous hit songs and chart-topping albums, including 9 to 5 ...

Is country music a safe space for LGBTQ+ artists? Chely Wright is reflecting on what’s changed, and what hasn’t, in the industry she has long called home.

He suggested female country music artists are not the lettuce in the salad, but rather tomatoes who should be "sprinkled" on a playlist and not in back-to-back rotations.

It’s been 10 years since radio consultant Keith Hill told “Country Aircheck,” an industry trade publication, that female country artists shouldn’t be played back-to-back on stations.

Three country artists who weren’t afraid to share what was on their minds to help those who looked and lived like them. Indeed, these are three female country singers who stood for empowerment.

Indeed, these are three female country singers with unmistakable singing voices. [RELATED: American Songwriter November Cover Story: Dolly Parton—The Eternal Artist] Dolly Parton ...

25. Reba McIntire One of the standout 1980s female country singers, Reba McIntire topped the Hot Country charts 25 times and placed more than 100 singles on the charts.