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I can never think of the artist's names when I want to recall them, so I just went to a link and pulled up a few......but, you're right about your comment..........
Top 100 Country Music Artists of All Time - Full List
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We've compiled a list of the Top 100 Country Music Artists of All Time. The list is based on many things, and has the input of the entire staff on where to place an artist, or if the artist belonged on the list. Things that we based our ranking on are album sales, top 40 hits, no. 1 records, no. 1 albums, popularity as an influence on other artists, and other attributes. Any omissions are purely unintentional.
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
Merle Haggard
Patsy Cline
Jimmie Rodgers
Bill Monroe
Carter Family
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
George Jones
Conway Twitty
Bob Wills
Tammy Wynette
Loretta Lynn
Buck Owens
Kitty Wells
Dolly Parton
Lefty Frizzell
Ray Price
Eddy Arnold
Ernest Tubb
Webb Pierce
Ronnie Milsap
Jim Reeves
Charley Pride
The Stanley Brothers
George Strait
Flatt & Scruggs
Marty Robbins
Garth Brooks
Elvis Presley
Hank Snow
Don Gibson
Hank Williams Jr.
Roger Miller
Johnny Horton
Charlie Rich
Red Foley
Louvin Brothers
Statler Brothers
Roy Acuff
Gene Autry
Hank Thompson
Bobby Bare
Chet Atkins
George Morgan
Porter Wagoner
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Vern Gosdin
Sonny James
Reba McEntire
Tom T. Hall
Roy Rogers
Tanya Tucker
Bill Anderson
The Oak Ridge Boys
Faron Young
Earl Thomas Conley
Alabama
Barbara Mandrell
Gene Watson
Crystal Gayle
Kenny Rogers
Shania Twain
Glen Campbell
Rodney Crowell
Keith Whitley
Dwight Yoakam
Marty Stuart
Patsy Montana
Don Williams
Steve Wariner
The Judds
Jean Shepard
Roy Clark
Emmylou Harris
Mel Tillis
John Conlee
Ricky Skaggs
Dottie West
T.G. Sheppard
Johnny Paycheck
Bellamy Brothers
Randy Travis
Lynn Anderson
Carl Smith
Dave Dudley
John Denver
Vince Gill
Patty Loveless
Alan Jackson
Clint Black
The Dixie Chicks
Brooks & Dunn
Tim McGraw
Toby Keith
Anne Murray
Diamond Rio
Mark Chesnutt
Alison Krauss + Union Station
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