This list of country music's best songs in 2026 makes one thing clear: There is new royalty. The No. 1 song is from a singer with three country hits on our mid-year list. Want to take a guess? Spoiler ...

The Grateful Dead are one of the great American adventures — an outlaw band from the psychedelic frontier of the Haight-Ashbury streets, doing everything their own way. The magic they made onstage ...

Country music has never held this many of the top spots on the all-genre chart at once — here's why. By Melinda Newman Country music is having a watershed moment. As Billboard reported earlier this ...

If you’re a country music fan, then the 1970s were your decade. The era boasted some of the biggest names and most classic songs that any time period has produced. And that’s just what we wanted to ...

There’s no denying it: This has been the summer of country music. Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has become the song of the summer and broken numerous records, including beating Whitney Houston and ...

To no one’s surprise, Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” the biggest single of 2026 so far, maintains its No. 1 perch in chart results reported by Billboard on Monday. Wallen’s new single, “Been by Now,” ...

A new Nielsen study ranked the Buffalo Bills as having the best fandom in the NFL. The Miami Dolphins fan base ranked third to last, just ahead of the New York and Los Angeles markets. Nielsen's ...

There is no assurance that Swift's song will win. But it has a lot going for it. By Paul Grein If Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” from Toy Story 5 wins the Oscar for best original song on March ...

— Our editors and readers independently select what you see on USA TODAY Sports. When you buy through a link on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Fight songs are the soundtrack of college ...

The 1960s made a lot of people country fans. All you had to do was turn on your local country music station and let the dulcet tones of a crooner hit your ears. Then you’d fall in love with the twangy ...

Thousands of football fans across the country will file into Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, on Thursday night to watch the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals compete in the ...

He said he couldn’t play instruments with the noises, and chucked his phone on the ground. But once he checked his phone, it was a flood of follows, retweets and likes after his video recreating the ...