Famous Country Musicians - List of Famous Country Musicians

A country musician may refer to a kind of singer who is involved in the production of music that has elements of both traditional and popular music. Country musicians or singers are thus involved in music that is generally of folk style generally concerning the rural United States or the music inspired by the cow boys of Western America. This genre of country music has its roots in Southern United States, where it originated in the 1920’s and gained worldwide acclaim around the 1940’s. With the development of television, radio and other forms of mass communication devices, country, and music began to be listed to across the world and slowly gained popularity in other countries. In the 21st century, there are many famous and prominent country music singers and even country music bands that are immensely popular among music audiences. Some of the main characteristics of country music include strong instrumental elements that are often complemented by ballads and dance tunes. Here is a list of the famous country music singers. To learn some of the most intriguing and fascinating facts about their lives, scroll down and continue to read their biographies along with trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

The Most Famous Country Musicians

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Keith UrbanOctober 26, 1967Australian, American, New ZealanderKeith Urban is a Grammy Award winning country music singer and guitarist
Tyler HubbardJanuary 31, 1987AmericanTyler Reed Hubbard is an accomplished American country musician
Jason AldeanFebruary 28, 1977AmericanJason Aldean (Jason Aldine Williams) is a well-known American country music singer
GG AllinAugust 29, 1956AmericanGG Allin was a controversial American punk rock singer and songwriter
Wynonna JuddMay 30, 1964AmericanWynonna Judd is an American country singer and part of the popular country music duo ‘The Judds.’ This biography profiles her childhood, family, personal life, career, etc.
Steve EarleJanuary 17, 1955AmericanSteve Earle is a Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, whose albums have a mix of folk, country and rock music
Tim McGrawMay 1, 1967AmericanTim McGraw is one of the most popular American country singer, song-writer and an actor.
Hunter HayesSeptember 9, 1991AmericanHunter Hays is a famous American country singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
Ringo StarrJuly 7, 1940BritishRingo Starr is the legendary drummer for ‘The Beatles’
Kris KristoffersonJune 22, 1936AmericanKris Kristofferson is an American singer, songwriter and actor
Martie Maguire

Martie Maguire

Martie Maguire is a musician best known for being one of the founding members of the music band Dixie Chicks

AmericanOctober 12, 196990 views

Brad Douglas Paisley

Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician

AmericanOctober 28, 1972107 views

Ricky Nelson

Ricky Nelson was an American musician, singer-songwriter, and an actor

AmericanMay 8, 1940152 views

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson is an American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, social activist, and actor

AmericanApril 29, 1933145 views

Alan Jackson

Alan Eugene Jackson is an American musician, songwriter, and singer

AmericanOctober 17, 1958161 views

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson is an American singer, songwriter and actor

AmericanJune 22, 1936196 views

Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard was an influential and renowned American country singer, song-writer, guitarist, fiddler and instrumentalist

AmericanApril 6, 1937171 views

Steve Earle

Steve Earle is a Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, whose albums have a mix of folk, country and rock music

AmericanJanuary 17, 1955228 views

GG Allin

GG Allin was a controversial American punk rock singer and songwriter

AmericanAugust 29, 1956250 views

Tyler Hubbard

Tyler Reed Hubbard is an accomplished American country musician

AmericanJanuary 31, 1987278 views