Famous Country Singers - List of Famous Country Singers - page 3

Country singers 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 Singers

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
John DenverDecember 31, 1943AmericanJohn Denver, a famous American singer-songwriter and activist, is remembered for songs like Take Me Home, Country Roads and Annie's Song
Barbi BentonJanuary 28, 1950AmericanBarbi Benton is an American model actress and singer, best known for being a longtime former girlfriend of 'Playboy' founder, Hugh Hefner
Gary AllanDecember 5, 1967AmericanGary Allan is an American country music artist
Lorrie MorganJune 27, 1959AmericanLorrie Morgan is a famous American country singer
Kenny RogersAugust 21, 1938AmericanKenny Rogers is an American singer and songwriter
Tammy WynetteMay 5, 1942AmericanTammy Wynette was a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter
Conway TwittySeptember 1, 1933AmericanConway Twitty was an American country music singer
Mickie JamesAugust 31, 1979AmericanMickie Laree James-Aldis is an accomplished American professional wrestler, country singer, and model
Shania TwainAugust 28, 1965CanadianShania Twain is a Canadian pop singer famous for her album ‘The Woman in me’
Emmylou HarrisApril 2, 1947AmericanEmmylou Harris is a multiple award winning American singer and songwriter
Helen Carter

Helen Carter

Helen Carter was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, known for performing with her mother and sisters in ‘The Carter Family Band’

AmericanSeptember 19, 1927161 views

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is a multiple award winning American singer and songwriter

AmericanApril 2, 1947358 views

Trace Adkins

Race Adkin is an American country singer, music artist and actor

AmericanJanuary 13, 1962142 views

Randy Travis

Randy Travis is an American country singer-songwriter and actor

AmericanMay 4, 1959136 views

Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline was an American country music singer

Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman is an American country singer, novelist, songwriter and politician

Billy Ray Cyrus

Billy Ray Cyrus is an American country singer-songwriter and actor, who earned great fame and success with his very first album ‘Some Gave All’

AmericanAugust 25, 1961103 views

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings was an American country singer and songwriter

AmericanJune 15, 1937131 views

Travis Tritt

Travis Tritt is an American country music singer, songwriter and actor

Luke Benward

Luke Benward is an American actor and singer

AmericanMay 12, 1995196 views