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The greatest country artists of all time

13 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Johnny Cash

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1932–2003 · country
27.190
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2 Garth Brooks United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1962– · country 24.380
3 George Strait United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1952– · country 23.600
4 Willie Nelson United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1933– · country 14.180
5 Lucinda Williams United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1953– · country 13.000
6 Alan Jackson United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1958– · country 12.800
7 Dwight Yoakam United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1956– · country 8.000
8 Shania Twain Canada flagCanada · 1965– · country 6.840
9 Derek Duke United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1965– · rockabilly 4.765
10 16 Horsepower United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1992–2005 · gothic country 4.400
11 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss country 4.200
12 Merle Haggard United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1937–2016 · country 4.200
13 Martina McBride United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1966– · country 3.600