Introduction | The Ballot

The List

#1

Dolly Parton

#2

Loretta Lynn

#3

Maybelle and Sara Carter (The Carter Family)

#4

Reba McEntire

#5

Emmylou Harris

 

#6

Tammy Wynette

#7

Patsy Cline

 

#8

Trisha Yearwood

#9

Alison Krauss

#10

Kitty Wells

#11

Wynonna & The Judds

#12

Patty Loveless

#13

Dixie Chicks

#14

Rosanne Cash

#15

Shania Twain

#16

Lee Ann Womack

#17

Barbara Mandrell

#18

Tanya Tucker

#19

Miranda Lambert

#20

Carrie Underwood

#21

Brenda Lee

#22

Wanda Jackson

#23

Connie Smith

#24

Dottie West

#25

Linda Ronstadt

#26

Cindy Walker

#27

Crystal Gayle

#28

Faith Hill

#29

Martina McBride

#30

Kathy Mattea

#31

Taylor Swift

#32

Anne Murray

#33

Pam Tillis

#34

Lorrie Morgan

#35

Rose Maddox

#36

Mary Chapin Carpenter

#37

Jean Shepard

#38

Lynn Anderson

#39

Lucinda Williams

#40

LeAnn Rimes

#41

K.T. Oslin

#42

Donna Fargo

#43

Minnie Pearl

#44

June Carter Cash

#45

Patsy Montana

#46

Skeeter Davis

#47

Cousin Emmy

#48

Terri Clark

#49

Janie Fricke

 

#50

Sara Evans

#51

Carlene Carter

 

#52

Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland)

#53

Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman (Little Big Town)

#54

Matraca Berg

#55

Olivia Newton-John

#56

Kasey Chambers

#57

Jeannie C. Riley

 

#58

Rhonda Vincent

#59

Jeannie Seely

#60

Lulu Belle

#61

Juice Newton

#62

Jo Dee Messina

#63

Felice Bryant

#64

Billie Jo Spears

#65

Jan Howard

#66

Dale Evans

#67

Suzy Bogguss

#68

Patty Griffin

#69

Bobbie Gentry

#70

Gillian Welch

#71

Kacey Musgraves

#72

Hillary Scott

#73

k.d. lang

#74

Sammi Smith

#75

Shelby Lynne

#76

Paulette Carlson (Highway 101)

#77

Norma Jean

#78

Holly Dunn

#79

Lacy J. Dalton

#80

Sharon and Cheryl White (The Whites)

#81

Nanci Griffith

#82

Melba Montgomery

#83

Goldie Hill

#84

Gail Davies

#85

Hazel Dickens

#86

Allison Moorer

#87

Jessi Colter

#88

Neko Case

#89

Bonnie Guitar

#90

Gretchen Peters

#91

Lori McKenna

#92

Kelly Willis

#93

Brandy Clark

#94

Wilma Lee Cooper

#95

Sara Watkins

#96

Rhiannon Giddens

#97

The Forester Sisters

#98

Gretchen Wilson

#99

Ashley Monroe

#100

Roba Stanley