This year, Country Universe readers get to decide the best music of 2008. The winners of the first annual Country Universe awards will be determined by your ballots. All you need to do is copy
The Fifty Best Debut Singles of All-Time Part 3: #30-#21 #30 Toby Keith, “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” Debut: March 6, 1993/Peak: #1 Take your pick: it’s the introduction of one of the best male
The Fifty Best Debut Singles of All-Time Part 2: #40-#31 #40 John Michael Montgomery, “Life’s a Dance” Debut: October 3, 1992/Peak: #4 Quite possibly the perfect early nineties country song, with an arrangement and
Although it became a somewhat more frequent occurrence over the past two decades, it’s always been exceptionally rare for a country artist to hit with their very first single. But sometimes, lightning strikes, and a
It’s no surprise that the catalog releases just keep getting better each year. Labels have learned that the best way to lift up their sagging bottom lines is to repackage their old material, and
#15 Let it Go Tim McGraw Tim McGraw’s previous album, Live Like You Were Dying, topped my first year-end album list back in 2004. Let it Go strays from the musical formula that Dying
When I did this list in 2006 and in 2004, I knew the number one song before I started. This year was more like 2005, where the song revealed itself to me as I was
I have to say that any one of these songs could have been in my top ten in years past. It’s just been a great year for country singles. #20 George Strait, “How ‘Bout Them
We’re getting closer to the top. Here’s the next ten: #30 Amy Dalley, “Let’s Try Goodbye” The latest attempt from Dalley pulls yet another excellent song from her long-shelved debut album, and it rivals “I