Jamie O’Hara – Country Universe

Flashback: Jamie O’Hara, Rise Above It

August 22, 2025 Peter Saros 2

Jamie O’Hara’s quiet masterpiece.

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: The O’Kanes, “Can’t Stop My Heart From Loving You”

May 1, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 3

The O’Kanes chart their sole No. 1 hit.

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: The Judds, “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days)”

February 1, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 2

The Judds pick up their third Grammy for this bittersweet ballad.

Every No. 1 Country Single of the Eighties: Ronnie McDowell, “Older Women”

February 5, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 4

Ronnie McDowell tops the chart for the first time.

Pam Tillis Ranked: #150-#101

May 1, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 1

This batch of fifty entries is the first to include major chart hits, with three of Pam’s top forty entries in the mix.

In Memoriam: Jamie O’Hara (1950-2021)

January 8, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 5

Country singer and songwriter Jamie O’Hara has passed away at the age of 70.

A Trisha Yearwood Retrospective, Part One: 1991-1992

August 16, 2019 Jonathan Keefe 7

As she prepares the release of her first country album in twelve years, Country Universe looks back on the distinguished career of Trisha Yearwood.

100 Greatest Women, #8: Trisha Yearwood

September 24, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 15

Trisha Yearwood was the genre’s most consistently excellent recording artist during the boom years of the nineties and the decade that followed.

100 Greatest Women, #13: Dixie Chicks

September 13, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 7

The top selling female band of all time became legends with just four studio albums.

The Best Singles of 1993, Part Two: #30-#21

July 26, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 4

Our Best Singles of 1993 list continues with a collection of #1 hits, breakthrough hits, and should’ve been hits. Kicking things off is the debut single from one of the decade’s most successful vocal groups.