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The Twenty Best Singles of 2022

January 6, 2023 Jonathan Keefe 1

Kane Brown leads our list of the best singles of 2022.

2018 Grammy Awards: Staff Picks and Predictions

January 27, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 7

The Country Universe staff predicts the Grammy winners, and shares our personal picks, too.

The Best Singles of 2017, Part One: #40-#21

December 27, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 6

In a year good enough to list its 40 best, we kick off our Best of 2017 with the lower half of our Singles list.

2018 Grammy Nominations

November 28, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 8

Here are the 2018 Grammy nominees in the general, country, and country-adjacent categories.

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Take your authenticity fetishes elsewhere; this single is just fine.

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