The Grand Ole Opry, country music's beloved radio institution and an American pop cultural staple, turns 100 in 2025. To celebrate, the Opry is revealing a fan-compiled list of the greatest ...

Younger subgenres of country music include 2010s bro country, with hits like Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl,” and pop country, which has continued to dominate airwaves well into the 2020s.

Rodgers will take part in a roundtable discussion with Maggie Rogers, Zane Lowe, Apple Music’s global creative director, and radio personality Ebro Darden when the top 10 are revealed on May 22.

Combing through the top 100 of each list, we found solid comparisons between entrants in the '80s and '90s. The 1980s had 11 spots on in the 100 top albums and seven in the 100 top songs.