These trailblazers include Miriam Makeba, the first African artist to win a Grammy Award in 1966; Hugh Masekela, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968 with “Grazing in the Grass”; and CKay, ...

A new Reuters Institute report on the British media landscape found that nearly half of those surveyed think the truth is ...

Initiatives like CMT's Next Women of Country and mTheory's Equal Access program have supported numerous female and minority artists. Despite progress, gender and racial disparities persist in ...

Beyoncé won favorite female country artist and favorite ... about the Carter Family "inventing" country music sparked discussion about Black artists' contributions to the genre.

He suggested female country music artists are not the lettuce in the salad, but rather tomatoes who should be "sprinkled" on a playlist and not in back-to-back rotations. "Trust me," Hill ...

Billboard’s Top Country Artists of the 21st Century recap reflects performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The category ranks the best-performing acts in that ...

Chesney leads Billboard's 100-position Top Country Artists of the 21st Century retrospective. Below, find a breakdown of the 2000-24 top 10. By Jim Asker Kenny Chesney rules as the No. 1 country ...