Prompt 5 of 7
Name a country music artist
253 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion2 answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- DeFord Bailey— Opry's first Black star, quietly dropped from the show in 1941.
- Jimmie Rodgers— Called the Father of Country Music; died days after his last session.
85 ptsDeep Cut162 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Aaron Lewis
- Aaron Tippin
- Ashley McBryde
- Barbara Mandrell
- Big & Rich
- Bill Anderson
- Bill Monroe— Invented bluegrass, which country claims on days like this.
- Billy Currington
- Billy Strings— Bluegrass by genre, but he sells out arenas doing it.
- Blanco Brown
- Bob Wills
- Brantley Gilbert
- Breland
- Brenda Lee
- Brett Young
- Buck Owens
- Carly Pearce
- Chappell Roan— Her single The Giver opened atop Hot Country Songs.
- Charley Crockett
- Charley Pride— RCA hid his race from early singles to get country airplay.
- Charlie Rich
- Chase Matthew
- Chase Rice
- Chayce Beckham
- Chet Atkins
- Chris Janson
- Chris LeDoux
- Chris Young
- Clay Walker
- Clint Black
- Cody Jinks
- Cole Swindell
- Collin Raye
- Colter Wall
- Connie Smith
- Conway Twitty
- Craig Morgan
- Crystal Gayle
- Dasha
- David Allan Coe
- Deana Carter
- Diamond Rio
- Don Williams
- Dustin Lynch
- Dylan Scott
- Eddie Rabbitt
- Eddy Arnold
- Emmylou Harris
- Ernest
- Ernest Tubb
- Gabby Barrett
- Gary Allan
- Gavin Adcock
- Gene Autry
- Gram Parsons
- Gretchen Wilson
- Hailey Whitters
- Hank Snow
- Hank Williams III
- Hudson Westbrook
- Hunter Hayes
- Jake Owen
- Jamey Johnson
- Jason Isbell
- Jerry Lee Lewis— Spent his later decades as a straight country hitmaker.
- Jerry Reed
- Jessi Colter
- Jessie Murph
- Jim Reeves
- Jimmie Allen
- Jimmy Buffett— It's Five O'Clock Somewhere topped the country chart for eight weeks.
- Jo Dee Messina
- Joe Diffie
- John Michael Montgomery
- John Prine
- Johnny Horton
- Johnny Paycheck
- Josh Ross
- Josh Turner
- Juice Newton
- Justin Moore
- k.d. lang
- Kameron Marlowe
- Kathy Mattea
- Keith Whitley
- Kid Rock— Picture, his duet with Sheryl Crow, cracked country's top five.
- Kiefer Sutherland— Between acting jobs he tours a genuine country act.
- Kip Moore
- Kitty Wells
- Koe Wetzel
- Larry Gatlin
- Lauren Alaina
- Lee Ann Womack
- Lefty Frizzell
- Linda Ronstadt
- Little Jimmy Dickens
- Lonestar
- Lorrie Morgan
- Lucinda Williams
- Lyle Lovett
- Lynn Anderson
- Margo Price
- Mark Chesnutt
- Marty Robbins
- Marty Stuart
- Mel Tillis
- Mickey Gilley
- Mickey Guyton
- Mitchell Tenpenny
- Montgomery Gentry
- Nate Smith
- Neal McCoy
- Old Crow Medicine Show— Their Wagon Wheel grew from a Bob Dylan sketch.
- Olivia Newton-John— Her 1974 CMA award made Nashville traditionalists form a protest group.
- Orville Peck
- Pam Tillis
- Parker McCollum
- Parmalee
- Patty Loveless
- Porter Wagoner
- Priscilla Block
- Randy Houser
- Ray Charles— Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music was 1962's landmark crossover.
- Ray Price
- Ricky Skaggs
- Ricky Van Shelton
- Rodney Atkins
- Roger Miller
- Ronnie Milsap
- Rosanne Cash
- Roy Acuff
- Roy Clark
- Roy Rogers
- Russell Dickerson
- Ryan Bingham
- Sara Evans
- Scotty McCreery
- Sierra Ferrell
- Slim Dusty
- Steve Earle
- Sturgill Simpson
- Suzy Bogguss
- Tammy Wynette
- Tanya Tucker
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Terri Clark
- The Band Perry
- The Highwaymen
- The Red Clay Strays
- The Statler Brothers
- Tom T. Hall
- Townes Van Zandt
- Trace Adkins
- Tracy Byrd
- Tracy Lawrence
- Travis Tritt
- Tucker Wetmore
- Turnpike Troubadours
- Tyler Hubbard
- Warren Zeiders
- Whiskey Myers
- Wyatt Flores
60 ptsRare50 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Alabama
- Alison Krauss
- Anne Murray
- Bailey Zimmerman
- Brooks & Dunn
- Brothers Osborne
- Charlie Daniels
- Cody Johnson
- Dan + Shay
- Dwight Yoakam
- Ella Langley
- Elvis Presley— Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998.
- Eric Church
- George Jones
- Glen Campbell
- Hank Williams Jr.— He asked if you were ready for some football.
- Hardy
- John Denver— CMA Entertainer of the Year, 1975, over Nashville's loud objections.
- Jon Pardi
- Jordan Davis
- Kane Brown
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Kris Kristofferson
- Lady A
- LeAnn Rimes
- Lee Greenwood
- Little Big Town
- Maren Morris
- Martina McBride
- Megan Moroney
- Merle Haggard
- Oak Ridge Boys
- Old Dominion
- Oliver Anthony— Rich Men North of Richmond debuted straight at Hot 100 number one.
- Patsy Cline
- Randy Travis
- Riley Green
- Sam Hunt
- Shaboozey
- Sugarland
- The Chicks
- The Judds
- Thomas Rhett
- Trisha Yearwood
- Tyler Childers
- Vince Gill
- Walker Hayes
- Waylon Jennings
- Wynonna Judd
- Zach Top
30 ptsSchooler28 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Alan Jackson
- Billy Ray Cyrus
- Brad Paisley
- Chris Stapleton
- Darius Rucker
- Dierks Bentley
- Faith Hill
- Florida Georgia Line
- George Strait
- Hank Williams
- Jason Aldean
- Jelly Roll
- Kacey Musgraves
- Keith Urban
- Kenny Chesney
- Kenny Rogers
- Lainey Wilson
- Loretta Lynn
- Luke Bryan
- Luke Combs
- Miranda Lambert
- Post Malone— F-1 Trillion, his 2024 album, is genuinely a country record.
- Rascal Flatts
- Reba McEntire
- Tim McGraw
- Toby Keith
- Zac Brown Band
- Zach Bryan
15 ptsToo Clever3 answers
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Beyoncé— Cowboy Carter made her the first Black woman atop the country chart.
- Lil Nas X— Billboard evicted Old Town Road from the country chart; we will not.
- Taylor Swift— Won 2009's CMA Entertainer of the Year before ever going pop.
10 ptsPlankton8 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Blake Shelton
- Carrie Underwood
- Dolly Parton
- Garth Brooks
- Johnny Cash
- Morgan Wallen
- Shania Twain
- Willie Nelson