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Country in Album Draft

Country is a softer genre and fits The Ballad. Only a couple of its songs are big enough to lead an album, so it works best as a supporting genre.

Which slots Country fills

• The Ballad (track 6): it counts as a softer genre.
• Lead Single (track 3) and The Closer (track 12) want your biggest songs, whatever the genre. 2 Country songs qualify.
• Deep Cut (track 9) wants your smallest song. 29 Country songs qualify.

Albums score higher when they use fewer genres and more decades, so Country works best as one of two or three genres spread across several eras. How scoring works.

The biggest Country songs by decade

1960s

1. Ring of Fire · Johnny Cash, 1963
2. Crazy · Patsy Cline, 1961
3. Folsom Prison Blues · Johnny Cash, 1968
4. Stand by Your Man · Tammy Wynette, 1968
5. King of the Road · Roger Miller, 1965

1970s

1. Jolene · Dolly Parton, 1973
2. Take Me Home, Country Roads · John Denver, 1971
3. I Will Always Love You · Dolly Parton, 1974
4. The Gambler · Kenny Rogers, 1978
5. Rhinestone Cowboy · Glen Campbell, 1975

1980s

1. 9 to 5 · Dolly Parton, 1980
2. On the Road Again · Willie Nelson, 1980
3. Islands in the Stream · Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton, 1983
4. He Stopped Loving Her Today · George Jones, 1980
5. Forever and Ever, Amen · Randy Travis, 1987

1990s

1. Man! I Feel Like a Woman! · Shania Twain, 1997
2. Friends in Low Places · Garth Brooks, 1990
3. You're Still the One · Shania Twain, 1998
4. Achy Breaky Heart · Billy Ray Cyrus, 1992
5. The Dance · Garth Brooks, 1990

2000s

1. Love Story · Taylor Swift, 2008
2. Hurt · Johnny Cash, 2002
3. Before He Cheats · Carrie Underwood, 2006
4. Need You Now · Lady Antebellum, 2009
5. Live Like You Were Dying · Tim McGraw, 2004

2010s

1. Tennessee Whiskey · Chris Stapleton, 2015
2. Cruise · Florida Georgia Line, 2012
3. Beautiful Crazy · Luke Combs, 2018
4. Body Like a Back Road · Sam Hunt, 2017
5. The House That Built Me · Miranda Lambert, 2010

2020s

1. Last Night · Morgan Wallen, 2023
2. Texas Hold 'Em · Beyoncé, 2024
3. Something in the Orange · Zach Bryan, 2022
4. Fast Car · Luke Combs, 2023
5. Wait in the Truck · HARDY, 2022

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