11 Country Stars With Wild Former Lives [Watch]

11 Country Stars With Wild Former Lives [Watch]

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Not every country singer you hear on the radio today sought country music fame at first. This list video of country stars before they were famous includes a rock band, a death metal singer, a beauty pageant queen and a country music headliner who started as a drummer in a punk rock band!

A few of the country stars with wild former lives you probably knew about already: Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen's reality show past, for example, is pretty well documented. That's not the case for Thomas Rhett, however. Nor is it the case for Wallen's buddy, celebrated songwriter Ernest. He dropped several hard hip-hop songs before he put the twang in his tunes.

Jelly Roll, Parmalee, Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood are a few more artists featured in this list video. There are surely a few we're missing, and we're happy to make Part 2, so just let us know in the comments section beneath the video on YouTube.

See the Most Played Country Song from the Year You Were Born

Who had the most played country song during the year you were born? This list is a fascinating time capsule of prevalent trends from every decade in American history. Scroll through to find your birth year and then click to listen. Some of these songs have been lost through the years, many of them for good reason!

Men named Hank dominated early before stars like Freddie Hart, Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson Clint Black took over to close the 1980s. More recently it's been Tim Mcgraw, Rodney Atkins, Kane Brown and Morgan Wallen. Did the most-played country song from the year you were born become a favorite of yours later? All info comes from Billboard's country airplay charts.

Top 10 Country Songs of 2022 So Far, Ranked

There are plenty of feel-good country jams on this list of the top country songs of 2022, but the No. 1 song is a gut punch. These 10 songs are ranked by critical acclaim, radio and sales success, and importance to the genre.

Five of the 10 artists made our Top Country Songs list from 2021 as well, but there are no repeats. If a song made a previous list or didn't spend most of its time on the charts in 2022, it's not eligible. So, before you ask where your favorite song is, be sure the miss isn't just a technicality.
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