Country women have delivered some truly great music in 2025. This list of the 12 best country songs released by females features several contemporary hitmakers, one absolute legend and a woman who ...

Leslie Fram, former CMT executive, and Cameo Carlson, CEO of mTheory, have championed diversity in Nashville's country music scene for over a decade. Initiatives like CMT's Next Women of Country and ...

NASHVILLE -- The length of the red carpet at The CMA Awards tells you what a big deal this show has become. It's almost half a block long and soon it will be packed with press to cover country music's ...

Women in country music face a constant and trying uphill battle. Speaking with Evan Paul on Taste of Country Nights, singer-songwriter Annie Bosko got to talking about the harsh realities for women in ...

Lainey Wilson, Reba McEntire and Miranda Lambert at rehearsals for the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards. (Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images) Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Lainey ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. Look at any list of the greatest country artists of all time and you’ll see the ...

Country music fans have accomplished an improbable and equally impressive feat: In the past half-decade or so alone, they have incubated and nurtured an entire ecosystem of female artists — Cam, Margo ...