Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan are among the biggest country acts of the 21st century.

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Billboard's staff picks the greatest country songs of the past century that have made us love, cry, drink and dance. In many ways, country music tells the story of America. There is the ...

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“Teardrop” became his first chart appearance, and the tune shot to No. 1 on both the Hot Country Songs and Billboard Hot 100 charts. At the time it was just the ninth song to top both ...