Contemporary Country artists, songs, decades and similar genres

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Explore contemporary country history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

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Enjoy this playlist of popular contemporary country music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.

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List of contemporary country artists

Here is a list of contemporary country artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the contemporary country genre. You can find out what contemporary country genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Morgan Wallen	91	0	55	74	27	55	129	5904499
2	Luke Combs	86	0	55	70	18	50	126	8431471
3	Chris Stapleton	78	7	55	51	28	45	121	5680188
4	Luke Bryan	77	0	56	81	15	58	131	8244616
5	HARDY	76	0	53	77	12	49	126	369305
6	Florida Georgia Line	75	0	52	85	15	63	133	5252593
7	Kane Brown	75	0	57	69	20	55	119	4867235
8	Jason Aldean	75	0	53	74	15	50	136	6055660
9	Jordan Davis	75	0	59	72	28	54	118	905943
10	Thomas Rhett	74	0	59	67	12	60	114	4504125
11	Eric Church	74	2	56	69	24	61	116	3749681
12	Jon Pardi	74	0	58	74	9	65	126	1688421
13	Shania Twain	74	0	60	69	23	64	119	2912229
14	Kelsea Ballerini	74	0	58	63	31	52	119	1037911
15	Dan + Shay	73	0	58	60	31	53	128	2941687
16	Cody Johnson	73	0	53	66	22	51	127	858195
17	George Strait	73	1	61	52	36	53	121	3829859
18	Kenny Chesney	73	0	60	61	23	49	123	4290673
19	Zac Brown Band	73	0	58	65	25	52	128	3545730
20	Miranda Lambert	72	0	55	66	22	53	128	3530140
21	Carrie Underwood	72	0	49	71	23	41	125	5765570
22	Tim McGraw	72	0	52	69	24	52	132	4364400
23	Sam Hunt	72	0	58	62	34	53	112	2291565
24	Lee Brice	71	0	56	65	22	45	125	2042759
25	Old Dominion	71	0	62	72	25	64	118	1358378
26	Blake Shelton	71	0	58	72	17	56	125	7075364
27	Lainey Wilson	71	0	59	69	25	60	139	245689
28	Keith Urban	71	0	61	71	18	56	115	5127932
29	Maren Morris	71	0	53	63	22	48	115	739348
30	Brooks & Dunn	71	0	61	72	21	61	127	2635776
31	Dierks Bentley	70	0	54	77	11	58	133	3018616
32	Cole Swindell	70	0	53	78	16	51	122	2076816
33	Rascal Flatts	69	0	54	72	20	46	127	3508639
34	Kacey Musgraves	69	0	58	51	50	43	118	1216647
35	Riley Green	69	0	53	67	9	53	137	538546
36	Toby Keith	69	1	62	74	22	61	126	2007188
37	Chris Young	68	0	54	69	29	53	124	2737969
38	Brett Young	68	0	56	62	18	49	125	991444
39	The Chicks	68	0	58	56	35	45	124	1368138
40	Dustin Lynch	68	0	55	75	20	60	125	2146199
41	Tyler Hubbard	67	0	57	73	13	52	112	65425
42	Brantley Gilbert	67	0	50	74	10	52	131	2871692
43	Jake Owen	67	0	56	78	17	59	128	1883514
44	Lady A	67	0	56	71	23	48	123	3757081
45	Billy Currington	67	0	63	73	19	55	116	2545432
46	Russell Dickerson	67	0	54	75	19	56	138	436895
47	Darius Rucker	67	0	56	75	14	64	127	2423111
48	Walker Hayes	66	0	69	66	26	72	105	596523
49	Randy Travis	65	0	61	51	25	54	123	1586785
50	Kip Moore	65	0	61	73	5	52	122	1239384
51	Dylan Scott	65	0	57	70	27	52	116	1409453
52	Justin Moore	65	0	55	74	12	61	131	1757411
53	Lauren Alaina	65	0	53	69	23	43	129	597653
54	Brad Paisley	65	4	53	68	27	51	124	2623004
55	Josh Turner	65	1	58	68	30	61	129	2575017
56	Mitchell Tenpenny	65	0	60	75	11	55	129	395662
57	Kameron Marlowe	65	0	56	61	31	45	128	101014
58	Little Big Town	65	0	60	67	28	61	124	2690540
59	Brothers Osborne	65	3	61	73	15	60	111	1150715
60	Alabama	64	0	60	49	28	57	115	1238712
61	Travis Tritt	64	0	56	64	27	56	121	1279005
62	Maddie & Tae	64	0	56	76	18	55	123	1067217
63	Randy Houser	63	2	61	75	19	57	126	982112
64	Gabby Barrett	63	0	50	59	21	35	110	269421
65	Scotty McCreery	63	0	54	70	15	53	127	904510
66	Faith Hill	63	0	51	52	36	41	124	1730173
67	Carly Pearce	63	0	59	62	35	47	116	313884
68	Parmalee	62	0	55	79	12	59	131	206968
69	Colt Ford	62	0	64	75	11	70	128	1106540
70	Ingrid Andress	62	0	50	50	36	34	114	129341
71	Reba McEntire	62	0	56	47	44	42	119	1882749
72	Chase Rice	62	0	51	78	14	53	132	1091663
73	Rodney Atkins	62	0	58	81	10	71	122	1874417
74	Chris Janson	61	0	57	79	16	59	131	310602
75	LeAnn Rimes	61	1	55	62	29	45	122	1277827
76	Brett Eldredge	61	0	54	55	41	44	114	1442267
77	Eli Young Band	61	0	52	73	7	48	132	795692
78	Trace Adkins	61	0	57	75	16	57	123	2502047
79	Jimmie Allen	61	0	59	70	23	54	120	234414
80	John Michael Montgomery	60	0	62	57	26	49	121	950481
81	Morgan Evans	60	0	56	67	18	59	123	172827
82	Jo Dee Messina	60	0	55	70	24	51	125	736218
83	Lonestar	59	0	54	65	23	45	126	1358434
84	Tenille Arts	59	0	54	65	34	43	121	76361
85	Hunter Hayes	59	0	51	63	20	50	122	1264065
86	Chris Lane	59	0	53	76	28	66	124	946428
87	Niko Moon	59	0	78	62	7	65	129	95462
88	Ashley McBryde	59	0	58	60	31	50	132	216565
89	Priscilla Block	59	0	55	69	21	55	128	94691
90	Tracy Lawrence	58	0	58	64	25	54	126	1026572
91	Gary Allan	58	0	54	63	21	40	112	1056549
92	Ashley Cooke	58	0	55	60	28	44	115	71076
93	Easton Corbin	58	0	64	68	17	58	120	931496
94	Trisha Yearwood	58	0	56	50	58	44	113	1136822
95	Jameson Rodgers	58	0	54	72	17	45	127	69469
96	Sugarland	58	0	54	75	26	52	120	1851302
97	Devin Dawson	58	0	60	55	38	51	111	203271
98	Danielle Bradbery	58	0	53	63	17	44	131	290013
99	Clint Black	58	0	60	56	30	56	113	939613
100	Joe Nichols	58	0	56	69	16	48	111	742228
101	Big & Rich	58	2	56	79	13	58	135	1158647
102	Ryan Hurd	58	0	59	64	18	47	124	235292
103	Montgomery Gentry	58	0	57	77	5	57	127	1409692
104	The Band Perry	57	0	61	67	30	51	132	1583767
105	David Lee Murphy	57	0	60	76	6	72	134	312882
106	Joe Diffie	57	0	64	72	26	70	129	745770
107	Hailey Whitters	57	0	65	61	25	58	115	53230
108	Tracy Byrd	57	0	62	77	14	72	123	747068
109	Lee Ann Womack	57	0	46	50	28	33	133	706776
110	Martina McBride	57	0	53	54	40	41	119	1296684
111	Craig Morgan	57	0	55	67	23	43	126	1000513
112	Diamond Rio	56	0	64	52	45	49	130	891117
113	Gretchen Wilson	56	0	55	66	19	63	138	869894
114	Michael Ray	56	0	57	68	23	50	130	475255
115	Clay Walker	56	0	60	68	14	58	130	1165419
116	Travis Denning	55	0	59	82	6	63	119	58048
117	Granger Smith	55	0	57	78	16	56	130	396422
118	Logan Mize	55	0	59	69	18	53	126	103212
119	Sara Evans	55	0	53	70	14	46	129	1105011
120	Matt Stell	54	0	55	76	16	48	123	53983
121	Jon Langston	54	0	52	74	9	50	134	350273
122	Cam	54	0	60	53	40	41	123	263704
123	Shenandoah	54	0	57	55	39	54	115	429138
124	Adam Doleac	54	0	57	64	25	47	124	59887
125	Pistol Annies	54	0	68	69	33	81	102	619498
126	RaeLynn	54	0	57	68	29	53	139	447079
127	Sammy Kershaw	54	0	63	68	24	73	131	588109
128	Noah Thompson	54	0	60	55	34	45	111	38345
129	LANCO	53	0	58	77	13	61	117	372165
130	David Nail	53	0	54	56	40	43	121	385221
131	Cassadee Pope	53	0	53	68	21	42	134	239823
132	Ashley Monroe	53	0	56	50	38	40	112	146942
133	Chris Cagle	52	0	54	72	20	47	136	890573
134	Tenille Townes	52	0	54	54	31	47	120	139723
135	LOCASH	52	0	56	86	9	61	121	341335
136	Craig Campbell	52	0	56	71	12	47	126	330310
137	Jerrod Niemann	52	0	63	69	27	59	122	494172
138	Sawyer Brown	52	0	64	63	30	77	131	525335
139	Drake White	51	0	60	76	12	59	114	106393
140	Frankie Ballard	51	0	58	75	17	60	115	350161
141	High Valley	51	0	54	84	5	56	131	142189
142	Collin Raye	51	0	58	44	53	43	115	460552
143	Tyler Farr	51	0	53	77	8	55	134	713984
144	Mickey Guyton	51	0	52	51	46	32	114	80708
145	James Barker Band	50	0	56	77	9	53	120	137905
146	Filmore	50	0	58	70	18	60	118	50144
147	Eric Paslay	50	0	53	62	31	46	103	456881
148	Lindsay Ell	50	0	62	69	21	56	104	81456
149	Dylan Schneider	50	0	57	78	7	63	120	181575
150	Tyler Rich	50	1	56	65	18	65	122	145430
151	Canaan Smith	49	0	56	83	14	63	141	334225
152	Ronnie Dunn	49	0	58	73	19	50	121	162896
153	Thompson Square	49	0	56	73	17	50	129	445999
154	Rhett Akins	49	0	61	67	28	58	116	200871
155	Willie Jones	49	0	61	79	10	61	121	38299
156	Jessie James Decker	48	0	56	72	16	60	129	167548
157	Madeline Edwards	48	0	54	67	24	51	109	12266
158	Mason Ramsey	48	0	62	75	47	60	135	144009
159	Caylee Hammack	48	0	57	67	16	40	125	27995
160	Jana Kramer	48	0	58	65	24	41	130	443895
161	Keith Anderson	47	0	58	82	10	62	127	374167
162	Brandy Clark	47	0	63	59	30	53	117	60410
163	Seth Ennis	46	0	64	61	30	60	108	95291
164	Jennifer Nettles	46	0	45	57	40	44	123	282843
165	Phil Vassar	45	0	58	75	21	55	117	335531
166	Love and Theft	45	0	62	68	13	60	115	340334
167	Little Texas	45	0	62	59	28	61	132	471132
168	Noah Schnacky	44	0	59	53	32	44	154	151704
169	Kellie Pickler	44	0	56	68	32	48	130	882034
170	Josh Gracin	44	0	53	73	20	44	119	236152
171	Karley Scott Collins	43	0	47	65	8	39	129	30985
172	Brandon Lay	42	0	60	69	23	49	114	57886
173	Josh Kerr	41	0	64	59	24	44	109	16416
174	Chase Bryant	40	0	58	74	15	56	112	287876
175	Runaway June	40	0	55	67	19	56	134	119993
176	Garrett Hedlund	40	0	63	31	79	39	121	19628
177	Jason Michael Carroll	40	0	52	73	18	52	121	342246
178	A Thousand Horses	40	0	48	77	4	47	121	73282
179	Emerson Drive	39	0	58	79	8	56	126	271087
180	Haley Mae Campbell	39	0	62	70	28	56	127	36872
181	Gloriana	38	0	52	75	18	57	123	268906
182	Jillian Jacqueline	37	0	59	53	42	44	134	32947
183	Brooke Eden	37	0	56	79	4	54	133	38024
184	Clare Dunn	36	1	56	64	23	49	131	43722
185	Chuck Wicks	35	0	58	62	28	44	127	105503
186	Mae Estes	34	0	56	75	24	60	115	19960
187	Kristian Bush	33	0	60	80	8	63	94	8290
188	The Swon Brothers	32	0	56	75	14	44	128	41899
189	Jordan Rager	31	0	51	79	2	50	131	28522
190	Kelleigh Bannen	22	0	58	56	35	42	118	14356
191	Leah Turner	18	0	63	81	8	67	108	11257
192	Austin Webb	14	0	60	69	33	56	136	3286
193	Kurt Stevens	12	0	62	72	16	56	90	972
194	Savannah Berry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	462

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