It's been exactly 56 years since Conway Twitty released one of his biggest hits. On March 23, 1970, the iconic country music singer released what would become a career-defining smash hit: his beloved ...

Country music rules country charts, and fairly often, especially nowadays, it also rules the most popular chart in the world, the Billboard Hot 100. However, that hasn’t always been the case, as the ...

In the 1970s, if you were a country artist, it was rare that you’d see the top spot on the Billboard Top 200. To make the vaunted chart was one thing, but to rocket to the No. 1 spot on the popular ...

Billboard introduced Hot Country Songs, which has since served as the genre’s main songs survey. It was then known as Hot C&W ...

A great country song is one that tells a complete story in about three minutes, whether it's about heartache, joy, rebellion, or just everyday life. These are the tracks that didn't just climb the ...