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Hootie & the Blowfish
Hootie & the Blowfish
American rock band
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Mark Bryan
Mark Bryan
American musician
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Patrick Davis
Patrick Davis
American musician
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Jim Sonefeld
Jim Sonefeld
American musician
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Radney Foster
Radney Foster
American country music singer-songwriter, musician and music producer
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Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson
American country music artist
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D'wayne Wiggins
D'wayne Wiggins
American musician
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Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
American country music singer, songwriter
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John King
John King
American country music singer
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Lady A
Lady A
American band
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Sister Hazel
Sister Hazel
American band
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Luke Combs
Luke Combs
country music singer
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Edwin McCain
Edwin McCain
American musician
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Ross Copperman
Ross Copperman
American musician
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Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith
American singer-songwriter
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Mallary Hope
Mallary Hope
American musician
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Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Lee Brice
Lee Brice
American country singer
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Jimmie Allen
Jimmie Allen
American country music singer and songwriter
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The dB's
The dB's
American rock group
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Joel Crouse
Joel Crouse
American country music singer
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Cledus T. Judd
Cledus T. Judd
American singer-songwriter
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Big & Rich
Big & Rich
American country duo
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Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap
American recording artist; country music singer and pianist

Darius Carlos Rucker (born May 13, 1966) is an American singer and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan, Jim "Soni" Sonefeld, and Dean Felber. The band released five studio albums with him as a member and charted six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Rucker co-wrote most of the songs with the other members.

He released a solo R&B album, Back to Then in 2002 on Hidden Beach Recordings but no singles from it charted. Six years later, Rucker signed to Capitol Nashville as a country music singer, releasing the album, Learn to Live that year. Its first single, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It", made him the first black artist to reach number one on the Hot Country Songs charts since Charley Pride in 1983. (Ray Charles hit number one in March 1985 in a duet with Willie Nelson with "Seven Spanish Angels".) It was followed by two more number one singles, "It Won't Be Like This for Long" and "Alright" and the number three hit "History in the Making". In 2009, he became the first black American to win the New Artist Award from the Country Music Association, and the second black person to win any award from the association. A second album, Charleston, SC 1966, was released on October 12, 2010. The album includes the number one singles, "Come Back Song" and "This". His third country album True Believers (2013) reach No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the US Top Country Albums Billboard chart with singles "True Believers" (#24), "Wagon Wheel" (#1), and "Radio" (#14), all charting on the Billboard U.S. Country charts. His first country Christmas album, Home for the Holidays (2014) reached No. 31 on the US Billboard 200 chart and No. 7 on the US Country Chart. His fourth country album, Southern Style (2014) reached No. 6 (US Billboard 200) and No. 7 (Billboard US Top Country Albums), respectively with singles "Homegrown Honey" (#6) and "Southern Style" (#8) both charting on the U.S. Country charts in 2014 and 2015. His most recent country album When Was the Last Time (2017) charted #8 on the US Billboard 200 and #2 on the US Top Country Albums (Billboard).