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Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn
American country music duo
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Doug Stone
Doug Stone
American country music singer
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Tracy Lawrence
Tracy Lawrence
American musician
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Pam Tillis
Pam Tillis
American country music singer-songwriter and actress
4
Shenandoah
Shenandoah
American country music group
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Trick Pony
Trick Pony
music group
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Aaron Tippin
Aaron Tippin
American country musician and record producer
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Travis Tritt
Travis Tritt
American singer
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Davis Daniel
Davis Daniel
American musician
9
McBride & the Ride
McBride & the Ride
10
Clay Walker
Clay Walker
American Country Musician
11
Ty Herndon
Ty Herndon
American country singer
12
Mark Chesnutt
Mark Chesnutt
American singer-songwriter
13
Chuck Wicks
Chuck Wicks
American singer
14
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
American band
15
Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert
American country music band founded in 1989 in Waco, Texas
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Lonestar
Lonestar
American country music group
17
Lorrie Morgan
Lorrie Morgan
American musician
18
Hal Ketchum
Hal Ketchum
American musician and singer
19
Lee Brice
Lee Brice
American country singer
20
Collin Raye
Collin Raye
American country singer
21
The Kentucky Headhunters
The Kentucky Headhunters
band
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Rodney Atkins
Rodney Atkins
US country artist
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Brad Cotter
Brad Cotter
American singer
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Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
American country music artist and actress
25
Kathy Mattea
Kathy Mattea
American musician, activist
26
Connie Smith
Connie Smith
American country music artist
27
Eric Heatherly
Eric Heatherly
American musician
28
Brothers Osborne
Brothers Osborne
American country music duo
29
David Nail
David Nail
American country musician
30
James Bonamy
James Bonamy
American musician
31
Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood
American country singer
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Michael Hardy
Michael Hardy
American country music singer and songwriter
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Holly Dunn
Holly Dunn
American musician
34
Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson
American country music artist
35
Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
American musician
36
K. T. Oslin
K. T. Oslin
American musician
37
Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina
American country music artist
38
Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack
American country music singer and songwriter
39
Eddy Raven
Eddy Raven
American country music singer and songwriter
40
John Bunzow
John Bunzow
American singer
41
The Fray
The Fray
band
42
Craig Morgan
Craig Morgan
American musical artist
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Matraca Berg
Matraca Berg
American country singer
44
Keith Anderson
Keith Anderson
American country music artist
45
Joe Nichols
Joe Nichols
American country music artist
46
Tammy Cochran
Tammy Cochran
American musician
47
Big & Rich
Big & Rich
American country duo
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Steve Azar
Steve Azar
American singer-songwriter
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Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson
American country music singer (1947-2015)
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Jace Everett
Jace Everett
American Country singer-songwriter
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Randy Houser
Randy Houser
American musician
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Jeffrey Steele
Jeffrey Steele
American country musician
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Joe Logan Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. After working as a demo singer in the mid 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. Between then and 2004, Diffie charted 35 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, five of which peaked at number one: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)", "Third Rock from the Sun", "Pickup Man" (his longest-lasting number-one song, at four weeks) and "Bigger Than the Beatles". In addition to these singles, he had 12 others reach the top 10 and ten more reach the top 40 on the same chart. He also co-wrote singles for Holly Dunn, Tim McGraw, and Jo Dee Messina, and recorded with Mary Chapin Carpenter, George Jones, and Marty Stuart.

Diffie released seven studio albums, a Christmas album, and a greatest-hits package under the Epic label. He also released one studio album each through Monument Records, Broken Bow Records, and Rounder Records. Among his albums, 1993's Honky Tonk Attitude and 1994's Third Rock from the Sun are certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, while 1992's Regular Joe and 1995's Life's So Funny are both certified gold. His album, Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album, was released in late 2010 through Rounder. His style is defined by a neotraditionalist country influence with a mix of novelty songs and ballads.

Diffie died due to complications related to COVID-19 during the pandemic on March 29, 2020, at the age of 61.